Science and the spectrum of belief
In 1965 Leonard Ornstein wrote a long and thoughtful essay on information and meaning. Shannon's idea that communication systems could transmit and process information without regard to its meaning...
View ArticleUbiquity symposium: The science in computer science
The goal of the LabRats Science Education Program is to inspire secondary school-age students from all backgrounds to love learning about science and technology. Shawn Carlson, the Executive Director...
View ArticleUbiquity symposium: The science in computer science
Phil Yaffe has provided numerous commentaries on various aspects of professional communication, which have helped readers more effectively articulate their own ideas about the future of computing. Here...
View ArticleUbiquity symposium: MOOCs and technology to advance learning and learning...
Assessment in traditional courses has been limited to either instructor grading, or problems that lend themselves well to relatively simple automation, such as multiple-choice bubble exams. Progress in...
View ArticleUbiquity Symposium: MOOCs and technology to advance learning and learning...
MOOCs have fueled both hope and anxiety about the future of higher education. Our objective in this symposium is to surface and explore some of the open questions which have arisen in the MOOC debates....
View ArticleUbiquity symposium: MOOCs and technology to advance learning and learning...
Computing education has some significant education challenges today. We aren't diverse enough, and we need to be able to develop more teachers. Despite popular opinion, the current generations of MOOCs...
View ArticleBeyond features
This article looks at the constantly evolving landscape of digital devices, and analyzes the growing inefficiency of hardware specifications to properly represent the overall value perceived by the...
View ArticleCan MOOCs Help Reduce College Tuition?
This article will briefly describe some of the cost issues associated with MOOCs and suggest a perspective through which drastic tuition savings might someday be achieved, possibly through the...
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