By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. From Bricks to Clicks: the potential of data and analytics in Higher Education
Philip Norton, Sarah Porter, The Higher Education Commission, 2016/01/22
This is a reasonably detailed view (76 page PDF) of learning analytics from a policy perspective and contains a series of recommendations pertaining to data ownership and use, ethical issues, the nature of the data collected, and implementation issue. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. What I Learned Using Paypal
Stephen Downes, Jan 22, 2016.
Doug Belshaw wrote an item this week called 3 things I’ve learned from 200 weeks of sending out an email newsletter which made me smile and think "newbie" to myself. That's not even four years. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Why IBM is buying Ustream: Cloud, marketing, analytics
Larry Dignan, ZD Net, 2016/01/21
I don't usually cover acquisition stories, but because live streaming is so central to education, and because options are so limited, I felt this acquisition should be noted. More...
Les sociétés d’accélération du transfert de technologies (SATT) assurent le relais entre les laboratoires de recherche et les entreprises et financent les phases de maturation des projets et de preuve de concept. Ces guichets uniques de valorisation renforcent l’efficacité du dispositif d’innovation et la compétitivité de l’industrie.
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In its annual list of top IT issues, Educause encourages college and university IT leaders to divest, reinvest, and differentiate in 2016. A panel of experts — including IT and non-IT leaders, CIOs, and faculty members — curated the list, organizing the top 10 critical areas of focus into groups based on these three major challenges. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. All responsible students always try to stay on top of useful things for college and treat their studies very seriously. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. If you are a computer scientist and have any thoughts on developing human brain-like functions into a new wave of computers, the researchers at the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity want to hear from you. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. From the tangible experiences of students and faculty to a campus’ much less-noticed “backend,” simple tech tools and developments can have a major and lasting impact on a college or university. More...
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