The Great Remake is Underway
Sunanna Chand, Ani Martinez, Remake Learning, 2018/05/25
This is a bold claim: " One of the biggest shifts in the history of education is underway across the country as rote memorization makes way for deeper learning, standardized tests are replaced by whole-student assessments, and lecture-style classrooms turn into collaborative hands-on learning spaces." More...
First Law of Robotics
Metafilter, 2018/05/25
The problem isn't with automated systems or artificial intelligence. The problem is with companies deploying such systems with the same due care and attention they pay to their customers needs and interests on a day-to-day basis. Case in point: Uber. More...
Hosting Futures
Jim Groom, bavatuesdays, 2018/05/25
I'm still in the mindset of "about what piloting a mashup of LAMP and Docker-container based hosting might look like." More...
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Launches Online Education Partnership with Coursera
Goldman Sachs, 2018/05/23
This is a MOOC with what I think is the most unusual certification requirement I've ever seen: "Women business owners with at least three employees and $50,000 in annual revenue are eligible to receive a certificate upon completion." It's more of an entrance requirement than a certification plan, I think, but if you restricted entrance it wouldn't be a MOOC. The course is an expansion of a Goldman Sachs program called 10000 Women, "a global initiative that fosters economic growth by providing women entrepreneurs around the world with a business and management education, mentoring and networking, and access to capital." More...
Libraries Face a Future of Open Access
Joseph Esposito, The Scholarly Kitchen, 2018/05/23
This post crosses the line and the publishers should consider retracting it. Joseph Esposito accuses librarians of alliance with sites as Sci-Hub and ResearchGate in order to enforce demands such as those made by Swedish libraries: "open access to all articles in Elsevier journals published by researchers affiliated to member organisations; reading access for member organisations to all of Elsevier’s journal content; and a 'sustainable price model that enables a transition to open access'." More...
No one’s ready for GDPR
Sarah Jeong, The Verge, 2018/05/23
After four years of deliberation and two years of preparation, as the deadline for GDPR implementation approaches in a matter of days, the inevitable caterwauls of "nobody is ready for GDPR" have commenced. Oh, there are complaints: the law is too complex, business systems are too complex, the penalties are too harsh. And on and on. More...
Self-Proclaimed Alternative to College Closes After a Year
Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed, 2018/05/23
This is the story of MissionU, an alternative college that closed after one year and one 25-person cohort in data analytics and business intelligence. It focused on one year of practical experience rather than a four year program, and it didn't charge tuition; students would pay 15% of their income once they made more than $50 per year. More...
How To Engage In The Comments: A Journalist’s Guide
Alexandra Bowen, The Coral Project, 2018/05/23
Although addressed to journalists, this article is nonetheless a good guide for educators as well. It describes why you should engage with comments, how to respond, and how to deal with negative or abusive comments. More...
Will Blockchains Revolutionize Education?
David McArthur, EDUCAUSE Review, 2018/05/23
The idea of blockchain has caught the imagination of decision-makers recently not only in finance but also in government and education. This article is a pretty good overview of how blockchain technologies might be applied in education (specifically, to support competencies and credentials, beginning maybe with badges), along with an outline of some of the costs and limitations of the technology. More...
Journals Lose Citations to Preprint Servers
Phil Davis, The Scholarly Kitchen, 2018/05/21
"It’s hard to understand why an author would still cite the preprint years after it has been formally published in a journal," writes Phil Davis. More...
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