How do you define a scenario? Researchers in Futures & Foresight Science suggest an approach based on published literature.
How do you define a scenario? Researchers in Futures & Foresight Science suggest an approach based on published literature. The approach suggests a series of questions (see diagram) to challenge a particular phenomenon to check if it is a scenario that can be used in future planning - or if it is...
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Humanitarian health computing using artificial intelligence and social media: A narrative literature review. "The feasibility
Humanitarian health computing using artificial intelligence and social media: A narrative literature review. "The feasibility of using AI to extract valuable information during a
humanitarian health crisis is proven in many cases. There is a lack of
research on how to integrate the use of AI into...
Source: nih.gov
Closing Knowledge Gaps to Optimize Patient Outcomes and Advance Precision Medicine. "Realizing the promise of precision
Closing Knowledge Gaps to Optimize Patient Outcomes and Advance Precision Medicine. "Realizing the promise of precision medicine requires patient engagement
at the key decision points throughout the cancer journey. Previous
research has shown that patients who make the "right" decisions, such as
...
Source: nih.gov
Wales' Brexit vote had deeper roots than many are willing to admit: Martin Johnes, Professor of History at Swansea University
Wales' Brexit vote had deeper roots than many are willing to admit: Martin Johnes, Professor of History at Swansea University The Brexit vote was a profound shock to those who like to believe that Wales has a distinctive and progressive culture. It is little wonder that people looked for someone to...
Source: nation.cymru
It feels as though we learn better via our preferred learning style, but we don’t: A new study helps explain the myth.
It feels as though we learn better via our preferred learning style, but we don’t: A new study helps explain the myth. "Consistent with past research on learning styles, the participants’
preferred learning style (verbal or pictorial) was not related in any
way to how well they recalled the pairs...
Source: bps.org.uk
Online learning is supported by factors such as Accessibility, Functionality, Group discussion, Students' communicationality,
Online learning is supported by factors such as Accessibility, Functionality, Group discussion, Students' communicationality, and Technology aptitude. It is negatively influenced by time consumption and distraction. Researchers analysed learners on a large online course using thematic analysis and then...
Source: alt.ac.uk
Phrases of the day: selective exposure, selective perception, principles knowledge, vicarious trial, change agent, and cue-to-action.
Phrases of the day: selective exposure, selective perception, principles knowledge, vicarious trial, change agent, and cue-to-action. I’ve been reading Everett Rogers’ book Diffusion of Innovations with a ‘learning lens’ on. I’m fascinated that the adoption of innovations is so analogous to...
Source: amazon.co.uk
Big nutrition research scandal sees 6 more retractions, purging popular diet tips
Big nutrition research scandal sees 6 more retractions, purging popular diet tips
Source: arstechnica.com
Did crafting beer lead to cereal cultivation? | Stanford News: Stanford researchers have found the oldest archaeological
Did crafting beer lead to cereal cultivation? | Stanford News: Stanford researchers have found the oldest archaeological evidence of beer brewing, a discovery that supports the hypothesis that in some regions, beer may have been an underlying motivation to cultivate cereals.
Source: stanford.edu
Radical open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions: Eleven research funders in Europe announce ‘Plan S’
Radical open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions: Eleven research funders in Europe announce ‘Plan S’ to make all scientific works free to read as soon as they are published. European Commission special envoy Robert-Jan Smits has spearheaded a plan to make all scientific works free...
Source: nature.com
Donald Clark Plan B: Research shows Good Behaviour Game is constructivist nonsense
Donald Clark Plan B: Research shows Good Behaviour Game is constructivist nonsense
Source: blogspot.com
China’s Emerging Role In Global Health 'Historically, China’s approach to DAH was grounded in the principles of people-to-people
China’s Emerging Role In Global Health 'Historically, China’s approach to DAH was grounded in the principles of people-to-people connection, including providing a health system that emphasizes primary health care and a community-based disease eradication strategy, principles that are generally in...
Source: healthaffairs.org
Starving seabirds 'full of plastic': Flesh-footed shearwater chicks are starving to death because of plastic, a BBC documentary
Starving seabirds 'full of plastic': Flesh-footed shearwater chicks are starving to death because of plastic, a BBC documentary reveals.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Day 1432 - #thecrapartist - Gazebo, various shrubs, and view of the sea and mountains, at Villa Inn Messinia, Kalamaki,
Day 1432 - #thecrapartist - Gazebo, various shrubs, and view of the sea and mountains, at Villa Inn Messinia, Kalamaki, Greece.
Contact Lens Measures Glucose, pH, Lactate in Eye |: At Purdue University researchers have come up with a way of reliably
Contact Lens Measures Glucose, pH, Lactate in Eye |: At Purdue University researchers have come up with a way of reliably attaching thin film sensors and other small electronic devices to soft contact
Source: medgadget.com
Day 1431 - #thecrapartist - view from Kalamaki towards the mountains of Sparta across Kalamata bay, Greece. The crap artist
Day 1431 - #thecrapartist - view from Kalamaki towards the mountains of Sparta across Kalamata bay, Greece. The crap artist has learnt much from this - use a bigger brush for a big mountain range, get the horizon straight, poplars grow vertically, the sea needs to be much more delicate as it looks stormy,...
WHO releases new International Classification of Diseases (ICD 11)
WHO releases new International Classification of Diseases (ICD 11)
Source: who.int
Bloom's 2 Sigma Problem
I've been looking for another way of presenting evidence for instructional design that is more efficient than simple lectures. The data collected by Benjamin Bloom and published in 1984 seems useful and I've redrawn the graph so it looks more modern than the line drawings of the original. Learning...
Source: wikipedia.org
Day 1430 - #thecrapartist - Kalamata bay watercolour with notes on sky, mountains, sea, and poplars.
Day 1430 - #thecrapartist - Kalamata bay watercolour with notes on sky, mountains, sea, and poplars.
AI can detect early signs of Parkinson’s from brain scans alone: An AI could identify signs of Parkinson’s from brain
AI can detect early signs of Parkinson’s from brain scans alone: An AI could identify signs of Parkinson’s from brain scans alone. One day it could be used to spot the disease before physical symptoms show
Source: newscientist.com
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