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Open is Eating the World: What Source Code and Science Have in Common.

"Open is Eating the World: What Source Code and Science Have in Common: In 2011, Marc Andreessen said that software is eating the world, predicting that technology companies would continue to significantly disrupt an increasingly broad range of industries. Since then, publishers have embraced technology....
Source: sspnet.org

Factors associated with successful dementia education for practitioners in primary care: an in-depth case study.

Factors associated with successful dementia education for practitioners in primary care: an in-depth case study. Designing learning for person-centred care is challenging and needs to involve an approach that works with HCPs and interdisciplinary teams. “With increasing numbers of people in the UK...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Putting a leash on Google and Facebook won’t do much to save the traditional news model: "Social media and search give

Putting a leash on Google and Facebook won’t do much to save the traditional news model: "Social media and search give advertisers better tools to target messages to more precise groups of potential consumers. It is a phenomenally better mousetrap."
Source: niemanlab.org

Intel’s Neuromorphic System Hits 8 Million Neurons, 100 Million Coming by 2020: The 64-chip Pohoiki Beach system is used

Intel’s Neuromorphic System Hits 8 Million Neurons, 100 Million Coming by 2020: The 64-chip Pohoiki Beach system is used by researchers to make systems that learn and see the world more like humans. "At the DARPA Electronics Resurgence Initiative Summit today in Detroit, Intel plans to unveil an 8-million-neuron...
Source: ieee.org

People in England will be presumed to consent to organ donation unless they opt out. Max and Keira's organ law set to pass.

People in England will be presumed to consent to organ donation unless they opt out. Max and Keira's organ law set to pass. Moving piece about a donor and a recipient of organ transplantation. The evidence is clear that nudging choices by reframing them as opt out rather than opt in greatly increases...
Source: bbc.com

Tools for Systems Thinkers: The 6 Fundamental Concepts of Systems Thinking: In this series on systems thinking, Leyla Acaroglu

Tools for Systems Thinkers: The 6 Fundamental Concepts of Systems Thinking: In this series on systems thinking, Leyla Acaroglu shares the key insights and tools needed to develop and advance a systems mindset.
Source: medium.com

Over-85s in 24-hour care 'set to double': The social care system is "at breaking point", a local government official warns.

Over-85s in 24-hour care 'set to double': The social care system is "at breaking point", a local government official warns.
Source: bbc.com

Aboriginal eye surgeon Kristopher Rallah-Baker makes history in one of medicine's toughest fields: Dr Rallah-Baker has wanted

Aboriginal eye surgeon Kristopher Rallah-Baker makes history in one of medicine's toughest fields: Dr Rallah-Baker has wanted to be an ophthalmologist since starting medical school and now has his sights set on taking the elegant craft of eye surgery to the Australian outback.
Source: abc.net.au

Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement: This 2018 Recommendation

Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement: This 2018 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening for osteoporosis with bone measurement testing to prevent osteoporotic fractures in women 65...
Source: jamanetwork.com

How the audacity to fix things without asking permission can change the world, according to Tara Mac Aulay - 80,000 Hours

How the audacity to fix things without asking permission can change the world, according to Tara Mac Aulay - 80,000 Hours
Source: 80000hours.org

Models of online & flexible learning - The Ed Techie An outline of the work done to develop conceptual models and current

Models of online & flexible learning - The Ed Techie An outline of the work done to develop conceptual models and current practice of how higher education institutions provide content, its delivery, and how the learner's work is recognised across the dimensions of openness and digitalisation - a...
Source: edtechie.net

A Primer on Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Educators | Emerging Education Technologies "While many digital technologies

A Primer on Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Educators | Emerging Education Technologies "While many digital technologies have played a role in advancing education, a set of emerging technologies is positioned to bring new advances thanks to the breakthroughs achieved in artificial intelligence...
Source: emergingedtech.com

Associations Between American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of

Associations Between American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set Process Measures Bradley Gray. Jonathan Vandergrift. Bruce Landon. James Reschovsky. Rebecca Lipner. Annals of Internal Medicine.
Source: annals.org

Backward design - a method of designing educational curriculum by setting goals before choosing instructional methods and

Backward design - a method of designing educational curriculum by setting goals before choosing instructional methods and forms of assessment.
Source: wikipedia.org

Simulation based education and expansive learning in health professional education: A discussion: The aim of this paper

Simulation based education and expansive learning in health professional education: A discussion: The aim of this paper is to discuss the application of Simulation Based Education (SBE) in nursing and wider health professional education. Simulated Learning (SL) is discussed in relation to its history,...
Source: journals.sfu.ca

APOD: 2018 June 4 - Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano

APOD: 2018 June 4 - Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano
Source: nasa.gov

Facebook’s News Feed Algorithm Is Completely Busted: Facebook serves many useful functions. It helps you set up events,

Facebook’s News Feed Algorithm Is Completely Busted: Facebook serves many useful functions. It helps you set up events, send messages to friends and family, and even organize groups. These are all side benefits, though. The main feature—the real thing Facebook wants to sell you—is the News Feed....
Source: reviewgeek.com

Content validation of an interprofessional learning video peer assessment tool: Large scale models of interprofessional

Content validation of an interprofessional learning video peer assessment tool: Large scale models of interprofessional learning (IPL) where outcomes are assessed are rare within health professional curricula. To date, there is sparse research describing robust assessment strategies to support such activities....
Source: biomedcentral.com

Nintendo Wii Now Used to Improve Lives of Parkinson's Patients |: Researchers from Purdue University, Indiana University,

Nintendo Wii Now Used to Improve Lives of Parkinson's Patients |: Researchers from Purdue University, Indiana University, and the University of Calgary have developed and are testing a set of video games to help improve the everyday lives of people with Parkinson’s disease. The team relied on a Nintendo...
Source: medgadget.com

Sci-Hub Faces $4.8 Million Piracy Damages and ISP Blocking - TorrentFreak: Sci-Hub, which is regularly referred to as the

Sci-Hub Faces $4.8 Million Piracy Damages and ISP Blocking - TorrentFreak: Sci-Hub, which is regularly referred to as the "Pirate Bay of science," faces another setback in a US federal court. After the site's operator failed to respond, the American Chemical Society now requests a default judgment of...
Source: torrentfreak.com