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Google has launched its own Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to teach the general public how to understand surveys, research, and data. Called "Making Sense of Data" and running from March 18 to April 4, the course will be open to the public and, like most MOOCs, will be taught through a series of video lectures, interactive projects, and the support of community TAs.

Workers participating in a bring your own device policy expect the same corporate data access on their personal devices as on company-owned machines. IT should come up with a measured approach toward BYOD users that balances accessibility and security.

According to the latest data, video for homework is on the rise; mobile computing is "beyond the tipping point"; and most kids don't use traditional computers to connect to the Internet at home. Those are just three of the major trends revealed in the 2013 Speak Up Survey from Project Tomorrow, which CEO Julie Evans revealed at the FETC 2014 conference last week. The 2013 results represent more than 400,000 surveys from 9,000 schools and 2,700 districts across the country. Respondents included 325,279 students, 32,151 teachers and librarians, 39,986 parents, 4,530 district administrators and, new to this year's survey, 1,346 community members. Read more at http://thejournal.com/Articles/2014/02/03/10-Major-Technology-Trends-in-Education.aspx?Page=1#xdDhiZ2SqcbqTopz.99

Maryland legislators, concerned about the sale of student data, discuss a law that would restrict the information cloud providers can share.

This article is about whether or not is is entirely ethic for university professors to be collecting as much data on students as they so. This shows a view from the other side about the things that could be considered bad but only if taken wrong.

Cynthia Hudson-Vitale is digital data outreach librarian, email: chudson{at}wustl.edu Jennifer Moore is GIS and data projects manager; anthropology librarian; program faculty in International Area Studies, email: j.moore{at}wustl.edu , at Washington University-St.

Example of application of Cloud Computing in a real business practice

This article discusses the steps that must be executed to implement a well run BYOD program in schools. The steps are specify what devices are permitted, a diligent security, a clear service policy, make it clear who owns the apps/data, ban certain apps, integrate your BYOD plan with an acceptable use policy, and set up an employee exit strategy.

- Leads to less cars on the road because people can work from home; Better environment as well. - No need for an IT team to take care of any of the problems because the cloud server provider is in charge of that. - Have advanced systems to protect their servers from fire, water or other damages. -If anything were to happen, they also have all data backed up on another secondary server

- about 60% of all businesses in the US are using some type of cloud computing software with their business - Some businesses are allowing for a BYOD system for the workplace so people can use a personal device while still using the same software - there are hundreds of different uses for different cloud services such as energy usage management, water usage data, finance, retail etc.

Cloud computing is inevitable? Learn more at this great link!

LACE is a learning analytics project aimed at bringing together various projects from the learning analytics world. It's goal is to allow learning analytics to have a smooth transition of data between companies and programs, allowing for more effective support for students and teachers in the long run. More date may be needed.

LAK 14 stands for Learning Analytics and Knowledge (Conference) 2014. This is the fourth year of the conference, and I think a lot of data can come from this site. See the "Live Blogs and Notes" page for more information about the conference via blogs written as it occurred.

A good summary of how analytic tactics are used in the modern world. Amazing definition of learning analytics on page 4. Also has useful charts to help understand how different forms of data can be used in an educational setting.

Interesting example on how much wearable tech has advanced over the years - now with the capability of predicting one's mood based off of an individual's speech pattern and vitals. This could be used in education to measure the moods of students, etc.