MBTA wants to cut rider refunds to pay for countdown signs
The MBTA wants to run ads on its website and smart cards. To pay for countdown signs, the MBTA wants to cut a program that refunds fares for service delays. Original post
Earmarks, Facebook, super PACs, and issue advocacy in political law links for today
WHAT IS AN EARMARK? That’s the topic of this Hill report. “‘One of the questions that will be worked out over the next year is the question of “what is an earmark,”‘ said Matt Dempsey, Inhofe’s spokesman. ‘Sen. Inhofe has been strong in saying that as long as something is authorized and appropriated, it’s notRead… Read more »
Can Improved Internal Transparency Reduce Stress from Inevitable Federal Staff Reductions?
In Preparing your agency for big cuts ahead, Tom Fox wrote this about the coming Federal agency staff reductions: Kill the rumor mill. Agencies have well-developed rumor mills, and I’ve heard from many federal employees that the anxiety and frustrations associated with the budget uncertainties is high. While water cooler gossip is inevitable, as aRead… Read more »
Ten bizarre public transportation ideas
The WellHome blog posted a list of 10 creative and bizarre new public transportation ideas. Original post
Handling illegal interview questions
One of my job-seeking clients recently had an interview in which the employer asked her a question about her race/ethnicity. It was for a position that required a lot of cross-cultural understanding, and my guess is that the employer wanted to know whether the candidate had the cross-cultural skills needed for the job. However, employersRead… Read more »
AContent Best Educational Content Authoring Tool
Dr Lachlan Blackhall presented a free seminar on “Educational Content Authoring Tools” at the Australian National University in Canberra today. He reviewed tools which might be suitable for the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science and concluded by recommending AContent.I had not heard of AContent before. But it is sponsored by The Adaptive TechnologyRead… Read more »
Your Accomplishments + Stories = Credibility
How do you establish your credibility? How does someone know the ‘real you’? On a professional basis, how can you demonstrate you have experience, get results, are competent? Traditionally this knowledge comes from the individual knowing you over time and seeing how well what you say and what you do match up – from workingRead… Read more »
Legal Data Sets
Several law-related data sets are linked at the Legal Information Systems Website. Click here for some additional law-related data sets. HT Law Librarian Blog.
Learning presence
Greetings from the Austrlaian National University where I am in a reading group discussing “Learning presence: Towards a theory of self-efficacy, self-regulation, and the development of a communities of inquiry in online and blended learning environments” by Shea and Bidjerano:In this paper we examine the Community of Inquiry framework (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2000) suggestingRead… Read more »
Whatcom to launch online trip planner
The Whatcom Transportation Authority (WA) is in the final stages of testing an online trip planner and plans to launch the application this spring. Original post