In this module, students explore and analyze records of past climate. In the first part of the module, students are given background information about long-term records of Earth's climate: deep sea sediment cores and ice cores. Students are also introduced to Oxygen isotopes and how they are used as records of past climate. Students complete a set of exercises that assess their understanding of the material and ask them to analyze data about the Laurentide Ice Sheet using the Neotoma Explorer. In the second part of the module, students examine Antarctic ice core data and apply their knowledge from the beginning of the module. Part of the Neotoma Education Modules for Biotic Response to Climate Change.

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In this module, students explore biotic responses to changing climate. The module steps through different styles of response (i.e. stasis, adaptation, extinction) and provides examples of each from modern biota. Students are given a set of exercises where they create a hypothesis for future mammal distribution changes. Part of the Neotoma Education Modules for Biotic Response to Climate Change.

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Paleoecologists reconstruct past climates and ecosystems by comparing the habits and habitats preferred by living animals or ones closely related to those found as fossils. In this module, students take the first step in this process by examining modern species distributions to make observations about species habitat preferences. Given a list of species, students use the Neotoma Explorer to obtain species distribution maps and compare them to temperature and precipitation maps. A series of questions guide them through their comparison and analysis of the maps. Part of the Neotoma Education Modules for Biotic Response to Climate Change.

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Animal distributions are frequently controlled by climate extremes, especially seasonal ones. Therefore, if the climate changes from cold to warm (or vice versa) then using modern mammal distributions and modern climate conditions it is possible to make predictions about how the mammal will respond to the climate change -- whether it is past or future. In this module students use the Neotoma Paleoecological Database to test predictions, or establish hypotheses, about how certain species of mammals have responded to climate change in the past and how they might do so on the future. Part of the Neotoma Education Modules for Biotic Response to Climate Change.

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The Mozilla Science Lab is developing an Open Data Training Program. This repository will be where we build and share our curriculum and resources for open data.

The Music Librarianship Course working group developed this syllabus from 2019-2021, centering the principles of critical music librarianship with a particular focus on social justice and antiracist practices. This working group was funded by a Music Library Association grant. The syllabus may be used as a template for library educators or as a self-guided independent study for Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) students attending programs without a specialization in music librarianship. Learn more about our process in our white paper on the need for online music librarianship offerings and our MLA conference poster on the course planning project are in Humanities Commons. 

The authors' goal is to provide organizers with a resource to form their own mutual aid networks in the Library, Archive, and Museum (LAM) community, as well as bring awareness to existing mutual aid groups and efforts to support LAM workers. This resource will provide possible pathways organizers may take and relevant examples from the workplace, and challenge organizers to interrogate what they define as their community.

They aim to motivate library, archive, and museum workers in the United States to create informed mutual aid networks as a foundation for connecting with and organizing colleagues to take collective action. They hope that these mutual aid networks will communally address issues of precarious employment and limited access to critical resources highlighted by, but not originating from, the COVID-19 pandemic.

This resource contains multiple entry points into mutual aid organizing as well as resources and support that accommodate a spectrum of users at any point in their involvement in mutual aid. If you're new to mutual aid or would like a refresher, the authors recommend that you start with the section, Jumping Into Mutual Aid to ground yourself in the basic concepts, and then move linearly through the content.

Este es el módulo 1 del curso sobre los Recursos Educativos Abiertos (REA): "El ecosistema de los recursos educativos en abierto". El curso lo integran tres módulos: el primero hace referencia a la definición, características, tipologías, licencias de uso y reutilización de los REA.

Módulo 2 del curso sobre los Recursos Educativos Abiertos (REA): “El ecosistema de los recursos educativos en abierto”. El curso lo integran tres módulos: el segundo hace alusión a la localización y evaluación de REA, a cómo reutilizarlos y crearlos, cómo publicarlos y compartirlos, y asesorar e incentivar a los docentes.

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"Students explore how to keep their digital lives safe, spot cyber scams, and learn the basics of coding in this media-rich lesson plan from NOVA Labs. The lesson begins with students watching the Cybersecurity 101 video and discussing the online safety measures that they currently take. Next, students makes predictions about online safety best practices, complete the Level 1 challenges of the NOVA Cybersecurity Lab, and compare the best practices from the game with their predictions. Students reconvene for direct instruction on the best practices and key computer science terms and then finish the Cybersecurity Lab game. Finally, students complete the video quizzes with short-response discussion questions and can work on the Cybersecurity stories as homework reading assignments."

This is the second module of the Open Tutorial NaijaCLIMATE.At the end of this tutorial, participants will be able to:1. Describe strategies and solutions for adapting to and mitigating the effectsof climate change in Nigeria, using both local and global best practicesand approaches applicable to Nigerians.2. Identify how they can take the first action to adapt to the climate crises inNigeria, based on relevant examples or activities in their context (includingactivism, climate action enterprises and businesses or communicatingabout the climate crises).

Applications of the Narrative Policy Framework

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So far in this series, we've mostly focused on how AI can interpret images, but one of the most common ways we interact with computers is through language - we type questions into search engines, use our smart assistants like Siri and Alexa to set alarms and check the weather, and communicate across language barriers with the help of Google Translate. Today, we're going to talk about Natural Language Processing, or NLP, show you some strategies computers can use to better understand language like distributional semantics, and then we'll introduce you to a type of neural network called a Recurrent Neural Network or RNN to build sentences.

This is a creation on natural resources namely air. A very brief description on air and wind as natural resources.

An event happens in the world. We go online to inform ourselves and understand it. We scour the web, websites, social media posts, videos, reels, podcasts. Notifications come up, algorithms feed us, filter bubbles appear. We listen to the radio, watch TV news bulletins, speak with friends and family.

We aim for the cold facts, for objectivity and neutrality. Unconsciously meanwhile, factors out of our control are shaping the debate. We have our own biases. We are exposed and sensitive to certain point of views over others. Our senses, as much as our minds, are tricked.

Thankfully, with the correct tools, we can filter the flow of information on the web, navigate current events the right way and reach a certain degree of objectivity. This resource aims to help do just that.

This first part is about grasping the unconscious factors at play. Being aware of our limitations is the beginning to understanding news and the world we live in. It is also a means to open up to different point of views, as well as the colourful complexity of knowledge.

In the second part, we'll look at a concrete use case and how we can use critical thinking to filter information online.

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This second part of the "Navigating the news" resource begins with the news of a fictional protest in a city. We live this event as if it were breaking, as we gradually pick up pieces of information (from speculative tweets to memes, opinions to out of context media) react and share.

The aim is to show how typical this is of how we consume news online, whether breaking or not. We are fed superficial, incomplete, sometimes fake, often biased information on a regular basis.

But not all is lost! This resource shows students that good habits can make an impact and help us navigate the news in a healthy way. The good habits are:

Pausing & taking a step back
Embracing the nuance
Keeping an eye on the bigger picture
Developing critical thinking

This last one, critical thinking, is divided into the following sections:
News articles
Media neutrality & the left-right divide
Experts & authorities
Opinion pieces & commentators
Algorithm
Stats
Studies
Social media

It finishes off with the Bullshit-o-meter, a framework to quantify the quality of a source. Concretely you add or reduce credit depending on how valid the information contained within a source is.

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Academic research is at a crossroads because scholars are pursuing an international reputation earlier in their careers. Early career researchers often experience norms and expectations they may be unfamiliar with, specifically open access publishing, research data sharing mandates and establishing their scholarly identity via professional social media. They must learn to navigate the research lifecycle from topic selection to data collection and ultimately dissemination of their work. To address the needs of early career researchers and the educators who work with them, we created Navigating the Research Lifecycle for the Modern Researcher.

This open text (licensed CC BY NC) will help graduate students and new faculty in STEM and the social sciences navigate the complexities of academic research in the international research community. Some researchers have extensive access to support and tools along the lifecycle including sophisticated research data management and visualization tools or hands-on mentoring. However, many early career researchers are expected to navigate the lifecycle on their own, learning through their successes and struggles. This text will be a valuable resource for scholars of both types, as well as educators and mentors working with them.

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This PowerPoint presentation provides learners with the ability to actively participate in learning about negotiating author's agreements by engaging with the material using their own experiences. The lesson provides helpful information about Sherpa/Romeo as well as the SPARC Author's Addendum.After going through the PowerPoint, try using Ana Enriquez's Negotiation Exercises, available here https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/143861