by andflywrite | Jul 28, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
At ACT, Cheryl Phillips, Hearst Professional in Residence at Stanford University and former Seattle Times Data Innovation Editor, addressed the need to find the narrative in the data in order to make an impact. At the Seattle Times, she and her team of reporters...
by andflywrite | Apr 18, 2014 | GO AHEAD CALLER
Jose Ferreira CEO of Knewton regularly expounds on his blog re what they are up to with adaptive learning. His latest entry talks about Big Data issues as he sees them and tries to address or head off some concerns or issues that teachers may have. I’ve included...
by andflywrite | Oct 9, 2013 | BEST LINKS EVER
As we discuss the holistic understanding about how learning actually works and takes place…and as we examine the wide range of variables involved… the very fuzzy idea of “happiness plays a role in learning” needs to be addressed. Just as...
by andflywrite | Jul 18, 2013 | BEST LINKS EVER
Knewton head honcho Jose Ferreira on 5 types of Big Data in Education. Knewton is on our radar screens, beyond their focus in 2013 in mega deals with Pearson and other very big publishing/ media conglomerates… who are trying to sit astride new learning...
by andflywrite | Jul 9, 2013 | GO AHEAD CALLER
Article in NY Times on Facebook’s new Graph Search tool. Since it sort of creates “connections” between people…it might be a tool that undergirds some of the “structure” of a SLC. I suppose the core concept is that people generate...
