By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Open educational resources: Maximize teacher time and engage students
Blackboard, 2015/10/21
I have mixed feelings about this item. On the one hand, I'm glad to see support for open educational resources (OERs) no matter where it takes place. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Changing Rules of Trust in the Digital Age
Rachel Botsman, Harvard Business Review, 2015/10/21
According to this article, "A new world of trust is emerging: one where trust lies in the hands of individuals, not in the big bellies of institutions." As an example, Rachel Botsman cites the case of AirBNB, where she is rated as a guest by the proprietor, while she rates the lodging as a guest. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Building Your Roadmap to 21st Century Learning Environments
Cable Impacts Foundation, the Partnership for 21st Century Learning, State Educational Technology Directors Association, 2015/10/19
Educators are told today that students need "educational curriculum that provides students with opportunities to develop critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity skills while strengthening personal attributes like persistence and leadership." This guide helps them map the learning environments that will lead to this outcome. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. 5 Ways Creative Work Is Like Working Out
John Spencer, Spencer Ideas, 2015/10/19
I have said many times that learning is a lot more like exercising than it is like storing stuff in a computer. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Web We Need to Give Students
Audrey Watters, Hack Educa, 2015/10/19

This post captures what is for me one of the major motivations for building a personal learning environment in the LPSS program. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Introducing The One Repo
Mike Taylor, Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week, 2015/10/19

As Mike Taylor writes, in academic publishing "we have something like 4000 repositories out there, balkanised by institution, by geographical region, and by subject area." So he and some colleagues have launched the One Repo. More...