By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. An Interview With an Educational Realist and Grumpy Old Man
Megan Smith, Learning Scientists, 2016/10/07

I'm no fan of Paul A. Kirschner but I was curious as to what a guest post featuring an interview with him would look like (those of us who write blogs are quite familiar with the never-ending stream of 'guest posts' being offered by this or that source - they're always trying to promote something). More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. From security breaches to sewage floods, tech mishaps can be absolutely frightening. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Research shows that teachers prefer to rely on one another to get solutions to technology problems than they do on the IT department. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The success strategies of these three tech chiefs can serve prospective administrators campuswide. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Credentialing processor Parchment.com offers 3 tips on how to successfully package and promote skills earned to parlay them into quality chances at career entry or advanced degrees. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Institutional Repositories: Response to comments
Richard Poynder, Open and Shut?, 2016/10/06

Today's new word is 'Quasitory' and I believe it is invented (in this use) in Stevan Harnad's response to Richard Poynder on the role of institutional repositories. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Scaling Learning in an Exponential World
John Hagel, Edge Perspectives with John Hagel, 2016/10/06
You've been reading a lot of the same stuff by writers featured in these pages over the years. In this article, John Hagel argues that scaling learning "means developing new shared practices that can increase impact in a world of mounting performance pressure." More...