By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. MARi
Carney Labs, LLC, 2015/07/16

According to them, "MARi is the first technology platform to track your knowledge on where you want to go - in school, your career, and your life. MARi engages students in their future by giving them visibility and control of the path to get there. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How Textbooks Can Teach Different Versions Of History
Laura Isensee, NPR Ed, 2015/07/15

One of the things I like about the use of internet resources in education is that we are no longer constrained to a single view of the world as we were in the textbook age. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. BeLearning: Environments for Expanding Knowledge
Juan José Calderón Amador, e-learning, conocimiento en red, 2015/07/15

This is really interesting and embodies a lot of the sort of approach I favour: "BeLearning used new technologies through a blend training combining meeting, working and researching involving virtual spaces, digital tools and online platforms in a rich mix of interactions with traditional media: presentations, workshops, classes." More...

Par Laura Wojcik. A quel point l’usage compulsif d’un téléphone portable en classe nuit-il à la réussite scolaire ? C’est la question que vous vous posez certainement à chaque fois que vous épluchez le profil Facebook de vos amis plutôt que d’écouter votre professeur disserter sur un sujet un peu moins attrayant. Moment d’égarement sans gravité ou perte d’attention dommageable ? Deux études récentes répondent à cette question. Voir l'article...