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Comment Re:Maybe selection bias (Score 4, Insightful) 383

I'm pretty sure there are hundreds of thousands of Gmail users who have an old and defunct Hotmail account that they forward to their Gmail account (just in case that high-school sweetheart tries to get back in touch). They will be pushing up the Hotmail count, despite the fact that they aren't active users in any sense.

Comment Read the PDF (Score 4, Interesting) 76

They actually make some pragmatic conclusions in the report itself, and don't claim that machine-guided learning is some sort of panacea:

The findings in this study warn against “too much hype.” To the best of our knowledge, there is no compelling evidence that online learning systems available today—not even highly interactive systems, of which there are very few—can in fact deliver improved educational outcomes across the board, at scale, on campuses other than the one where the system was born, and on a sustainable basis.

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We do not mean to suggest—because we do not believe—that ILO systems are some kind of panacea for this country’s deep-seated educational problems, which are rooted in fiscal dilemmas and changing national priorities as well as historical practices. Many claims about “online learning” (especially about simpler variants in their present state of development) are likely to be exaggerated. But it is important not to go to the other extreme and accept equally unfounded assertions that adoption of online systems invariably leads to inferior learning outcomes and puts students at risk.

Comment Ever more short-termism (Score 4, Insightful) 290

"Accelerated feedback cycles, short-term but achievable goals, compelling narrative."

So basically they're predicting that organizations will become even more focused on the short-term and immediate gain, and even step away from reality in order to make it more exciting. Because that's not what got us into this financial mess in the first place.

Comment Re:Not persistent enough. (Score 1) 101

I don't think they are suggesting that this would be a security/verification system in and of itself, just part of one. So for example if mouse movements appeared different (say due to new hardware) then it would prompt for a password or key, but otherwise it would verify them. No different really to if a user forgets a password and is required to do some extra things (secret questions, backup email etc) to verify their identity.

Comment Re:So? (Score 4, Interesting) 363

I have worked with accounting graduates who haven't the first clue about drawing real-world conclusions from financial statements. And I've worked with psychology graduates who do. The point is that it's not the degree, but the character and intelligence of the person holding it that determines whether they make a competent CEO.

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