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Ignoring the science?

I assign several meta-analyses in my grad courses. This approach is a reasonable way to make sense of a large number of studies that include some inconsistency in results. Recently, a summary of thousands of studies addressing climate change was … Continue reading

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More Drive storage

Google has announced an upgrade in the space (gmail, drive, G+) provided at no cost to users. The same announcement also explains the cost if you decide you need additional space. There are getting to be quite a few different … Continue reading

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The money behind the MOOCs

I have argued many times that quality deserves some type of compensation. Or, put another way, no one has a right to expect much of anything for free. If you have concluded that MOOCs are an exception, you might want … Continue reading

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This could get ugly

If Microsoft’s YouTube app for the mobile phone blocks the ads in YouTube videos, this could really raise the stakes. Ads are the primary revenue source for Google.  Would Google then write the code to recognize browsers running on Microsoft … Continue reading

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Kahn at MIT

Sal Kahn presents at MIT (also a bit about the MIT collaboration with the Kahn Academy).

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Apple and the cloud

Has Apple faded or should we assume a new “wow” product is soon to be revealed? We all likely have our opinions on this question. For me, I have nearly all the gadgets I can handle. Glasses that function as … Continue reading

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