VR English teachers
categories: announcement
F2F instruction preference
studies from the EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research. The first, published in October, surveyed more than 40,000 students at 118 U.S. institutions, while the second, published this week, drew on data from 9,500 faculty members across 119 US institutions.
Among student respondents, 70 percent said they prefer mostly or completely face-to-face learning environments. The professors surveyed were even more partial to face-to-face classes, with 73 percent preferring them.
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Deliberate Fun
Webinar: Deliberate Fun: A Purposeful Approach to Gamifying Learning Experiences
Monica Cornetti Founder and CEO, Sententia Gamification
Jonathan Peters Chief Motivation Officer, Sententia Gamification
Date and Time Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 9AM Pacific / 12PM Eastern Duration 1 Hour Cost $0 (Free)
https://www.trainingmagnetwork.com/events/1818?gref=calendar
Broadband China US
categories: educational technology, information technology
China’s Fiber Broadband Internet Approaches Nationwide Coverage; United States Lags Severely Behind from r/technology
China’s Fiber Broadband Internet Approaches Nationwide Coverage; United States Lags Severely Behind
In 2013, 17 percent of consumers in both China and the U.S. had access to a fiber internet connection. Fast forward to 2019, China’s penetration has jumped to 86 percent while the U.S. is only at 25 percent.
Despite the constant posturing and discussion about the importance of fiber, the U.S. has not been effective at deploying a nationwide fiber optical network. Why is this?
LACK OF PRIVATE COMPETITION
INADEQUATE BROADBAND MAPPING
INEFFICIENT NATIONAL FUNDING PROGRAMS
ABSENCE OF COMMON SENSE STATE-LEVEL INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES
Unlike America, virtually all of the access points that make up the internet “backbone” in China are state-owned, with private providers only able to lease out bandwidth from the government. The communist government’s plans extend beyond its own borders as well; the Belt and Road Initiative includes plans for direct investment in infrastructure spanning nearly 70 different countries, potentially giving China a vice grip on internet innovation if left unchecked by the West.
CHINA LEADS IN 5G DEPLOYMENT AS WELL
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=broadband
instructional designers
Results from a CA Community College survey 73 out of 115 colleges responded). #detche19 pic.twitter.com/sM3o8m50rZ
— Michelle Pacansky-Brock (@brocansky) December 3, 2019
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Finland’s Phenomenon-based Learning
The Teacher’s Role in Finland’s Phenomenon-based Learning
Tara García Mathewson, The Hechinger ReportDec 10
https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/55006/the-teachers-role-in-finlands-phenomenon-based-learning
Phenomenon-based learning is a lot like project-based learning, a more familiar term in the United States. Both prioritize hands-on activities that give students control over the direction of the project and both emphasize assignments that relate to the real world. They also emphasize student mastery of transferrable skills rather than a narrow set of facts identified by teachers.
Teachers have to make sure students know the foundational knowledge they need on a given topic to even consider developing a research question within it. They need to teach students how to craft appropriate research questions that can lead to interesting and engaging, and hopefully even original, research opportunities. And they need to pause the student-directed investigations to teach and model the skills students should be using on their own along the way.
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more on the FInland Phenomenon in this iMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=finland+phenomenon
such as vs like
categories: announcement
http://www.differencebetween.net/language/grammar-language/difference-between-such-as-and-like/
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=proofreading
Magic Leap AR goggles
categories: AR
Magic Leap has reportedly sold only 6,000 headsets after raising $2.6 billion
byu/mspoonygp ingadgets
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/dollar26-billion-later-magic-leap-looks-in-trouble
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=magic+leap
Given that Apple is reportedly launching its own AR headset in 2022 and Apple AR glasses in 2023, Magic Leap will have to make serious improvements to its platform in order to stay in a game that will soon become a lot more competitive.
Magic Leap will also have to contend with the much-improved Hololens 2 from Microsoft on the enterprise front, as well as an expected wave of consumer AR headsets and glasses that will leverage Qualcomm’s XR2 platform. Pokemon Go creator Ninantic has already announced that it is working on AR Glasses in partnership with Qualcomm.
TikTok privacy analysis
Privacy analysis of Tiktok’s app and website
byu/iamkeyur inprogramming
https://rufposten.de/blog/2019/12/05/privacy-analysis-of-tiktoks-app-and-website/
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/tiktok-ueberwachung-daten-kritik-1.4709779
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=tik+tok
mindfulness memory
Just 10 minutes of mindfulness meditation can improve verbal learning and memory processes, study finds
byu/HeinieKaboobler inscience
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=mindfulness