Roberto Figueroa

Immersive Open Pedagogies #EdTech #XRResearcher #Gamer #一石二鳥

[Richard Heydarian @RichHeydarian]

Kindly support ma’am @lenirobredo initiative & other vital ongoing efforts… our prayers with folks in Naga & other affected areas 🙏

[Roberto Figueroa @robbfigz]

@kapsgacha This is in the Philippines 🤣

[Mahar Lagmay @nababaha]

The Basics of Resilience Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is a success! We have 10,344 enrollees from all over the Philippines as of 1:25 p.m. today. We are so happy and inspired to do this for our country.

[Maciej M. Sokołowski @MMSokolowski]

"To Solve a Problem, It Must First Be Named: A Register of Regulatory Barriers to Energy Communities" that is the title of my newest paper written with Piotr Mikusek.

We aimed to identify an exemplary list of regulatory barriers that could slow down the development of energy communities. We discussed in detail the idea of a barrier register that listed certain provisions (a “black list”) that should be excluded from legal practice.

You may find this chapter in the book Energy Cooperatives in Selected Countries of the World: Legal and Economic Aspects (Adam Mickiewicz University Press, 2023) edited by Aneta Suchoń and Tomasz Marzec.

[Roberto Figueroa @robbfigz]

I am delighted to share that #AAOU Journal’s 3rd issue of volume 18 has been published and with it is my paper on spatial presence and immersive capability in #VR tours! #PhdVoice #AcademicChatter Access it here for free: https://t.co/KbJDZopa1H

[Roberto Figueroa @robbfigz]

@kapsgacha Fantastic vibes your way!!!

[Roberto Figueroa @robbfigz]

@autojde May I know when the Special Issue will be published?

[Jeroen Bosman aka @[email protected] @jeroenbosman]

Utrecht University @UniUtrecht in the Netherlands has withdrawn itself from the World University ranking @THEworldunirank provided by @timeshighered. As this has generated quite some reactions - praise, questions, some doubts, I want to provide some context. Hence a thread 🧵1/16

[Aras Bozkurt @arasbozkurt]

Moodle band in action @aaou2023
@robbfigz @kamranmir99 @dr_sezansezgin @reinoflight926

[Roberto Figueroa @robbfigz]

@Zawacki_Richter @InsungJung33 What an honor to have my article published in an AAOU journal issue alongside giants like you! I am excited to read this very informative paper.

[Roberto Figueroa @robbfigz]

@sbounmy I know it is! I was referring to your screenshots🤣

[Roberto Figueroa @robbfigz]

Any thoughts on this?

[Santiago @svpino]

Scrum is a cancer.

I've been writing software for 25 years, and nothing renders a software team useless like Scrum does.

Some anecdotes:

1. They tried to convince me that Poker is a planning tool, not a game.

2. If you want to be more efficient, you must add process, not remove it. They had us attending the "ceremonies," a fancy name for a buttload of meetings: stand-ups, groomings, planning, retrospectives, and Scrum of Scrums. We spent more time talking than doing.

3. We prohibited laptops in meetings. We had to stand. We passed a ball around to keep everyone paying attention.

4. We spent more time estimating story points than writing software. Story points measure complexity, not time, but we had to decide how many story points fit in a sprint.

5. I had to use t-shirt sizes to estimate software.

6. We measured how much it cost to deliver one story point and then wrote contracts where clients paid for a package of "500 story points."

7. Management lost it when they found that 500 story points in one project weren't the same as 500 story points on another project. We had many meetings to fix this.

8. Imagine having a manager, a scrum master, a product owner, and a tech lead. You had to answer to all of them and none simultaneously.

9. We paid people who told us whether we were "burning down points" fast enough. Weren't story points about complexity instead of time? Never mind.

I believe in Agile, but this ain't agile.

We brought professional Scrum trainers. We paid people from our team to get certified. We tried Scrum this way and that other way. We spent years doing it.

The result was always the same: It didn't work.

Scrum is a cancer that will eat your development team. Scrum is not for developers; it's another tool for managers to feel they are in control.

But the best about Scrum are those who look you in the eye and tell you: "If it doesn't work for you, you are doing it wrong. Scrum is anything that works for your team."

Sure it is.

[Roberto Figueroa @robbfigz]

@fatlyfhipriest Congrats 🥳

[Roberto Figueroa @robbfigz]

@therainbowbee Happy birthday ☺️🥳

[Roberto Figueroa @robbfigz]

Things to accomplish this month:
✅ 1 edited issue of an international journal
🔲 1 Q1 journal article submission
🔲 1 Q2 journal article revision
🔲 1 successfully defended 7-digit grant proposal
🔲 2 submitted book chapters; and
🔲 1 workshop
#Tired #AcademicTwitter

[Roberto Figueroa @robbfigz]

@MMSokolowski @Petronasbrands Glad that you were able to join :)

[Roberto Figueroa @robbfigz]

Honored to be part of this. I’ve learned a lot from all of the speakers. I will surely join again! Thanks #RMC2023 !

[The London Institute of Social Studies @TheLondonInst]

What a remarkable #RMC2023 wrapped up with insightful exchanges and a memorable group photo.

A heartfelt thank you to all participants!

Your contributions sparked meaningful conversations and created unforgettable moments.

Can't wait for more intellectual sparks at #RMC2024

[Roberto Figueroa @robbfigz]

What a timely reminder! #PhdVoice #AcademicChatter

[Hugh Kearns @ithinkwellHugh]

#MentalHealth tip:
Life > paper
Life > PhD
Life > h index
It's easy to think of these as measures of your worth. But you are more than your cv.

[Roberto Figueroa @robbfigz]

@kapsgacha Happy birthday! Mine was last week.