If you want to do real work in the Metaverse, I guess realize that we still have to constantly compare & work out schedules for our teammates across all timezones to achieve our common goals. It's almost like everything is ultimately #MixedReality ;)
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Writer, Speaker, Science Edu Network Developer, Futurist, Research Associate Professor at UMontana, President/CEO of Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN)
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Learning Hacks podcast: The University in the Future
Stephen Downes believes the metaverse, blockchain, and AI are key techs for online education and questions whether we still need universities in this new distributed, learner-driven world.
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There's still room for participants in our House of MedEd & Healthcare workshop!
Coming up at
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12pm Eastern
5pm London
7pm Athens
#medicaleducation #VR #AR #design #InstructionalDesign
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Join lead members of the iLRN House of Medical Education & Healthcare for an interactive workshop on designing #VR engagement in applied medical settings. twitter.com/staconst/statu…
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South Australia went from 1% renewables in 2007 to 68% in just over 15 years. It's on track for 100% renewable energy by 2030.
It can be done.
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables #solar #wind
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Apple’s Reality Pro AR/VR headset will feature eye and hand tracking functionality 👀👋‼️
There won’t be a dedicated controller like rival products…
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The wild claims of #Metaverse cheerleaders appear to have cooled just a tad. iLRN Director of Immersive Futures Maya Georgieva @mayaig provides sober but still exciting perspective for those #campus settings considering starting their own #metaversity:
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Nnnnoooooo 😞
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We have some sad news, Altspacers. #AltspaceVR is shutting down on March 10th.
Though we hate saying goodbye, we also feel such pride and gratitude for all the magic that happened here. 
Thanks for joining us on this epic adventure. #socialvr
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Thanks for joining us on this epic adventure. #socialvr
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Four months ago, I posted my UXR salary on academic twitter.
As a post-doc, I had no idea how much more money I could make in UXR, so I wanted to share this info with others weighing similar decisions.
The response was far worse than I expected. 1/
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For AI and education, students are working with this fine meta-analysis:
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One Week before the Deadline!
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If your #research or #practice is related to #Immersive learning, think about submitting to #ilrn2023 conference immersivelrn.org/pages/ilrn-2023.
Deadline: 22nd Jan
Online: May 18-20
In Person (California) June 26-29
@immersiveLRN
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Next Monday, come and celebrate all of those who've put in a proposal for iLRN2023 at our iLRN Mixed Reality Comedy Hour!
Live Comedy!
Virtual World! Ha!
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Hop into our 1.23 Mixed Reality Comedy Hour!
Monday, January 23rd
5:00pm Pacific / 8:00pm Eastern
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iLRN Members get in free!
non-Members $4.00 tickets
at Haptics Lounge on the iLRN Virtual Campus powered by @VirbelaHQ
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People who don’t like “woke”ness are really upset 😭
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In case you want to know the real motivations behind the current voucher push, this report uses the term "woke" & its variations at least 71 times. These are not serious people.
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New Year, More About You 📢
A few new features came out today that will help #DCLcitizens connect with each other better than ever—and this is only the beginning!
🖍️Highlighting Avatars
👩🦱New User Profile
🔗Links in Profile
💌New Friend Request Flow
🏷️Differentiated Nametags
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10 top use cases of #ChatGPT from
1. Prepare job interviews
2. Have personal tutoring
3. Write a speech
4. Brainstorm side hustles
5. Summarize books
6. Generate SQL queries
7. Debug and fix code
8. Get personalized advice
9. Perform calculations
10. Learn a language
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ChatGPT broke the internet and crossed 1 million users in only 5 days.
But most people still don't know how to unlock its full potential.
Here's 10 mind-blowing things you can do with ChatGPT (I promise):
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Thx for making me aware of this scandal. In an experiment, a #mentalhealth platform provided #AI-written "mental health counseling for 4,000 people without informing them first". The founder's reaction reveals that he has zero ethics awareness.
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Some really good design guidelines for creating Immersive Learning Experiences here...
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All-network iLRN2022 Immersive Design Recommendations are now available - download a printable PDF version to guide you in creating high quality immersive learning experiences!
@IEEE_EduSoc #XR #learning #edu
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Testing out gloves that let you TOUCH in Virtual Reality. What would you use them for?
#CES2023
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Journal of Educational Technology & Society invites papers of a Special Issue on Educational Design Research for Human Beings Learning Access – Centering Accessibility, Equity, and Inclusion. Access CFP and paper submission at: j-ets.net/announce#h.zfs
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Who's ready to surf what looks like continued crazy waves throughout 2023?
Join us on sunny beaches all across the #Metaverse May 2023 sponsored by and/or in beautiful California in June hosted by the Computer Science Dept of + workshops & games in between!
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Looks like another wild year of immersive UX! Happy 2023!
Submit your workshops, practitioner demos, short papers, invited panels, & all other proposals for online May 18-20 or in California June 26-29; or a Special Session in between?
Due Jan 22!
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As the year is coming to an end, let's take the time to highlight many of the amazing community contributions and projects over the year...
Stable Diffusion has only been around for 6 months but a full thread is still warranted given the extremely fast pace of progress! ↓
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Today's the day! The #IEEE International Conference on #IntelligentReality is getting underway. Today's opening remarks and first keynote by 's are being livestreamed on the #Facebook page right now: bit.ly/3Wir1iJ #ICIR2022
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Three of us resigned from Twitter’s Trust & Safety Council today: and me. Here’s why netfamilynews.org/members-of-twi
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Made it to Saint Andrews, Scotland to work with faculty & students for the next week!
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It’s the end of the year. You know what that means.
Tweeting me your Annual performance reviews for your pets.
Did they meet expectations, exceed expectations or fail to meet expectations?
Please leave a picture of your non-human resource below with their performance review.
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There! That oughta fix it.
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my new profile pic is a bit too impish when viewed as a thumbnail. grrr, that mischievous lout! lol
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AI-generated answers temporarily banned on coding Q&A site Stack Overflow theverge.com/2022/12/5/2349 via
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This 👇 entire interview from …all of it! Big money has always been attacking the Internet and sought to control it - from within and outside of it!
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Happy Monday to every researcher who spent 3 hours reading literature and now feel like they know less about the topic
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Always choose a supportive supervisor over university prestige.
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Medical Training and Simulation in #AugmentedReality
#AI #AR #XR #VR #AR #VirtualReality #5G #Healthtech #FutureOfWork
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Sadly. As predicted.
"The scaling back of remote-work policies is a visible sign of a changing job market."
"The balance of power is starting to shift away from workers & back to employers as the labor market shows more signs of cooling down."
#WFH #Leadership #FutureOfWork
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Demand for remote jobs outpaces supply axios.com/2022/12/04/rem / @sniukas @MarkCCrowley @goatrodeoprj
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Mozilla adds Active Replica to build on personalized subscription tiers, improving the onboarding experience and introducing new interaction capabilities in Hubs. #WebVR #Metaverse
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