Month: September 2023

Siblings in the Digital Divide: Navigating Communication Challenges and Opportunities for Large Age Gap Relationships

By Georgie Qiao Jin. Original published at Grouplens. Featured image created by AI image generator.  Figure 1. Author and her brother This photo captured a bittersweet moment in my life. It was taken on my first day when I came to the university, brimming with excitement and anticipation for the journey ahead. At that time, I … Read more
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13 Rules for Successful Hybrid Meetings: Lessons from 100 Articles

By Lana Yarosh, Peter Genatempo, Georgie Jin, Charles Zhang, Joseph Konstan, and Loren Terveen. Original published at Grouplens.  We have to be prepared to run meetings that include both co-present and remote participants. How do we do these hybrid meetings well?  In-person meetings as we know them are a thing of the past. The pandemic has changed … Read more
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How Can Collaborative Tools Improve Online Learning with VR Video?

By Georgie Qiao Jin. Original published at Grouplens. Featured image created by AI image generator.  Virtual Reality (VR) has been long touted as a revolutionary technology, offering a unique and immersive learning experience that can transport students to far-flung locations and bring abstract concepts to life. However, one of the biggest challenges for VR adoption has been … Read more
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Stakeholders, Rationales, and Challenges of Virtual Reality in Education: How Will VR Enter Classrooms?

By Georgie Qiao Jin. Original published at Grouplens. Featured image created by AI image generator.  We are living in a thrilling age where commercial VR headsets are no longer a luxury but an affordable reality. The ability of virtual reality to transform education has been a hot topic in recent times, with a wealth of articles, studies, … Read more
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