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Keith Devlin

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Name: Keith Devlin

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Barrow gym owner’s business goes from strength to strength

A FORMER bodybuilding champion who has beaten cancer is hoping to expand his business by moving his gym to bigger premises.Keith Devlin opened Evolution Gym at Furness Business Park, Barrow, in July 2007 at around the same time he was diagnosed with bladder ... [Published In-Cumbria - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Keith Devlin, Nathan Robinson, Evolution, Bladder Cancer, Cancer

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

University of Alberta

The MOOC is dead, long live the MOOC

Word cloud courtesy of hastac.org.Last November, the New York Times declared 2012 the Year of the MOOC . Now, halfway through 2013, the MOOC momentum appears to be slowing – or, at least, shifting in a new direction. Some higher education observers go ... [Published University Affairs - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Keith Devlin, Higher Education, University of Alberta

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

US National Security Agency

Dr. Keith Devlin: Will We Give Up Our Constitutional Freedoms Because We Can't Count?

In many ways, the recent revelation of the NSA's secret PRISM domestic spying program was reminiscent of Lance Armstrong's appearance on Oprah, where he admitted to doping throughout his cycling career. In neither case was any reflective person shocked. ... [Published Huffington Post - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Keith Devlin, Acts of Terrorism, US National Security Agency, Terrorism

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

Teaching online yields lessons about learning, Stanford scholars say

MOOCs on computer science and math yield rich rewards, scholars tell a forum audience. Among them is the feedback they get about how students learn.By R. F. MacKay What's Darwinian, thrilling and so rewarding it's like a drug you just want to take again ... [Published Noodls - May 31 2013]

Entities: Dan Boneh, Keith Devlin, Teaching

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

What’s special about the shape of a Nautilus shell?

Fibonacci via Wikimedia Commons EarthSky community member Norman Straight asked: Who is Fibonacci, and what does his work have to do with the shape of a Nautilus shell? Leonardo Pisano Bigollo (c. 1170 – c. 1250) – aka Leonardo of Pisa or sometimes ... [Published EarthSky - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Nautilus, Mathematician, Barrage Fire, Wikipedia

First reported Mar 26 2013 - Updated Mar 27 2013 - 1 reports

Overcoming the legacy of prior education

Stanford's Keith Devlin is giving his second MOOC. Prof Devlin is a superb source of insights into everything related to the MOOC phenomenon. Here's a fragment from his latest post : (…) Still, the very wide reach of MOOCs means we are likely to see ... [Published SeekerBlog - Mar 26 2013]

Entities: Keith Devlin, Education, Famine

First reported Mar 02 2013 - Updated Mar 02 2013 - 1 reports

Dr. Keith Devlin: MOOCs and the Myths of Dropout Rates and Certification

With MOOCs, we have a very different entity in our midst. MOOCs are a very different kind of educational package, and they need different metrics -- metrics that we do not yet know how to construct. Read More... ... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 02 2013]

Entities: Keith Devlin, Certification

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Barrow gym owner’s business goes from strength ... [Published In-Cumbria - Jun 18 2013]
The MOOC is dead, long live the MOOC [Published University Affairs - Jun 13 2013]
Dr. Keith Devlin: Will We Give Up Our Constitut... [Published Huffington Post - Jun 11 2013]
Teaching online yields lessons about learning, ... [Published Noodls - May 31 2013]
What’s special about the shape of a Nautilus sh... [Published EarthSky - Apr 18 2013]
Overcoming the legacy of prior education [Published SeekerBlog - Mar 26 2013]
Dr. Keith Devlin: MOOCs and the Myths of Dropou... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 02 2013]

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What’s special about the shape of a Nautilus sh... [Published EarthSky - Apr 18 2013] Fibonacci via Wikimedia Commons EarthSky community member Norman Straight asked: Who is Fibonacci, and what does his work have to do with the shape of a Nautilus shell? Leonardo Pisano Bigollo (c. 1170 – c. 1250) – aka Leonardo of Pisa or sometimes ...
Overcoming the legacy of prior education [Published SeekerBlog - Mar 26 2013] Stanford's Keith Devlin is giving his second MOOC. Prof Devlin is a superb source of insights into everything related to the MOOC phenomenon. Here's a fragment from his latest post : (…) Still, the very wide reach of MOOCs means we are likely to see ...
Dr. Keith Devlin: MOOCs and the Myths of Dropou... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 02 2013] With MOOCs, we have a very different entity in our midst. MOOCs are a very different kind of educational package, and they need different metrics -- metrics that we do not yet know how to construct. Read More... ...