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Facebook Strives to Bring Cheap Wi-Fi to Rural India: On a rooftop at the Shri Kunjapuri temple, located a mile high in

Facebook Strives to Bring Cheap Wi-Fi to Rural India: On a rooftop at the Shri Kunjapuri temple, located a mile high in the foothills of the Himalayas, a metal tower with five microwave relay dishes pokes a bit further into the sky. It does not look like much, and neither the resident monkeys nor the...
Source: nytimes.com

Institute of Health Equity - Michael Marmot: Inaugural Address as WMA President

Institute of Health Equity - Michael Marmot: Inaugural Address as WMA President
Source: blogspot.co.uk

The Simplest Definition of SCORM You'll Ever Read: SCORM compliance assures companies that content creation tools and learning

The Simplest Definition of SCORM You'll Ever Read: SCORM compliance assures companies that content creation tools and learning management systems (LMS) work together to create an optimal instructional experience.
Source: schoolkeep.com

Recommended staffing ratios "should not be unthinkingly adhered to", NHS bosses now say - Hospital Dr

Recommended staffing ratios "should not be unthinkingly adhered to", NHS bosses now say - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Encryption Is More Important, and Easier, Than Ever - NYTimes.com

Encryption Is More Important, and Easier, Than Ever - NYTimes.com
Source: nytimes.com

Donald Clark Plan B: Chomsky on education & learning – curiously utopian and elitist?

Donald Clark Plan B: Chomsky on education & learning – curiously utopian and elitist?
Source: blogspot.co.uk

Another child with cancer endangered by alternative medicine: Yesterday, I wrote about the winner of the Nobel Prize in

Another child with cancer endangered by alternative medicine: Yesterday, I wrote about the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Youyou Tu, who, after screening 2,000 herbal treatments from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for anti-malaria activity, finally discovered Artemisinin. She...
Source: scienceblogs.com

8 Fatal Interaction Errors That Kill eLearning - PulseLearning: Want to know how the way you use eLearning interactivity

8 Fatal Interaction Errors That Kill eLearning - PulseLearning: Want to know how the way you use eLearning interactivity can leave your content for dead? Check 8 fatal Interaction Errors That Kill eLearning.
Source: pulselearning.com

How to “nudge” smokers to reduce tobacco use? - reduce the nicotine in cigarettes. Now@NEJM: Health problems due to

How to “nudge” smokers to reduce tobacco use? - reduce the nicotine in cigarettes. Now@NEJM: Health problems due to smoking account for 6 million deaths annually and are the leading cause of death worldwide. Despite the dramatic reduction of smoking rates in the past 50 years in the U.S., nearly...
Source: nejm.org

Here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2015: Over 2,000 learning professionals from around the world from both education

Here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2015: Over 2,000 learning professionals from around the world from both education and enterprises contributed to the 9th Annual Survey of Learning Tools. Very many thanks to all those who took the time t...
Source: c4lpt.co.uk

Take an Eye Exam on Your Laptop - NYTimes.com

Take an Eye Exam on Your Laptop - NYTimes.com
Source: nytimes.com

BlaBlaCar, a French Ride-Sharing Start-Up, Is Valued at $1.6 Billion - NYTimes.com

BlaBlaCar, a French Ride-Sharing Start-Up, Is Valued at $1.6 Billion - NYTimes.com
Source: nytimes.com

Differential Diagnosis: Birthday cycle - blue skies in Cornwall.

Differential Diagnosis: Birthday cycle - blue skies in Cornwall.
Source: blogspot.com