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leonelmorgado.bsky.social @leonelmorgado.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

My paper "Immersion for AI: Immersive Learning with Artificial Intelligence" has been ACCEPTED for presentation at the iLRN 2025 conference. @immersivelrn.bsky.social Learning Research Network. This is a unique paper, I'm excited about incorporating reviewers' feedback and sharing it.

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Kathryn Yu #OpenToWork @kathrynyu.com · 03/04/2025

We asked attendees of immersive experiences what qualities were most important to them; the top answers were: a high level of interactivity, overall uniqueness, interacting with a purpose-built environment, encountering live actors, overall emotional impact. Source: www.gensler.com/gri/immersiv...

Bar graph which reads:

What qualities are most important to you when attending an immersive experience?

High level of interactivity, 187 respondents
Overall uniqueness of experience, 167
Interacting with a purpose built environment, 164
Encountering live actors, 155
Overall emotional impact, 132

Source: 2025 Immersive Entertainment & Culture Industry Report, a co-publication of the Gensler Research Institute and the Immersive Experience Institute

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Immersive Learning Research Network @immersivelrn.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

The #Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) is excited to announce that registration is now open for our annual #conference, #iLRN2025, taking place this June online & Chicago. Join us www.immersivelrn.org/ilrn2025/reg...

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Fun Man Fung @chemfunman.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

@standupforscience.bsky.social in Missoula, Montana We are scientists 🧑🏻‍🔬 Trust in Science 🧪 @wainbrave.bsky.social

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Jonathon Richter @wainbrave.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

W/Trump admin stripping federal support for higher education we got lucky & received funding just moments b4 it got cut off for visiting Stanford University Fulbright Scholar 🍀 @chemfunman.bsky.social from Singapore & the University College Dublin to be here at the University of Montana this week.

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Aaron Putnam @aaronputnam.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Doug has been a wonderful program officer. Always responsive, helpful, insightful. This is a big loss for NSF and for the Country. 🧪⚒️

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Jonathon Richter @wainbrave.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I’m both excited and relieved to read an organized and proactive response to this assault on the United States from the highest level on the inside. Looking for more! america2.news/a-constructi...

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A Constructive Approach to the American Meltdown

America has been captured by adversarial interests. If we want to change that, we must challenge ourselves to become a new kind of citizen.

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

This is fantastic: a 68 country data set with perceptions of science, science communication and climate attitudes. Featured in @nature.com Led by the formidable @nielsmede.bsky.social What a resource! Now we ‘just’ need a 2025/26 update given how it’s all changing. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset

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Jonathon Richter @wainbrave.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Here, we see that Generative AI is gaining traction in some higher education circles, but there’s a growing “AI divide” & ethical dialogue & secure protocols will likely develop in various ways to address these emerging issues. Good food for thought.

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Jonathon Richter @wainbrave.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

the quicker the response to a Blitzkrieg, the shorter the time spent disoriented.

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Jonathon Richter @wainbrave.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

A gathering of protesters at the Missoula County Courthouse, joining the chorus of citizens decrying Elon Musk’s hijacking of the American government’s databases. Resist!!!

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Montana Free Press @montanafreepress.org · 04/02/2025

The Montana health department says the Board of Public Assistance is redundant and a bureaucratic hurdle that helps few people. Current and former board representatives say the rare cases in which the panel helps people are important.

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Officials seek to dismantle appeals board for Montanans denied public assistance

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Jonathon Richter @wainbrave.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Billionaires Learned to use social media & shape the public’s perceptions. Now look what.

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Jonathon Richter @wainbrave.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Talk about community, I've been finding this book "Voices of Nature: How and Why Animals Communicate" absolutely fascinating - and I think has much wisdom to draw on re: technology design affordances and human interaction. #umwelt #animalpsychology #design inquisitivebiologist.com/2024/02/22/b...

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Book review – The Voices of Nature: How and Why Animals Communicate

The Voices of Nature is an immersive sonic journey into animal communication, led by an expert in bioacoustics and ethology.

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Jonathon Richter @wainbrave.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Low pressure system is moving in. Prepare for more winter weather!

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Jonathon Richter @wainbrave.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Anyone have any good underground music recommendations?

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Jonathon Richter @wainbrave.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

“Irrationality is the square root of all evil.” — Douglas Hofstadter

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CNN @cnn.com · 27/01/2025

DeepSeek, a one-year-old startup, showed off a stunning capability: It presented a ChatGPT-like AI model called R1, which has all the familiar abilities, operating at a fraction of the cost of OpenAI’s, Google’s or Meta’s popular AI models.

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A shocking Chinese AI advancement called DeepSeek is sending US stocks plunging | CNN Business

US stocks were set for a steep selloff Monday morning after a surprise advancement from a Chinese artificial intelligence company, DeepSeek, threatened the aura of invincibility surrounding America’s ...

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Philippe Gonzalez @phlppgnzlz.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

“The irony is hard to miss: The movement that for the past half century was loudest in warning about the dangers of cultural decadence is most responsible for electing a president who personifies cultural decadence.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Evangelicals Made a Bad Trade

Hitching the evangelical wagon to Donald Trump has meant unhitching it from the life and teachings of Jesus.

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Jonathon Richter @wainbrave.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Libraries continue to serve as our incredible possibility spaces where students and communities can flourish—if WellBeing is an explicit goal, leaders can now really focus and cultivate teams in the cocreation of experiences and events where learning and positive growth is happening for everyone!

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Jonathon Richter @wainbrave.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Oh hello — now this looks like a Saturday night special: turn it up!

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

<waves from Missoula Flood exposed basalts in Washington State (there's a lot)> youtu.be/qJWtgvsm_ms?...

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Geology Video Blooper - Columnar Basalt

YouTube video by hugefloods

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

One of my dissertation chapters had a tentative working title of “did the internet create annoying people, or just make it easier for existing annoying people to find and annoy me?” The answer is yes.

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Jonathon Richter @wainbrave.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Check out iLRN’s 6th annual global student game jam! Create fun & co-design with your team while saving the world! www.immersivelrn.org/blogs/entry/...

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Jule M. Krüger @julemkru.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I'm happy to announce the publication of our paper Unlocking Augmented Reality Learning Design Based on Evidence From Empirical Cognitive Load Studies—A Systematic Literature Review in the Journal of Computer-Assisted Learning doi.org/10.1111/jcal... - it's #openaccess, feel free to check it out!

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Unlocking Augmented Reality Learning Design Based on Evidence From Empirical Cognitive Load Studies—A Systematic Literature Review

Background Despite the numerous positive effects of augmented reality (AR) on learning, previous research has shown ambiguous results regarding the cognitive demand on the learner arising from, for ...

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School of Innovation & Technology @sit-gsa.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Just before new year, our own @d-livingstone.bsky.social joined Chris Dede @leonelmorgado.bsky.social Donna Z Davis & @wainbrave.bsky.social to discuss Immersive Learning Research: Novel Opportunities and Evolving Standards - catch up on the conversation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=StR3...

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Immersive Learning Research: Novel Opportunities and Evolving Standards

YouTube video by Immersive Learning Research Network

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