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Virtually Inspired: Showcasing Online Learning Innovation "From holographs and educational games, to drones and robots,

Virtually Inspired: Showcasing Online Learning Innovation "From holographs and educational games, to drones and robots, 21st century educators are forging new and amazing trails in technology-enhanced teaching and learning. Virtually Inspired is a place where educators can come for inspiration by perusing...
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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

Improving Language Understanding with Unsupervised Learning: We've obtained state-of-the-art results on a suite of diverse

Improving Language Understanding with Unsupervised Learning: We've obtained state-of-the-art results on a suite of diverse language tasks with a scalable, task-agnostic system, which we're also releasing. Our approach is a combination of two existing ideas: transformers and unsupervised pre-training....
Source: openai.com

Playbook for Launching a Local, Nonprofit News Outlet - Shorenstein Center: This playbook was written as part of a policy

Playbook for Launching a Local, Nonprofit News Outlet - Shorenstein Center: This playbook was written as part of a policy analysis exercise (PAE), an academic project where Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) students develop solutions for a public or nonprofit sector policy or management issue presented by...
Source: shorensteincenter.org

A definitive playbook: How to DIY a local nonprofit news outlet: A decade ago, if you decided to create your own nonprofit

A definitive playbook: How to DIY a local nonprofit news outlet: A decade ago, if you decided to create your own nonprofit news outlet to focus on local issues, you were largely operating without a playbook as an early entrant to the local nonprofit news scene. Now, with dozens and dozens of local nonprofit...
Source: niemanlab.org

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

Greenland ice cores track Roman lead pollution in year-by-year detail: Studying the ice cores may help reconstruct fluctuations

Greenland ice cores track Roman lead pollution in year-by-year detail: Studying the ice cores may help reconstruct fluctuations in the ancient economy.
Source: arstechnica.com

Shock at mystery ancient tree deaths: Many of the oldest and largest specimens of Africa's baobab tree have died over the

Shock at mystery ancient tree deaths: Many of the oldest and largest specimens of Africa's baobab tree have died over the past 12 years.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Rivaroxaban for Stroke Prevention after Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source | NEJM: Original Article from The New England

Rivaroxaban for Stroke Prevention after Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source | NEJM: Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Rivaroxaban for Stroke Prevention after Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source
Source: nejm.org

Clopidogrel and Aspirin in Acute Ischemic Stroke and High-Risk TIA | NEJM: Abstract Background Combination antiplatelet

Clopidogrel and Aspirin in Acute Ischemic Stroke and High-Risk TIA | NEJM: Abstract Background Combination antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel and aspirin may reduce the rate of recurrent stroke during the first 3 months after a minor ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). A trial of combination...
Source: nejm.org

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

NEJM Journal Watch: Summaries of and commentary on original medical and scientific articles from key medical journals

NEJM Journal Watch: Summaries of and commentary on original medical and scientific articles from key medical journals
Source: jwatch.org

Smartphone System Detects Food Borne Pathogens |: At Purdue University, a team of engineers and food scientists has developed

Smartphone System Detects Food Borne Pathogens |: At Purdue University, a team of engineers and food scientists has developed a smartphone-powered device, and accompanying underlying technology, for detecting food borne pathogenic bacteria.
Source: medgadget.com

Management Reasoning: Beyond the Diagnosis: This Viewpoint discusses management reasoning, ways in which it differs from

Management Reasoning: Beyond the Diagnosis: This Viewpoint discusses management reasoning, ways in which it differs from diagnostic reasoning, and areas that require further research. David A. Cook. Jonathan Sherbino. Steven J. Durning. JAMA.
Source: jamanetwork.com

Steve Redgrave: 'I feared diabetes would end my rowing career': The five-time Olympic gold medallist discusses competing

Steve Redgrave: 'I feared diabetes would end my rowing career': The five-time Olympic gold medallist discusses competing after his diagnosis – and breaking down barriers for others
Source: theguardian.com

In a hole in a tunicate there lived a hobbit: New shrimp species named after Bilbo Baggins: A new species of shrimp was

In a hole in a tunicate there lived a hobbit: New shrimp species named after Bilbo Baggins: A new species of shrimp was named after Tolkien's Bilbo Baggins thanks to its small size and hairy feet. The new species, Odontonia bagginsi, was described, figured and named together with another new species:...
Source: eurekalert.org

Unnecessarily difficult: Physical activity resources for adults are loaded with jargon: Web page articles and other written

Unnecessarily difficult: Physical activity resources for adults are loaded with jargon: Web page articles and other written materials designed to encourage physical activity are often too difficult to be easily read and understood by most US adults, limiting their effectiveness.
Source: eurekalert.org

On-site pathology testing in remote Australia benefits patients and cuts costs: Remote Australian Indigenous communities

On-site pathology testing in remote Australia benefits patients and cuts costs: Remote Australian Indigenous communities are benefiting from the use of portable, point of care testing devices to quickly diagnosis acutely ill patients. The devices are also helping healthcare staff identify patients who...
Source: eurekalert.org

Rise in 'preventable' hospital readmissions: Undiagnosed pneumonia and pressure sores are behind the rise in hospitals in

Rise in 'preventable' hospital readmissions: Undiagnosed pneumonia and pressure sores are behind the rise in hospitals in England.
Source: bbc.co.uk

‘I lost my leg to diabetes’: Every year tens of thousands of Pakistanis are forced to have amputations as a result of

‘I lost my leg to diabetes’: Every year tens of thousands of Pakistanis are forced to have amputations as a result of diabetes.
Source: bbc.co.uk