+danah boyd and +Kate Crawford’s interrogate the big data trend. Reshared post from +danah boyd The era of “Big Data” has begun. Computer scientists, physicists, economists, mathematicians, political scientists, bio-informaticists, sociologists, and many others are clamoring for access to the massive quantities of information produced by and about people, things, and their interactions. Diverse groups […]
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danah boyd on G+ real name policy
Two great posts by danah boyd on G+ real name policy. Really worth reading. 1) http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2011/08/04/real-names.html 2) http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2011/08/05/design-social-norms.html This was posted on Google+…
A social layer as a commodity
A social layer as a commodity. Edd Dumbill on how groundbreaking G+ may be. Google+ is the social backbone – O’Reilly Radar Google+ is the rapidly growing seed of a web-wide social backbone, and the catalyst for the ultimate uniting of the social graph. This was posted on Google+…
Alternative to the traditional peer-review process
Some interesting ideas to build an alternative to the traditional peer-review process. Reshared post from Stephen Downes Killing Peer Review ~ Stephen’s Web Google+: View post on Google+ Post imported by Google+Blog. Created By Daniel Treadwell.
"Why I will never pursue cheating again"
Changes in the way one assesses students are more efficient and rewarding than cop-like approaches that turn out negative for everyone. Reshared post from +Alan Cann “Last Fall, it was my first semester of teaching as a tenured professor. It was also the semester that I realized how pervasive cheating is in our courses. After […]