New Jorum Information and Digital Literacy Skills Collection launches: “Today, Jorum launches its long-awaited Information and Digital Literacy Skills Collection. This follows the successful creation earlier this year of a collection for Research Data Management (RDM) resources as a result of our involvement in the Jisc-funded DaMSSI-ABC project and demonstrates again how Jorum responds to the needs of its users.”
Month: November 2013
The Pace of Technology Adoption is Speeding Up
The Pace of Technology Adoption is Speeding Up – Rita McGrath – Harvard Business Review: “Many people suggest that rates of new product introduction and adoption are speeding up, but is it really, across the board? The answer seems to be yes.”
Experiments in Interactive Documentary by Ingrid Kopp, Director of Digital Initiatives, Tribeca Film Institute
Experiments in Interactive Documentary by Ingrid Kopp, Director of Digital Initiatives, Tribeca Film Institute: “Great talk! There’s a lot that the Ed Tech world can learn from the documentary world”
Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013: The Politics of Education/Technology
Transcribe for Chrome Now Includes Dictation
Transcribe for Chrome Now Includes Dictation: “Transcribe for Chrome now includes dictation, converting spoken word into text”
Liquid Metal Printer Lays Electronic Circuits on Paper, Plastic and Even Cotton | MIT Technology Review
Liquid Metal Printer Lays Electronic Circuits on Paper, Plastic and Even Cotton “A simple way to print circuits on a wide range of flexible substrates using an inkjet printer has eluded materials scientists. Until now.”
Open Access Button
Open Access Button: “Sign up to get the Open Access Button, a safe, easy to use browser bookmarklet that you can use to show the global effects of research paywalls – and to help get access to the research you need.”
A Girl Who Codes
A Girl Who Codes “COMPUTING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BOYS’ CLUB. HOW 18-YEAR-OLD NIKITA RAU–AND OTHER YOUNG WOMEN LIKE HER–ARE FINALLY CHANGING THAT.”
Glitch Art & Code released into the public domain
Glitch | Public Domain Art & Code: “Art & Code from the Game Released into Public Domain”
Why We Shouldn’t Celebrate Udacity’s “Pivot”
Why We Shouldn’t Celebrate Udacity’s “Pivot “Audrey Watters (Hack Education) challenges the religious metaphors of the Fast Company article and the notion that Thrun has changed his views.”