By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. edcmooc interesting
Flickriver, February 18, 2013
This is a link to a seemingly endless set of images related to edcmooc (and MOOCs in general) generated as a result of a week 3 contest in the open online course. I'm not sure what the licensing is, but it seems to me that what we have here is a bottomless supply of slides for PowerPoint presentations on MOOCs. More...
The Future Of Google Plus, And Its Path To Social-Media Domination
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web.The Future Of Google Plus, And Its Path To Social-Media Domination
Dave llorens, Fast Company, February 11, 2013
I think this is a generally accurate account of how Google is stocking its new (well, not so new any more) Google Plus service with members. More...
Blogger’s Guide to Creative Commons: In Pictures
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Blogger’s Guide to Creative Commons: In Pictures
Angus Shaw, The Blog Herald, February 11, 2013
This article makes me think about how I would have designed Creative Commons had I been the one (as opposed to, say, a Harvard lawyer) to design it at the outset. More...
B. F. Skinner on Teaching Machines (1954)
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. B. F. Skinner on Teaching Machines (1954)
Mike Caulfield, Hapgood, February 11, 2013
Mike Caulfield links to this video with the commentary, "Skinner tackles concepts of self-paced learning, the importance of quick feedback, the basics of gamification, aspects of proximal development, and mastery learning. He understands that it is not the *machine* that teaches, but the person that writes the teaching program. And he is better informed than almost the entire current educational press pool in that he states clearly that a “teaching machine” is really just a new kind of textbook." More...
A Sample Philosophy Paper
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. A Sample Philosophy Paper
Angela Mendelovici, Prezi, February 11, 2013
Sample philosophy paper with all the major elements presented and explained. It's a short four-page paper, but for the longer papers authors typically repeat the same process. I wish the author had chosen a less user-histile format to present the paper than Prezi. More...
The missing perspective(s) on MOOCs?
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The missing perspective(s) on MOOCs?
David T. Jones, The Weblog of (a) David Jones, February 11, 2013
David Jones criticizes a presentation by John Daniel on the future of education (available here). More...
State of the Union
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. State of the Union
Barack Obama, Whitehouse.gov, February 14, 2013
What I would want readers to observe is not the state of the union - though that may be of particular interest to Americans - but the way the presentation plus graphics in split-screen mode is being used. I found it adds a lot. More...
graphic2sm
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. graphic2sm
Brian Lamb, Flickr, February 14, 2013
Here's why you follow feeds even though they're obscure and unremarked (sorry Brian): because when you keep an eye on interesting people, you eventually see interesting things. More...
Open Science Course Sprint: An Education Hackathon for Open Data Day
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Open Science Course Sprint: An Education Hackathon for Open Data Day
Billy Meinke, Creative Commons, February 12, 2013
This sounds like fun: "the Science Program at Creative Commons is teaming up with the Open Knowledge Foundation and members of the Open Science Community to facilitate the building of an open online course, an Introduction to Open Science". More...
Can TED still talk the talk?
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Can TED still talk the talk?
Marsha Lederman, Globe and Mail, February 12, 2013
Now that TED is moving from Long Beach to Vancouver, it's officially cool to start being critical of its corporate-learning massage. More...