September 2017

Making itโ€ฆ thunder? Notes from the inaugural JupyterCon

UC Berkeleyโ€™s Introduction To Data Science course has just become its fastest growing course – ever. The class has 1,200 students enrolled, representing more than 60 different majors. Under the hood of the course? Jupyter notebooks, used to power the interactive textbook students are using to learn concepts of programming and data science. Classes there […]

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Virtual Reality Provides Access to New Learning Environments

Kris Hodgson and Tyler Heaton, from Lethbridge College and the University of Lethbridge, respectively, will deliver a full-day workshop on Introducing Virtual Reality to the Classroom at the 2017 Cyber Summit. This workshop, being held on Nov. 7 in Banff, will showcase how virtual reality can create new kinds of learning environments. Why should we

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Three-day makeathon creates specialized solutions for people with disabilities

Article by: Brian Cechmanek The Tikkun Olam Makers:Calgary (TOM), run by local non-profit Kadima Dynamics, proudly celebrated Calgaryโ€™s spirit of innovation at its third annual makeathon event. Local engineers and designers (โ€˜Makersโ€™) collaborated with people living with disability (โ€˜Need-Knowersโ€™) to create real-life solutions for their everyday challenges. From August 24-27, 13 teams of 4-6 individuals,

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