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Mediterranean Gazpacho
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Year: 2019
Distance Learning
Curation vs Algorithmic Recommendations
YouTube has announced a new feature, Educational Playlists, that will present curated learning resources on topics of general interest. YouTube is investing $20 million to line up educational content providers for this initiative. In an […]
Lab Notes
Staffing, Expertise, and Learning
For a terrific case study of the issues entailed with re-thinking staffing of any project, enterprise, or lab, see At Work Expertise is Falling Out of Favor in the July 2019 issue of The Atlantic. […]
Distance Learning
Automated Video Creation from Audio
With the growing reliance on video in distance learning applications, the costs of producing such video can become an impediment for distance learning producers. To address this issue Byung-Hak Kim and Varun Ganapathi, researchers at […]
Data Analytics Research
Automating Problem Identification
Identifying and prioritizing problems to be addressed through research currently involves a host of individual, social, and political processes. Currently, such processes can just as easily be driven by idiosyncratic interests and events or indirect […]
Learning Settings
Creative Workspace
Looking for an inspiring setting in which to work? Consider the new headquarters for Audible in Newark, New Jersey. Audible has reclaimed an abandoned church. The story is inspiring on multiple levels from immediate workspace […]
Distance Learning
New Version of Rhizr Released
Wow! The team at the EdLab has released the latest version of Rhizr, their content curation system. The new version allows greater flexibility and has a blazingly fast search. If you have used Rhizr in […]
Distance Learning
Forms of Distance Learning In Higher Education
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Learning Settings
Low Road Buildings and Creativity
In this episode of his BBC series on architecture Stuart Brand explains that old unrenovated buildings seem to allow for more creativity due to the freedom that inhabitants seem to have to alter them for […]
Lab Notes
Virtual Centers and Labs
I have long been interested in the prospects for virtual organizations, particularly as a strategy for accelerating change and innovation. LatrLab can serve as a proof of concept for this genre of organization. Centers, labs, […]