Linkblog - 2026-05-31
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Converting physical spaces into learning spaces: Integrating universal design and universal design for learning — frontiersin.org
The school building comprises various physical spaces such as classrooms, corridors, playgrounds, staircases, etc. that can be transformed into learning spaces to promote subconscious learning in learners and ensure a school-wide implementation of UDL. Transforming the school environment would ensure learners an equitable, inclusive, and accessible environments that address learner variability, and reduce barriers to their learning. This involves a focus on various components, namely, transforming physical spaces (universal design) into learning spaces (universal design for learning), identifying different elements in each learning space to maximize their learning value, and general accessibility of the school infrastructure. The chapter aims to provide a framework to design inclusive learning spaces by deriving insights from the work of various groups of architects in India, Ireland, and the United States that have explored the relationship between physical spaces and UDL.
#UDL #learningspaces
Open eLearning – E-LEARNING AUTHORING TOOL — openelearning.org
looks janky as hell, but maybe an alternative to Articulate?
#html5 #authoring #software #macOS #opensource
Tumult Hype — tumult.com
Tumult Hype is the HTML5 creation app for macOS. Animations and interactive content made with Tumult Hype work on desktops, smartphones and iPads. No coding required.
It’s a good HTML5 editor (websites, animations, etc.) - I wonder how well this would work for a less-expensive alternative to Articulate…
#html5 #authoring #software #macOS
Adapt Learning — adaptlearning.org
Adapt is a free and easy to use e-learning authoring tool that creates fully responsive, multi-device, HTML5 e-learning content using the award-winning Adapt developer framework.
(the examples and last project blog post are over 5 years old, so maybe not super active?)
#via:StephenHarlow #authoring #html5 #elearning #software
DataCenter.FM 🤖🔊 The sound of AI — datacenter.fm
Experience the real-world sounds of AI with this interactive audio generator.
One part ambient soundtrack from the inner circles of hell, one part AI infrastructure simulator.
#via:TylerHellard #AI #soundtrack #ambient #simulation
Distributed Storage and Compute Grid — alliancecan.ca
The Distributed Storage and Compute Grid (the Grid), enabled by a national investment, will establish Canada’s first nationally operated distributed storage and compute service. As Alliance-owned AI infrastructure, it will provide a shared national layer of scalable, secure resources designed to support large-scale, data-intensive research while meeting strict data residency and operational requirements.
Alberta Cluster
- University of Calgary
- University of Alberta
- Red Deer Polytechnic
Quebec Cluster
- McGill University
- University of Laval
- Sherbrooke University
Ontario Cluster
- Western University
#AI #via:PennyPexman #grid
Brockovich Data Center Reporting – U.S. AI Data Center Awareness & Issue Map — brockovichdatacenter.com
Interactive map of major AI data centers across the United States — operational and under construction. Learn about energy use, water consumption, e-waste, and report concerns in your community.
#AI #person:ErinBrockovich
Abstract
Research use in educational decision-making has been encouraged and well documented at the K-12 education level in the United States but not in higher education, or more specifically for educational technology. We conducted a qualitative study to investigate the role of research in decisions about acquiring and using educational technology for teaching and learning in higher education. Results from 45 interviews of decision-makers in higher education show that they engage in different types of research activities throughout the decision-making process, but that in most cases the research is lacking in methodological rigor. Externally-produced, scientifically-rigorous research was mentioned in less than 20% of interviews. Decision-makers often conduct their own internal investigations on educational technology products and strategies producing locally-relevant, but usually less-than rigorous, evidence to inform decisions about continuing use of the technology or scaling up.
#person:FionaHollands #person:MayaEscuata #edtech #research #article
Principles for Promoting Positive Learning Environments — taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca
A new guide from our team in the TI - a collection of principles and practical strategies
#person:LoreleiAnselmo #person:PatriciaCamposDíaz #person:SreyasiBiswas #TaylorInstitute #resource #onlinelearning
Walking Through the Future in the Present: Teaching Practices in Postdigital Learning Spaces | Postdigital Science and Education | Springer Nature Link — link.springer.com
Learning spaces with integrated technology are often heralded as transformative, yet the sociotechnical imaginaries underpinning these spaces rarely manife
#article #via:StephenDownes #learningspaces #learningtechnologies #postdigital
Zulip — organized team chat — zulip.com
Zulip is an organized team chat app for distributed teams of all sizes.
Kind of like a Discord/Mattermost/Teams thing. Free for academic research projects.
#community #software