13 mars 2019

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Situated Logic and Standardized Pests
Someone well versed with a general principle typically doesn't have a problem telling a story around that principle, to illustrate it. We see this all the time when someone in a profession needs to explain something to someone outside that profession. It's a hard task. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. CCK09 - When connections fail to form
Tom Haskins has been writing recently on his experiences with the Connectivism CCK09 course. As always, I'm frustrated by the shortness of his posts, as I have to wait three days (day one, day two, day three) to get a decent bulk of material. Still, his take on the course is fresh and interesting. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Four Struggles
This is a guest presentation to a political science class at St. Thomas University in Fredericton. I look at an introductory and fairly typical chapter on globalization and outsourcing, and then argue that changes in political and economic organization run counter to the model proposed. In particular, the development of a network-based society runs against the model of corporate structures described. This all is set within a context of 'four struggles' that have shaped political and other conflict through history and today. Presentation by Stephen Downes, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB, [Link]. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. More Than Notes is Evernote
OK, let me first put out a global call to get a Google Wave invitation to Alan Levine, the CogDog, because if anyone would use it well, he would (sorry Alan, by invites disappeared within ten minutes of me getting them). That said, he is jumping for joy over Evernote, the tool that allows him to capture clippings, contents and other snippets from the web for use later. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Curator Editor Research Opportunities on eLearning Learning
I have followed the development of eLearning learning with interest. Much like my own site, eLearning learning intends to collect resources from a number of different sources to provide a single (and hopefully useful) access point. This latest plan to come from Elearning Learning incorporates some things I have been talking about recently, such as events. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Google Launches 9 New Ways to Search
I've been using some of the 'last hour' searches to keep track of developing stories. If you haven't looked at Google's new search features, it's worth a few minutes to familiarize yourself with them. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Heading to Athabasca University
George Siemens is moving to Athabasca University. How this impacts projects I have on the go with him, I don't know yet. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. efest - eTLC2009
Selena at learning elearning has been providing blog coverage of the 2009 efest conference currently taking place in Palmerston North on New Zealand's North Island, including notes on the unconference and a talk from Derek Wenmouth (his blog). More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Why Use Twitter? Notes for My Journalism Expo Twitter Training
I'm doing a social media workshop tomorrow for the Atlantic Journalism Awards conference here in Moncton - the local newspaper called it the 'Tweeting Workshop' - and so this item seemed like a good thing to clip and save. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Video File Formats, What and When to Use
What I like about this item is that it doesn't try to be an encyclopedia or to analyze all possible options. Instead, it addresses directly the question: what video format should I use. More...