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Learning Differently
Just what is personalized learning? It is a set of strategies that teachers can implement. The terminology sometimes changes to adaptive learning, but the distinction is like that of a tool and a teaching technique. The difference is necessary to the basic logic of how the various parts of any teaching intervention work together to…
Read MoreWeeding Out the Frauds
The removal of a website flagging up journals with questionable publishing practices leave some wondering how this will impact credible publishers. Times Higher Education brought this to our attention in their article, “Beall’s list closure a ‘boon for predatory publishers’.” Yes, the list of “potential, possible or probably” predatory publishers was controversial, with some publishers threatening legal action…
Read MoreDigging Deep
We live in a data-rich world where organizations, governments and individuals can analyze anything and everything. At present, the most easily indexed material from the web is text. Unfortunately, anywhere from 89 to 96 percent of the content on the internet is actually something else, like images, video, audio, etc. and in every file type imaginable. This interesting information…
Read MoreEducational Webinar on Semantic Web Technology
CIMdata, Inc. is offering a free educational webinar titled, “Why Connected Intelligent Products Need Semantic Web Technology.” The webinar will take place on February 9, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. (EST). PR.com brought this news to our attention in their article, “CIMdata to Host Free Webinar on Why Connected Intelligent Products Need Semantic Web Technology.” The development…
Read MoreNew Digitization Project Increases Access
Northern Illinois University recently announced a new digitization project in their release,”University Libraries awarded more than $448,000 for digitization project.” The Council on Library and Information Resources has awarded the University Libraries, in collaboration with the Falvey Memorial Library at Villanova University, with a Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant for $448,893 to digitize…
Read MoreHealth IT Content Strategies Gets Some Help
HIMSS Media recently launched the Media Lab to deliver content strategies for healthcare technology audiences. The Media Lab applies a scientific approach to better align clients’ content needs with distinct, data-supported Health IT buyer personas. This interesting information came to us from My San Antonio in their article, “HIMSS Media Lab is Launched to Lift Audience…
Read MoreCognitive Computing Used to Fight Dementia
Genomics is identifying the factors that makes some people more susceptible to Alzheimer’s and other aging-related cognitive impairments. Regardless of the root cause, dementias are usually irreversible. Machines can learn, but can they teach us? DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Using Cognitive Computing to Prevent Human Cognitive Decline.” Some claim that cognitive computing…
Read MoreIndexing Career Opportunity
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are…
Read MoreNew AAP President Has Copyright Law Background
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) recently named Maria A. Pallante as President and CEO. Pallante is the former United States Register of Copyrights, a position she held from 2011-2016. During her tenure, she administered an increasingly complex legal system of programs, practices, and regulations and assisted executive branch agencies with trade, treaties and litigation. Pallante was…
Read MoreDefine Ownership
When it comes to digital content, the ownership issue gets grayer and grayer. This interesting information came to us from Copyright and Technology in their article, “What Does Ownership Mean in the Digital Age?” When you purchase from a digital content retail service, do you actually own what you’ve paid money for? Most retailers’ terms of service…
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