17 mai 2017

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Interactive Edition
et.al., Brad Miller, 2017/05/05
At a certain point this online text reverts back into being an ordinary textbook, but the premise was interesting. It has often been said that to learn how to become something - a computer scientist, say - is to be able to think like that kind of person. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Still Blogging in 2017
Tim Bray, Ongoing, 2017/05/05
I liked this short post from Tim Bray. "I'm still blogging," he says, noting that it's a bit of an exception these days, an exception not only to write. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Indonesia needs to revive interest in reading books
Zita Meirina, A. Saragih, Antara News, 2017/05/03
It's easy to forget that Indonesia is the sixth largest in the world in number of internet users, and the fouth largest in terms of Facebook users. This isn't a country known for its literacy rates, coming in second-last among ASEAN member countries, with a low demand for books and newpapers. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. OpenAIRE survey on open peer review: Attitudes and experience amongst editors, authors and reviewers
Tony Ross-Hellauer, Arvid Deppe, Birgit Schmidt, Zenodo, 2017/05/03
I think people interested in open pedagogy could draw some insight from this discussion of open peer review. There's not one single dimension to open publishing (or open science generally) but multiple dimensions, including open identity, open participation, and open reports. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The death of the smartphone is closer than you think. Here's what comes next
Steve Ranger, ZD Net, 2017/05/03
The word 'death' in this post is about as exaggerated as you can get. After all, many people still own and use traditional hand-set phones that are now several generations obsolete. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Shared Agency
Abraham Sesshu Roth, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2017/05/03
This excellent revision of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's (SEP) article on shared agency is a must-read for anyone working on theories of applications of collaboration in learning. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Using Fetch
Zell Liew, CSS-Tricks, 2017/05/03
The idea of web pages that send and receive data without reloading has been around for a while now, but the ability to do this easily has always depended on JavaScript libraries like JQuery. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Knowledge and Learning Transfer Problem
Charles Jennings, Workplace Performance, 2017/05/03
Charles Jennings is right at the outset of this post. "Learning takes place in our heads. We alone make it happen... The same could be said of the phrase ‘knowledge transfer’. We can’t and don’t transfer knowledge between people." Quite so. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Who Are You? The Importance of Identity in Higher Ed Research
Tanya Roscorla, Center for Digital Education, 2017/05/02
This article doesn't discuss identity in the theoretical sense, but rather, identity in the technical sense, with respect to system security. How do you manage access, for example, for Jenny, a person who changes campus but who needs to continue collaboration with the same team for her PhD research. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How do Saudi youth engage with social media?
Nigel Stanger, Noorah Alnaghaimshi, Erika Pearson, First Monday, 2017/05/02
Interesting paper that reminds us (not that we should need reminding) that online behaviour can vary widely from culture. This report, which strikes me as fair-minded and relevant, makes the case by showing how Saudi Arabian youth use social media. More...