A partnership between GradeHub, Canvas unlocks testing data
Educators 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...
Yale University sued over 2008 data breach
Two lawsuits have been filed in federal court against Yale University claiming damages from a 2008 data breach at the university. More...
Why there’s so much inconsistency in school shooting data
Don't Panic About GDPR, Colleges Are Told
By 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...
College Scorecard Drops National Comparison Data
By 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...
Délégué à la protection des données, une expertise utile
Depuis 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...
La base de données « Certifications & Blocs de compétences » est prête à être partagée
Appel à projet mise en oeuvre RGPD
L’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...
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...