Virtual Assistants Enter the Enterprise
Aquino, J. (2012). VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS ENTER THE ENTERPRISE (Vol. 16, pp. 30-34): Information Today Inc. This article explores several virtual digital assistant, which are Nina – Siri – Lexee – Sophia, telephone applications. They are voice activated systems via telephone and can be used to book flights, make hotel reservations, retrieve bank balance, produce sales […]
Tech Finds Its Voice: The Future of Virtual Assistants.
Bajarin, B 2014, ‘Tech Finds Its Voice: The Future of Virtual Assistants’, Time.Com, p. 1, Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost, viewed 10 February 2014. This article details how smart phone are not really that smart. They process data we give them OK but they do not make decisions based on it, for example they are smart […]
Is Google Making us Stupid?
Carr N. (2008), Is Google Making us Stupid?, Atlantic Magazine, July-August, Vol. 302 Issue 1, p56-63. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/6868/ The title of this article is thought provoking, when I initially read it I though NO. As far as I can read the author is arguing that with the internet, not just Google, so readily available to […]
2014 NMC Horizon Report – Higher Education Edition
Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S., Estrada, V., Freeman, A. (2014). NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium. The Horizon Report is an internationally recognised report that identifies and describes emerging technologies. The research is done online amongst a panel of 53 experts in many fields including education and […]
An avalanche is coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead
Barber M., Donnelly K., Rizvi S. (2013), An avalanche is coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead, http://www.ippr.org/images/media/files/publication/2013/04/avalanche-is-coming_Mar2013_10432.pdf Author(s): Michael Barber, Katelyn Donnelly, Saad Rizvi Published date: 11 Mar 2013 Source http://www.ippr.org/images/media/files/publication/2013/04/avalanche-is-coming_Mar2013_10432.pdf What I got out of the article was as follows: Globalisation and Technology is fuelling change The ubiquity of data, proliferation of the internet and mobile connectivity […]
New technology trends in education: Seven years of forecasts and convergence
Martin, S., Diaz, G., Sancristobal, E., Gil, R., Castro, M., & Peire, J. (2011). New technology trends in education: Seven years of forecasts and convergence. Computers & Education, 57(3), P1893-1906. This article looks at the trends identified over a 10 year period in seven Horizon reports on technology. See Post on 2014 Horizon Report for […]
Library Session – 12 Nov 2013
Roisin Guilfoil, a DIT Librarian, gave use a session on the library on how to search for material. She stress the importance of a search strategy and showed us how to devise one using similar terminology to find what we need. She gave us an example of how to do a search and how to […]
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