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IDEAS for Learning Newsletter: Late August ‘25
No full textThis IDEAS for Learning newsletter reached faculty of Emerson College on August 22nd, 2025. This is the second published issue of the two total issues that were published within the month of August. This is the 2nd issue of the 3rd volume. It includes top stories such as the Course Design Spa, remembering the three R’s when it comes to student concerns, meeting your school librarians, ITG workshops about Canvas, and a reminder about course reserves with a video tutorial on how to submit them. It also includes an interactive poll that asks faculty what Office of Academic Assessment topics would make interesting workshops!https://digitalcommons.emerson.edu/ideasnews/1024/thumbnail.jp
Remote Infant Studies of Early Learning (RISE): Scalable online replications of key findings in infant cognitive development
No full textThe current manuscript describes the Remote Infant Studies of Early Learning (RISE), a battery intended to provide robust looking time measures of cognitive development that can be administered remotely to inform our understanding of individual developmental trajectories in typical and atypical populations, particularly infant siblings of autistic children. This battery was developed to inform our understanding of early cognitive and language development in infants who will later receive a diagnosis of autism. Using tasks that have been successfully implemented in lab-based paradigms, we included assessments of attention, memory, prediction, word-recognition, numeracy, multimodal processing, and social evaluation. This study reports results on the feasibility and validity of administration of this task battery in 55 infants who were recruited from the general population at age 6 months (n=29; 14 female, 15 male) or 12 months (n=26; 14 female, 12 male) (62% White, 13% Asian, 1% Black, 1% Pacific Islander, 22% more than one race; 6% Hispanic). Infant looking behavior was recorded during at-home administration of the battery on the family’s home computer and automatically coded for attention to stimuli using iCatcher+, open-access software that assesses infant gaze direction. Results indicate that while some tasks replicated lab-based findings (attention, memory, prediction, and numeracy, others did not (word-recognition, multimodal processing, and social evaluation). These findings will inform efforts to refine the battery as we continue to develop a robust set of tasks to improve understanding of early cognitive development at the individual level in general and clinical populations
IDEAS for Learning Newsletter Late February \u2725
No full textThis IDEAS for Learning newsletter reached faculty of Emerson College on February 21st 2025https://digitalcommons.emerson.edu/ideasnews/1018/thumbnail.jp
IDEAS for Learning Newsletter May \u2725
No full textThis IDEAS for Learning newsletter reached faculty of Emerson College on May 12th, 2025https://digitalcommons.emerson.edu/ideasnews/1022/thumbnail.jp
September ’25 Bookmark of the Month: The Iwasaki Li-bubu Welcomes You!
No full textThis limited-edition bookmark debuted for the Emerson community in early September 2025. Inspired by the wildly popular Labubu collectibles and the Dubai chocolate and matcha craze that defined summer 2025, it’s filled with playful nods to both plus clever tie-ins to welcoming back students to campus. Flip it over and scan the QR code on the back to explore a full list of Iwasaki Library resources.https://digitalcommons.emerson.edu/bookmarks/1008/thumbnail.jp
IDEAS for Learning Newsletter Late January \u2725
No full textThis IDEAS for Learning newsletter reached faculty of Emerson College on January 23rd 2025.https://digitalcommons.emerson.edu/ideasnews/1016/thumbnail.jp
February ’25 Bookmark of the Month: Everything\u27s Looking Sonny at the Iwasaki Library
No full textThis collectable bookmark was released to the Emerson community around early February. It is based on the viral Sonny Angel dolls that Emerson students love. It contains many references to the dolls, with tie-ins to the Iwasaki Library. The QR code on the back, takes readers to a full list of Iwasaki Library resources.https://digitalcommons.emerson.edu/bookmarks/1005/thumbnail.jp
March ’25 Bookmark of the Month: Praise Iwasaki
No full textThis collectable bookmark was released to the Emerson community around early March. It is based on the second season of Severance which was released at the time. It contains many references to the show, with tie-ins to the Iwasaki Library. The QR code on the back, takes students to more information about the Upcycled Art Competition and a full list of Iwasaki Library resources.https://digitalcommons.emerson.edu/bookmarks/1006/thumbnail.jp
An Autistic “Linguatype”? Neologisms, New Words, and New Insights
No full textIn this commentary, we present new ideas about autistic neologisms. This essay has two primary goals. First, we argue that an autistic predilection to form neologisms generates intriguing new hypotheses about language in autism, including the possibility that a tendency to use neologisms could be a featural element of an autistic “linguatype” (as in “phenotype”). Second, we suggest that the study of neologism meaning, form, and use can yield insights about a specific speaker and about autistic language, generally. To support both aims, we present the largest collection to date of autistic neologisms. We supply an initial framework for considering and analyzing them, and we apply this framework to some of our collected examples, showing how individual neologisms can offer insights about their creators. Importantly, we suggest that neologism creation may sometimes signify linguistic giftedness, pushing back against traditional notions suggesting autistic neologisms are always evidence of language deficit. We hope this exercise will convince our community that autistic neologisms are deserving of more scientific attention and study. More broadly, by demonstrating the potential value of one feature of autistic language, we aspire to advance collective appreciation for the complexity of autistic language and thought
Library Newsletter: Early October ‘25
No full textThis Library Newsletter reached faculty, staff, and students of Emerson College on October 3rd, 2025. This is the first published issue of the two total issues that were published within the month of October. This is the third issue of the 3rd volume. It includes top stories such as a blind date with a Banned Book event, college night at the ICA, voting registration, Craft & Relax event is back, the Boston Book Festival, museum pass information, and an interactive poll asking readers to vote for a theme for the October bookmark of the month.https://digitalcommons.emerson.edu/librarynews/1026/thumbnail.jp