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31 mai 2016

Competency-Based Education and Extended Transcripts: IMS Global Learning Consortium Enabling Better Digital Credentialing

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Competency-Based Education and Extended Transcripts: IMS Global Learning Consortium Enabling Better Digital Credentialing
Deborah Everhart, Lea, Jeff Grann, Mark Leuba, Joellen Shendy, IMS Global, 2016/05/23
In a nutshell: "IMS initiatives in digital credentialing enable interoperable competency ecosystems and empower institutions to award credentials beyond the traditional transcript." In addition, "The prevalence of informal and community learning on the web, a renewed appreciation for the value of service learning, and recognition of workplace and experiential learning are all expanding conceptions of what could/should be included in a person’s learning record." Organizations working with IMS on this include collegiate registrars and AACRAO, the Competency Based Education Network C-BEN, and the Badge Alliance. More...

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31 mai 2016

An Exact Value for the Planck Constant: Why Reaching It Took 100 Years

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. An Exact Value for the Planck Constant: Why Reaching It Took 100 Years
Michael Trott, Wolfram Alpha, 2016/05/20
This article could take you quite a while to finish but it's a terrific read on a subject you won't normally see in the media or on the web: standards of weights and measurements. The Treaty of the Metre was signed 241 years ago to this day (that's 51500 days) and in two years the most significant changes to le Système international d’unités (SI) system of measurement will be made since that day. More...

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31 mai 2016

Facebook Schools MOOCs on Engagement

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Facebook Schools MOOCs on Engagement
Jason Schmitt, EdSurge, 2016/05/20

"If MOOCs want to build student engagement," writes Jason Schmitt, "they may want to take a lesson from Facebook." Maybe so. More...

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31 mai 2016

Artificial intelligence, cognitive systems and biosocial spaces of education

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Artificial intelligence, cognitive systems and biosocial spaces of education
Ben Williamson, Code Acts in Education, 2016/05/20

This article looks at two approaches to AI in education. First, "in the Pearson view, a marketplace of AI applications will both be able to provide detailed real-time data analytics on education and learning, and also lead to far greater levels of achievement." They're working on this now. A lot of what I've talked about in the past - "real-time intelligent analytics conducted up-close within the pedagogic routines" - forms part of this vision. More...

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31 mai 2016

Small is Beautiful: A Study of Ed-Tech as if People Mattered

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Small is Beautiful: A Study of Ed-Tech as if People Mattered
Jim Groom, bavatuesdays, 2016/05/20

Of course it would be Jim Groom who channels E.F. Schumacher in the context of education technology, "of how small is beautiful in terms of IT, experimentation, community, open infrastructure, and individual empowerment. More...

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31 mai 2016

De-Legitimization

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. De-Legitimization
Michael Caulfield, Hapgood, 2016/05/20

George Siemens wrote a nice tribute to Gardner Campbell that was interpreted as a critique of Jim Groom. "Gardner was an originator of what eventually became the DIY/edupunk movement," wrote Siemens. More...

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31 mai 2016

Paying Skilled Workers More Would Create More Skilled Workers

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Paying Skilled Workers More Would Create More Skilled Workers
Thijs van Rens, Harvard Business Review, 2016/05/20
I've talked from time to time over the years about the skills shortage. It was one of the bases for the LPSS program. While on the one hand this is an educational challenge (and remains so) on the other hand, as suggested by the title of this post, it is also an economic challenge. More...

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31 mai 2016

Extending Moodle

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Extending Moodle
Stephen Downes, May 19, 2016, Moodle CONNECT - CONNECTER Moodle, Gatineau, Quebec

Discussion of some major trends of recent years, how these have impacted Moodle (including a discussion of some Moodle extensions addressing them) and some observations about future trends that will impact how Moodle developers will want to adapt the technology in the future. More...

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31 mai 2016

What Homework and Adaptive Platforms Are (and Aren’t) Good For

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. What Homework and Adaptive Platforms Are (and Aren’t) Good For
Michael Feldstein, e-Literate, 2016/05/19

This is a follow-up to Michael Caulfield's post on e-Literate earlier this week and looks at the subject of personalized learning in a lot more depth. More...

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31 mai 2016

Dear Mommy Blogger

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Dear Mommy Blogger
Josi Denise, 2016/05/19

There's a lot of off-colour language in this post announcing Josi Denise's resignation as a 'mommy blogger'. The full post, though, is worth reading, as it gives us a glimpse of a world in which brands manipulate bloggers and bloggers so whatever it takes to gain readers - and stay in touch with company PR reps. More...

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