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The Cause That Unites Chief IT and Academic Officers

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How might a sociology class analyze human interactions and behaviors on social media?). FUN SAD FACT: According to Avi Yashchin, Senior Offering Manager at IBM Watson: “Sadness [sentiments] in incoming freshman college application essay is the sixth strongest predictor of dropout.” Solution: offer happier prompts?).

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‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning

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The LINK Lab is a hub international scholars exploring the digitization of knowledge and learning and how this process impacts education. Siemens also serves on the advisory board of learning analytics company Civitas Learning and is a mentor to startups in Intel’s Education Accelerator.