Although students who take online courses in community colleges tend to be better prepared and more motivated than their classmates, a study by Di Xu and Shanna Smith Jaggars of Columbia University shows that the online format has a significant negative impact on students’ persistence in sticking with courses and on their course grades. For the typical student, taking a course online rather than in person would decrease his or her likelihood of course persistence by 7 percentage points, and if the student continued to the end of the course, would lower his or her final grade by more than 0.3 points on a 4-point scale.
Eusko Jaurlaritzako Ekonomiaren Garapen eta Lehiakortasun Sailak eta Eroskik, Euskadiko nekazaritza eta arrantza sektoreak sustatzeko akordioa sinatu dute. Hitzarmena 2016ra arte egongo da indarrean.
Bilboko Euskalduna Jauregian egindako ekitaldian, Arantza Tapia Garapen Ekonomiko eta Lehiakortasun sailburuak eta Agustin Markaide Eroskiko presidenteak parte hartu dute. Han, besteak beste, Bittor Oroz Ekonomia Sustapen eta Lehiakortasun Saileko Nekazaritza eta Landa Garapeneko sailburuordea ere izan da.
On an eerily balmy first day of winter last Saturday, when the temperature hit a record 71 degrees Fahrenheit in New York City, Tim Grob steered his black electric Tesla S sedan into the parking lot of Brooklyn’s new Whole Foods supermarket. He parked next to a towering green Sanya Skypump and plugged in.
The ILIAD Project is employing citizens to help out in the field of antibacterial research by using pre-packed kits to perform their own trials at home.
This is part of a new series of articles that looks at entrepreneurs hoping to get their ideas off the ground through crowdfunding. At the time of writing, each of these innovations is currently seeking funding.
We’ve already seen travel recommendations inspired by social media trends in the form of SuggestMe, but now a new app from Sweden’s Stockholm Arlanda Airport — Local’s Guide — is using real-time updates by city residents on the photo-sharing platform to enable visitors to discover new locations through a personalized travel guide.
Although the groundwork was laid in previous years, in 2013 it became apparent that computers mounted on your wrist and face will preoccupy the computing industry for years to come.
It’s always tempting at this time of year to try to make a definitive list of the best ideas from the past 12 months. But then we end up debating what counts as best — important? useful? original? all three? — and compiling extremely long lists, struggling to shorten them, and over-thinking it all, when the point should just be to gather some really good reading for you for any free time you happen to find over the holiday.
El BOE publica hoy la actualización del reglamento de las ayudas “minimis” de la Comisión Europea.
Se trata del Reglamento (UE) nº 1407/2013 de la Comisión, de 18 de diciembre de 2013, relativo a la aplicación de los artículos 107 y 108 del Tratado de Funcionamiento de la Unión Europea a las ayudas de minimis.
