haptic
categories: AR, e-learning, educational technology, gamification, gaming, instructional technology, VR
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more on haptic in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=haptic
Highway Bridges in Poor Condition from 1992-2021
categories: academic library, information technology
regrow frog amputated limb
categories: academic library, information technology
Super excited to see this come out: https://t.co/6Cfe4LfhHL @msahsorin, @kaplan_lorax, and many others. Key points: 1) Just 24 hour stimulation with our MDT (= drugs + bioreactor) causes >1 year of leg growth. 2) very large, *adult* Xenopus (not just froglets/juveniles) 1/n
— Michael Levin (@drmichaellevin) January 26, 2022
misinformation
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both sides of important issues
categories: academic library
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Netaverse
categories: VR
microcredentials and higher ed
categories: badges
Canada has reflected that global interest, with major government investment over the last two years: $59.5 million announced by the Ontario government in late 2020 to fund microcredential development and related student loans; $9 million announced by British Columbia’s government since 2020, with federal support; and $5.6 million announced by Alberta’s government last August for microcredential pilot projects after the Business Council of Alberta (BCA) issued a report in 2020 urging the provincial and federal governments to expand microcredential opportunities. Ontario’s government-backed digital learning organization, eCampus Ontario, has been working in this area since 2017. Microcredential development is included in the strategic plans of the University of New Brunswick and Dalhousie University. As far back as 2015, the University of British Columbia promoted the use of “open badges” to recognize discrete skills that students had acquired within for-credit courses. It started running several non-credit microcredentials in 2021, thanks to provincial funding.
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What Are Micro-Credentials And Why Are So Many Universities Talking About Them?
https://www.suitable.co/knowledge-center/blog/what-are-micro-credentials
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more on microcredentials in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=microcredential
schools cybersecurity
America’s schools increasingly face costly cybersecurity risks, yet many systems are ill-prepared for the challenge. #EWOpinion #RHSU https://t.co/TQKkhiEdqI
— Education Week (@educationweek) January 27, 2022
As of this past August, Politico has reported that ransomware attacks have hit 58 education organizations and school districts, including 830 individual schools. Last March, the Broward County, Fla., district didn’t pay a $40 million ransom, leading the hackers to publish 26,000 stolen files online (these included student and staff Social Security numbers and addresses).
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more on cybersecurity in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=cybersecurity
Reddit Twitter NFTs
Reddit may follow Twitter in letting users set their NFTs as profile photos https://t.co/EALBq4JKa1
— CNET (@CNET) January 27, 2022