By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. xAPIsec: Towards an information security protocol for xAPI
Shelly Blake-Plock, xAPI Quarterly, 2015/09/28
Interesting item that discusses and links to proposed secure specifications for xAPI. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The internet is eating your memory, but something better is taking its place
Saima Noreen, The Conversation, 2015/09/28
According to the author, fears that that we are losing our ability to remember are ungrounded. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Where are MOOCs Going? What is the Future of Distance Learning?
Stephen Downes, [Sept] 26, 2015, International MOOC Conference 2015, Anacapri, Italy
In this presentation I outline where the new MOOCs missed the real innovations in our connectivist MOOCs - not just the idea of 'open', but also the distributed architechture. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Introducing The Institute for Performance and Learning
Learning, Institute for Performance, 2015/09/25
The Canadian Society for Training and Development has renamed itself to the Institute for Performance and Learning. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. What Happens Next Will Amaze You
Maciej Cegłowski, Idle Words, 2015/09/25
Excellent talk on the dysfunction of internet advertising networks and the skewed foundations (and general incompetence) of the Silicon-Valley-based new world order. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Who’s Benefiting from MOOCs, and Why
Chen ZhenghaoBrandon AlcornGayle ChristensenNicholas ErikssonDaphne KollerEzekiel J. Emanuel, Harvard Business Review, 2015/09/25
Interesting study that makes us focus on the people for whom MOOCs were actually designed (hint: it's not rich kids or teachers already in educational institutions). More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Evernote vs. Google Keep: Which Does More?
Christina Warren, Mashable, 2015/09/25
Interesting comparison. Both are applications that allow you to clip, tag and save things from the web. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Why Apple Music Missed a Beat
Mark Bonchek, William Patrick, Harvard Business Review, 2015/09/25
Educators also could learn from Apple's failures. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. LinkedIn to a New Degree
Nina Fink, Morgane Taquet, EducPros.fr, 2015/09/25
People here at the MOOC conference are saying traditional institutions are in no danger of disruption. How wrong they are. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Open Access Interviews: F1000 Founder Vitek Tracz
Richard Poynder, Open, Shut?, 2015/09/23
Fifteen years ago Vitek Tracz launched Biomed Central and in so doing gave open access the boost it needed into the mainstream. More...
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