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Experiences
Online essentials: 25 websites that deserve your attention — wealthofgeeks — 2 December 2023 (LINK)
Woman claims she got a callback from every company she applied to after using AI to build her resume — upworthy — 2 December 2023 (LINK)
Think you can spot a fake AI-generated news story? Take this quiz to find out: Some 47% of people surveyed by Netskope believed that a fake AI-created news story was real — zdnet — 2 December 2023 (LINK)
Fact check: Why do we believe fake news? And what can we do against it? — dw — 8 July 2023 (LINK)
— Negative content triggers us the most.
A man in the Swiss village of Lenk is hoping to attract digital nomads with mountain views and community — www.euronews.com — 8 July 2023 (LINK)
— Running from 16 October to 22 December, the hub will have private apartments suitable for everyone from solo nomads to families. Each one has its own desk for more individual business but there's also a co-working space to get to know your fellow residents.
This village in the Swiss Alps has around 2,500 permanent residents with about 15 per cent of them having moved from other countries. Some 20 different hiking trails start there with a selection of the highest peaks in Europe easily accessible by car or public transport. There's also horseback riding, cycling and other outdoor activities in the summer months. In winter, there are 200km of ski slopes to take advantage of in the region.
Testing readability tests: Flesch–Kincaid, ARI, and Gunning Fog: ARI (Hemingway) is the most stable but all tests are quite old and there's no agreement on how to count words — uxdesign — 23 March 2023 (LINK)
Want People to Remember What You Say? 3 Simple Steps That Make Every Speech Unforgettable — inc — 3 March 2023 (LINK)
A New Distillation of What Works in Classroom Instruction — ascd — 11 January 2023 (LINK)
Want to triple your memory in 5 minutes? Guinness world record holder shares tricks to improve cognition — firstforwomen — 15 July 2022 (LINK)
Opportunities
2025 Zurich Summer School: Inequality and Deliberation: 23 – 27 June 2025, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Please note that the deadline for application is 28 February 2025. — 8 January 2025 (LINK)
— The 11th Swiss Summer School in Democracy Studies and 7th Deliberative Democracy Summer School are joining forces to create an event for PhD students to explore the depths of deliberative democracy in theory and practice. The 2025 summer school will feature lectures on inequality and deliberation by the leading scholars in the field.
The best AI tools for writing a research paper — androidauthority — 15 November 2023 (LINK)
Digital Switzerland offers financial support for digital upskilling — see_link — 10 August 2023 (LINK)
— We reopened applications for our Boost programme for the next two weeks. Are you planning to do a skill-building course in the near future or have just enrolled in one? Apply now for financial support of up to 1000 CHF (max. 50% of the course fee). Limited spots available. Applications accepted until 24 August.
How much YouTubers make for 1 million subscribers: between $14,600 and $54,600 per month — www.businessinsider.com — 3 July 2023 (LINK)
The highest-paying degree in America is in a field with only 100,000 jobs that pay six-figures — fortune.com ● — 28 May 2023 (LINK)
United Nations Young Leaders Online Training Programme — chocnews — 29 August 2022 — (LINK)
Want to live abroad as a digital nomad? This how much you could earn in your job in 38 countries — digitaltrends — 14 August 2022 — (LINK)
— A web developer who wants to be based in Europe can see that they'd be paid more in Switzerland ($88,496) or Denmark ($70,763), as compared to France ($43,757) or the Netherlands ($40,531), and in stark contrast to Greece ($13,492) or Portugal ($15,557).
15 best online jobs for teens in 2022 — digitaltrends — 8 June 2022 — (LINK)
Switzerland's Schools Ranked: The Top 10 Universities and Colleges — careerkarma — 24 April 2022 (LINK)
What are international development jobs and how can I get one? — successatschool.org — 21 April 2022 (LINK)
What are international development jobs and how can I get one? — successatschool.org — 21 April 2022 (LINK)
Studies
CYD Doctoral Fellowships: a salary and research and conference funds for four years (with a possible one-year extension), enabling fellows to complete a PhD thesis at the CYD Campus under the supervision of a professor at a higher education institution in Switzerland: deadline 1 February 2024 — see_link — 18 January 2024 (LINK)
Digital Switzerland offers financial support for digital upskilling — see_link — 10 August 2023 (LINK)
— We reopened applications for our Boost programme for the next two weeks. Are you planning to do a skill-building course in the near future or have just enrolled in one? Apply now for financial support of up to 1000 CHF (max. 50% of the course fee). Limited spots available. Applications accepted until 24 August.
What Are the Benefits Of Decentralized Academia vs Traditional Academic System? — www.cryptopolitan.com — 24 June 2023 (LINK)
WTO: Advanced Course on the Economic Analysis of Trade Policy 22-30 June 2023 — source — 19s May 2023 (LINK)
Teach the UN: guides — source — 8 May 2023 (LINK)
A New Distillation of What Works in Classroom Instruction — ascd — 11 January 2023 (LINK)
— How does learning occur?
- Become interested
- Commit to learning: goal setting and monitoring
- Focus on new learning: concrete examples
- Make sense of learning: formative feedback
- Practice and reflect: spaced, targeted practice
- Extend and apply: guided investigations, structured problem solving
— The latest edition identifies 14 teaching strategies in total based on their effect sizes. Because these strategies came from studies conducted in classrooms with diverse learners, they can lift all learners and, in some cases, close achievement gaps almost entirely: incidentally, the equivalent of anywhere from a few months to a year or more of greater learning.
The 7 Best History Apps That Make Learning History Exciting — marketwatch — 9 November 2022 (LINK)
China outnumbers the U.S. for the first time in ranking of the world's 'best' universities — marketwatch — 26 October 2022 (LINK)
Best Universities for Blockchain 2022: ETH Zurich, down to 27 from 17 — coindesk — 26 September 2022 (LINK)
Many U.S. adults did not learn media literacy skills in high school. What schools can do now — edweek — 10 September 2022 (LINK)
— In a recent Media Literacy Now survey, a significant majority of the people — 84 percent — ssaid they are in favor of state policies that require schools to teach media literacy skills. Fifteen states address media literacy in some way in education law.
