New paint colors invented by neural network
Janelle C. Shane, Postcards from the Frontiers of Science, Tumblr, 2017/05/24
Do two people see the same thing when they see the colour blue? Probably not. And if one of them is a computer, almost certainly not. Computers see colours in RGB values, and humans... something else. More...
All That We Share
All That We Share
TV2Danmark, YouTube, 2017/05/24
I've been listening to the recent discussion on white privilege (including a show on CBC as I type). Some of the discussion centers around a worksheet being used in local schools. It makes people uncomfortable, and as has been noted, it's hard to explain white privilege to a broke white person. Race is not of course the only sort of privilege (or lack of privilege) a person can experience. More...
Radford upgrades with Hitachi
Radford University has a rich history spanning well over a century, and has earned a strong reputation for its use of technology in the learning environment. More...
The coming tidal wave of higher education disruption
The educational environment has seen a dramatic shift to reflect the evolution of technology. What if the next step was to take the familiarity of a classroom and turn that into virtual reality. More...
A Stanford-born company is equipping India’s youth for well-paid tech jobs
An online search led him to Udacity, a global for-profit educational organisation whose online academy he joined post-class 11. With relatives lending a helping hand, Saha took two Android Developer courses, or nanodegrees, over eight months. More...
How to set up any room for lecture capture
A complete guide to implementing lecture capture anywhere on campus, from content considerations to equipment configuration and more. More...
High tech and high design, Cornell’s Roosevelt Island campus opens
Roosevelt Island, the skinny, two-mile-long strip of land between Manhattan and Queens in the East River, has been home to a prison, a lunatic asylum, a smallpox hospital and a workhouse, among other institutions. More...
California State University partners with InsideTrack
InsideTrack announced today a Master Enabling Agreement (MEA) with the California State University (CSU) that provides the university’s 23 campuses access to a broad range of InsideTrack recruitment and retention services proven to enhance student outcomes. More...
The Impact of Computer-Based Testing on Student Attitudes and Behavior
The Impact of Computer-Based Testing on Student Attitudes and Behavior
This article describes the development of a proctored computer-based testing facility used to administer tests outside of regular class hours, thus freeing class hours for instruction. A cynic would suggest that this serves mostly to increase the number of hours in a class, thus creating class hours. No matter. More...
Promoting Learning with Personalized Newsletters
Promoting Learning with Personalized Newsletters
There is a lot to like in the learning model adopted by NCR Corporation and described in this article. The good bit starts about a third of the way through with a description of the "MyNCRU Personal Learning News" email newsletter. A sample newsletter is provided as a link in the article; it is well worth following. More...