If at First You Don’t Succeed: Toward an Adult Education and Training Strategy for Canada
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. If at First You Don’t Succeed: Toward an Adult Education and Training Strategy for Canada
Torben Drewes, Tyler Meredith, Institute for Research on Public Policy, 2015/09/28
According to this study (38 page PDF), Canada's education system "does not provide sufficient support to meet the learning needs of adults who may be working but require a 'second chance." More...
IMS Global's Learning Tools Interoperability
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. IMS Global's Learning Tools Interoperability
IMS, 2015/09/28
Rob Abel writes, by email: "If (you are) interested in LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) support there are two public lists that are keep up to date daily. One is the “catalog” of LTI platforms and apps/tools. More...
xAPIsec: Towards an information security protocol for xAPI
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. xAPIsec: Towards an information security protocol for xAPI
Shelly Blake-Plock, xAPI Quarterly, 2015/09/28
Interesting item that discusses and links to proposed secure specifications for xAPI. More...
The internet is eating your memory, but something better is taking its place
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The internet is eating your memory, but something better is taking its place
Saima Noreen, The Conversation, 2015/09/28
According to the author, fears that that we are losing our ability to remember are ungrounded. More...
Where are MOOCs Going? What is the Future of Distance Learning?
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Where are MOOCs Going? What is the Future of Distance Learning?
Stephen Downes, [Sept] 26, 2015, International MOOC Conference 2015, Anacapri, Italy
In this presentation I outline where the new MOOCs missed the real innovations in our connectivist MOOCs - not just the idea of 'open', but also the distributed architechture. More...
Introducing The Institute for Performance and Learning
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Introducing The Institute for Performance and Learning
Learning, Institute for Performance, 2015/09/25
The Canadian Society for Training and Development has renamed itself to the Institute for Performance and Learning. More...
What Happens Next Will Amaze You
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. What Happens Next Will Amaze You
Maciej Cegłowski, Idle Words, 2015/09/25
Excellent talk on the dysfunction of internet advertising networks and the skewed foundations (and general incompetence) of the Silicon-Valley-based new world order. More...
Who’s Benefiting from MOOCs, and Why
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Who’s Benefiting from MOOCs, and Why
Chen ZhenghaoBrandon AlcornGayle ChristensenNicholas ErikssonDaphne KollerEzekiel J. Emanuel, Harvard Business Review, 2015/09/25
Interesting study that makes us focus on the people for whom MOOCs were actually designed (hint: it's not rich kids or teachers already in educational institutions). More...
Evernote vs. Google Keep: Which Does More?
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Evernote vs. Google Keep: Which Does More?
Christina Warren, Mashable, 2015/09/25
Interesting comparison. Both are applications that allow you to clip, tag and save things from the web. More...
Why Apple Music Missed a Beat
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Why Apple Music Missed a Beat
Mark Bonchek, William Patrick, Harvard Business Review, 2015/09/25
Educators also could learn from Apple's failures. More...
