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W. Ian O'Byrne
A graduate researcher at the New LIteracies Research Lab @ the UConn
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A Tale of Differences: Comparing the Traditions, Perspectives, and Educational Goals of Critical Reading and Critical Literacy
Reading Online - Articles: A Tale of Differences
Google Releases API for Website Optimizer: A/B & Multivariate Te
Google Website Optimizer , a powerful tool that allows website owners to split traffic and test the effectiveness and conversion rates for an array of variables, has traditionally required a lot of back-and-forth between any given site and the Website Optimizer interface. With the release of a new API , announced today, Google is allowing site owners to conduct multivariate and A/B testing from their own platforms. Part of Google Analytics, Google Website Optimizer (GWO) is a free tool that "handles splitting a website's traffic, serving different variations and crunching the numbers to find statistical significance." For site owners, these minute variations can widen conversion funnels and lead to exponentially greater engagement and profit if changes are executed correctly. For an overview of how GWO and A/B or multivariate testing work, take a look at this Google-produced video explaining the product and the process:
Definition: Text analysis software enables users to determine the frequency with which words or phrases are used, create concordances, view words in context, and otherwise study patterns in texts.
digitalresearchtools / Text Analysis Tools
Social Constructivism - Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teach
From Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching and Technology Beaumie Kim The University of GeorgiaMost audio software these days offer either built-in or plugin functionality that will attempt to level the volume of your MP3 files so that you aren't turning the volume up to hear soft songs, then getting blasted by louder ones.
How to normalize your MP3 volume levels (the right way)
The only part I understand is what went into the creation of the strip.
