Par Élodie Lestonat. Un robot de téléprésence est une plateforme mobile, c’est-à-dire une base équipée d’un mécanisme de roulement, supportant une interface permettant des échanges visuels et sonores, tel un écran plat agrémenté d’une caméra grand angle, d’un micro et d’enceintes. Pour se faire une idée plus précise, rien ne vaut la dernière scène du film que Oliver Stone vient de consacrer à Edward Snowden. Voir l'article...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Personal learning environments and technologies
Stephen Downes, Nov 30, 2016, Impuls, Berlin, Germany

This presentation looks at the current trends in learning technology - competencies, personalization, and innovation. It casts them in a sceptical light, explaining and then challenging the presuppositions underlying them. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. 10 Things That Happen When Students Engage in Design Thinking
John Spencer, 2016/11/24

Scroll down past the full-page advertisement, skim though the 'ten things' and linger on the image before you get to the meat of the article. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Smart Reply: Automated response suggestion for email
Kannan, Kaufman, Karach, et al., The Morning Paper, 2016/11/24

You need to think of this paper as the first tentative explorations of a complex topic. Could your email answer itself for you? In a sense, a spam filter is the first attempt at such, where the response is 'no response, delete and block'.More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Flicking the switch: taking digital technology education further
Unattributed, New Zealand Education Gazette, 2016/11/21

This article describes some projects that support the new local digital technologies curriculum in New Zealand. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Students Pop in for Pop-Ups
Kasia Kovacs, Inside Higher Ed, 2016/11/21

I thought this was an interesting idea, so though the story is a few days old I thought it worth a mention. The idea of the pop-up - as in pop-up restaurant and pop-up store - is that it is occasion-specific and temporary. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Analytics Literacy is a Major Limiter of Ed Tech Growth
Michael Feldstein, e-Literate, 2016/11/21

Substantial and weighty article from Michael Feldstein dealing with the topic of the day south of the border: the failure of analytics. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. With its new app, RadioPublic wants to tackle podcasting’s lingering challenges
Shan Wang, Nieman Lab, 2016/11/21
It's like Ed Radio, but written by real programmers and available to whole communities. RadioPublic has three objectives: "improving show discovery, improving how (and how deeply) listeners engage with their favorite shows, and improving channels through which show creators can make money." It was introduced Friday. More...