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Handshake for All
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Inside Higher Ed, 2019/08/21

So how's this for a way to introduce a company in an article: "Despite revelations that fraudsters have been able to create faux internships on Handshake, and students raising privacy concerns, the online service has spread to more than 800 institutions, where college career centers mainly use it to connect students to potential employers " The main point of the story is that Handshake is now available for all, but that seems to be overshadowed by the sentence discrediting the company in the first paragraph.

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You Won't See Quantum Internet Coming
Ryan F. Mandelbaum, Gizmodo, 2019/08/21

It might be more approrpriate to call it the quantum-proof internet, because the idea here isn't something like a quantum-computer-powered internet, but rather, an internet that uses security protocols that are resistant to quantum computers, if and when they arrive. "Today’s encryption schemes would not be secure to quantum attacks, thanks to a quantum algorithm called Shor’s algorithm... the fact that it could exist, in theory, means that it’s time for cryptographers to devise a new way to encrypt data so that we’re prepared."

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It’s a Long Game After All
David Wiley, iterating toward openness, 2019/08/21

Reading this post feels a bit like reading one side of a conversation. David Wiley writes of responses to his recent post about the role of practice in learning, but with only four comments, and no links to other responses, we are left guessing a bit, especially about the responses that "called the discussion of practice unimaginative and accused me of underestimating the pedagogical change that OER is capable of catalyzing." Wiley's response to this criticism is to point out that "faculty can’t re-imagine their pedagogy in the context of the affordances of OER if they’re not using OER." I don't think that's strictly true; people can imagine the effects of things they're not currently doing. Indeed, they're not likely to start using OER unless they can predict at least some of the outcomes in advance.

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Digital Video Advertising Glossary
active Advertising Bureau, 2019/08/21

Many of these terms apply to online learning (and especially the use of video in online learning) as well. There are several dozen terms clearly defined, divided into general video terms, ad and creative type terms, metrics, technology terms, and data. You can download a printable version (11 page PDF) with nicer formatting and some images.

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