According to NOAA, 2010 was one of the hottest years on record, in fact it tied for the hottest. Here are a few of the 2010 US Climate Highlights from the NOAA release of the data: In the contiguous United States, 2010 was the 14th consecutive year with an annual temperature above the long-term average.Read… Read more »
Just before Christmas the always awesome Al Emanski asked me if I would write a short answer to a question he was asking a number of people he thought might have interesting answers: What would you like to become more visible in 2011? A number of us responded (there are a fair number of coolRead… Read more »
Johnelle Bryson Welsh’s dissertation “IDENTIFYING FACTORS THAT PREDICT STUDENT SUCCESS IN ACOMMUNITY COLLEGE ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE” (2007) while researching US colleges, provides useful insights into students of e-learning courses generally. Demographic variables (such as age and gender) do not effect course results. The online students tend to older, married, worked full-time, and Original post
In an announcement yesterday, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch named Bill Rogers as commissioner of the state’s Department of Information Technology. According to a statement by the governor, Mr. Rogers brings with him over 30 years of information technology experience from the private sector. “Bill Rogers has the innovation, technical expertise and leadership abilities toRead… Read more »
Here on Pulse + Signal I’ve covered the journey of Josh Nesbit, Isaac Holeman and the rest of the folks working to bring mobiles to global health innovation at FrontlineSMS:Medic. Whether it be through a CNN highlight, exclusive footage of their community health worker training or a Poptech write up – there is no doubtRead… Read more »
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has complied a List of libraries in flood affected areas for the recent Queensland and Victorian floods. The Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) is compiling a similar Register of Disaster Affected Archives. The Register will be used by Blue Shield Australia with helping save cultural heritage. Organisations areRead… Read more »
Niraj Lal, University of Cambridge, will talk on “Making solar cells better with Buddhist singing bowls” at the Australian National University in Canberra, 3pm, 10 February 2011. The title of the talk refers to the bowl shaped nano-structures used to make the solar cells more efficient:”Making solar cells better with Buddhist singing bowls “Niraj LalRead… Read more »
In December Congress and the Senate passed legislation titled the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX). The act requires federal agencies to: Designate senior officials to serve as a chief operating and performance improvement officers. These two officials would be responsible for finding significant cost savings throughRead… Read more »
Greetings from the ANU College of Engineering & Computer Scienc, where Lauren Kane from the Flexible Learning Unit is laading an Education Design Workshop on Evaluation.ANU has a “Policy: Student Feedback on Teaching and Learning”, “Guideline: Student Surveys on Teaching and Learning” and a system for student surveys. The standard surveys include “Student Experience ofRead… Read more »
Personal branding The idea of personal branding has gained popularity in the last couple of years. It seems to mainly be used to refer to one’s online identity—meaning, mostly, what hits come up if someone Googles your name. Like product branding, the personal brand includes a number of values and ideas. It includes what peopleRead… Read more »