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Getting Started with Python

April 16, 2022 Gary Natriello 0

Wondering how to begin learning Python either for personal reasons or as part of your preparation for further formal study? Check out Gareen Puglia’s account of her experience taking the Google Crash Course on Python […]

Online On the Fence

March 11, 2022 Gary Natriello 0

Writing in Educause Review, Perry Samson tells an interesting, and perhaps common, story of how students negotiate the question of face-to-face vs online class formats. Although many express a preference for face-to-face classes, in practice […]

Physical Spaces to Support Virtual Experiences

March 9, 2022 Gary Natriello 0

Writing in Arch Daily, Katie Overstreet highlights the emerging need for physical spaces with the capacity to support a new generation of digital spaces and experiences. These spaces will be used to help individuals make […]

Lurking as a Way of Learning Online

March 4, 2022 Gary Natriello 0

In an article in Wired, Paul Ford shares his strategies for learning online, a pattern of behavior that he describes as lurking or sneakbrowsing. Although he views his approach as somewhat passive, there are a […]

Battle Over Government Use of Facial Recognition

February 27, 2022 Gary Natriello 0

Writing in Axios, Ina Fried provides an update on the continuing battle regarding the use of facial recognition technology by various government agencies. Although critics have succeeded in getting the IRS to drop the use […]

Virtual Soundstage Production

February 14, 2022 Gary Natriello 0

Check out how Sony and Epic games are using combinations of hardware and software to change virtual production environments for filmmakers. With large digital displays providing the backdrop on the scale of a soundstage and […]

AI In the University – UC Tackles Appropriate Use

January 29, 2022 Gary Natriello 0

Confronted with the growing use of artificial intelligence in its operations, the University of California created a Presidential Working Group to develop institutional policies for the responsible use of AI. The working group has issued […]

Engaging with Scent

January 29, 2022 Gary Natriello 0

As we think about settings that engage our interest we often consider sights and sounds as the dominant features. However, an article by Andrew Adam Newman in Morning Brew calls attention to the power and […]

Tracking Users

October 31, 2021 Gary Natriello 0

Tanya Kant traces the history of user tracking in an excerpt from her case study on algorithmic tracking. This history reminds us that the internet started as a free and open space where individuals could […]

Using Online Learning to Expand Opportunity

October 26, 2021 Gary Natriello 0

Stanford University has announced a new program in partnership with the National Education Equity Lab to offer Stanford online courses to underserved students in high schools across the U.S. The pilot effort involves a computer […]