New York now offers free Internet and TV access to residents of its public housing. The program, called “Big Apple Connect,” is very easy to apply for through two providers. If you already have a contract with one, the cost automatically drops to $0 if you check a box that you want to participate in […]
Sepp Hochreiter, German computer science professor at Justus Kepler University Linz was named Austrian of the Year in the field of research in 2018. “His research interests include [according to Wikipedia and for classification here] various machine learning techniques, including deep learning, reinforcement learning, and representational learning, as well as biclustering, matrix factorization, and statistical […]
I’ve reported on Stanford math professor Jo Boaler before. Since the beginning of her research on how to bring mathematics to people from lower-income families, she has faced criticism, especially from older, white gentlemen who want to hold on to her (outdated) didactics. Their fight for the old status quo has always been fought tooth […]
At the eTeaching.org talk in early January, one of the questions left unanswered was why I cite Netflix as a serious reference in the (informal) education context. Here is my answer… More info and the matching video for this episode can be found on YouTube. Your options Listen to it on iTunes. Stream the episode […]
5 Lessons Learned
Management consultants are always on the lookout for methods and tools with which they can turn key screws in companies. I had to think about that on the train ride, because I was a guest at Cebit due to #cebiteda. The entire competency debate has led to the central problem of a culture of change […]
What do most engaged people have in common with pedagogy? Right, they try to reach people through the head, to teach them with arguments and insights for the good. Can that still work in the 21st century in the networked world that is heavily enriched with images? Rather rare. You have to meet people halfway, […]