16 Feb

Posted at 17:03h in Scoop.it

Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2017 ranked as the second warmest since reliable instrumental records began in 1880, according to an analysis by NASA released today. Continuing the planet’s long-term warming trend, globally averaged temperatures in 2017 were 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit (0.90 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 1951 to 1980 mean, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. That is second only to global temperatures in 2016.

 

 

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09 Feb

Posted at 18:30h in Scoop.it

The challenge of dwindling attention spans
There’s a well-recycled statistic out there that says the human attention span has dwindled from 12 seconds at the start of the century to less than 8 seconds today. And while some people argue the legitimacy of this data point, the reality is that attention spans certainly aren’t getting any better. The multisensory nature of the internet, social media, and other digital technologies is rewiring the human brain and making it harder for people to stay focused on singular tasks and objectives – both online and offline.

 

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https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=press

 

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/curation-the-21st-century-way-to-learn-on-its-own-pace-and-to-organize-the-learning/

 

 

 

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09 Feb

Posted at 18:27h in Scoop.it

“Imagine yourself as a student at New York University, seated in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, NYC. Your roommate has just left for a semester abroad at the historic Oxford University and you are eager to hear all the exciting stories of their adventure overseas as you have never been yourself.”
 

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