FeedForward Project: M1 Release Imminent
I'm very much looking forward to this and hope to be able to play with one of the first ones off the rack. More...
Last Year's eLearn Magazine Predictions
Last Year's eLearn Magazine Predictions
Everybody's looking forward to the future. I look to the past - last year's predictions of the future. Stephen Downes, Half an Hour January 2, 2008 [Link] [Tags: none] [Comment]. More...
A New Year'S Copyright Puzzler
A New Year'S Copyright Puzzler
David Wiley hasn't responded to my response to his questions yet, but he has posted a couple more items in his own ongoing look at the Creative Commons Non-Commercial clause (CC-NC). On Wednesday, he created a game on CC-NC. More...
Where's That Line Between True Democracy And Mob Rule?
Where's That Line Between True Democracy And Mob Rule?
A furor has erupted on Digg his week. On Monday, a reader posted visual evidence of a power user submitting an exact copy of an earlier post - and getting 3000 diggs while the original user received almost none. The resulting comment thread has more than a thousand reactions. More...
Review of Don Tapscott's, New Book Grown Up Digital
Review of Don Tapscott's, New Book Grown Up Digital
Curt Bonk reviews - and loves - Tapscott's Grown Up Digital. Yet as I read this, I can't help thinking o the Digg story. More...
How To Do Almost Anything With Social Media
How To Do Almost Anything With Social Media
Part of he reason I don't do many "how-to" posts (see more on this below): there is no shortage of "how-to" posts in the world. More...
An Insider's View On the Reason Why Most Research for Business Is Useless
An Insider's View On the Reason Why Most Research for Business Is Useless
One of the things I would like to spend some time on this year is the whole area of academic research. Because I think the word 'Business' could be replaced with the word 'Education' in the title of this post. Here's Aldrich on business research: "The big problem is that most business research relies on the same faulty intellectual constructs as other forms of linear content- it relies on linear analysis, case studies, and inspirational examples." This, though, means articulating what you want educational research to do, what you want education to do. More...
2009
As Honor Students Multiply, Who Really Is One?
As Honor Students Multiply, Who Really Is One?
A story like this strikes me as mean-spirited. The gist is there is this school that has too many honor societies, membership in which is supposed to be exclusive. It has attracted the attention of the educational lobby groups. More...
Predictions for 2010
Predictions for 2010
Bubblegum edupunk, consulting cartels, and the arrival of the big touch - great predictions for 2010. More...