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27 septembre 2018

Building an IndieWeb Reader

Building an IndieWeb Reader
Aaron Parecki, 2018/08/14
There's a lot to like in this description (I haven't tried out the actual product) of a reader that in many ways resembles what I'm trying to do with gRSShopper. More...

27 septembre 2018

Open Logic Project

Open Logic Project
University of Calgary, 2018/08/14
As noted in today's "Four Short Links" from O'Reilly, "The Open Logic Project is a collection of teaching materials on mathematical logic aimed at a non-mathematical audience, intended for use in advanced logic courses as taught in many philosophy departments." Nice. More...

27 septembre 2018

2018 NMC Horizon Report

2018 NMC Horizon Report
EDUCAUSEW, 2018/08/16
EDUCAUSE has released the 2018 New Media Consortium Horizon Report (60 page PDF). Thi year's is worth a look because it's NMC under new management. More...

27 septembre 2018

An update on Badges and Backpack

An update on Badges and Backpack
Mark Surman, 2018/08/16

Mozilla has transferred stewardship of the open badges initiative to the IMS Global Learning Consortium  and is ending support for the Mozilla backpack; users will be transferred to Badgr. More...

27 septembre 2018

Education’s Latest Secret Trend: Networking

Education’s Latest Secret Trend: Networking
Betsy Corcoran, EdSurge, 2018/08/15

Networks! Of course! That's the secret trend in education nobody thought of until now. This article interviews the authors of three new books on learning networks at a recent conference. More...

27 septembre 2018

Using Semantic Technologies for Formative Assessment and Scoring in Large Courses and MOOCs

Using Semantic Technologies for Formative Assessment and Scoring in Large Courses and MOOCs
Miguel Santamaría Lancho, Mauro Hernández, Ángeles Sánchez-Elvira Paniagua, José María Luzón Encabo, Guillermo de Jorge-Botana, Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2018/08/15
This paper shows "to what extent assessment software such as G-Rubric is mature enough to be used with students." G-Rubric is a tool to automatically evaluate student's open-ended answers in a MOOC - see the website (in Spanish). More...

27 septembre 2018

Is The LMS A Distraction In EdTech Futurology?

Is The LMS A Distraction In EdTech Futurology?
Cristian T. Duque, Moodle News, 2018/08/15

This article makes it clear just how irrelevant the recent story about "Canvas overtaking Blackboard" really is. More...

27 septembre 2018

The top data structures you should know for your next coding interview

The top data structures you should know for your next coding interview
Fahim ul Haq, freecodecamp, Medium, 2018/08/15
This is very much an introductory article, but it's the sort of thing where, if you don't know it, you really don't know it. When people think about computer programs, they usually think about algorithms (for example, functions and procedures), but an equally important dimension is the data structure. More...

27 septembre 2018

Blockchain Gains Currency in Higher Ed

Blockchain Gains Currency in Higher Ed
Lindsay McKenzie, Inside Higher Ed, 2018/08/13
This article is mostly about blockchain as a subject for teaching and research in universities, as opposed to its use by universities. For example, there's a new journal, Ledger, and new blockchain reserach centres being launched at Columbia and Stanford. More...

27 septembre 2018

Causal Models

Causal Models
Christopher Hitchcock, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2018/08/13

There's a lot to like in this new article in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. One is the examination of the relation between counbterfacturals and causality. Another is the lengthy discussion of probabilistic models of causality (probably one of the most misunderstood concepts in public knowledge today). More...

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