27 mars 2019

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Remembering the BBS Scene
Some time while working with Athabasca University in the late 80s I set up a Maximus Bulletin Board Service (BBS) and called it Athabaska BBS, the intent being to support my telephone tutoring through electronic means. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Annotated New York Times
This site is a nice example of the use of RSS as a content aggregator combined with citizen journalism - or punditry, at least. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. A New Hope for cc.edu
David Wiley is floating the idea of a Creative Commons Education license again, this time returning to the idea of rebranding the Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike license as the Education license, an idea that was rejected by Creative Commons when it was floated in October, 2003, but is viewed more favorably today. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. edublogs.org
James Farmer sets up edublogs.org, "a hub for edublogs." There's nothing there yet, so this is a link to the blog post. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Cross-Platform, Videoconferencing-Enabled
Robin Good calls it cross-platform but if it won't work on my Linux desktop it isn't really. Still, the arrival of this open standards based video-conferencing system is worthy of note. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. PSP - The Amazing New Platform
Some commentary on the new Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP). This title review is a rave from Mark Oehlert, who calls it "jaw-dropping." Less positive is Derek Morrison, who (rightly) decries its use or proprietary (and expensive) storage media. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. SIdentifying and Developing Learner-Centered Practices
When I was in school we did book reports. They weren't learner centered then, and so I am wondering how they become learner centered today. So also with some of the other learning activities listed in this document: drill and practice, field trip, test and quiz. Learner-centered, it seems to me, becomes something different when viewed through the lens of instruction. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Social Life of Students
You can't say this too many times: "What we need to do is rethink our curriculum in terms of interaction, create a consistent, generic toolset that supports the needs of the students and instructors, and instill community practices from end-to-end in the curriculum." Why. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. International Journal of Education and Development using ICT
The first edition of the International Journal of Education and Development using ICT has launched, providing provides free and open access to all of its content using the Open Journal Systems software. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Yahoo 360
Yahoo takes a big step toward the semantic social network with a service that blends social networking with blogs. Yahoo 360 is now available in beta. You can connect to your instant messenger, post your photos (unlimited storage, says the web page), display your LaunchCast radio, and more. I've set up a page on the service. More...