Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
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
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/bombs-and-butterflies
https://eeb.msu.edu/news/this-week-on-radiolab-of-bombs-and-butterflies/
https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/3798694340237342/
Oculus Quest 2 plays a VictoryXR app ($24.99) where you can cut the pig for not gastronomical purposes (see pic below)
(watch the video)
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also a Shark dissection simulator
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-6826504955696939008-YUF2
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more on simulations in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=simulations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnotology
<https://youtu.be/t5UPnuSTRjA?t=2384> in 2000, it was genomics, in 2010, it was nanotechnology and in 2020 is AI
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more on fake news in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=%23fakenews
A rise in studies on female bird behavior shows how gender equity can spark change in research
Immersive technology allows students to explore the world firsthand on a molecular level.
Eli Zimmerman
t universities and medical schools, students are already using AR and VR
Originally, AR and VR lesson plans revolved around the virtual field trip.with the HTC Vive, for example, can take a detailed, 3D-rendered journey.
In May 2018, Google announced a partnership with Labster, a virtual lab simulator, to develop immersive high school and college biology and anatomy courses.
by Intel last year, Middle Township High School in New Jersey embraced the idea of using Oculus Rift headsets to examine virtual frogs. In California, a new bill introduced in the state legislature would swap out real animals in schools for virtual replacements to teach biology more humanely.