Colleges have changed along with the society around them. We asked selected staff to reflect on some transformations they have seen over the years.
Scraping Google Scholar to write your PhD literature chapter
This looks really excellent – it scrapes Google Scholar, starting with a search that reveals work you already know about and that you think is significant. From those search results it generates an exportable Gephi map of authors, subject/disciplinary …
Google Open Source Report Card
Open source software enables Google to build things quickly and efficiently without reinventing the wheel, allowing us to focus on solving new problems. We stand on the shoulders of giants and we know it. This is why we support …
Machine intelligence makes human morals more important
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Presentation of the Week: Creativity In Learning
Teaching in higher education – there isn’t enough evidence to tell us what works and why
Should I ask students to come to class or connect remotely? If they come to class, should I ask students to bring and use their own devices? How should I arrange the classroom furniture for my lesson? Does it …
What Is Open Source Hardware And Why Should You Care?
Open Source Hardware is hardware whose design is made publicly available so that anyone can study, modify, distribute, make, and sell the design or hardware based on that design. Open hardware is paving the way for recent technological developments, …
Google’s ‘DeepMind’ AI platform can now learn without human input
DeepMind is now capable of teaching itself based on information it already possesses.
In a significant step forward for artificial intelligence, Alphabet’s hybrid system uses the existing data storage capacity of conventional computers while pairing it with smart AI …
Review: What it’s like to use the most innovative laptop of 2016
When is the last time you looked at a laptop computer and thought to yourself, “this is a truly innovative device”? Lenovo first unveiled the Yoga Book in late August ahead of the annual IFA trade show in Berlin. …
Top 10 Gmail Tips for Power Users
Everyone has a Gmail account. We’re all used to archiving, labeling, and marking bad senders as spam, but you probably still spend a lot of time in your inbox, especially if your work uses Gmail. Here are ten tips …
10 Essential Characteristics of a 21st Century Educator
Here are ten characteristics that I am exploring and starting to see as crucial for educators in the 21st century and beyond, as we continue to live in a world that is continuously changing, and moving at tremendously fast speeds.…
30 Hidden Chrome Features That Will Make Your Life Easier
While Chrome’s abilities multiply greatly when you consider the near-bottomless library of extensions, there’s a bounty of stock functionality embedded all throughout Chrome’s guts that you may not even know about. Click through our slideshow for a list of …
The Easy Way to Make Your House or Apartment a Smart Home
Whether it’s lighting, cleaning or temperature control, there are lots of ways to start automating your home and connecting the devices you use most frequently. Here are our top smart devices to help turn any home into a smarter …
Best note-taking apps
Think about the number of notes you take on a daily or weekly basis. In everything from listening to podcasts, sitting in meetings, quickly scrawling something on a sticky note so you don’t forget, or taking inventory of the …
The Open-Source Group Trying To “De-Google” The Internet
How can we surf the web without using Google, Amazon or Facebook? French group Framasoft, which promotes the use of open-source software, offers a way.