By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How to Be an Artist
Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 2018/12/03
Good advice that could be applied not only to art but to anything (substitute 'research scientist' for 'artist' and you get the same useful tips): "How do you get from there to making real art, great art? There’s no special way; everyone has their own path. Yet, over the years, I’ve found myself giving the same bits of advice. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Avoid ‘uncritical use’ of PISA scores, researchers warn ministers
Freddie Whittaker, SchoolsWeek, 2018/12/03
No real surprise, but it's nice to see someone actually come out and say it. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Framing Self-Directed Learning
Dennis Sale, SoftChalk Talk Blog, 2018/12/03
This is the first of a series of five posts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (forthcoming)) on self-directed learning. While I don't agree with everything in it (references to Hattie and to cognitive load leave me cold) I nonetheless found it a well-reserach and considered treatment of the subject. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. A small blog neighborhood hiding in plain sight
Jon Udell, 2018/12/07
If a blog post is written, but nobody tweets it, does anyone hear it? I'm going to say, but the 'bog neighbourhood' will be smaller, more intimate, and more fruitful. More...
A three-year bachelor’s degree may help students dodge some of the increasingly burdensome debt associated with higher education–that is, if the programs can get off the ground. More...
Since November 2017, 3,000 first-year seminar students in University College at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis have taken a voluntary online course on academic integrity. More...
Dans une lettre, le président de l'université Paris II Panthéon-Assas demande à ses étudiants d'être vigilants face aux plateformes de vente de cours en ligne. Plus...
Si les jeunes ont la cote en matière de recrutement des cadres, les entreprises font face à de sérieux problèmes pour trouver du personnel qualifié. Plus...By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Can we have shared professional meaning in teaching?
Michael Fordham, Clio et cetera, 2018/11/28
The answer to the question in the headline is "no, maybe not" (a conclusion I reached a long time ago) but it comes only after much discussion of how the creation of shared meaning is so central to so much discussion in educational research. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The three best arguments against a knowledge rich curriculum, (and why I think they’re wrong).
Jon Hutchinson, PedFed, 2018/11/28
The third of the three arguments is a straw man and I'll set it aside. The remaining two are as follows:
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