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Native News Online: Motorola Launches Indigenous Collections App to Help Preserve Ojibwe Language and Culture. “The free Android app, which will be available through the Google Play Store, is designed to support Indigenous language and cultural revitalization by bringing together traditional stories, geographic landmarks, family history, and key vocabulary in a single platform. The app aims to […]

Native News Online: Motorola Launches Indigenous Collections App to Help Preserve Ojibwe Language and Culture. “The free Android app, which will be available through the Google Play Store, is designed to support Indigenous language and cultural revitalization by bringing together traditional stories, geographic landmarks, family history, and key vocabulary in a single platform. The app aims to […]

Hackaday: Team Repair Breaks Things To Teach People How To Fix Them. “Many people would rather repair what they have than have to get a new device and deal with all the annoyances of shopping and getting used to a new item. The problem is, most people don’t have any experience fixing their broken electronics and are intimidated by the process. [Team Repair] has found that helping people […]

Hackaday: Team Repair Breaks Things To Teach People How To Fix Them. “Many people would rather repair what they have than have to get a new device and deal with all the annoyances of shopping and getting used to a new item. The problem is, most people don’t have any experience fixing their broken electronics and are intimidated by the process. [Team Repair] has found that helping people […]

Gizmodo: This SimCity-Like Visualization Turns Tech’s Most Boring Systems Into Fun. “Look, no one has ever accused SQL of being fun. It’s ubiquitous, it’s important, and it’s probably something you need to understand if you’re going to be doing any sort of work with data analytics, web development, and any other field that involves, y’know, data. But fun? Not so much. But maybe […]

Gizmodo: This SimCity-Like Visualization Turns Tech’s Most Boring Systems Into Fun. “Look, no one has ever accused SQL of being fun. It’s ubiquitous, it’s important, and it’s probably something you need to understand if you’re going to be doing any sort of work with data analytics, web development, and any other field that involves, y’know, data. But fun? Not so much. But maybe […]

I've got round to publishing the source of the presentation I gave last February, on contributing to #FLOSS in all sorts of ways!

https://codeberg.org/ogeer/ContributingToFLOSS

Contributions are very welcome, especially for sections of the presentation currently with little content; see the README. If you use the presentation, I'd love to hear how it goes!

#FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Oxford #LearningResources #FreeResources

Virginia Tech: Interactive 3D models expand veterinary learning. “The University Libraries and the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine have transformed a collection of horse dental specimens into interactive 3D teaching models that students and anyone interested in equine health can study anytime.”

Virginia Tech: Interactive 3D models expand veterinary learning. “The University Libraries and the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine have transformed a collection of horse dental specimens into interactive 3D teaching models that students and anyone interested in equine health can study anytime.”

Daily Nous: Free Web-Based Logic Software (guest post). “I taught introductory logic to large classes (400-500 students) for over a decade. The desktop software I inherited worked, but supporting it was a headache: install conflicts, only supported on certain devices, students fighting IT on shared machines. In 2014 a student in my class and I started building a web-based replacement. That […]

Daily Nous: Free Web-Based Logic Software (guest post). “I taught introductory logic to large classes (400-500 students) for over a decade. The desktop software I inherited worked, but supporting it was a headache: install conflicts, only supported on certain devices, students fighting IT on shared machines. In 2014 a student in my class and I started building a web-based replacement. That […]

Digital Meets Culture: Introduction to XR for cultural heritage. “This introductory course provides a foundation for understanding XR and its applications in cultural heritage. You will explore the core concepts of Extended Reality, discover why XR matters for heritage, and become familiar with the EUreka3D-XR ecosystem and the tools that support the creation of XR experiences.”

Digital Meets Culture: Introduction to XR for cultural heritage. “This introductory course provides a foundation for understanding XR and its applications in cultural heritage. You will explore the core concepts of Extended Reality, discover why XR matters for heritage, and become familiar with the EUreka3D-XR ecosystem and the tools that support the creation of XR experiences.”

University of Duisburg-Essen and machine-translated from German: Dealing with antisemitism and Holocaust distortion on social media. “At the heart of the program is an approximately 15-minute online game that immerses participants in a realistic social media environment. There, they encounter antisemitic and Holocaust-distorting content in the same form as it is disseminated on social networks. […]

University of Duisburg-Essen and machine-translated from German: Dealing with antisemitism and Holocaust distortion on social media. “At the heart of the program is an approximately 15-minute online game that immerses participants in a realistic social media environment. There, they encounter antisemitic and Holocaust-distorting content in the same form as it is disseminated on social networks. […]

Can anyone recommend a good introduction (preferably in book form) to #electronics and/or #electromechanics ? One that also can be used as a decent reference work later on.

Can be in English or Dutch

Boosts appreciated :boost:
#AskFedi #LearningResources #Learning #Question

Can anyone recommend a good introduction (preferably in book form) to #electronics and/or #electromechanics ? One that also can be used as a decent reference work later on.

Can be in English or Dutch

Boosts appreciated :boost:
#AskFedi #LearningResources #Learning #Question

The Register: Vim text editor game teaches you keyboard shortcuts with ice cream delivery. “London-based developer and designer Marcus Michaels has created Vim Scoops, a simple HTML/CSS/JavaScript game that lives in a web browser to help users learn them. As an ice cream truck trying to make the most efficient deliveries to customers as possible, players use Vim motions to dart around the […]

The Register: Vim text editor game teaches you keyboard shortcuts with ice cream delivery. “London-based developer and designer Marcus Michaels has created Vim Scoops, a simple HTML/CSS/JavaScript game that lives in a web browser to help users learn them. As an ice cream truck trying to make the most efficient deliveries to customers as possible, players use Vim motions to dart around the […]

AsAmNews: New digital series showcases ‘The United States of Asian+America’. “The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) has launched a new digital series on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram that will feature ‘AAPI trailblazers and stories that changed America.’ The United States of Asian+America, produced in partnership with Wong Fu Productions, launched this past week with a trailer and the […]

AsAmNews: New digital series showcases ‘The United States of Asian+America’. “The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) has launched a new digital series on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram that will feature ‘AAPI trailblazers and stories that changed America.’ The United States of Asian+America, produced in partnership with Wong Fu Productions, launched this past week with a trailer and the […]

Robin Linacre: Letterpaths – free software for teaching cursive writing. “I have developed a free and open source library called letterpaths, to help my kids with their handwriting. I noticed a lack of free, high quality tools that follow the UK curriculum and I wanted something flexible that could be used both in games and for worksheet generation.”

Robin Linacre: Letterpaths – free software for teaching cursive writing. “I have developed a free and open source library called letterpaths, to help my kids with their handwriting. I noticed a lack of free, high quality tools that follow the UK curriculum and I wanted something flexible that could be used both in games and for worksheet generation.”

The Lyceum: The Eleusinian Mysteries: Interactive Game. “The Lyceum hosts the first interactive video game inspired by the Eleusinian Mysteries, which lets you walk in the shoes of a Greek citizen in one of the most important events of their lives.”

The Lyceum: The Eleusinian Mysteries: Interactive Game. “The Lyceum hosts the first interactive video game inspired by the Eleusinian Mysteries, which lets you walk in the shoes of a Greek citizen in one of the most important events of their lives.”

From #AI anxiety to strategic regulation: How university #students transform #generativeAI into a strategic #LearningResources | Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence
"AI #literacy in higher education may be understood less as technology acceptance and more as a form of regulatory competence grounded in evaluative judgment and ethical responsibility"
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666920X26000846?via%3Dihub

From #AI anxiety to strategic regulation: How university #students transform #generativeAI into a strategic #LearningResources | Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence
"AI #literacy in higher education may be understood less as technology acceptance and more as a form of regulatory competence grounded in evaluative judgment and ethical responsibility"
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666920X26000846?via%3Dihub

Hackaday: Bilingual E-paper News Feed Helps Brush Up Language Skills. “[Bob] recently completed LanguageLearner, a desktop device that increases his exposure to a second language by offering up bite-sized news items in Italian, with a complementary English translation. Even better, it’s a project made almost entirely from inexpensive parts he had on hand; it consists of little more than a […]

Hackaday: Bilingual E-paper News Feed Helps Brush Up Language Skills. “[Bob] recently completed LanguageLearner, a desktop device that increases his exposure to a second language by offering up bite-sized news items in Italian, with a complementary English translation. Even better, it’s a project made almost entirely from inexpensive parts he had on hand; it consists of little more than a […]

UC Berkeley: New Federal Data Field Guide Helps Americans Navigate the Rich Diversity of Our Federal Data Ecosystem. “Denice Ross, who served as the nation’s second U.S. Chief Data Scientist, and her former White House colleague Christopher Marcum have launched the Federal Data Field Guide, a free, plain-language resource designed to help Americans understand, use, and advocate for the full […]

UC Berkeley: New Federal Data Field Guide Helps Americans Navigate the Rich Diversity of Our Federal Data Ecosystem. “Denice Ross, who served as the nation’s second U.S. Chief Data Scientist, and her former White House colleague Christopher Marcum have launched the Federal Data Field Guide, a free, plain-language resource designed to help Americans understand, use, and advocate for the full […]

Digital History at University of Houston: Important update: Please read this announcement.. “After nearly 25 years of service to students and educators worldwide, Digital History will cease operation on May 31, 2026…. This resource has served millions of users, providing free, reliable content as an alternative to expensive textbooks. However, maintaining the site now requires extensive […]

Digital History at University of Houston: Important update: Please read this announcement.. “After nearly 25 years of service to students and educators worldwide, Digital History will cease operation on May 31, 2026…. This resource has served millions of users, providing free, reliable content as an alternative to expensive textbooks. However, maintaining the site now requires extensive […]

UCLA: ‘Our history is your history’: Multimedia textbook brings Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences to the forefront. “Written by more than 100 leading scholars, journalists, organizers and community historians, and featuring an extensive archive of videos, photographs, audio clips, poems and interviews, plus ready-to-use lesson plans for students in high school and college, it […]

UCLA: ‘Our history is your history’: Multimedia textbook brings Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences to the forefront. “Written by more than 100 leading scholars, journalists, organizers and community historians, and featuring an extensive archive of videos, photographs, audio clips, poems and interviews, plus ready-to-use lesson plans for students in high school and college, it […]

Hackaday: Learn Programming Without A Computer. “Presumably aimed at children, NHK World’s Texico program teaches the main ideas about programming without actually using a computer. Instead, it uses items like a toy train, playing cards, and other gadgets to teach concepts such as analysis, combination, simulation, abstraction, and more.” I watched most of the first one and found it quite […]

Hackaday: Learn Programming Without A Computer. “Presumably aimed at children, NHK World’s Texico program teaches the main ideas about programming without actually using a computer. Instead, it uses items like a toy train, playing cards, and other gadgets to teach concepts such as analysis, combination, simulation, abstraction, and more.” I watched most of the first one and found it quite […]

NASA: New NASA HEAT Coloring Book Blends Art, Science, and Cultural Perspectives. “The book, titled ‘Journey Through the Heliosphere: The Sun-Earth System in Color,’ has twenty-eight, 11″x14” pages, and includes science facts and coloring pages for ten themes, including the Sun’s magnetic field, the solar wind, the aurora, eclipses, and how the Sun influences Earth. The book’s art and […]

NASA: New NASA HEAT Coloring Book Blends Art, Science, and Cultural Perspectives. “The book, titled ‘Journey Through the Heliosphere: The Sun-Earth System in Color,’ has twenty-eight, 11″x14” pages, and includes science facts and coloring pages for ten themes, including the Sun’s magnetic field, the solar wind, the aurora, eclipses, and how the Sun influences Earth. The book’s art and […]

Georgia Tech: Transformer Explainer Shows How AI is More Math Than Human. “Georgia Tech researchers are making AI easier to understand through their work on Transformer Explainer. The free, online tool shows non-experts how ChatGPT, Claude, and other large language models (LLMs) process language, improving AI literacy.”

Georgia Tech: Transformer Explainer Shows How AI is More Math Than Human. “Georgia Tech researchers are making AI easier to understand through their work on Transformer Explainer. The free, online tool shows non-experts how ChatGPT, Claude, and other large language models (LLMs) process language, improving AI literacy.”

Wolfram Blog: Checkmate! Dominate the Competition by Learning Game Theory with Wolfram Language. “I am glad to announce the launch of Introduction to Game Theory, a free interactive course that aims to teach computational game theory to anyone. This course gives the computational basis for the many daily, social and human applications of this branch of mathematics.”

Wolfram Blog: Checkmate! Dominate the Competition by Learning Game Theory with Wolfram Language. “I am glad to announce the launch of Introduction to Game Theory, a free interactive course that aims to teach computational game theory to anyone. This course gives the computational basis for the many daily, social and human applications of this branch of mathematics.”

Ms. Magazine: A Public Syllabus on Feminist Resistance Across U.S. History: Books, Films, Archives and Tools to Rethink America’s Origins. “The multimedia syllabus curated below spans the Revolutionary era and the long afterlife of feminist resistance—from the 19th century to the present. It includes works by series authors, books and articles, podcasts, films and television, primary-source […]

Ms. Magazine: A Public Syllabus on Feminist Resistance Across U.S. History: Books, Films, Archives and Tools to Rethink America’s Origins. “The multimedia syllabus curated below spans the Revolutionary era and the long afterlife of feminist resistance—from the 19th century to the present. It includes works by series authors, books and articles, podcasts, films and television, primary-source […]

North Carolina Department of Natural & Cultural Resources: State Archives to Host virtual program on New Americans in North Carolina. “As part of America 250 NC’s ‘When Are We US?’ theme, State Archives’ staff will explore records detailing various ethnic groups coming to North Carolina from the late 19th century to the present. The State Archives is part of the N.C. Department of Natural and […]

North Carolina Department of Natural & Cultural Resources: State Archives to Host virtual program on New Americans in North Carolina. “As part of America 250 NC’s ‘When Are We US?’ theme, State Archives’ staff will explore records detailing various ethnic groups coming to North Carolina from the late 19th century to the present. The State Archives is part of the N.C. Department of Natural and […]

IOP Publishing: IOP Publishing launches free open data course for early career researchers . “The course provides clear, hands‑on guidance to making research data openly available and demonstrates how strong data practices can enhance the visibility, credibility and impact of researchers’ work. Areas of focus include ethical considerations, repository selection, licensing and long‑term […]

IOP Publishing: IOP Publishing launches free open data course for early career researchers . “The course provides clear, hands‑on guidance to making research data openly available and demonstrates how strong data practices can enhance the visibility, credibility and impact of researchers’ work. Areas of focus include ethical considerations, repository selection, licensing and long‑term […]

Northern Arizona University: Turning open-source contribution into a quest-based learning experience . “OSS-Doorway is a platform aimed at helping students learn to how to contribute to open-source projects using GitHub workflows through quests, tutorials and structured tasks, all done at their own pace.”

Northern Arizona University: Turning open-source contribution into a quest-based learning experience . “OSS-Doorway is a platform aimed at helping students learn to how to contribute to open-source projects using GitHub workflows through quests, tutorials and structured tasks, all done at their own pace.”

Hackster.io: Simulate Arduino, ESP32, and More with This Open Source Web Tool. “Is your circuit design the problem? Or is it your code? Or is it your rat’s nest of jumper wires on the breadboard? Diagnosing issues in any field is always about isolating variables and the Velxio open source online web tool will let you do that by creating working simulations with virtual development boards that […]

Hackster.io: Simulate Arduino, ESP32, and More with This Open Source Web Tool. “Is your circuit design the problem? Or is it your code? Or is it your rat’s nest of jumper wires on the breadboard? Diagnosing issues in any field is always about isolating variables and the Velxio open source online web tool will let you do that by creating working simulations with virtual development boards that […]

European Heritage Hub: UNESCO launches a global course to safeguard cultural property from illicit trafficking. “To strengthen international efforts in this field, UNESCO, through the Antenna in Sarajevo of its Office in Venice and together with the Culture and Emergency Entity and its Illicit Trafficking and Return and Restitution Unit, is launching a massive open online course (MOOC) on […]

European Heritage Hub: UNESCO launches a global course to safeguard cultural property from illicit trafficking. “To strengthen international efforts in this field, UNESCO, through the Antenna in Sarajevo of its Office in Venice and together with the Culture and Emergency Entity and its Illicit Trafficking and Return and Restitution Unit, is launching a massive open online course (MOOC) on […]

Science Through Shadows: How Astronomical Alignments Reveal the Universe https://science.nasa.gov/learning-resources/science-activation/science-through-shadows-how-astronomical-alignments-reveal-the-universe/ #NASA #LearningResources #ScienceActivation

Science Through Shadows: How Astronomical Alignments Reveal the Universe https://science.nasa.gov/learning-resources/science-activation/science-through-shadows-how-astronomical-alignments-reveal-the-universe/ #NASA #LearningResources #ScienceActivation

So, I'm in need of some confirmation of how UEFI works. Apparently, I don't even need a bootloader, because my UEFI shell already has that capability to switch boot entries? So then, I'd I just need to create an /EFI/BOOT directory in the EFI system partition, (from what I see it's often mounted to /boot or /boot/efi in Linux) and make a directory for each entry, containing an .EFI executable, a kernel image (vmlinuz) and the initramfs?

If I'm not wrong so far, great. Now, how do EFI stubs work? If it's the kernel booting itself from UEFI, do I not need an .EFI executable? Do I just dump a stub-compatible vmlinuz kernel image in /EFI/BOOT ?

#FediTechSupport #FediTechHelp #LearningResources #UEFI #BIOS #LinuxTechTips

Spotted in my RSS feeds: Madra Teanga. From the front page: “A free and open source Irish language learning app, built on the success of the Sionnach Beta. We are creating a non-profit community to build an app that anyone can use, contribute to, or even create their own versions.”