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For most of the 20th century, more than 60,000 people died in the US from polio, diphtheria and small pox each year. In 2016, the American death toll from these diseases was zero. Around the globe, two ...
A government watchdog said the data was scooped up "in the course of the lawful collection of other data."
Perhaps the lesson to take from this year of living online is not about making better technology. It’s about recognizing technology’s limits.
There’s a ritual that kicks off every new quarter in Michelle Luhtala’s library at New Canaan High School, one where English teachers send a gaggle of ...
Companies have made millions selling exam monitoring software during the pandemic, but many universities have adopted less-invasive alternatives.
You have to START with the FUCKING ETHICS or you end up with none.
Some described intense stress as remote proctors watched them take tests, worrying they would be labeled as cheats. Others said they had urinated at their desks for fear that leaving for the bathroom would hurt their chances of a post-graduation career.
Many of these specialists — who clean, restore and stabilize ancient objects — tell how they’ve been hurt by covid-19 restrictions.
Has technology gone too far to keep students honest during exams? A scholar on privacy and technology weighs in.
From black holes at the Earth's center to decapitated quails, a group of scientists—some working for a journal from a major publisher—are prolifically publishing pseudoscience.
Opinion | A flourishing of Covid-19 literature dispels the idea that pre-publication peer review is essential for academic rigor.
There's no more perimeter, everybody's Wi-Fi is broken, and yet...we're still working.
Over the past few years I have been talking about three systemic ways in which collections, broadly understood, are evolving in a network environment. They are: the collective collection, the facilitated collection, and the inside-out collection.
Metadata Snippet: Drawing on Fobazi Ettarh’s notion of vocational awe, this essay by Lynne Stahl examines the ideological roots of libraries in Enlightenment ideals alongside the increasingly catch-all services offered by contemporary public and academic libraries. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, it calls for greater attention to professional boundaries as not only a matter of personal exigency but also a necessary political step in remediating the institution’s systemic failings.
Digital Redlining, Minimal Computing, and Equity Lee Skallerup Bessette Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship Georgetown University lee.bessette@gmail.com / ls1335@georgetown.edu Under Review for Critical Digital Pedagogy – Broadening Horizons, Bridging Theory and Practice, ed...
Interesting analogy between COVID fatigue and security fatigue.
The pandemic is fueling digital repression worldwide.