Although reports of high schools implementing drug testing programs have declined in recent years, the vaping epidemic among high school students is generating renewed interest in such testing. As reported in Michigan Live, Plainwell High […]
Google has released a final version of Dataset Search, which first appeared in beta in September 2018. TechCrunch reports that the search allows users to examine over 25 million datasets of varying sizes and subjects. […]
An article in PC Magazine provides a good discussion of how algorithms used in health care AI systems can be biased against certain populations. In addition to several clear examples of bias with deadly consequences […]
The Virginia Department of Education has launched a new platform that allows teachers to access open educational resources and to submit resources they have developed themselves and would like to share. At launch the site […]
We often think about self-directed learning as appropriate for adults or older children, but a report in the Manchester Evening News describes a nursery school where the entire program is rooted in providing the young […]
The Harvard Business School online program provides a good example of direct borrowing of a campus-based pedagogy for online delivery, and a recent change in branding seems to have confirmed that fidelity to the campus […]
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has released a Code of Practices for Age Appropriate Design for Online Services. The code contains 15 standards for age appropriate design. These standards, rooted in the GDPR, offer the […]