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17 février 2020

HEWN, No. 337

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. HEWN, No. 337
Audrey Watters, Hack Education, 2020/01/08
There's an interestiung line of thought offered on Audrey Watters's newsletter HEWN: "one of the most frequent complaints I’ve heard: that I did not also write a list of 'The 100 Best Ed-Tech Achievements of the Decade.' And that somehow that means my analysis is incomplete." She responds, "education technology or otherwise — does not need my validation. It needs criticism.... there are not “two sides” — some good and some bad ed-tech — that exist in any sort of equal measure.... What if there wasn’t anything good about ed-tech? What if ed-tech is totally inseparable from privatization, behavioral engineering, and surveillance?" I happen to think there is something good in ed-tech, at least as I think of it, but her point is valid. You don't have to balance the 'good points' and the 'bad points' of anything. More...

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17 février 2020

Africa ascending: Four growth markets to watch

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Africa ascending: Four growth markets to watch
ICEF Monitor, 2020/01/08
This is a quick look at four African nationbs (Egypt, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria) as emerging markets for education. They offer very different profiles; Egypt is linked to educational opportunities in the Middle East, while Ghana and Kenya are the recipients of a lot of Chinese aid, including scholarships and opportunities to study abroad. Nigeria's population, meanwhile, provides both challenges and opportunities. It is worth noting that many see education as an opportunity to emigrate, which while disappointing is understandable. And success in any of these markets depends on bridging the gap between access and quality, generating learning and credentials that will be recognized on terms that the population can afford. More...

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17 février 2020

U.S. Appellate Court Enforces CC’s Interpretation of NonCommercial

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. U.S. Appellate Court Enforces CC’s Interpretation of NonCommercial
Diane Peters, Creative Commons, 2020/01/08
This seems reasonable to me. A U.S. court has decided to allow "bona fide noncommercial reusers to hire out the making of copies of NC-licensed content, even to profit-making businesses such as Office Depot and FedEx Office." Any other interpretation of the non-commercial (NC) clause would be unreasonable. "After all, entities must act through employees, contractors, and agents as a necessity." So you can pay a student to make copies of a CC resource, or you can take it to the print shop and pay them to do it. Whatever. More...

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17 février 2020

Education and Employment Should Be One System, Not Two

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Education and Employment Should Be One System, Not Two
Doug Irving, RAND, 2020/01/08
According to this RAND report (56 page PDF), a systems approach should be undertaken to mesh education and employment such that individuals can "acquire skills that are in demand in the labor market" and "ensuring timely and appropriate matching and rematching of skilled workers with jobs." It's an oft-expressed view that I think misses the mark in a crucial respect: an individual's educational experience serves aspirational objectives (which may or may not include getting a job) while a person's employment experience serves existential objectives, recognizing today's economic reality that if you don't work, you don't eat. More...

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17 février 2020

What’s the Problem with Learning Analytics?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. What’s the Problem with Learning Analytics?
Neil Selwyn, Journal of Learning Analytics, 2020/01/07
This article (9 page PDF) sets out a number of major concerns about the use of learning analytics and sets the stage for a discussion of the subject in an invited dialogue in the SOLAR Journal of Learning Analytics. Selwyn argues that he looks "beyond the assertion that learning analytics is essentially apolitical and objective" and suggests that "While you might not agree with every one of these contentions, they all illustrate the inherently political nature of learning analytics." Responses follow from Paul Prinsloo, Rebecca Ferguson, Carolyn Penstein Rose and Alfred Essa. Image via Debbie Morrison. More...

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17 février 2020

Is there an international market for Canadian online learning?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Is there an international market for Canadian online learning?
Tony Bates, Online learning and distance education resources, 2020/01/07
"The most recent national survey of Canadian post-secondary institutions," writes Tony Bates, "concluded that ‘ultimately, the majority of online students are from the same province in which the institution is located.’" However, by contrast, "Canada has been doing extremely well in recruiting campus-based undergraduate international students in recent years." Though there are reasons why this doesn't translate to online learning, Bates writes "I still believe there is a potentially huge and profitable international market for Canadian online programs, particularly at the professional masters’ level." Maybe. But Alex Usher disagrees. More...

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17 février 2020

Platforms and big data in ELT – a look back at the last decade

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Platforms and big data in ELT – a look back at the last decade
Philip Kerr, Adaptive Learning in ELT, 2020/01/07
This post mostly looks at the sad saga of Knewton. "It was clear, from very early on (see, for example, my posts from 2014 here and here) that Knewton’s product was little more than what Michael Feldstein called ‘snake oil’. Why and how could so many people fall for it for so long? Why and how will so many people fall for it again in the coming decade, although this time it won’t be ‘big data’ that does the seduction, but AI (which kind of boils down to the same thing)?" The real impact of data and AI, in my opinion, will come when it supports creativity, and not mere content consumption. More...

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17 février 2020

The bava an A-Lister at Long Last

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The bava an A-Lister at Long Last
Jim Groom, bavatuesdays, 2020/01/07
"Do you remember when blogging was a thing and there were A-lister bloggers?" asks Jim Groom. Well, this isn't like that. This post describes a site that tests your web security - I ran it on my site as well and watched it test for various vulnerabilities and backdoors (disclosure: I'm hosted at Reclaim Hosting). More...

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17 février 2020

OER Commons Intros Authoring Tool

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. OER Commons Intros Authoring Tool
Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology, 2020/01/07
According to this short article, the OER Commons has launched a new authoring tool, Open Author. It "consolidates the functions of three other utilities from OER Commons: the Resource Builder, Lesson Builder and Module Builder," says the article. You have to log in to use it (or sign in with Clever, a single-signon for schools - a bit of marketing there, I think). I created a test resource on how to create a resource using the tool to see how it worked - it's very basic (the metada submission is the most complex piece). Watch out for licensing, which defaults to CC-by. Also, there's a non-standard 'educational use permitted' licensing option (whatever that means). What was missing. More...

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17 février 2020

N.Y. District Will Use Facial Recognition Software, Despite Big Privacy Concerns

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. N.Y. District Will Use Facial Recognition Software, Despite Big Privacy Concerns
Alyson Klein, Education Week, 2020/01/06
I wouldn't exactly call this educational technology, but it's worth noting as no doubt it will eventually be used to serve an educational function. "A New York school district has announced it will begin using controversial facial recognition software for school safety purposes, over the strenuous objections of civil liberties advocates." The district is using an application called AEGIS, developed by SN Technologies a Canadian-based company that sells similar systems for hospitals, retail, banks and casinos. So, um, yay Canada? Secutiry software is big business; the AEGIS system cost the district $3.8 million, and a similar product, the Raptor Visitor Management System, is installed in 32,000 schools across the U.S. More...

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