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Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
What is 3DoF (Three Degrees of Freedom)? Less Than 100 Words
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/metaverse-big-tech-land-grab-hype
The Metaverse is a fuzzy concept: It entered dictionaries via Neal Stephenson’s 1992 dystopian sci-fi novel Snow Crash, where the Metaverse is the virtual refuge from an anarchy-laden world controlled by the Mafia, and was brought back by a series of blogposts by VC Matthew Ball.
The morality of the Metaverse project is the least of its problems. Unlike Google Glass, the gold standard of tech blunders, it is not an overhyped (and ill-conceived) product: It is pure hype, without a product—except for some hypothetical “building blocks.”
A letter by the CEO of Japanese game developer Square Enix, in which the executive expounded on his interest in NFTs and drew an odd distinction between people who “play for fun” and those who “play to contribute” was also badly received.
To help educators leverage the power of AR wherever learning takes place, Discovery Education has made the Sandbox AR iPad app available for free in the Apple App Store.
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more on haptic in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=haptic
https://campustechnology.com/articles/2022/01/04/14-predictions-for-higher-education-in-2022.aspx
our faculty will discover that effectively teaching in a hyflex environment without adequate support is extremely difficult and truly exhausting.
campus leaders who have intentionally put students at the center of organization and system design will reap a great reward.
look for movement in the augmented and virtual reality space.
online education will become the norm rather than the step-sister of “traditional” education
The cultures within institutions may prevent these significant changes from occurring. If that occurs, alternatives will continue to build momentum.
Alumni will be looking for upskilling opportunities via microcredentials, to navigate growth and career change during the “Great Resignation.” Recent high school grads will expect a variety of online, hybrid and in-person courses to choose from, many bringing with them years of experience with virtual learning.
many lecture theaters might come to look like professional TV studios, to meet growing quality and usability expectations. Also, technologies will likely be expected to make classrooms environments more “peer-learning friendly” and inclusive
The (Arizon State) university announced that in 2022 it would release Pocket, a digital wallet for students as a comprehensive learner record.