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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change.

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Announcing new Tableau Data Literacy curriculum for higher education

Tableau

Bridge the data literacy gap for students in academia. In my many years as a scientist, I mentored trainees in data analysis and witnessed frustration, anxiety, and even productivity loss in students who lacked foundational data skills. We define data literacy as “the ability to explore, understand, and communicate with data.”

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Bridging the data literacy gap between academia and the workforce

Tableau

Students who master data skills will have an advantage in their future careers. Enterprises are increasingly becoming data-driven—and requiring data literacy skills for employees in every part of the organization. We commissioned research by Forrester Consulting to help better understand the data literacy gap. June 17, 2021.

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Introducing Tableau data literacy curriculum for the Canvas learning management system

Tableau

I’m proud to announce that our ready-made Data Literacy One curriculum is now available in Canvas learning management system (LMS) format. This latest Tableau Academic program release enables instructors to quickly get up and running to teach data literacy skills to the next generation of decision makers. . September 2, 2021 - 1:50pm.

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Introducing Tableau data literacy curriculum for the Canvas learning management system

Tableau

I’m proud to announce that our ready-made Data Literacy One curriculum is now available in Canvas learning management system (LMS) format. This latest Tableau Academic program release enables instructors to quickly get up and running to teach data literacy skills to the next generation of decision makers. September 2, 2021 - 1:50pm.

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The most innovative companies in education in 2025

Fast Company Tech

This year, the most innovative companies in the education sector are tackling a dizzying array of challenges facing students and schools alikenot to mention parents. As a teletherapy platform, Parallel Learning enables schools and special education providers to counsel students and track their progress.

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Opposing Salesforce.com attempt to TM "Social Enterprise"

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Universities have programs on learning how to run social enterprises. Once universities have courses in a subject area, it would seem clear that the term is quite generic. The widespread use of the term “social enterprise” to describe business undertakings that have a socially beneficial component makes the term manifestly generic.

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