Assessment
Open Book Exams
Following the lead of Delhi University, the Aligarh Muslim University has decided that all end of term exams will be online and open book in light of the pandemic that closed the campus. This move […]
Articles by Gary Natriello
Learning Settings
Past and Future Office
Writing in the Economist, Catherine Nixley considers the Death of the Office as a possible result of the Covid 19 pandemic. She traces the office from its beginnings in London at the East India Company […]
Data Analytics Research
Employee Data Under Siege
While there has been a good deal of attention on consumer data and the rights of consumers to know what data is being collected about them and how it is being used, there has been […]
Data Analytics Research
Everyone’s Social Network
For an inside look at some of the ways the U.S. National Security Agency uses vast stores of telephone data as a foundation for mass surveillance of the American people, check out an excerpt from […]
Distance Learning
Grain Size Online
The rise of online learning has so far failed to generate serious thinking about the appropriate size of learning experiences. The Coursera platform has been no exception as it has stayed with the course as […]
Assessment
“Cheating” or “Seeking Assistance” via a “Forbidden Online Resource”
According to an article in The Daily Princetonian, students in a Princeton math class relied on an answer posted to Slader, an online help site, for completing a problem on a homework assignment despite being […]
Distance Learning
When the Seams Begin to Show
One of the opportunities afforded by the current pandemic as it impacts higher education is that the variety of responses from those working in colleges and universities reveal some of the seams that are more […]
Recipes
Split Pea Soup – Vegetarian
Split Pea Soup – Vegetarian
Data Analytics Research
Microsoft Toolkits Support Differential Privacy, Algorithmic Fairness, and Transparency
Microsoft is releasing three new toolkits to support data privacy and ethical AI as part of Microsoft’s initiative for more explainable, secure, and just artificial intelligence in systems. The White Noise toolkit supports differential privacy. […]
Distance Learning
Remote Learning Projects
An article by Emily Richmond in The Atlantic describes how teachers at Essex Tech in Massachusetts, are continuing career and technical education at a distance. Of particular note are the ways the teachers have adapted […]