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http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/images/1/1a/The_Semantic_Web.pdf - 0 views

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  • Sylvia Currie on 25 Jan 11
     
    Shared by Sheila MacNeill during Jan 25 web conference with Dragan Gasevic -- short briefing paper on the Sematic Web, linked and open data from JISC CETIS (PDF)
Tony Searl

U. of Texas Adopts Plan to Publish Performance Data on Professors and Campuses - Facult... - 2 views

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shared by Tony Searl on 29 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • help ensure that taxpayers are getting their money's worth
    • Tony Searl
      Tony Searl on 29 Aug 11
       
      as I attempted to raise during LAK11, intent is critical. If LAK is primarily accountability driven, then more complex outcomes available IF questioning of data is deeper, may be missed (or ignored/buried/not sought)
  • Among other things, the system will report such factors as research expenditures, publications, teaching evaluations, and external support.
    • Tony Searl
      Tony Searl on 29 Aug 11
       
      myschool is already developing into such a site. Insightful LAK, with holistic intention, not narow agendas, is preferable. Metrics, data, inclusions and questions need bipartisan support IF education is to be apolitical.
  • That was a swipe at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank supported by Gov. Rick Perry that has advocated a controversial blueprint known as the "Seven Solutions" to higher education
    • Tony Searl
      Tony Searl on 29 Aug 11
       
      Perry, potential president? Fascinating 2012 election
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  • It also calls for a review system in which outside experts analyze the performance of individual colleges within the system's universities.
    • Tony Searl
      Tony Searl on 29 Aug 11
       
      intent, questions asked, data deemed inclusive, all crucial for LAK outcomes. Enormous potential for misrepresentations exist IF analytics is poorly conceived and managed.
  • Mr. Powell said the database would allow students, parents, legislators, and others to easily examine detailed data about how different campuses and departments performed.
    • Tony Searl
      Tony Searl on 29 Aug 11
       
      exact definition of intent of our 2 year old myschool data
  • Tony Searl on 29 Aug 11
     
    The plan unveiled on Thursday designates money to create a "dashboard"-an interactive, online database-to give students, parents, and legislators access to detailed measures of departments' and colleges' productivity and efficiency. Data on individual professors will probably also be included, although Dr. Cigarroa stressed that each campus would be able to develop its own system of metrics and the details have not yet been worked out
Tony Searl

Unstructured data is worth the effort when you've got the right tools - O'Reilly Radar - 2 views

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  • With regard to the challenges, enterprise data is very messy, inconsistent, and spread out across multiple internal systems and applications. APIs like the ones we're working on can bring consistency and structure to a company's legacy data.
  • entity relation extraction is an important trend.
  • Entity relation extraction helps detect new knowledge in big data.
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  • Other trends include detecting sentiment in social data, integrating multiple languages, and applying text analytics to audio and video transcripts.
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