Monday XR chat
Join us tomorrow for #formativechat with guest moderator @DrKCOrange, always a great chat on Monday nights! #education #edchat #rethink_learning #sunchat #teachpos #PLN365 #cultureed #tlap #bookcamppd @thriveinedu pic.twitter.com/mlzyjcaJ4W
— Rachelle Dené Poth |@ThriveinEDU #ARVR #AI (@Rdene915) November 15, 2020
6:30 Central Time in ASVR
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Supporting Students With Disabilities webinar
Nearly seven million students with disabilities in the United States are at risk of regressing during COVID-related remote learning. What can research tell us about how schools can intervene? Register for the Nov. 20 online webinar here: #sponsorcontent https://t.co/4n18eDH6Cu pic.twitter.com/bsEU7XekFm
— Education Week (@educationweek) November 15, 2020
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identifying fake news by 90%
Software developed by University College London & UC Berkeley can identify ‘fake news’ sites with 90% accuracy from r/Futurology
Machine learning tool deUC Berveloped to detect fake news domains when they register
Al is not lost though, as academics from UCL and several other institutions have developed a tool that may help us separate the fact from fiction. They have designed a machine learning tool which can cite domains that were created to spread what has now commonly become known as ‘fake news’.
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Dostoevsky vs Nietzsche
Dostoevsky’s Raskolnikov VS Nietzsche’s Ubermensch | Existentialism from r/philosophy
Soviet Union Internet domain
TIL that the Soviet Union was issued a top-level internet domain just before its 1991 collapse. The domain was never deactivated and has since become a haven for cybercriminals due to its lack of regulation. from r/todayilearned
Tons of Hackers Are Hanging Out in Old Soviet Cyberspace
https://gizmodo.com/tons-of-hackers-are-hanging-out-in-old-soviet-cyberspac-510829003
Until recently, the .su domain has been the home of weird, but legitimate sites. But when the administrators for Russia’s .ru got a little more strict about what they would and wouldn’t allow, scammers and hackers alike began to migrate to the out-dated .su, which saw its population of sites double in 2011, and again in 2012.
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Old Soviet Union domain name attracts cybercriminal interest
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/old-soviet-union-domain-name-attracts-cybercriminal-interest
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e-book pricing ‘scandal’
University staff urge probe into e-book pricing ‘scandal’ https://t.co/SJyCIP5qQf
— Robin DeRosa (@actualham) November 13, 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54922764
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Rumor vs Reality
https://www.cisa.gov/rumorcontrol
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Digital violence
The recently published report “Free to Be Online?” by Plan International found that more than half of the 14,000 girls and young women surveyed worldwide have experienced online harassment or abuse.
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VR Bytes Edu
VR Bytes Edu: Creative Ways to Use Current Hardware for VR
Reality Bytes: Innovative Learning Using Augmented and Virtual Reality
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