DDK Pod

DDK Pod Episode 2 - We discuss the recent A-Levels fiasco in the UK and examine the use of an algorithm to determine student's grades. Was it right to use one? How could proper IT engineering best practice have avoided a damaging U-turn for the UK government? What will be the impact on future cohorts of students? We offer our take. Also covered is our pick of the IT industry news and a few recommendations for our listeners.

Timecodes:

00:24 - The News
12:58 - The UK A-Levels Fiasco
31:30 - DDK Recommends Stuff
39:55 - Get in touch

Show Notes

DDK Pod Episode 2 - We discuss the recent A-Levels fiasco in the UK and examine the use of an algorithm to determine student's grades.  Was it right to use one?  How could proper IT engineering best practice have avoided a damaging U-turn for the UK government?  What will be the impact on future cohorts of students?  We offer our take.  Also covered is our pick of the IT industry news and a few recommendations for our listeners.
 
Timecodes:
 
00:24 - The News
12:58 - The UK A-Levels Fiasco
31:30 - DDK Recommends Stuff
39:55 - Get in touch
 
Jeni Tennison, vice president of the Open Data Institute breaks exactly what the algorithm was doing down
 
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What is DDK Pod?

DDK Pod - The Podcast where three guys who founded an IT company talk about IT industry related topics and things that interest us. Every few weeks, we take a look at what's going on in the industry news, talk about a main topic that really got us thinking and finish by providing a recommendation each for something we enjoy.

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