Six Centuries, 700 Scientists, 300 Groundbreaking Milestones: A New Book Examines the Invaluable History of Science Illustrations — from thisiscolossal.com by Grace Ebert
On 10/10/2022,
in active learning, adjunct faculty, analytics, assessment, attention, Bias | Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I), biology, chemistry, colleges, community colleges, education, Emotion, engagement / engaging students, faculty/staff, higher education, instructional design, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, metacognition / metacognitive skills, pedagogy, productivity / tips and tricks, professional development, student-related, teaching & learning, universities, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Learning from Our Students: Student Perspectives on Good Teaching — from everylearnereverywhere.org; with thanks to Beth McMurtrie for this resource
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
Twenty-two students trusted us with their stories and their reflections on good teaching. We honor that trust and hope that instructors who read this document gain as much insight about teaching from the students as we did. While we often write of students in the plural, each one of these students had an individual experience with learning and therefore a unique story to tell about good teaching. The key takeaways from their stories are:
- Students want to be recognized as individuals and appreciated in the classroom.
- Students want real life in the classroom.
- Students want to be treated with respect and trust.
We hope readers will likewise ask their own students, “What do your best instructors do?” and use that feedback to continuously improve their craft as teachers.
Out of 22 students:
A $500 Million International Project Will Create the Most Detailed Map of the Brain Ever — from singularityhub.com by Edd Gent
Excerpt:
That’s why the National Institutes of Health’s BRAIN Initiative has just announced $500 million in funding over five years for an effort to characterize and map neuronal and other types of cells across the entire human brain. The project will be spearheaded by the Allen Institute in Seattle, but involves collaborations across 17 other institutions in the US, Europe, and Japan.
“These awards will enable researchers to explore the multifaceted characteristics of the more than 200 billion neurons and non-neuronal cells in the human brain at unprecedented detail and scale,” John Ngai, director of the NIH BRAIN Initiative, said in a statement.
From DSC:
The LORD does awesome work. I wonder how many of these scientists and researchers will become believers while doing this project.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
?? this! These are amazing moments. When you truly hear for the very first time. pic.twitter.com/2HrYv228jV
— Catherine Adenle (@CatherineAdenle) July 20, 2022
On 07/20/2022,
in 21st century, biology, emerging technologies, ethics, experimentation, future, game-changing environment, generational differences, health, morals/values, science, society,
by Daniel Christian
Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should: What Genetic Engineers Can Learn From ‘Jurassic World’ — from singularityhub.com by Andrew Maynard
Excerpt:
Maybe this is the abiding message of Jurassic World: Dominion—that despite incredible advances in genetic design and engineering, things can and will go wrong if we don’t embrace the development and use of the technology in socially responsible ways.
The good news is that we still have time to close the gap between “could” and “should” in how scientists redesign and reengineer genetic code. But as Jurassic World: Dominion reminds moviegoers, the future is often closer than it might appear.
On 06/01/2022,
in attention, biology, colleges, community colleges, digital learning, education, education technology, educational games / serious games, engagement / engaging students, geography / geology, ideas, innovation, instructional design, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, love of learning, online learning, online media, participation, pedagogy, play, skills, tools, United States, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
How an Escape Room Is Building Students’ Digital Skills at Northampton Community College — from campustechnology.com by Rhea Kelly
Excerpt of description of podcast:
We spoke with Beth Ritter-Guth, associate dean of online learning and educational technology at the college, to find out how the Learning Lab is engaging students, building digital literacy and providing valuable training in the job skills of the future.
Also see:
Five Concepts You Can Teach Through Geocaching — from freetech4teachers.com by Richard Byrne
Excerpt:
Geocaching is one of the things that I spend a good bit of time talking about in both my workshop and in my webinar about blending technology into outdoor learning. Geocaching is a great activity to do to get kids outside for hands-on learning experiences. Here are five things that you can teach through geocaching activities.
From DSC:
This next one may be useful for educators and/or parents, but it’s useful for pretty much all of us
Tip of the week: A great group packing tool — from Jared newman
Excerpt:
As an alternative to clunky spreadsheets or endless email chains, WhoBrings is a brilliantly simple way to figure out who’s bringing what.
Just type the name of your packing list into this free website, add some items, then share the link with the rest of the group. Anyone who has the link can then claim responsibility for an item or add new items to the list. You can also specify a number of units for any item—12 beach towels, for instance, or three packs of beer—and people can choose how many they’ll bring.
Also see:
Learning, doing, and teaching biology through multimedia — from MIT Open Learning
Producing multimedia for online courses involves lifelong learning
On 05/11/2022,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, Augmented Reality (AR), biology, health, XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
This app is training doctors while using #AugmentedReality
Credit: @futurism #VR #AR #VirtualReality #HealthTech #techforgood pic.twitter.com/1zXrpromq9
— Pascal Bornet (@pascal_bornet) May 11, 2022
On 05/09/2022,
in architecture, art, biology, colleges, communities of practice, creativity, design, graphics, health, Michigan, project-based learning, student-related, United States,
by Daniel Christian
Kendall College of Art and Design spotlights sixteen student projects — from dezeen.com
Addendum on 9/26/22:
Ten student showcases from universities based in the USA — from dezeen.com
On 04/26/2022,
in Augmented Reality (AR), biology, engagement / engaging students, health, hearts -- matters of the heart, innovation, science, tools, XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
Innovation in education using #AR pic.twitter.com/UUywF37ziA
— Alvin Foo (@alvinfoo) April 26, 2022
On 04/14/2022,
in biology, psychology,
by Daniel Christian
Largest-Ever Collection of Brain Maps Charts How the Brain Changes Over a Lifetime — from singularityhub.com by Shelly Fan
Excerpts:
Our brains are unique snowflakes that change shape throughout our lives. Yet buried underneath individual differences is a common throughline, with the brain growing rapidly during childhood then slowly declining with age.
But that’s just a crude sketch of an average brain’s lifetime. What are we missing?
A team of international scientists just gave us the first answers with a remarkable project called BrainChart. In a tour de force study published last week in Nature, they combined almost 125,000 brain scans covering the entire human lifespan, from before birth to death. The youngest sample was 15 weeks after conception; the oldest, a centenarian.
…
Even at this massive scale, the charts are just the first edition. The entire work is open sourced (you can check it out here), published with tools that allow other contributors to match up their brain scan data to the charts.
“You could imagine them being used to help evaluate patients screened for conditions such as Alzheimer’s, for example, allowing doctors to spot signs of neurodegeneration by comparing how rapidly a patient’s brain volume has changed compared to their peers,” said Bethlehem.
On 04/08/2022,
in animation, art, biology, chemistry, creativity, design, digital storytelling, digital video, education, education technology, engineering, geography / geology, history, homeschooling/homeschoolers, instructional design, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning preferences, mathematics, more voice more choice more control, music, parents/guardians, science, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, technologies for your home, technology (general),
by Daniel Christian
