A checklist for reporting, reading and evaluating Artificial Intelligence Technology Enhanced Learning (AITEL) research
"This paper proposes a checklist for reporting on AI systems, and covers the initial protocols and scoping, modelling and code, algorithm design, training data, testing and validation, usage, comparisons, real-world requirements, results and limitations, and ethical considerations. The aim is to have...
Source: tandfonline.com
Largest COVID-19 contact tracing study to date finds children key to spread, evidence of superspreaders.
Largest COVID-19 contact tracing study to date finds children key to spread, evidence of superspreaders: Researchers from the Princeton Environmental Institute find the continued spread of novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is driven by only a small percentage of those who become infected.
Source: princeton.edu
Our itch to share helps spread Covid-19 misinformation
Our itch to share helps spread Covid-19 misinformation: Study finds social media sharing affects news judgment, but a quick exercise reduces the problem. Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office.
‘The study follows others Rand and Pennycook have conducted about explicitly political news, which similarly...
Source: mit.edu
Remember that Norwegian site that made readers take a quiz before commenting? Here’s an update on it: For one thing, people
Remember that Norwegian site that made readers take a quiz before commenting? Here’s an update on it: For one thing, people did really, really badly on the quizzes (although that could be due to a language barrier). Innovative approach to limiting ill-informed public comments. This is a 6 month review...
Source: niemanlab.org
Trying to write a killer headline for social? Here are some of the most (and least) effective phrases: Jostling for readers
Trying to write a killer headline for social? Here are some of the most (and least) effective phrases: Jostling for readers for your listicle on Facebook? Aim for the number "10" in your headline.
Trying to promote a story on Twitter? Emotion-based appeals popular on Facebook don't translate to Twitter....
Source: niemanlab.org
This Danish startup evolved into a “newsletter company” because that was what its readers wanted.
It delivers an electronic summary to its subscribers at noon each day for a small monthly fee. I wonder how this might work for medical and science news? There are a wealth of news aggregators out there already but some form of professional journalism analysing the news would be of value.
Source: niemanlab.org
Readers seem willing to pay for news sites centered around a place. What about sites built on an issue?: "There are a lot
Readers seem willing to pay for news sites centered around a place. What about sites built on an issue?: "There are a lot of ways to define 'community.' We know it can be built around geography. But there should also be a community of people who care about climate, a community of people who care about...
Source: niemanlab.org
NEJM Journal Watch Hospital Medicine Top Stories of 2016: Dear Readers, We are pleased to bring you our 2016 NEJM Journal
NEJM Journal Watch Hospital Medicine Top Stories of 2016: Dear Readers,
We are pleased to bring you our 2016 NEJM Journal Watch Hospital Medicine Top Stories. As usual, our list focuses on inpatient and intensive care topics that most of us see in our daily practice. We hope that you find this list...
Source: jwatch.org
"The Future of Authorship: Dismayed by the loss of trust in facts, and seeming preference for half-truths that appears to
"The Future of Authorship: Dismayed by the loss of trust in facts, and seeming preference for half-truths that appears to be driving our political present, Robert Harington decided to catch up on his reading over the weeked" ... and describes reaching audiences with video and YouTube especially. Nothing...
Source: sspnet.org
Here’s another startup trying to make it easier for publishers to engage with readers: Antenna allows readers to react
Here’s another startup trying to make it easier for publishers to engage with readers: Antenna allows readers to react to stories with pre-set emotions, and the company is expanding into e-commerce.
Source: niemanlab.org
CBC threatens podcast app makers, argues that RSS readers violate copyright: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation publishes
CBC threatens podcast app makers, argues that RSS readers violate copyright: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation publishes several excellent podcasts, notably the As It Happens feed; like every podcast in the world, these podcasts are available via any podcast app in the …
Source: boingboing.net
Survey of large publishers: 30 percent of our website visits come from Facebook: For publishers, Facebook is the proverbial
Survey of large publishers: 30 percent of our website visits come from Facebook: For publishers, Facebook is the proverbial 800-pound gorilla in the room: They know they have to deal with it, but they aren't always sure of the best strategy for approach. "A new report out today from the International...
Source: niemanlab.org
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