Category: Regenerative Economy

  • Welcome to the new reputation economy

    Welcome to the new reputation economy (Wired UK) By Rachel Botsman, wired.co.uk Magazine This arti­cle was taken from the Sep­tem­ber 2012 issue of Wired mag­a­zine. Be the first to read Wired’s arti­cles in print before they’re post­ed online, and get your hands on loads of addi­tion­al con­tent by sub­scrib­ing… http://flpbd.it/oQYQN Related articles TrustCloud: Harness Technology to…

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  • Anant Agarwal: expanding online education from MIT and Harvard with EdX

    Anant Agarwal believes an online education from MIT and Harvard should be available to all – Magazine – The Boston Globe. Related articles Why Comparing edX to MIT is Like Comparing a Toyota to a Ferrari (bostinno.com) UC Berkeley latest to join edX program (zdnet.com) Q & A with Anant Agarwal: Anant Agarwal Discusses Free…

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  • Coursera: Consortium of Colleges Takes Online Education to New Level

        Consortium of Colleges Takes Online Education to New Level – NYTimes.com. Related articles Consortium of Colleges Takes Online Education to New Level – NYTimes.com (policyabcs.wordpress.com) The Way of the Future: Coursera (jaypgreene.com) Are online courses more susceptible to cheating problems? (blogs.ajc.com) Progress Making Higher Education More Affordable (healthymemory.wordpress.com) Why Are Students Cheating on…

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  • Synthetic Anthropology: building the human computer

    Computing is evolving from silicon to biology and now to social sciences. Introducing the human computer – Boston.com. Related articles Imagining Tomorrow’s Computers Today (news.sciencemag.org) Announcement: UC Irvine to lead social computing research center (universityofcalifornia.edu) New Anthropology and Archaeology Resource Network (aaanet.org) Beyond Biosocialities in Medical Anthropology (CFP, Symposium, Amsterdam, 17-19 January 2013) (medicalhumanities.wordpress.com) A…

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  • Udacity, Udemy: MOOCs disrupt conventional science and tech talent acquisition and education

    MOOCs, Large Courses Open to All, Topple Campus Walls – NYTimes.com. New Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs and startup companies such as Udacity and Udemy are turning conventional education on its head.  Udacity, a startup which is supported by Charles River Ventures,  was created by former professors at Stanford  who taught one AI course online…

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  • Netflix’s Unlimited Employee Vacation Policy; Why It Works

    Netflix’s Unlimited Employee Vacation Policy; Why It Works. Related articles The Vacation Paradox: Why Some Companies Are Paying Workers To Go Away (loszachreport.wordpress.com) To Recruit Techies, Companies Offer Unlimited Vacation (businessweek.com) Flexible & Unlimited Vacation Policies? (thehrstrategiesblog.wordpress.com) Know Your Apps: Netflix (samsung.com) Netflix to raise subscription cost – will you stay our leave? (epicagear.com) Netflix…

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  • JHU 7th Annual Biotech Research Symposium live webcast

    Dr. Jonathan Pevsner will be discussing “Bioinformatics approach to understanding childhood brain disorders“.  Dr. Pevsner is an Associate Professor at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and holds a Primary Faculty Appointment at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Please join us for our 7th Annual Research Symposium online. Click here to view the webcast Related articles…

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  • Coursera partners with universities to create new science, humanities and engineering programs

      Coursera Plans to Announce University Partners for Online Classes – NYTimes.com.   Two more Stanford professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller have broken off to create a new online learning startup called Coursera with financial backing from two of Silicon Valley’s premier venture capital firms, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and New Enterprise Associates. The startup will…

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  • Singularity University uses software startup model to incubate synthetic biology ventures

    Singularity University which is a private university dedicated to speeding education in science and technology is giving away about 50k in cash and services to startups pursuing the new field of synthetic biology to help solve major projects including energy, healthcare. Singularity University To Incubate Synthetic Biology Startups With New Program | Singularity Hub. Related…

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