Le big data est au cœur de toutes les préoccupations depuis une dizaine d’années. La valorisation de ces masses de données est un enjeu stratégique pour de nombreux organismes. À travers des API, interfaces de programmation applicative, Pôle emploi donne accès aux siennes afin d’améliorer la qualité de ses services et d’offrir la possibilité à des start-up de proposer de nouveaux outils qui viennent en aide aux demandeurs d’emploi. Plus...
Aujourd’hui, près d’un tiers des entreprises de l’artisanat et du commerce de proximité rencontrent des difficultés à recruter. Pour améliorer l’attractivité des métiers de la boucherie-charcuterie, Mickaël Doire a lancé la transformation numérique de son entreprise. L’Aract Pays-de-Loire l’a accompagné pour faire de ces innovations autant d’opportunité d’améliorer la qualité de vie au travail. Cette initiative a été présentée à la Journée des initiatives territoriales, organisée par le Ministère du travail. Plus...
Unrelenting increases in the price of college textbooks have prompted the development and adoption of open textbooks, educational resources that are openly licensed and available to students free of cost. Although several studies have investigated U.S. students’ perceptions and use of open textbooks, there are no published studies of this kind in Canada. More...
The high cost of tuition and textbooks can have a negative impact on potential students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Open Educational Resources (OER) offers students a way to save educational costs while utilizing high-quality open textbooks. Up until now, there have been few studies focused on a specific provider of open textbooks. This study investigates open textbooks provided by OpenStax. More...
Assigning open textbooks in college and university courses can help students save money on increasingly expensive commercial textbooks, and recent research shows that this savings can often be achieved with little to no sacrifice in textbook quality or student learning outcomes. More...
As international educators we have our favourite, travel oriented, go-to websites and applications (henceforth referred to as 'apps') that we share with students and staff coming or going on exchange, as well as use for our own professional travel. Here is a list of a few of the hottest websites and apps. More...
Posted . While workers in many OECD countries are worried whether robots will take their jobs, the inhabitants of the Slovenian town of Kočevje are less concerned. In 2016 Japanese robotics firm, Yaskawa, announced plans to produce robots in Kočevje, which could create up to 200 jobs. More...
By Brendan O'Malley. Google has influenced academic research by paying millions of dollars each year to academics and scholars who produce papers that support its business and policy goals, according to report published by the Campaign for Accountability or CfA, a non-profit watchdog, which has published a database of alleged beneficiaries. More...
Cette étude exploratoire vise à anticiper, à l'horizon 2020, les impacts du développement des objets connectés sur les emplois de service et de maintenance de 6 familles de produits, dans six filières professionnelles (électroménager, santé, chauffage, électronique, informatique, domotique). Plus...
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