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The LINK Lab is a hub international scholars exploring the digitization of knowledge and learning and how this process impacts education. Siemens also serves on the advisory board of learninganalytics company Civitas Learning and is a mentor to startups in Intel’s Education Accelerator.
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Platforms provide the substructure for the “gig economy” and the “sharing economy”; they’re the economic engine of socialmedia; they’re the architecture of the “attention economy” and the inspiration for claims about the “end of ownership.”
Apologies for linking to Reason : “ University of Virginia Hires ‘Social Sentinel’ to Monitor Students’ SocialMedia Posts.” Perhaps because it was written by Salesforce. ” From Geek Dad : “ Jiobit Follows the Kids When You Cannot.”
was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on socialmedia.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on socialmedia or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.
Of course, teachers have utilized socialmedia sites for years to launch various side-hustles — speaking gigs and “ brand ambassadorships ”, for example — as well as to facilitate their main hustle — you know, teaching. “Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. Course Signals.
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