Category «Education»

A word in your ear – why the rise of audiobooks is a story worth celebrating

The Guardian: “…audiobooks have been riding a wave of popularity in the past three years, and it appears that lockdown only intensified our engagement with the spoken word. A recent report by Deloitte put some numbers on the phenomenal rise. Global sales have been growing at 25-30% per annum for the past three years and …

Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Google Has a Plan to Disrupt the College Degree

Inc. – Google’s new certificate program takes only six months to complete, and will be a fraction of the cost of college. Google recently made a huge announcement that could change the future of work and higher education: It’s launching a selection of professional courses that teach candidates how to perform in-demand jobs. These courses, which …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

Can people who are asymptomatic spread coronavirus? What we know right now

CNET – People can have COVID-19 without knowing it — and that’s a huge threat to public health. “…If you’re an asymptomatic carrier of a disease, it means you have the disease but don’t show any symptoms. In the case of COVID-19, this can be a serious threat because of the way this virus spreads: …

Subjects: Education, Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management

The Trump Campaign Accepted Russian Help to Win in 2016. Case Closed.

“Cooperation” or “collusion” or whatever. It was a plot against American democracy By The Editorial Board of The New York Times: “…There’s no way to sugarcoat it. In less than three months, the American people could re-elect a man who received a foreign government’s help to win one election and has shown neither remorse nor …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Courts, Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

Brookings – Squeezing the middle class: Income trajectories from 1967 to 2016

Squeezing the middle class: Income trajectories from 1967 to 2016. Stephen Rose, George Washington University, Urban Institute: “There is growing concern over both income inequality and the plight of the middle class. But most studies of these questions rely on cross-sectional data, rather than tracking the same people over time. In this paper I examine …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Legal Research

Sick of Zoom happy hour? Try these virtual team-building activities instead

FastCompany: “If you’re like many people who used to work in an office and are now stuck at home, you’ve likely gotten a bit tired of the tropes and rituals of Zoom coffee breaks and happy hours. While Zoom (or any other videoconferencing tool) might seem less demanding than in-person events, since there’s no need …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

U.S. was ‘unprepared’ for ‘greatest public health crisis’ in a century

Washington Post – “Years of underinvestment in public health infrastructure left the United States “unprepared” for the coronavirus pandemic — the country’s greatest public health crisis in 100 years — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield said during an interview with WebMD on Wednesday. At least 163,000 people in the U.S. have …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Economy, Education, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Medicine