Varjo announces Aero, the highest-end prosumer headset
https://gfycat.com/equatoriallastingbronco
Specifications
- Displays: Dual Mini LED LCD; 2880 x 2720 px per eye
- Refresh rate: 90 Hz
- Optics: Custom-made variable resolution aspheric lenses with 35 PPD peak fidelity
- Field of View: Horizontal: 115°, Diagonal: 134° at 12 mm eye relief
- Interpupillary Distance: Automatic IPD adjustment with motor, Supported IPD range: 57–73 mm
- Audio: 3.5 mm audio jack, In-ear headphones with mic in-box
- Weight: 487 g + headband 230 g (including counterweight)
- Dimensions: Width 200 mm, height 170 mm, length 300 mm
- Connectivity:
- Headset adapter and USB-C cable (5-metre) in-box
- PC connections: DisplayPort and USB-A 3.0
- Positional Tracking: SteamVR™ 2.0/1.0
- Eye Tracking: 200 Hz with sub-degree accuracy; 1-dot calibration for foveated rendering
- Comfort & Wearability:
- 3-point precision fit headband
- Replaceable, easy-to-clean polyurethane face cushions
- Active cooling
PC Requirements
4-core CPU
For example: Intel Core i5-4590, Intel Xeon E5-1620, AMD Ryzen 5 1500X equivalent or better
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XRA Limitless Future Conference 2021
https://lnkd.in/eaCr4W9c
XR Learning and Development
EVENT DETAILS
Thursday, November 4, 2021
1:00 pm – 5:30 pm ET/10:00 am – 2:30 pm PT
Virtual Event
Despite decades of evidence, good teaching is still considered more art than science. That’s hurting faculty and students alike.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-damaging-myth-of-the-natural-teacher
Even as universities have become more bureaucratic and centrally controlled, teaching continues to operate largely independent of oversight
when she was a college administrator, before becoming a professor, she was expected to spend two to four hours a week on professional development. It was written into her job description. Her training as a faculty member, by contrast, “has all been self directed, self led, things I want to do. It’s never been part of my annual evaluation.”
At most research universities if you were publishing in pedagogy journals they would not be counted or weighted as heavily as if you were publishing in a traditional journal.
Valencia College, a community college in Central Florida that relies heavily on part-time instructors, encourages them to improve their teaching by offering certificates and pay increases for participating in 60 hours of professional development.
Some of the most notable reform efforts are coming from external funders and academic associations. The National Science Foundation, the Association of American Universities, the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, the American Historical Association, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, and others have sponsored research and projects on teaching reform, including work on how to advance discipline-based education research.
a pilot program at Kansas to reinvent the evaluation process, as part of a multi-campus project called TEval. The new process, she says, considers seven benchmarks, including course planning, class climate, and evidence of student learning. Teaching reviews consider, for example, how well course content is aligned with the curriculum, whether a faculty member is involved in scholarship about pedagogy, and how much time they spend advising and mentoring students. Departments are also encouraged to develop “peer triads,” in which small groups of faculty members whose coursework is related meet regularly to talk about their teaching and course design.
He and his peers were heavily involved in pedagogical innovation on campus, including the Center for Project Based Learning and discipline-based education research.
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https://academicpartnerships.uta.edu/articles/healthcare/pros-cons-competencybased-learning.aspx
The Glossary of Education Reform, “Competency-based learning refers to systems of instruction, assessment, grading, and academic reporting that are based on students demonstrating that they have learned the knowledge and skills they are expected to learn as they progress though their education.”
The benefits, or drawbacks, of competency-based learning (CBL) — also known as competency-based education, mastery-based education, performance-based education, standards-based education and proficiency-based education — are up for debate. Regardless, there are an increasing number of these types of programs, particularly in for-profit colleges.
Competency-based education, in short, focuses on mastery of content, not on how long it takes to learn it.
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What’s the Difference Between Project- and Challenge-Based Learning, Anyway?
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-12-27-what-s-the-difference-between-project-and-challenge-based-learning-anyway
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Problem-Based Learning vs. Project-Based Learning
https://teachingcommons.unt.edu/teaching-essentials/engaged-learning/problem-based-learning-vs-project-based-learning
Problem-based learning is a category of experiential learning that involves students in the process of critical thinking to examine problems that lack a well-defined answer. In problem-based learning, students are given a problem with only preliminary information. They work towards solving the problems themselves, rather than reviewing how others have resolved the situation or problem as in a case study. They do not produce a product as in project-based learning, and students are not necessarily working in the community unless they are gathering data.
Problem-based learning fosters students’ metacognitive skills. They must be consciously aware of what they already know about an area of discovery as well as what they do not know.
Project-based learning is a category of experiential learning where students are presented with a complex problem or question that has multiple potential solutions and possibilities for exploration. However, after studying this problem or question in their teams, students are challenged to develop a plan and create a product or artifact that addresses the problem.
https://sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SPARC-FTC-Letter-in-Opposition-to-the-Clarivate-ProQuest-Merger.pdf
“effective monopoly” on library systems
“Clarivate may…portray the merger as increasing competition by creating a strong challenger to Elsevier…[but] these two emerging platform monopolies are likely to…drive out…weaker competitors, creating a duopoly between Clarivate & Elsevier.”
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Nepean Hospital partners with Vantari VR for ICU training
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/anz/nepean-hospital-partners-vantari-vr-icu-training
“By integrating Vantari VR into our education programme, trainees will already have advanced knowledge of the procedure before requiring clinician input. In addition, we hope Vantari VR will help our trainees have a more homogenous approach, as well as give repeated exposure to lesser performed procedures,”
Aside from Nepean Hospital, Vantari’s technology is also being used for training critical care practitioners at three other tertiary hospitals across Australia
Featuring flight-simulator technology, the Vantari VR training platform provides medical training through a VR headset and a laptop. Its modules cover most medical procedures and deliver steps recommended by college guidelines. Vantari sees its technology being applied beyond the ICU to other critical care specialities, such as emergency medicine and anaesthetics.
The startup said it is in the process of securing A$2 million ($1.5 million) in funding as part of its capital raise, which will close in December. This comes as it received a $100,000 grant from American video game company Epic Games early this year.
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The Pandemic Could Have Unlocked Remote Schooling. It Hasn’t
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-the-pandemic-could-have-unlocked-remote-schooling-it-hasnt/2021/10
Parents interested in remote learning may also discover their choices are all or nothing: Either they can pull their child out of their traditional school to enroll for the whole year in an online option or they can remain in a brick-and-mortar building and hope for the best.
Remote learning isn’t the only need. Pandemic pods and learning hubs have shown the power of small, individualized spaces where community organizations—whose staff often have the trust of students and families in their neighborhoods—to help students discover a sense of belonging and connect them to essential services like tutoring or mental-health support.
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