By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. JISC CETIS
CETIS has launched a new web page design, a very nice clean look with news and blog posts (and an RSS feed, naturally). The site gives much better access to articles like this one on ontologies and use cases. More...
03 février 2020
JISC CETIS
31 janvier 2020
Design Bash: Moving Towards Learning Design Interoperability
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Design Bash: Moving Towards Learning Design Interoperability
The 'design bash' concept is a good idea in itself, but I am highlighting this post because of the way it describes three types of interoperability: conceptual, semantic and syntactic. Now I wouldn't define these as the author does. I think semantic interoperability has to do with meaning, and not whether or not a given function is present. This, along with interoperability of format, should be classified as syntactic interoperability. That also allows us to classify what the author calls 'conceptual' interoperability as a type of semantic interoperability. Why is this rewriting important? Because while I think syntactic interoperability is a good idea, I think striving for semantic interoperability is dangerous and misguided. More...
Design Matters and Flat Classroom Project 2007 Keynote
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Design Matters and Flat Classroom Project 2007 Keynote
Julie Lindsay enthuses about Dean Shareski's 'Flat Classroom Project keynote Address' (Vicki A. Davis does too) and posts the video on her website. "Yes, we all agree 'design does matter' but what also matters in this flat world is immediacy, communicating a message so that the concepts are accessible, and having fun doing it." I like this sort of initiative, but I'm less comfortable with the use of the word 'flat', as in 'The World is Flat', when it so evidently is not. More...
How the Net Works
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How the Net Works
The purpose of this paper is to describe how network learning works and to show how an understanding of network learning can inform the design and evaluation of online learning applications. Stephen Downes, October 18, 2007 [Link]. More...
17 janvier 2020
Designing Student Aid Programs from Scratch (2)
For decades, student loans only worked one way: on a regular amortization basis. If you borrow, you repay on a regular monthly basis after graduation, just like one pays a regular amount each month on a mortgage. Even within this framework, there are a lot of policy elements one can adjust. More...
15 janvier 2020
A Taxonomy of Inclusive Design: On Disclosure, Accessibility, and Inclusion
Whether or not students need to self-identify or disclose their circumstances is not the point. More...
14 janvier 2020
Should Campus Instructional Design Be a Chargeback Service?
By Joshua Kim. Should university units that house instructional designers offer their services to campus partners on a chargeback or fee-for-service basis. More...
27 décembre 2019
Lille capitale mondiale du design, on y voit (enfin) plus clair
Le coup d’envoi officiel de Lille capitale mondiale du design est prévu le week-end des 7 et 8 décembre. L’occasion de refixer le cadre d’une opération qui suscite de nombreuses attentes. Plus...
05 décembre 2019
Ludovia 2019, l’émergence de l’expérience élèves et professeurs en éducation : le UX Design en éducation
Cette excellente édition 2019 avait pour thématique “Intelligences et représentations du numérique en éducation”. Je vais m’en éloigner pour évoquer une sorte de signal faible que j’ai senti émerger des différents échanges dans le programme officiel comme pour les rencontres officieuses : le UX Design en éducation. Plus...
