Day: August 6, 2023

At the center of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is a device quite like the real ancient Greek artifact known as the Antikythera mechanism, which has been called the world’s oldest computer. “Every Indiana Jones adventure needs an exotic MacGuffin,” writes Smithsonian.com’s Meilan Solly, and in this latest and presumably last installment in…

Mobile App Development Services: Enhancing eLearning Platforms In the digital age, eLearning has become increasingly popular as a flexible and accessible method of education. With the growing demand for eLearning solutions, mobile app development services have emerged as a crucial component in creating interactive and engaging eLearning platforms. This guide provides a comprehensive overview of…

Keeping the summer sun out and the winter sun in has figured prominently among the tasks of architecture ever since antiquity. As Aeschylus said, “only primitives and barbarians lack knowledge of houses turned to face the winter sun,” and he’d never even lived through a Chicago winter. Two and a half millennia later, in the…

Empathy, Problem-Solving, And Prototyping Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that places the learner at the center of the product development process. Design thinking, as a problem-solving methodology, originated at IDEO, a renowned global design and innovation firm founded in 1991. IDEO is known for its human-centered approach to design and its contribution to popularizing…

We think of the atomic bomb as a destroyer of cities, namely Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But its development also produced a city: Los Alamos, New Mexico, an officially non-existent community in which the necessary research could be conducted in secret. More recently, it became a major shooting location for Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s new movie about…

Embracing Diversity: Inclusive eLearning Design eLearning has become a powerful learning and professional development tool in today’s rapidly evolving digital, political, and social landscape. However, it is crucial to ensure that eLearning experiences are accessible and inclusive, providing equal opportunities for all learners. Inclusive design in eLearning focuses on creating courses that cater to learners’…

The Barbie movie has captured the popular imagination in a big way. The New York Times can’t get enough of the recently opened summer blockbuster. Between reviews, fashion round ups, interviews, box office reports and op eds, it has published over two dozen pieces tied to this massive cultural moment. Even those who don’t feel…