Tableau

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

There are currently strong offerings in both closed and open source software, and with Tableau, you get the best of both options as developers. . Why does open source matter? . Open source software dominates the machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) landscape. Why does open source matter for Tableau?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

But they’re not apps necessarily designed for classrooms, and that fact has opened a gap in the market for those looking to build something more fit to the purpose. The tables are also opened up before a class starts, and students can go from one to the other to chat with others before the class begins.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The rise of “Zoom University” was only possible because edtech wasn’t ready to address the biggest opportunity of the past year: remote learning at scale. million in October to bring digital learning to college universities. Four of the companies that are gaining traction include Class , Engageli , Top Hat and InSpace.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

. “The models are not failing,” says Maria De-Arteaga, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. “We’ve seen the hype cycles around massively open online courses that were going to transform education,” Waltzer says.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

Originally from Toulouse, France, Perret moved to New York 17 years ago and has been teaching French in the U.S. Another study from Spain shows that university students who watched Friends over the course of seven weeks, and with English subtitles, learned more informal English (like slang and idioms) than those who used Spanish subtitles.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Back in the early 1990s, I had a day job studying nonprofit spending and reporting as part of something called the Nonprofit Overhead Cost Study , a joint project between the Urban Institute and Indiana University. It’s an eye-opener. As the E.D.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

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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The Next Web

JUNE 13, 2013

Code Club UK, the network of volunteers that teach kids to program, is celebrating its first birthday today and is doing so in style by announcing the expansion of the initiative to the entire world. Code Club is a free scheme that relies on volunteers around the UK to teach children aged between 9 and 11 coding skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

Stanford University lecturer Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen teaches students at Stanford about how to master philanthropy. The author of the book, Giving 2.0 , has just released all her teaching notes and syllabi, along with philanthropy library. The goals for the Giving 2.0 3) Giving 2.0:

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

.” Thanks very much for reading, Walter Thompson Editorial Manager, TechCrunch+ @yourprotagonist A Vine mess: The choice between rebooting and reviving old software Teach yourself growth marketing: Which metrics really matter? Teach yourself growth marketing: Which metrics really matter?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 8, 2005

Patrick Ball is in Colombia for most of the next three months teaching the techniques of human rights statistics and information processing at the National University there. Plus, we recently spotted this article on the Open Source Africa site. Our human rights group is active all over the place right now.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

For schools, alumni departments and university foundations, this research is nothing short of eye opening. As universities work fervently to secure alumni donors and preserve their existing alumni base, they are doing so during a time of obvious and turbulent change in the world of higher ed. The key is to learn.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to travel to Saudi Arabia to teach a course at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology as part of the Winter Enrichment Program. During my time at KAUST I was able to meet with various student groups as well as university staff to learn more about their projects, initiatives, and ideas.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

For schools, alumni departments and university foundations, this research is nothing short of eye opening. As universities work fervently to secure alumni donors and preserve their existing alumni base, they are doing so during a time of obvious and turbulent change in the world of higher ed. The Millennial Alumni Study.

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The Verge

JULY 5, 2020

Back in 2015, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he had started a school to teach his five kids, eventually expanding it as a non-profit school for some children of SpaceX employees. He said at the time that his kids’ school wasn’t “doing things I thought should be done,” so he hired away his kids’ teacher to help found the Ad Astra School.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

EdSights uses AI chatbots to help colleges and universities identify students who might be at risk of dropping out, in part by increasing student engagement. On average, universities that use EdSights see a 4% increase in student retention, with some citing rates as high as 14%.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

The beta phase of the program is now live and is open to individuals looking to boost their entrepreneurial skills, as well as members of a wide range of organizations that have signed up to participate.

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Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

It's a universal app for $3.99 I don't know which impresses me more, that it's so good and beautiful or that it was developed by a college kid who did it while teaching himself how to code for iOS. Open in… support. It's fine for moderating comments, frustrating for composing complete posts.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 14, 2021

It consists of two major components: an open dataset of egocentric video and a series of benchmarks that Facebook thinks AI systems should be able to tackle in the future. The dataset is the biggest of its kind ever created, and Facebook partnered with 13 universities around the world to collect the data. Where did I leave my keys?”)?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

MacArthur Foundation, in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine, Duke University and the virtual network of HASTAC, announced its second annual open-call competition that will provide $2 million in awards to innovators shaping the field of digital media and learning. A few days ago, the John D. and Catherine T.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

With both sides of the spectrum in mind, he wants Coderhouse to sit somewhere in the middle, combining the affordability of MOOCs (massive open online course providers) and the engagement of bootcamps. Right now, there are more than 400 instructors/mentors that teach over 700 courses across 100,000 techniques and competencies needed for jobs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

Organizations have spent decades building complex datasets and pioneering different ways to teach systems to perform new tasks. Take VRB (Vision-Robotics Bridge) , which Carnegie Mellon University showcased back in June. One of the cooler bits of all of this is the fact that the dataset is open source and universally accessible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

When you have worked in a field a long time (for me it has been over 3 decades), you have to keep an open mind about remembering and reflecting on what you have heard before — looking at as if it was new. Instructional Design and Facilitation: I love teaching and exploring different ways help nonprofit professionals learn.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

Davidson meditates, he opens his calendar and sets an intention for each meeting. He is the founder and director of The Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison , where he conducts groundbreaking research on emotions and the brain, as well as meditation and contemplative practices. Every morning, after Richard J.

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Tableau

JULY 29, 2021

Since 2011, Tableau Academic Programs have been supporting the growing need for data skills by offering free resources for learning and teaching Tableau in the classroom - 1.6 Currently, the Certificate program is offered through 10 colleges and universities across the country, including NYU, Foothill College, and Emory.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Your capacity for change and the opportunities to collaborate are visible through open communication and public information. There’s a communication breakdown at play – not about promoting events or programs but about promoting possibilities, proving the library is open for what people want it to be. Libraries + Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The mission of A People’s Guide to AI is to open up conversation around AI by demystifying, situating, and shifting the narrative about what types of use cases AI can have for everyday people. It is funded by Open Society Foundations. How To Teach Artificial Intelligence More Common Sense: Deep learning is the king of AI.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Between August 23rd and 24th, Ian Linkletter, a learning technology specialist at the University of British Columbia (UBC), made a series of tweets criticizing a software that his school uses. Over 400 universities now use Proctorio, from Harvard and Columbia to UT Austin and Kent State. Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

It opened campuses in Mexico and Peru, for example. The day before, Holberton announced that it would not re-open its campus in San Francisco, which had been shut down since March because of the pandemic. ” Holberton opens its software engineering school in Medellin. Europe, LatAm and Africa. .

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TechNode

MARCH 18, 2024

Apple’s retail store in Shanghais Jing ‘an District is about to open. As the eighth Apple retail store in Shanghai, the opening of this store signifies that there are 57 Apple Store retail stores in Greater China. Later this year, Apple will also open a new application research laboratory in Shenzhen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Photo from Kate in Flickr Social Signal Open House in TechSoup Office last week I'm playing catch up here on a bunch of Second Life stuff happening over the past week that I didn't want to let slip through my fingers: Social Signal held an open house in Second Life to welcome their new virtual worlds manager, Catherine Winters , to Social Signal.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

He is teaching The Essentials of Nonprofit Strategy. The courses are compliments of the nonprofit Philanthropy University , which is in turn a project of NovoEd , the massive open online course (MOOC) company, and the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. What You Can Learn at Philanthropy University.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2013

This thinking harkens back to a time when three martini lunches were the norm, women wore pantyhose to work every day, and deals were opened and closed in a single elevator ride. More ‘door openers’, less ‘deal closers’. I’m a consultant and university professor who specializes in pitching, for crying out loud, and I still mess up!

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

She was teaching an engineering course, and her students were using simulation software to model turbines for jet engines. I open a drawer, and inside that drawer, I have another cabinet with more drawers.”. I open a drawer, and inside that drawer, I have another cabinet with more drawers,” he told The Verge.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2008

This week 's question comes from a writing teacher, and client, who wants to know: "What Tools Can I Use to Teach Classes Online?" NancyWhite of Full Circle Associates suggested using a Google Group , a blog, or Moodle, a free, open source course management system. PinkHeels of Pink Heels uses Moodle with her university students.

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Forum One

APRIL 27, 2009

Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending the 6th annual global health conference sponsored by a dynamic young group called Unite for Site at Yale University. system that is used to teach tailored, structured courses long-distance to health care professionals. Open Medicine ? remote prescriptive learning? PLoS Medicine ?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2014

Along the way, Divine teaches you how to reaffirm your ultimate purpose, define your most important goals, and take concrete steps to make them happen. Navy SEALs for 20 years, retiring as a commander, and holds an MBA from New York University''s Leonard N. A native of Oneida County, New York, Mark served in the U.S. Any idea why?

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