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Sam M

Forbes - Doctorow Article - 1 views

For anyone that read the article "Text is free, we make our money on volume", here is the Doctorow article mentioned. Enjoy! http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/30/cory-doctorow-copyright-tech-media_cz_...

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started by Sam M on 10 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
Maria Romanova-Hynes

How Open Data Is Transforming City Life - 4 views

www.forbes.com/...data-is-transforming-city-life

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shared by Maria Romanova-Hynes on 21 Sep 14 - No Cached
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  • Start a business. Manage your power use. Find cheap rents, or avoid crime-ridden neighborhoods. Cities and their citizens worldwide are discovering the power of “open data”—public data and information available from government and other sources that can help solve civic problems and create new business opportunities.
  • Maria Romanova-Hynes on 22 Sep 14
     
    What Forbes has to say about Open Data.
Leticia Lafuente López

Wikipedia, saber colectivo e idiomas / Wikipedia, colective knowledge and languages - 3 views

Supongo que influye el aspecto cultural, no sólo el nivel educativo. Me refiero a que los países de habla latina, por lo general, comparten una cultura lúdica y sociable, donde la gente emplea una ...

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started by Raúl Marcó del Pont on 18 Sep 14 2 follow-ups, last by Leticia Lafuente López on 19 Oct 14
kenlitt

Are you one of the Pancake People? - 0 views

http://www.forbes.com/sites/francesbooth/2014/10/27/information-overload-are-you-one-of-the-pancake-people/ An article from forbes that asks whether you are spreading yourself too thin when connec...

open access information overload

started by kenlitt on 30 Nov 14 no follow-up yet
kenlitt

MOOC's Affect on Universities - 1 views

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/07/27/what-moocs-will-really-kill-is-the-research-university/ Interesting piece in forbes on how MOOC's will affect and do affect universities.

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started by kenlitt on 30 Nov 14 no follow-up yet
slacey21

Dark Social: The Dominant Force In Online Sharing - 4 views

Where does the majority of the data shared online come from? A very thought provoking article with infographic. http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2014/12/04/dark-social-the-dominant-force-...

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started by slacey21 on 04 Dec 14 no follow-up yet
tlsohn

Will Apple Satisfy Regulators Over HealthKit Data Privacy? - 1 views

www.forbes.com/...rs-over-healthkit-data-privacy

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shared by tlsohn on 06 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • tlsohn on 06 Sep 14
     
    Considering digital identities, here's an interesting article over a new form of data privacy: our health. As health devices (i.e. smart watches) become more available and mainstream we should consider what type of data we want 'floating' around the internet such as our weights/BMIs or whatever other personal information the health device may obtain. This is one issue that the increase in technology and social communication has brought to us (not entirely a bad thing)…more personal data becoming easily accessible for advertisers. "This week, Apple has updated its privacy policy to try and ensure that developers don't market personal healthcare data to advertisers and brokers. The company is betting big on its new HealthKit platform, part of iOS 8. It gives developers a set of APIs to share their apps' data with Apple's […]"
Kevin Stranack

MIT Team Turns 6.9 Million Clicks Into Insights To Improve Online Education - 4 views

www.forbes.com/...ts-to-improve-online-education

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  • Kevin Stranack on 10 Sep 14
     
    A brief article that looks at some of the research emerging from the massive amounts of student use data collected in MOOCs. Points toward directions for future improvements. Still a great deal of focus on the video lecture, as opposed to participant connections.
ben_weir_

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/04/10/the-coming-collapse-of-the-academic-... - 1 views

Article calling for the collapse of the Academic Publishing model in 2012 - interesting insights prior to what we have been studying!

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started by ben_weir_ on 26 Nov 14 no follow-up yet
kristykim

Occurring and future plans for textbooks in Universities - 0 views

www.forbes.com/...2

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  • kristykim on 30 Nov 14
     
    Due to rising prices of printed textbooks, majority of higher universities are working with publishing companies to come up with a plan. Check out the program they have come with.
  • Abdul Naser Tamim on 30 Nov 14
     
    This model of education would be very difficult to establish but it will save a huge amount of trees all over the world. I PADs as full text books for students is on of my favorite.
rlamim

Mooc Makers Increase Competition With B-Schools With Executive Courses - 0 views

www.businessbecause.com/...petition-with-business-schools

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shared by rlamim on 17 Nov 14 - No Cached
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  • rlamim on 17 Nov 14
     
    Executive education courses are most schools' main sources of income. They are often customized and sold to private corporations, covering business trends such as big data and leadership. Moocs are seen by many in the education sector as a direct threat to MBA and master's programs, offering similar content developed by tenure or tenure-track professors, but free of charge.
  • c maggard on 17 Nov 14
     
    Remember when the for profit university rose to a new prominence a decade or so ago, and everyone you knew flocked to the University of Phoenix to finish their degree and get a fabulous new job? I hope the MOOC doesn't turn into that. The hope was that it would enable those isolated by distance and means would elevate themselves thru their use. Sadly, according to findings by Forbes, it's mostly white, educated, employed American males taking them. I wonder which carries more weight with hiring managers--the MOOC-taker, or the traditional paying student?
ben_weir_

The Dark Side Of Reputation Management: How It Affects Your Business - 2 views

www.forbes.com/...t-how-it-affects-your-business

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  • ben_weir_ on 12 Sep 14
     
    This is an article on some of the darker aspects of digital identity.
adesimine

NSA Opens Up Data Automation Software For Public Use - 0 views

www.forbes.com/...mation-software-for-public-use

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  • adesimine on 03 Dec 14
     
    The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has worked with the National Security Agency (NSA) on the release of Niagarafiles (or Nifi, to the initiated) technology designed to "automate data flows" among multiple computer networks. The software is free and open source (so is available to the public) through the Apache Software Foundation.
franhuang

Facebook Is Going To Suppress 'Click-Bait' Articles - 2 views

www.forbes.com/...o-suppress-click-bait-articles

shared by franhuang on 03 Dec 14 - No Cached
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  • franhuang on 03 Dec 14
     
    An excellent example of how large institutions or online groups can place these restrictions to create filters.
  • adesimine on 03 Dec 14
     
    This is tough for me to see, because I really do strongly dislike click-bait to point of having written articles about it, but my desire to see a censorshipless internet is stronger. Reading this article really toyed with my head.
Kevin Stranack

How Old School Publishers Can Win In The Digital Age - 1 views

www.forbes.com/...ers-can-win-in-the-digital-age

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shared by Kevin Stranack on 08 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Kim Baker on 08 Oct 14
     
    "Like many millennials today, Yale classmates Henry Luce and Briton Hadden left their jobs to create a startup. They found newspapers dry, longwinded and boring and thought they could do better by presenting stories in a faster paced, more personality centered format. In 1923 they launched Time magazine and it became a runaway success."
  • Kevin Stranack on 08 Oct 14
     
    "The greatest challenge for publishers today is to create new business models. Unfortunately, most haven't even begun the process due to misplaced nostalgia for distribution revenue. In that sense, paywalls represent the greatest threat to old-line publishers."
  • jurado-navas on 03 Dec 14
     
    And also due to the inherent feature of every human being of being resistant to changes. And all of that without taking into account some economical interests.
franhuang

The Hottest Personal Branding Trends That Will Impact Your Success in 2015 - 1 views

www.forbes.com/...ct-your-success-in-2015-part-1

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  • franhuang on 03 Dec 14
     
    Some insightful tips into building a strong online presence and impactful brand identity!
c maggard

MOOCs -- Completion Is Not Important - 20 views

www.forbes.com/...hing-is-not-the-important-part

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shared by c maggard on 11 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • c maggard on 11 Nov 14
     
    By: Matthew LeBar Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are often described as the future of education - or at least a significant part of it. But there may be a significant problem with them: a very small proportion of students who start them actually finish. This poses a serious threat to their legitimacy.
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  • embioptera on 12 Nov 14
     
    Very interesting article. I was at an Open Access week event recently that was a debate on the place of MOOCs in higher education. One point that another attendee raised about the completion rate of MOOCs that seemed really important to me was that many MOOCs require participants to register before viewing the content, and this can impact completion rate numbers. A person may only have the requisite information about whether or not the wish to participate once they have registered for the MOOC.
  • selviwati on 13 Nov 14
     
    Thanks for sharing this! :) I am taking MOOC course about MOOC right now. I feel like completion could be a challenge for anyone who took it. I actually agree that completion is not everything in education. Since learning is more about understanding rather than completing, I think there is no point if someone did complete his/her MOOC but he/she does not understand about what he/she learned. However, I believe, in order to fully understand the course, it is better to complete what you have started.
  • pad123 on 13 Nov 14
     
    I too feel that completion of MOOC is important. Other wise no point in participating in that MOOC. we also will get any information on the internet for knowledge gain. But there will be a regular follow up of the course for completing any MOOC. But only problem is having proper IT infrastructure to participate in that.
  • ibudule on 13 Nov 14
     
    Thank you for sharing. On the one hand one can choose form the course lessons and material that they want and choose not to complete the whole course. Then of course one can not evaluate the course judging from the completion rate. On the other hand, ability to complete what is started develops human will-power and purposefulness. Otherwise the world is full of people with unfinished educations, short-term employments etc.
  • dudeec on 14 Nov 14
     
    What the article says really is "MOOC completion rate is not a meaningful metrics about the course." Universities and institutions may need to have other metrics in order to evaluate whether to continue offer certain courses. As for individual participants, each person is her/his best critic on how much has been gained from the course.
  • Fernando Carraro on 15 Nov 14
     
    Cierto, tal vez muchos no lo terminen. Yo creo que lo importante es el conocimiento aprendido.
  • ilanab on 15 Nov 14
     
    Thanks for sharing this article. I'm in agreement with LeBar, completion of the MOOC is not the correct metric to be used for evaluation. The goal of many participants is to gain or increase knowledge on a topic which may be achieved without completing the whole course.
  • lenjomaydresden on 20 Nov 14
     
    This ongoing MOOC is hard for me to complete since there is a lot of internet and network action required which I don't like to use at the moment. Still, I got so much Information that I will try to fulfill the requirements to pass it. It is not for the statistics - but for my personal support of the MOOC instructors (I wounder whether they notice)
  • nivinsharawi on 20 Nov 14
     
    i think MOOC will be more effective for exchange of knowledge e for certain important topic for stakeholder who aim self progress development
  • Abdul Naser Tamim on 24 Nov 14
     
    I have joined another MOOC and received the "statement of accomplishment" and it was totally a big disappointment. The design and the language used reflect mentality is not related to what they are teaching online. It is underestimating people around the world time and efforts by issuing a statement is not well designed and meaningless. The question would be: does it worth it to finish any course online? the knowledge is already free and affordable all over the net, why do I need to follow an institute organized free course? People are not finishing the MOOC courses because of frustration and disappointment and this has to be reviewed.
  • erikitaymarijo on 25 Nov 14
     
    Tal vez no puede decirse que sea el futuro de la educación, pero si coadyuva para que el conocimiento pueda acercarse a cualquier persona, e incentivar al autoaprendizaje.
  • zimbron21 on 25 Nov 14
     
    Habría que preguntarse cuál es el problema de que los estudiantes no concluyan los cursos MOOC, buscar las alternativas respectivas.MOOC ventanas de oportunidad para cualquier persona.
  • vicdesotelle on 30 Nov 14
     
    This brings up the question of what it means to complete something? And why is it so important to us? And why 'productivity', a thing somebody defined ages ago, is so important to our humanity? .. or is it anymore?
  • w_kwai on 03 Dec 14
     
    Because I am taking a MOOC course but also on campus at University, I receive credits and grades where this is definitely one of the motivations for me to contribute. Although I agree that completion of the course is not essential to attain knowledge, what about our motivations to learn? And what about our incentives? Not saying MOOCs are not interesting nor helpful, I like MOOCs, but I think people like recognition too. I think to just receive the "statement of accomplishment" is not enough to prove efforts made within the course. However MOOCs are not as well developed at this stage, there definitely will be adjustments in the near future.
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