By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Intelligent assistants are catalysts for digital commerce
Dan Miller, Derek Top, Nicolas De Kouchkovsky, Opus Research, 2016/07/19
It's important that we note that "we are entering a world where an intelligence assistant recognizes our 'intent.' This could spawn a massive consumer behavior shift, as AI-influenced bots would mean far fewer Google searches by humans." More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Digital Device Choices Could Impact Common-Core Test Results, Studies Finding
Benjamin Herold, Education Week, 2016/07/20
I'm not sure what to make of this except to agree that "much remains uncertain". The suggestion is that "some test questions are likely harder to answer on tablets than on laptop and desktop computers." I expect that if they included pen and pencil answers in the survey they'd find more of the same sort of result. More...

Pour trouver un emploi dans certains métiers et secteurs d'activité, savoir valoriser son expérience et son parcours sur le web est un atout majeur pour attirer l'oeil du recruteur. Quelques astuces pour être bien vu sur le Net. Voir l'article...