Google’s 3 Secrets To Designing Perfect Conversations
Mark Wilson, 2017/05/29
Google's approach to interaction is based on the work of British philosopher Paul Grice, who "theorized that people employ all sorts of norms (which are known as Grice’s Maxims) to make sure that conversations flow normally." What's interesting is that a lot of the time the response doesn't depend on having understood the other speaker. More...
Micropub is a W3C Recommendation
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), 2017/05/29
You can find the specification here. "The Micropub protocol is used to create, update and delete posts on one's own domain using third-party clients. More...
OER Pioneer David Wiley Predicts All Community Colleges Will Dump Traditional Textbooks By 2024
Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge, 2017/05/26
By 'all community colleges' David Wiley and Jeffrey R. Young no doubt mean 'all community colleges in the United States', because expecting a community college in, say, Namibia, to replace textbooks by 2024 is to expect the very very unlikely. More...
O.E.B. Global 2017 will bring you to the forefront of learning and technology developments, give you new insights on opportunities and challenges that are changing the world of learning. Show you the latest best practice from leading organisations and allow you to meet, discuss and network with policy makers, higher education leaders, chief learning officers, technology & learning experts and many many more. More...
The Council of Europe will strengthen its co-operation with the private sector in order to promote an open and safe internet, where human rights, democracy, and the rule of law are respected. More...
What is VPN for? As the VPNs are increasingly becoming the talk of the town among the web community, you need to know: What is a VPN for? And why should you have one?
Simply put, a VPN connection is a must-have if you are concerned about security online.
Are you part of the “I don’t have anything to hide” club? Well, as you will discover later on in this post, just having an email account exposes you to more risks than you might imagine.
When you’re online, it’s not about what you want to hide but about what others want to discover about you and your personal life. Just because you’re online, they may collect a lot of your personal information. More...
Chile is considered a success case, and Chileans today are much better off than a decade ago. However, inequality is persistent and the knowledge base of the country is still limited. What the country also faces is a productivity challenge. More...
The European Commission has launched the trial version of a new tool to support schools in using digital technologies. 600 schools from 14 countries have the opportunity to try the new 'SELFIE' tool in this pilot phase, before it is finalised and made available to interested schools in Europe early 2018. More...
By Yojana Sharma. Asia’s universities of technology are dominating regional Asian rankings, propelled by determined efforts by a number of governments in the region to put universities at the forefront of innovation-driven future economic growth. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
