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9 novembre 2018

UC Berkeley announces major focus on data science

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) is to form a new Division of Data Science and Information to prepare thousands of students and researchers to ‘bring data science to bear in the classroom, laboratory and workplace”. The decision has been made in response to the “profound and growing impact of data” in the digital world, according to a university statement. More...
4 novembre 2018

A partnership between GradeHub, Canvas unlocks testing data

University Business Magazine logoEducators have a smarter way to grade scantrons with a deep integration between GradeHub, a cloud-based grading system to grade paper answer sheets, and Canvas by Instructure, the learning management system used (and loved) by millions of passionate students and educators. More...

4 novembre 2018

Yale University sued over 2008 data breach

University Business Magazine logoTwo lawsuits have been filed in federal court against Yale University claiming damages from a 2008 data breach at the university. More...

3 novembre 2018

Why there’s so much inconsistency in school shooting data

The ConversationWhen National Public Radio investigated the inconsistency, they found that 161 of the Department of Education’s 240 shootings either did not occur or could not be confirmed by the school districts involved. Similarly, the American Civil Liberties Union contacted each school that allegedly had a shooting and found that 138 of the reported shootings were errors. More...
1 novembre 2018

Don't Panic About GDPR, Colleges Are Told

HomeBy Lindsay McKenzie. Many U.S. higher education institutions are still grappling with how to comply with European Union data-privacy rules, but so far none have come under scrutiny. More...

1 novembre 2018

College Scorecard Drops National Comparison Data

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. In its latest update to the College Scorecard, the Education Department has dropped data putting key outcomes measures for individual colleges in context. The department is making those changes as it pushes transparency offered by the Scorecard as an alternative to accountability provisions in the gainful-employment rule. More...

29 octobre 2018

Délégué à la protection des données, une expertise utile

C2RP Carif-Oref Hauts-de-FranceDepuis l'entrée en application du règlement général sur la protection des données, les organisations utilisant des informations à caractère personnel doivent s'en remettre à un « data protection officer ». Plus...

28 octobre 2018

La base de données « Certifications & Blocs de compétences » est prête à être partagée

Le titre 1er de la loi du 5 septembre 2018 « pour la liberté de choisir son avenir professionnel » est sans ambiguïté : construire une société de la compétence apparaît comme l’un des objectifs majeurs du législateur. Plus...
26 octobre 2018

Appel à projet mise en oeuvre RGPD

Screenshot-2018-5-4 Direccte Pays-de-la-LoireL’appel à projet relatif à la mise en œuvre du RGPD a pour objet de répondre aux besoins d’accompagnement des TPE-PME sur le sujet. Il vise aussi à les aider à en percevoir les enjeux. Plus...

26 octobre 2018

Universal Data Element Framework (UDEF)

Universal Data Element Framework (UDEF)
A nice comment in today's Semantic Web discussion group pointing to an underlying problem: "If we want RDF-based formats to be interoperable, they can't be extensible, because inevitably some mutually incompatible extensions or vocabularies will arise, or they can't be decentralized since some authority will have to maintain this interoperability." The author, Adam Atlas (?), lays out three approaches: (1) hardcode these similarities in function into parsers, (2) create new ontologies for the express purpose of bridging these similar but incompatible formats, or (3) politely ask the vocabulary authors to add compatibility. None of these, he argues, is workable. More...
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