Wikipedia Examines its Dispute Resolution Process: An Invitation to Steven Zhang
Region: California
Wikipedia, the popular free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, is always looking for ways to improve itself. This year they have awarded a Wikimedia Fellowship to one of their senior editors, Steven Zhang, to study dispute resolution. The efforts to reform this troubled aspect of their otherwise amazingly effective model cannot come too soon. The most important example of failed dispute reso... more
Views: 2494What you see isn’t always what you get – The fallacy of eyewitness testimony
Region: CaliforniaWe’ve all experienced this scene in theaters, in a book, or on TV: A packed courtroom, a nervous defendant, on trial for murder. The prosecution team sits confidently, convinced they have effectively made their case. As the tension builds, Perry Mason (or fill in your favorite fictional attorney), calls one last witness for the defense. Mason starts speaking to the witness in a friendly tone, but the questions ge... more
Views: 3627Social Tech Gets Academic: GoingOn Brings Modern Social Modalities to Higher Ed in Latest Release
Region: CaliforniaGoingOn Networks, Inc. today announced the latest release of the GO Platform, a modern, socially powered campus communications and collaboration environment that allows faculty, students and administrators to more effectively connect, converse and engage across all aspects of their academic life experience. With this release, GoingOn has significantly enhanced its Virtual Commons, providing users with easier ways... more
Views: 884CISPA-A threat of monopoly for the internet world
Region: California
Access Now.org a global Movement for Digital Freedom has launched a new campaign, Protect-our-Privacy highlighting the issue of Cyber security and sharing in the internet world. According to them, “Cyber security is important not just for companies, but for us as internet users. It allows us to safely shop online, send emails, and pay our bills. But a privacy-destroying bill, the Cyber Intell... more
Views: 1206Another Kind of New World
Region: California
We can all see that the world is entering a new paradigm. It is utterly different on many levels from fifty years ago, and as the Internet becomes more and more available all over the planet, it continues to change at a rate much faster than ever before in our history. This change is occurring on the level of human consciousness. People really are thinking differently. Listening to the media, which is very det... more
Views: 890GoingOn & ASU Announce Free Webinar on How to Better Engage Faculty Across Campuses
Region: CaliforniaGoingOn Networks today announced that on March 27, 2012, in conjunction with the Sloan Consortium, it is hosting a free webinar led by Sarah Krznarich, Assistant Director of Student Engagement at ASU Online. The webinar, “Utilizing Social Technologies to Improve Faculty Communications and Collaboration,” will be at 2pm EDT and will explore how ASU is using modern online, social technologies to foster facult... more
Views: 835Veritas Prep Continues Partnership with Management Leadership for Tomorrow, Donates GMAT Prep Course
Region: CaliforniaVeritas Prep, a leading GMAT prep and graduate school admissions consulting provider, today announced that it is continuing its partnership with Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a national nonprofit that develops African-American, Hispanic-American and Native American young people for leadership positions. The 2013 class of MLT Fellows will have the opportunity to get a first look at Veritas Prep’s new c... more
Views: 1120Veritas Prep Announces Free Online Integrated Reasoning Seminar for Students Preparing for the GMAT
Region: CaliforniaVeritas Prep, a leading GMAT preparation and graduate school admissions consulting services provider, today announced that it is offering a free online seminar to help prospective MBA students effectively prepare for the next generation of the GMAT. The instructional webinar will give test takers strategies to succeed on the new Integrated Reasoning section, which is being added to the exam in June. The webinar will be... more
Views: 830GoingOn & Emory Announce Free Webinar on the Emerging Role of Social Academic Networks in Higher Ed
Region: CaliforniaGoingOn Networks, in conjunction with Emory University, today announced that it is a hosting a free webinar for higher education professionals interested in understanding the role of social academic networks in helping modernize communications and to increase engagement across faculty, students and staff. The webinar, “Building an Engaged Campus,” will be held on February 9 at 11am PT (2pm EST) and led by A... more
Views: 971March for Human Rights Unite Tibetans, Chinese, Syrians and Occupy LA
Region: California
Los Angeles, Ca.. December 10 is the 63rd anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. All throughout the world, people have taken action to support human rights groups. In Los Angeles, Ca, several organization and communities united for one common goal, Human Rights. The members of the following organizations were involved in sponsoring the peaceful 6 kilometer “March f... more
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