By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Are we close to solving the puzzle of consciousness
David Robson, BBC News, 2019/04/01
Giulio Tononi's proposal here is that "any conscious experience needs to be structured, for instance – if you look at the space around you, you can distinguish the position of objects relative to each other. It’s also specific and 'differentiated' – each experience will be different depending on the particular circumstances, meaning there are a huge number of possible experiences. And it is integrated... shape and colour and location... are all held together at once in a single conscious experience." But why is consciousness one set of experiences and not another. More...
No Portfolio? What’s your excuse?
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. No Portfolio? What’s your excuse?
Various authors, Hacker Noon, 2019/04/01
I've written in the past that employees of the future will be selected based on their portfolio of actual work rather than based on proxies like degrees and certificates. Artificial intelligence will make this a lot easier, as employers will rely on software to pick the most likely candidates. The many different ways of creating portfolios will also help. This set of articles looks at the practice of creating software design and development portfolios. Obviously not everyone will build their own portfolios from scratch the way a full-stack developer would. More...
The global gig economy: Towards a planetary labour market?
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The global gig economy: Towards a planetary labour market?
Mark Graham, Mohammad Amir Anwar, First Monday, 2019/04/01
So long as there isn't the same freedom of movement for people as there is for data, for goods and for capital, we will not have an actual planetary labour market (nor either will we solve the persistent problems of poverty and inequity, but that's a separate issue). So while I appreciate the intent of the authors in promoting the idea of "the emergence of a ‘planetary labour market’ in digital work" we will not in fact see equity of working conditions if people are trapped within labour-unfriendly borders. More...
Learning analytics: going live
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Learning analytics: going live
JISC, 2019/04/01
This is a review of JISC's learning analytics service which went live last summer. What have they learned? For one thing, "worries about staff and student reactions to learning analytics often melt away when consultation and communication are done openly and well. More...
Call for Proposals #StephensNext60
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Call for Proposals #StephensNext60
Stephen Downes, Half an Hour, 2019/04/01
What should Stephen focus on in the next 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years". Or months. Or whatever time I've got. I'll keep this call for proposals wide open - should explore some topic, create a certain work, whatever [Link] [Comment]. More...
OPCO 2i - Conseils et accompagnement
OPCO 2i - CPF de transition professionnelle - Demande de congé auprès de l’employeur
- 120 jours avant le début de la formation
- lorsque celle-ci entraîne une interruption continue de travail d’au moins 6 mois.
- 60 jours avant le début de la formation
- si celle-ci entraîne une interruption continue de travail de moins de 6 mois ou si la formation est réalisée à temps partiel.
La demande de congé doit indiquer la date du début de la formation, la désignation et la durée de celle-ci ainsi que le nom de l’organisme qui en est responsable, l’intitulé et la date de l’examen concerné.
Nous vous invitons à répondre à cette demande, par écrit, dans les 30 jours suivant la réception de celle-ci. L’absence de réponse dans ce délai vaut acceptation. Plus...
OPCO 2i - CPF de transition professionnelle - Positionnement obligatoire
OPCO 2i - CPF de transition professionnelle - Mise en oeuvre
- Bénéficier d’un positionnement préalable au suivi de la formation,
- Solliciter un congé spécifique auprès de l’employeur lorsque la formation est suivie en tout ou partie pendant le temps de travail,
OPCO 2i - CPF de transition professionnelle - Publics éligibles
- 24 mois d’ancienneté (consécutifs ou non) en qualité de salarié, dont 12 mois dans l’entreprise, tous contrats de travail confondus,
- 24 mois d’ancienneté (consécutifs ou non) en qualité de salarié au cours des 5 dernières années (tous contrats de travail confondus) dont 4 mois, consécutifs ou non, en contrat de travail à durée déterminée (CDD) au cours des 12 derniers mois. Plus...