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14 février 2020

Spock's Risky Take On Trust, Privacy, and Identity Management Online

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Spock's Risky Take On Trust, Privacy, and Identity Management Online
When I first tried Spock the site was so slow that I couldn't learn anything. They've apparently fixed that problem, as Catherone Howell reports, but additional problems remain. "It's not especially useful, and it could even be dangerous, for a company to try and create a public expectation that 'identity management' equates to an individual actively 'controlling' all the personal information that is available about him/her on the web... I'd say we've already got other, better mechanisms to do the things that Spock says it's offering users". More...

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14 février 2020

WWW FAQs: Why Do My MP3 Files Sound Bad in Flash Player?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. WWW FAQs: Why Do My MP3 Files Sound Bad in Flash Player?
Good description of why some MP3s sound funny when played using Flash applications. Boutell says "Audacity and Flash don't always play nicely together," which isn't quite accurate. the reality is, Flash only plays certain types of MP3 files. "The problem is that Flash Player only supports two sampling rates: 22,050 samples per second, and 44,100 samples per second." Which is really stupid and something Adobe should fix. More...

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14 février 2020

Google Responding to Wikipedia?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Google Responding to Wikipedia?
I think there's something really weird about Google's launching of the 'knol' (one unit of knowledge). On the one hand, it resembles a learning object in its granularity. But so does a Wikipedia article - and maybe, as George Siemens suggests, Google is afraid of Wikipedia. Because Google also attributes each 'knol' to a specific author. A lot like Citizendium. Well it's going to be a bit hard for the fameseekers to resist this one. But more to the point, it's surprising to see Google ignoring the lesson that created its huge empire in the first places: that many voices, not one expert voice, constitute authority. More...

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14 février 2020

Open Education and the Cape Town Declaration

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Open Education and the Cape Town Declaration
The discussion concerning the Cape Town Declaration continues. This post summarizes some of the commentary (mostly of mine) on the unesco-oer list. See also Graham Attwell's earlier reactions (here too). Leigh Blackall also comments on the declaration and (mostly) the criticisms. See also his post on Ahrash Bissell. And also some of the interesting interactions between Wikiversity and Wikieducator. Also, Teemu Leinonen discusses the different kinds of "educational equalities" presupposed by different approaches to learning. He also asserts that CC-By-SA is THE license of the free/libre/open educational resources movement. Worth noting, then, that the Open yale courses are under a Creative Commons non-commercial license. More...

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14 février 2020

Downes On Kirschner

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Downes On Kirschner
D-Ed Reckoning has posted a longish summary and criticism of my argument againt Kirshner. I have offered a longish reply. It's pretty interesting discussion (if I say so myself) and you might want to look at the reply for an account of the idea of 'inducing' learning in a student. More...

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14 février 2020

How to Improve the Teaching of Writing

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How to Improve the Teaching of Writing
I'm in general agreement with this post, both in the observation that the quality of writing in the teaching profession may be a problem, and also in the specific suggestions for its improvement in teachers and students. I am no formalist, goodness knows, but I do believe that there are good reasons for good writing, and that there are ways to become a better writer. Clarity and precision - whether in writing, art or athletics - are virtues, because they help you obtain your objectives. More...

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14 février 2020

MPAA'S University Toolkit Hit with DMCA Takedown Notice After GPL Violation

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. MPAA'S University Toolkit Hit with DMCA Takedown Notice After GPL Violation
I guess there's nothing new here, but it bears repeating that the publishing and motion picture industry values copyright protection only insofar as it benefits the publishing and motion picture industry. And it's had not to see the irony in the MPAA basing its anti-piracy toolkit on open source software. Meanwhile, Mark Luker and Michael Petricone respond forcefully to the depiction of "Piracy U" by Dan Glickman of the MPAA. More...

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14 février 2020

An Educational Technology Dead End?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. An Educational Technology Dead End?
An instructor, following a disappointing experience with Sakai, wonders whether the LMS isn't a dead end. As a wise faculty member once said to me, 'Faculty only learn one or two new technologies every two or three years--and adding an attachment to e-mail counts as two of those.' Why not try to slip a single-system solution into their lives as a single technology? The answer may be that course management systems can just as easily stifle learning as enable it". More...

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14 février 2020

Medellin, Colombia

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Medellin, Colombia

Photos from Medellin are now available, as well as photos from EduCamp Colombia and my stopover in New York. Enjoy.
I'm still running behind in my coverage and may add an extra issue over the weekend to catch up on some good stuff. But for now, I'm going to listen to science radio.
Oh yeah, almost forgot. Moveable Type is going open source. Woo hoo! See also Miguel Guhlin on this. Stephen Downes, Flickr December 14, 2007 [Link] [Tags: Flickr]. More...

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14 février 2020

Numérique. Un prix pour récompenser l'innovation numérique responsable

Le Pôle de compétitivité Images & Réseaux, lance, en association avec la Fondation Rennes 1 et avec le soutien de Lannion Trégor Communauté et du pôle TES (pôle de compétitivité en innovation technologique) le concours national “Numérique & Ecologie, solidarité et mixité”.
Source : https://www.gref-bretagne.com/Actualites/Revue-de-presse/Numerique.-Un-prix-pour-recompenser-l-innovation-numerique-responsable

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