How Can We Trust?
Ashwin J. Mathew, EDUCAUSE Review, 2018/05/09
This is a report from a survey asking respondents "to rate the importance of particular channels for gaining information about new attacks and novel approaches, and we asked how willing they would be to share information across these channels." Even looking at the research it's hard to get a sense of who the participants were, save that (I assume) they were higher education information security experts (see this paper (61 page PDF) starting at page 5). More...
Emergent EDU: Complexity and Innovation in Higher Ed
Emergent EDU: Complexity and Innovation in Higher Ed
Kristen Eshleman, EDUCAUSE Review, 2018/05/09
What does innovation look like in complex environments? This article looks at a "grassroots" effort involving the leaders of Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Michigan, and others (grassroots? really?) that became a network called Harvesting Academic Innovation for Learners (HAIL). More...
Pixel Mags Releases Readr app for Android
Pixel Mags Releases Readr app for Android
Pixel Mags, GlobeNewswire, 2018/05/09
I have to confess that I'm really uncomfortable with the whole idea of PixelMags. The company, which styles itself as the "the Netflix of magazines", released an Android version of its Readr app today. For publishers, the product is "distribution as a service" and publishers have to pay to be included. More...
Lessons in saving your student paper, before it’s too late
Lessons in saving your student paper, before it’s too late
Jessica Huseman, Daxton Stewart, Columbia Journalism Review, 2018/05/08
Student newspapers are just one part of education learning to adapt to new technology. Part of this is a decline in ad revenue for print and online newspapers, which hits some of them hard. It's especially difficult when the school has a history of suppressing student voices, a journalism department which would prefer to run the student press internally, and a lack of independent funding. More...
Jupyter Notebooks and Moodle
Jupyter Notebooks and Moodle
Tony Hirst, OUseful.Info, 2018/05/08
This post reports on SageCell filter for Moodle "that lets you embed an executable code cell powered by Sage Cell Server... in a Moodle content page... Sage Cell Server provides a stateless was of executing SageMath, R or Python code." It works by having the page import some Javascript and CSS, then using it to populate a page area (specifically, a 'div'). More...
Graphene: The next S-curve for semiconductors?
Graphene: The next S-curve for semiconductors?
Gaurav Batra, Nick Santhanam, Kushan Surana, McKinsey, 2018/05/08
Good article on the future of graphene technology, a longish read but worth the time. Graphene is a one-atom tick layer of carbon atoms and it's "ideal for a range of applications, from battery technology to optoelectronics such as touch screens." But with technical and market issues prevailing, its widespread commercialization could take as much as 25 years. More...
Transformative Learning and Critical Thinking in Asynchronous Online Discussions: A Systematic Review
Transformative Learning and Critical Thinking in Asynchronous Online Discussions: A Systematic Review
Joshua P. DiPasquale, 2018/05/08
A paper published last fall by William Hunter in the Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology called 'Critical Thinking in Asynchronous Online Discussions: A Systematic Review' caught my eye. It was is behind a paywall so I'm not even linking to it. But I wanted to follow up and conducted a search hoping to find a free copy of the paper. More...
What is RCS, the Successor to SMS?
What is RCS, the Successor to SMS?
Cameron Summerson, How-To Geek, 2018/05/07
According to this article, Rich Communication Service (RCS) "is the future of 'texting' on your phone" and for internet messaging in general. While the impact on e-learning technology is a few years away, it's useful to be aware of the coming changes. More...
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