By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Jeremy Hiebert[Edit][Delete]: Classrooms as Studios -- Personal Doing Environments, HeadsPaceJ [Edit][Delete] March 2, 2006
I agree with this: "In an educational mindset, we might think the learning itself is the important thing, but really we're talking about doing, with learning as something that happens in the process of pursuing meaningful goals." Which is why it is unfortunate, as the author points out, that the tools that enable doing are blocked. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Terry Anderson[Edit][Delete]: When Push Comes to Pull, Virtual Canuck [Edit][Delete] March 2, 2006
Hm. If I were ever allowed (I'm not), I would host my own information technology roundtable. Fame would not be a requirement, just a demonstrated engagement in new learning technologies. It would be genuinely international and it would include as many women as men. It's not hard to get such a group together, you just have to want to do it, and be blind to a certain demographic's persistent self-promotion. Oh, and I'd invite Terry Anderson, because he is certainly astute enough. Anyhow, it's nice to see the (demographically challenged) current group of "intellegensia" finally discovering 'pull'. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Donald MacLeod and Liz Ford[Edit][Delete]: On the Brink of a Revolution, The Guardian [Edit][Delete] March 1, 2006
According to this article, Britain's Manchester University and the Open University have agreed to collaborate in yet another large overseas e-learning initiative. The authors, not surprisingly, linger over the failures of similar attempts in the past. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Brian Lamb[Edit][Delete]: Don't Call it a Northern Voice Wrap-up. Part One - What Worked, Abject learning [Edit][Delete]Abject Learning [Edit][Delete] February 13, 2006
Brian Lamb recaps what worked at Northern Voice. Many links, so you can see some of the coverage (there has been a lot, too much to summarize here). Too bad I missed it. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Alan Levine[Edit][Delete]: If I Had More Time..., Cogdogblog [Edit][Delete]CogDogBlog [Edit][Delete] February 27, 2006
Alan Levine's timing today wasn't a whole lot worse than mine, and like me he has a nice audio recording to show for his efforts, a Podcasting, Schmodcasting demo at GateWay Community College. Oh, and his MP3 files are bigger than mine. Heh. More links and plans for the talk. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Chris Lehmann[Edit][Delete]: Incremental Change, Practical Theory [Edit][Delete] February 9, 2006
Tom Hoffman writes that "expecting bloggers to change things quickly is a little unrealistic" and Christian Long observes, "I'm not sure when the rule was laid down that any blogging -- whether it be about education or technology or some wonderful hybrid or about collectors of guinea pigs or whatever your bag of raisins -- that it had to change the world on any level." In this article, Chris Lehmann takes the view that Hoffman and Long are right to recommend patience". More...