And the trend is increasingly apparent.
By Alan Cooper at ioL SciTech….
“Disruptive” is a much abused buzzword at the moment. The biggest offenders are clueless corporate types trying to sound as if they’ve got a handle on the latest trends.
By Dillon Behr at CTOVision.com…
This post is a continuation of last week’s post, which outlined the history and current state of Virtual Reality. Today, I look forward into the future of the technology and examine its potential national security implications. To read part 1 and catch up on the topic check out last week’s blog here.
Here is a framework offered by EDUCAUSE for determining how much to invest in employee professional development. I’m interested in hearing of alternatives from anyone willing to comment.
Professional Development Opportunities
As you consider professional development opportunities critical to your career, or to the career of your staff members, the following grid can be used as a guide to navigate the professional development opportunities available within the EDUCAUSE community. Both career progression and investment of time and money are given to assist you in making decisions on events and other resources, some of which of are available at little or no cost.
By Carolyn Duffy Marsan at Networkworld.com…
The nation’s best undergraduate computer science programs are bracing for a record number of applications this fall, as more high school seniors are lured by plentiful jobs, six-figure starting salaries and a hipster image fostered by the likes of Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.
Early admissions are piling up at elite tech schools, including Carnegie Mellon University, Harvey Mudd College and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology – all of whose undergraduate computer science and engineering programs are rated tops by U.S. News & World Report, the de facto college ranking in the United States.
By Dillon Behr at CTOVision.com…
Virtual reality (VR) is a term that applies to computer-simulated environments that can simulate physical presence in places in the real world, as well as in imaginary worlds. This can vary from flight and other vehicle simulators, to video games, to immersion programs for training of military tactics, to medical and therapeutic uses.
This is not good news for higher education. It will put universities responsible for monitoring their user’s internet activities and add significant cost to every institution which will have to be passed on to the students. SOPA is a a very pro-Hollywood act and I hope it is changed or defeated.
By Eva Galperin at Electronic Frontier Foundation.
The House Judiciary Committee will meet today for a hearing on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). What could have been an opportunity for the committee to hear from a variety of stakeholders has devolved into a parade of pro-SOPA partisans. Scheduled to testify are representatives from the Register of Copyrights, Pfizer Global Security, the Motion Picture Association of America, the AFL-CIO, and Mastercard Worldwide—many of which helped to draft this legislation in the first place, and didn’t let anyone else into the room. The only scheduled witness in opposition to the bill is Katherine Oyama, policy counsel on copyright and trademark law for Google.
via Who’s Missing From Today’s SOPA Hearing? A Short List | Electronic Frontier Foundation.
As my students love the cost savings but complain about the lack of a physical book this piece hits home.
Opinion by Jessica Cam Wong at MakeUseOf.com…
I’ve read that e-books are the future of books, and it’s not a matter of if they’ll surpass print books but when. Being still in college, I wondered if that was the case for e-textbooks. There’s certainly more buzz on e-textbooks as they’re cheaper and it means that students don’t have to break their backs with heavy physical books. But are they better? Is going all digital better?
via 4 Things That Totally Suck About Using Technology In School [Opinion].
I was recently discussing Japan’s K computer with students and this is news that all of the hardware is now in place. Very impressive.
Here is a link to Wikipedia’s article on the Top500 and another on the K computer, and another with photos of the top 10.
By James Niccolai, IDG News at PCWorld.com…
Japan’s K Computer has retained its pole position on the Top500 list of fastest supercomputers and become the first machine on the list to achieve performance of more than 10 petaflops.
via Top500 List Passes Another Milestone: 10 Petaflops | PCWorld Business Center.