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21 février 2020

Who is going to help build a pro-social web?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Who is going to help build a pro-social web?
Dave Cormier, Dave’s Educational Blog, 2019/04/08
Dave Cormier calls on all of use to help build a better internet. "Please participate. Do it well. Put your values on the internet. Our society is literally being shaped by the internet right now, and will be for the foreseeable future." I'm all for that. But as I commented: " No amount of human posting will be sufficient to counter bot-driven (or mechanical-turk-driven) counter-content. No amount of careful contributions will turn off the surveillance and targeted advertising". More...

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21 février 2020

Micropub Rocks

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Micropub Rocks
Chris Aldrich, Google Slides, 2019/04/08
This is a slide presentation describing (and promoting) the micropub specification. Micropub "is an open API standard (W3C Recommendation) for creating, editing, and deleting posts on websites and is supported by numerous third-party clients and CMSs." The idea is that you pick one application and then post anywhere. It's a great idea that needs to become a bit more intuitive in order to work. But I definitely endorse the principle. More...

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21 février 2020

Modernizing Learning: Building the Future Learning Ecosystem Modernizing Learning: Building the Future Learning Ecosystem

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Modernizing Learning: Building the Future Learning Ecosystem Modernizing Learning: Building the Future Learning Ecosystem
J.J. Walcutt, Sae Schatz, Advanced Distributed Learning, 2019/04/08
Counterintuitively, the first impression you will have on reading this 416-page document is brevity. It does not waste words. It's also a pretty traditional presentation of the subject - not necessarily a bad thing. The cognitivist perspective on learning ("starts with awareness of stimuli, cognitive encoding of that information, and its retention in memory") will appeal to some but by no means all. On the other hand, the volume as a whole is very well-written and clear, is comprehensive, and serves as an excellent overview of the subject. More...

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21 février 2020

'Qualification Passport' Enables Refugees to Study, Work in Countries of Exile

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. 'Qualification Passport' Enables Refugees to Study, Work in Countries of Exile
Lisa Schlein, Voice of America, 2019/12/27
This short article describes work being one on the UNESCO Qualification Passport, "a standardized document, which contains information about the person’s qualifications, job experience and language proficiency." It is based on the idea of the European Qualifications Passport for Refugees, which accomplishes a similar objective and was launched in 2017 as a pilot project. According to the article, the UNESCO program is being piloted in Zambia, with projects planned for Colombia and Iraq. More...

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21 février 2020

The UDL Project

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The UDL Project
Jana Nicol, 2019/12/27
Sadly there has been no activity on the blog since last June, but I still think it's worth directing attention to this project bringing together resources on universal design for learning (UDL), and in particular this grid on providing multiple means of engagement, representation, and action & expression. More...

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21 février 2020

Runaway

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Runaway
Wendy M. Grossman, net.wars, 2019/12/27
This is a good article despite the garish formatting (if you use Firefox you'll want to use the Just Read extension for this one). The main point of the article is that "we don't really know which patterns machine learning algorithms identify as significant." That's because the patterns aren't expressed as rules, and differences that have no meaning to us - changing a few pixels, say - may have a significant impact on the outcome. More...

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21 février 2020

The People's Web

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The People's Web
Anil Dash, 2019/12/27
"We don't have to imagine what that more human, more expressive, more valuable web could look like," writes Anil Dash. "We just have to pay attention to the fact that we visit it every day." He cites examples like IMDB, Wikipedia, Snopes and Stack Overflow, and his focus is on "massive, collectively-maintained, curated and organized libraries of communal culture," but I think the vast network of individual web sites (like my own!) are what make these collections possible (just as one of our MOOCs wouldn't exist without all the individual contributions). More...

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21 février 2020

The online educated or online indoctrinated human? Discourse analysis as a method to study ideologies disseminated by online...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web.
The online educated or online indoctrinated human? Discourse analysis as a method to study ideologies disseminated by online courses
Iuliia Platonova, Ignatius G.P. Gous, HTS Theological Studies, Paperity, 2019/12/27
Starting from the perspective that "implicit ideology is an unavoidable feature of pedagogy" this article endeavours "to sensitise and empower lecturer and learner alike to use the tools of discourse analysis to evaluate the possible ideological content of online courses." Think of it as James Paul Gee meets Henry Giroux. The authors argue "visual literacy and critical thinking are competencies of the contemporary learner, helping him or her learn from online courses in the most effective way." Maybe so - learning online is certainly not the same as simply reading or listening. But I wish this article had gone into more depth as to why this is so. More...

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21 février 2020

The XR Association Releases New Guidelines for Social VR

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The XR Association Releases New Guidelines for Social VR
Emory Craig, Digital Bodies, 2019/12/27
These are not technical specifications but rather recommendations for rules and practices to govern behaviour in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) spaces (collectively known as 'XR'). Past experience in other virtual spaces such as discussion boards and social networks shows that disruptive and antisocial behaviour can escalate quickly. This document from the XR Association offers recommendations to help prevent that. "VR users may experience abusive behavior in a more bodily or visceral fashion". More...

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21 février 2020

The Answer for Schools Is Not More Technology. It’s Teachers and Human Connection.

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Answer for Schools Is Not More Technology. It’s Teachers and Human Connection.
Danielle Arnold-Schwartz, EdSurge, 2019/12/26
This item hits all the right buttons but it's fundamentally wrong. Yes, business-minded people thing of ed tech as a way to save money. Yes it's true that in many cases people need a human connection. Yes it's true that education is a core requirement for democracy. But it does not follow that "We need educational technology that puts highly trained teachers at the center of product design and implementation." And it does not follow that we should "forget the efforts to appeal to fiscal reforms." We need to lower costs, if education is to reach seven billion people. And there are many ways to create the necessary human connections without requiring teachers - our friends, family, co-workers, peers, mentors and online community are all made of people, and in many cases in a much better place to help us learn. More...

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