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Making Distributed Agile Teams Work

October 4, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

Although there are significant benefits to distributed staff in terms of recruitment and enlarging the pool of available talent, there are also trade-offs in not having everyone in the same location. Nothing beats regular face-to-face […]

Seeking Flexibility

October 3, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

With the growing interest in active learning at the college and university level, institutions are engaging in efforts to update classrooms to accommodate new pedagogies. These initiatives face different challenges at different institutions, but there […]

Regulating Facial Recognition

October 1, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

A recent article in Recode reports that Amazon is drafting model regulations to govern the use of facial recognition technology. With the use of facial recognition growing, often with the aid of Amazon’s Rekognition software, […]

Keeping an Eye on Meritocracy

September 30, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

Meritocracy is at the heart of the modern democratic state. In principle it guarantees that the rewards in a society will be distributed based on accomplishment. However, once the components of merit are agreed upon […]

(I Forgot the) Barbecue (Sauce) Chicken

September 30, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

(I Forgot the) Barbecue (Sauce) Chicken

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Who Owns Your Data?

September 27, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

A provocative article in IoT Agenda explores some of the sociological issues raised by the Internet of Things and related technologies. Such issues are likely to become more pressing as technology progresses and networked devices […]

Thinking Beyond “Remote” Work

September 27, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

A recent article cites Bill Gates who several years ago predicted that in the search for talent it would be important for organizations to offer employees the flexibility that comes with working remotely. The article […]

Innovative Learning Environments and Teacher Change

September 26, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

The latest report on the proceedings of the Innovative Learning Environments and Teacher Change Project are now available. The ILETC project is a multi-year effort, based at the University of Melbourne, that involved researchers, educators, […]

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

September 24, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

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OPM Contracting Cautions

September 23, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

I have previously called attention to the challenges posed by online program managers (OPMs), those companies that manage some or all aspects of online programs for colleges and universities. A new report from the Century […]