by andflywrite | Dec 21, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER
Ferreira’s decision marks the end of a nearly nine-year run at Knewton, where he strived to build technology to pinpoint what students know, don’t know and should learn next. Key to such a tool was the ability to capture data—lots of it—to adjust the feedback and...
by kris | Sep 15, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Individual Learner
It won’t be long before the bulldozers start clearing a lonely patch of rangeland in central New Mexico to make way for the newest of the massive data centers located around the globe that keep Facebook humming…. See the Las Cruces Sun News story about...
by andflywrite | Sep 4, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
There’s definite contradictions between the yawning maw of big data which wants to know every possible data point about everyone, and the requirements of protecting collected data from unauthorized use. Opinions on the extent of privacy practical in the digital...
by andflywrite | Aug 4, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
City of Las Cruces economic development office has posted a free app that it says will allow local business owners to compare their business to a database of other businesses. The City of Las Cruces offers a free online tool designed to help businesses grow by making...
by andflywrite | Jul 31, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
As we have noted here over the years, healthcare is as susceptible to disruption as education, in that they both involve learning that can be supported online and promote a DIY personal responsibility that saves costs for families. Both also involve huge amounts of...