By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Future of Learning: Digital, Distributed, Data-Driven
George Siemens, elearnspace, 2016/05/18

"We know the names," writes George Siemens. "Vygostky, Freire, Illich, Papert, and so on. We know the ideas. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web.This AI has killer dance moves
Nora Young, CBC | Spark, 2016/05/13

Driving back from a lunch meeting I listened to this interesting program on Spark about LuminAI, a computer program that learns to dance by dancing with you. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The DAO is alive, now let the evolution begin
Julian Feder, Backfeed, 2016/05/12

I spent a good part of the day exploring this (and the rest of the day exploring the awesomeness of Windows 93). What we have here is really a two-part story, the first about Ethereum, and the second about Dao itself. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Docker as a Personal Application Runner
Tony Hirst, OUseful Info, 2016/05/11

Now that I have a lot more free time (during which I will not be writing program reports) I will have time to investigate what can be usefully done with technology like Docker. There's a lot here that accords with my own thinking about educational applications. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The enterprise technologies to watch in 2016
Dion Hinchcliffe, ZDNet, 2016/05/31

This list shouldn't surprise readers, though it's interesting to note the influence of consumer technology on the enterprise sectors. The top technologies to watch include MOOCs, microservices, public and hybrid cloud, user experiences, team collaboration, social enterprise, and more. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How Technology and the Changing Needs of the Workforce Will Create the Higher Education System of the Future
Jamie Merisotis, EDUCAUSE Review, 2016/05/31
Good overview article looking at the evolving system of credentials management in U.S. education. But will the One True System do the job? "This new effort, which is linking previously disconnected actors, can be best understood via a new Connecting Credentials platform for these actors to learn and share from each other. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Why the tablets in schools debacle is over
Donald Clark, Donald Clark Plan B, 2016/05/27

I'm writing this post on a three-year old laptop even though I could be using a tablet. Why? The screen is larger, so I don't need to squint to read. The keyboard is hefty and responsive. It's really light (the carbon fibre construction is actually lighter than my iPad). It has HDMI and USB and earbud ports. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. MediaSmarts launches comprehensive digital literacy framework for secondary schools
Press Release, MediaSmarts, 2016/05/27

MediaSmarts (which once upon a time had a much better name, the Media Awareness Network) has released the final installment of Use, Understand & Create: A Digital Literacy Framework for Canadian Schools. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. “Transforming” Public Schools: Enough already with an Overhyped Word!

Larry Cuban, Larry Cuban on School Reform, Classroom Practice, 2016/05/27

At a certain point of overuse a word loses its meaning. "Transform" is one such word, according to Larry Cuban. More...