Big turnout for launch of big-data center
It was standing room only in Sutardja Dai Hall’s Banatao Auditorium, with many more watching monitors in the overflow section, at Thursday’s high-energy launch of the Berkeley Institute…
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IBM’s predictions: 6 Big Data trends In 2014
Businesses next year will sharpen their focus on big data and place a greater emphasis on analytics projects, data-related security and privacy, and a new generation of cognitive-intelligence…
The intrigue of Coursera
Coursera, the popular massive open online course (MOOC) platform, intrigues, Forbes reports. With over 5 million students served and $85 million raised—both numbers are first among the “MOOC…
MOOCs provide unprecedented insight into how students learn
Stanford's Sebastian Thrun, one of the founders of the massive open online course (MOOC) movement, shook up the education world with a recent interview in which he suggested…
The pros and cons of Big Data democratization
We live in very complex times. As much as we talk about integrated insights, it only seems to be getting worse, Search Engine Watch reports. If I sound…
Online education spikes in the UAE
Fears of losing a constant career, income and not fulfilling life responsibilities are prompting some people to undertake postgraduate studies online, Gulf News has learned. “I did not…
In 5 years, schools, medical systems, stores will know all about you, says IBM
It’s that time of year again. IBM Research has come up with its annual 5 in 5 list of technologies that it expects to go mainstream within five…
Data mining exposes embarrassing problems for massive open online courses
It wasn’t so long ago that the excitement surrounding online education reached fever pitch, MIT Technology Review reports. Various researchers offering free online versions of their university classes…
MOOCs: an opportunity for professors, or grave threat?
In October 2012, some 40,000 students from around the world enrolled in professor Al Filreis’ online course about modern and contemporary American poetry. A couple of them, who…
Universities should use Twitter to engage with students
I am a student, and I am a twitterholic. I tweet about everything, from an interesting article I've just read to something I saw out of the bus…