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"Transparency of evidence: a spot check of government policy proposals July 2016 to July 2017. How transparent is government in sharing evidence behind policies?"

We are often faced with a hiatus in knowledge transfer, but the 4 year gap between London and Rio Olympics poses special problems. An interesting post from the HBR Blog

"Failure happens. This is a community and a resource to encourage new levels of transparency, collaboration and innovation across the for-purpose sector."

In September, the Wikimedia Foundation won a $250,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to start building the "Wikimedia Knowledge Engine," a "system for discovering reliable and trustworthy public information on the internet," according to grant documents, which were released late last week. That the Knowledge Engine, now known as "Wikimedia Discovery," even existed was news to the Wikipedia editors community, who say the project's secretive nature and very existence are fundamentally at odds with Wikimedia's transparent ethos.

The Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2017 focuses on three emerging technology mega-trends: Artificial intelligence (AI) everywhere, transparently immersive experiences and digital platforms.

The Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2017 focuses on three emerging technology mega-trends: Artificial intelligence (AI) everywhere, transparently immersive experiences and digital platforms.

Video from a series of events at British Council looking at 'How we learn' this video is one session where Sam Conniff looks at the difference in the world of learning and education. He talks about the 'sharing economy' bring the largest growing market in the works and then changes technology is having on what we teach in schools worldwide, including the fact that 70% of all on-one content is video, making the creation of content closer to the user. Highlighting the top things people learning on-line using the search 'how to...' Play in instrument, learn a language and write code.Sam also explores the notion of 'Learning how to learn', 'being connected to the internet everywhere', & 'transparency' and how these will change Education & how we will need to interact in a more ethical way (26:40 - 43:00)