Week 3 Readings

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This has been my favorite week to date. I enjoyed the reading and the various clips. I definately have a better understanding of 'big data' and can image what a data scientist would do and/or needs to know. There were some additional resources that I made note of: Stephan Wolfram, NKI's Quality Barometers, First Monday and Gartner.
I learned that behaviors are good predictors and like the Purdue example --- (yes, Signals) -- really brought it home for me. But I also totally liked the Educause panel discussion with George and Rio Salado' s person (I would really encourage everyone to watch from the beginning and not just start at minute 19...) 
Note to self: # of LogIns, Site engagement and place were the big three for Rio Salado.

I will want to look into the Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences and recommend the Knowton site to some folks in my network who arent' involved in this space.
Whew -- lots to do and take away.