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Playing video games has no effect on wellbeing, study finds
The Guardian, 2022/07/28

This study is different from earlier work in that it is based on actual gameplay data rather than just self-reports. It's also a much larger study. "We really gave increases and decreases in video game play a fair chance to predict emotional states in life satisfaction, and we didn't find evidence for that – we found evidence that that's not true in a practically significant way." The article note that the generalization may well break down in individual cases (as always). "There may be an effect if a player increases their playtime by 10 hours a day above what is typical for them." Here's the link to the full study.

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“I know a first when I see one!”: Developing transparent marking descriptors with the help of students
Phil Marston, Teaching Matters, 2022/07/28

I like this article because it describes the process behind the design of a grading rubric instead of just presenting one. It also describes a method whereby instructors work with students to design the rubric. I can see this being a really useful exercise in a class, though it may have the outcome of hing most students satisfy all elements of the rubric in their submitted work - not because they made the rubric too easy, but because they have thought in a systematic way about what would constitute high-quality work.

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Building a Learning Management System Project with Node.js
LMS Pulse, 2022/07/28

Despite what the headline says, this article does not actually describe how to build an LMS using node.js (I was so disappointed). But it does talk a lot about how node.js would be a good approach to building an LMS, and there's a box pointing to an article on how to send an xAPI statement with node.js so there's that. I was sort of hoping this might introduce a series of articles on building a node.js LMS, but alas no, it just points to some development company. But it would be a great series of articles, wouldn't it?

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Principles and values in international science cooperation
Peter Gluckman, International Science Council, 2022/07/28

This is a very good discussion of the nature of science and the role played by values and principles, and should be taken as informing the ed tech and online learning research community as well. Opening an International Science Council (ISC) meeting on the subject, Peter Gluckman notes that "science is not a fixed knowledge system but one that is self-correcting and evolves," and "does not exist in isolation from other knowledge systems be they originating from religion, tradition, local knowledge, indigenous knowledge, or the tacit or learned knowledge of different occupations." This is important because the values and principles from these other sources of knowledge all have a role to play in how science is managed and applied in society. There's much more; take the 10 minutes to have a read.

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Inputs
2022/07/28

Following Ben Werdmuller's example, I hae posted my OPML file on GitHub. This is a list of all the RS feeds I subscribe to in a formal you can use to fill your own RSS reader. I like the example; if enough people do it then there's potential for a larger graph of RSS feeds and followers.

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