This information is over 2 years old. Information was current at time of publication.{"id":5977,"date":"2012-12-03T16:09:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T20:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/?p=5977"},"modified":"2012-12-05T09:52:06","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T13:52:06","slug":"watch-for-it-hsls-flashclass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/watch-for-it-hsls-flashclass\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch for It: HSLS FlashClass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know how it goes: You see the list of upcoming HSLS classes. You notice one you\u2019d like to attend when it\u2019s offered in two months. Maybe you even mark it on your calendar. But, by the scheduled date, things have changed, and a competing commitment demands priority.<\/p>\n<p>To address this situation, HSLS will soon be testing a new program of classes inspired by popular <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5790442\/five-best-daily-deals-sites\" target=\"_blank\">deal-of-the-day<\/a> Web sites such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social<\/a>. Based on just-in-time scheduling, the FlashClass system will propose two topics each week and invite HSLS patrons to sign up for a one-hour class the following week. If enough people sign up, we\u2019ll notify them and then hold the class.<\/p>\n<p>The idea is to shorten the turnaround time between scheduling and teaching a class, to focus on topics you\u2019re interested in at the moment, and to accommodate your shifting schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Watch for FlashClass announcements and e-mails in early 2013. If you\u2019re already on the HSLS Update mailing list, you\u2019ll receive them automatically. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/www\/updatenewsletterlist\/?p=subscribe\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up now<\/a> to add yourself to the list.<\/p>\n<p>~ Patricia Weiss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know how it goes: You see the list of upcoming HSLS classes. You notice one you\u2019d like to attend when it\u2019s offered in two months. Maybe you even mark it on your calendar. But, by the scheduled date, things have changed, and a competing commitment demands priority. To address this situation, HSLS will soon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"issue-archives","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[-1],"class_list":["post-5977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-december-2012","avhec_catgroup-issue-archives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5977"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6016,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5977\/revisions\/6016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}