Melissa Cowan
@mcowan13.bsky.social
Professional Account • Instructional Design #ID • EdTech • Academic Technology #AcademicSky • VR/AR/XR • MedEd #MedEdSky • Emerging Technologies and Ideas • Follows, posts & comments represent my own views and opinions.
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Mozilla responds to backlash over new terms, saying it’s not using people’s data for AI
Mozilla responds to backlash over new terms, saying it’s not using people’s data for AI
Mozilla has responded to user backlash over the Firefox web browser’s new Terms of Use, which critics have called out for using overly broad language that appears to give the browser maker the rights to whatever data you input or upload. The company says…
tcrn.ch
February 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Mozilla responds to backlash over new terms, saying it’s not using people’s data for AI
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Christy Tucker offers AI prompts to aid instructional designers in crafting effective learning experiences. These prompts help streamline workflows, boost creativity, and align solutions with learner needs and organizational goals.
#LearningAndDevelopment #AI #Prompts #InstructionalDesign
#LearningAndDevelopment #AI #Prompts #InstructionalDesign
7 Useful Prompts for Instructional Designers
These 7 useful prompts will make your work easier. Alt text, captions, image style, image ideas, explain code, brainstorm, rewrite.
buff.ly
January 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Christy Tucker offers AI prompts to aid instructional designers in crafting effective learning experiences. These prompts help streamline workflows, boost creativity, and align solutions with learner needs and organizational goals.
#LearningAndDevelopment #AI #Prompts #InstructionalDesign
#LearningAndDevelopment #AI #Prompts #InstructionalDesign
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This has been a labor of love, and I’m incredibly excited to share that my article "Leveraging Learning Engineering to Advance Authentic Learning in Virtual Reality", has been published in the Journal of Applied Instructional Design! jaid.edtechbooks.org/jaid_13_4/au...
#VR #XR #InstructionalDesign
#VR #XR #InstructionalDesign
EdTech Books
jaid.edtechbooks.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This has been a labor of love, and I’m incredibly excited to share that my article "Leveraging Learning Engineering to Advance Authentic Learning in Virtual Reality", has been published in the Journal of Applied Instructional Design! jaid.edtechbooks.org/jaid_13_4/au...
#VR #XR #InstructionalDesign
#VR #XR #InstructionalDesign
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Research shows that using present tense in writing boosts persuasiveness & helpfulness.
Present tense makes content feel immediate and concrete, helping readers visualize actions or products.
It makes messages more vivid and actionable, enhancing engagement and influence.
Present tense makes content feel immediate and concrete, helping readers visualize actions or products.
It makes messages more vivid and actionable, enhancing engagement and influence.
Using present tense is more persuasive
Present tense makes what you say more concrete, which makes it easier to imagine and more urgent.
bit.ly
January 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Research shows that using present tense in writing boosts persuasiveness & helpfulness.
Present tense makes content feel immediate and concrete, helping readers visualize actions or products.
It makes messages more vivid and actionable, enhancing engagement and influence.
Present tense makes content feel immediate and concrete, helping readers visualize actions or products.
It makes messages more vivid and actionable, enhancing engagement and influence.
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🌟 Add Borders or Backgrounds to Choosable Items
Use borders and backgrounds to boost focus on choices & rounded corners for appeal, Small tweaks make big differences!
#eLearning #VisualDesign
Use borders and backgrounds to boost focus on choices & rounded corners for appeal, Small tweaks make big differences!
#eLearning #VisualDesign
Add Borders or Backgrounds to Choosable Items
Retailers increased conversion rates by wrapping each item with a visual border or background.
bit.ly
January 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🌟 Add Borders or Backgrounds to Choosable Items
Use borders and backgrounds to boost focus on choices & rounded corners for appeal, Small tweaks make big differences!
#eLearning #VisualDesign
Use borders and backgrounds to boost focus on choices & rounded corners for appeal, Small tweaks make big differences!
#eLearning #VisualDesign
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Meta will offer Orion AR glasses to developers next year, ahead of a consumer AR glasses launch in 2027, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports:
Meta Could "Offer" Orion AR Glasses To Developers Next Year
Meta will offer Orion AR glasses to developers next year, ahead of a consumer AR glasses launch in 2027, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.
www.uploadvr.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Meta will offer Orion AR glasses to developers next year, ahead of a consumer AR glasses launch in 2027, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports:
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GeForce Now, Nvidia's cloud flatscreen gaming service, now supports the web browsers of Quest 3, Pico, and Apple Vision Pro:
GeForce Now Is Coming To Quest 3, Pico & Apple Vision Pro
GeForce Now, Nvidia's cloud flatscreen gaming service, now supports the web browsers of Quest 3, Pico, and Apple Vision Pro.
www.uploadvr.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
GeForce Now, Nvidia's cloud flatscreen gaming service, now supports the web browsers of Quest 3, Pico, and Apple Vision Pro:
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Ok #booksky, let’s talk.
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
January 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ok #booksky, let’s talk.
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
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Good morning #booksky
Just a friendly reminder that Audible, owned by Amazon/Bezos, supports the tech giant. Libro.fm offers an alternative, letting you buy audiobooks while supporting independent bookstores. Choose where your dollars go and align your listening with your values.
Just a friendly reminder that Audible, owned by Amazon/Bezos, supports the tech giant. Libro.fm offers an alternative, letting you buy audiobooks while supporting independent bookstores. Choose where your dollars go and align your listening with your values.
Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.
Libro.fm
January 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Even if you dislike cooking, you still have to eat every day. Here's how to gain more confidence in the kitchen and think outside the box when it comes to meal prep.
Hate cooking? 3 mindsets to make it less of a chore
Even if you dislike cooking, you still have to eat every day. Here's how to gain more confidence in the kitchen and think outside the box when it comes to meal prep.
www.npr.org
January 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Even if you dislike cooking, you still have to eat every day. Here's how to gain more confidence in the kitchen and think outside the box when it comes to meal prep.
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📢 Bluesky 1.96.5 rolling out now
A couple of quick updates for everybody! Have a great weekend!
• On desktop web, clicking your profile pic now opens a quick account switcher
• You can now report a DM conversation without opening it
• Improvements to gestures on Android
A couple of quick updates for everybody! Have a great weekend!
• On desktop web, clicking your profile pic now opens a quick account switcher
• You can now report a DM conversation without opening it
• Improvements to gestures on Android
January 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
📢 Bluesky 1.96.5 rolling out now
A couple of quick updates for everybody! Have a great weekend!
• On desktop web, clicking your profile pic now opens a quick account switcher
• You can now report a DM conversation without opening it
• Improvements to gestures on Android
A couple of quick updates for everybody! Have a great weekend!
• On desktop web, clicking your profile pic now opens a quick account switcher
• You can now report a DM conversation without opening it
• Improvements to gestures on Android
Officially deleted my Threads profile tonight. 🎉
January 17, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Officially deleted my Threads profile tonight. 🎉