Formation Continue du Supérieur

5 juin 2019

How To Do What You Love

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Paul Graham[Edit][Delete]: How To Do What You Love, January 25, 2006

[link: 2 Hits] John Stuart Mill talked about this a little more than a century ago - "pursuing our own good in our own way." It is a philosophy that has become one of two great pillars of my own morality ever since (the other: each person is an end in themselves, and hence has inherent value). I still remember exactly where and when I first read On Liberty: in the Devonian Gardens in downtown Calgary in 1983. But, what is our own good? How do we define it, and pursue it in such a way as to not deprive others of the ability to pursue their own good. Harder questions, and in the end I think it comes down to a passion, a sensation or strong emotional feeling, or as this item describes, doing what you love. More...

Posté par pcassuto à 18:34 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

5 juin 2019

DRM is a Complete Lie

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Charlie Demerjian[Edit][Delete]: DRM is a Complete Lie, The Inquirer [Edit][Delete] January 24, 2006

Yet another article on DRM roughly paralleling my own (radical?) views on the topic. In a nutshell, "They protect their code in every way possible... This is all done under the guise of protecting content, but that is a lie... If you are a rival company though, you can't really violate such things and get away with it for long... So, you have to license it to play ball, or at least play music and movies. That is the true nature of DRM infections, to keep other big greedy companies out". More...

Posté par pcassuto à 18:33 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

5 juin 2019

Facing the Facebook

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Michael J. Bugeja[Edit][Delete]: Facing the Facebook, Chronicle of Higher Education [Edit][Delete] January 24, 2006

Another anti-technology screed from the Chronicle (do they ever get tired of running these?) this time contra the Facebook, a social network with membership restricted to U.S. college students. To follow this article, everything bad happening on campus - from disengaged students to rising costs to homophobia to media manipulation - is caused by Facebook. The argument is as ridiculous as it is invalid (but shedding the principles of reason seems to be no obstacle to the professoriate these days, a phenomenon that puzzles me by its pervasiveness). Why do I think the author's "ethical concerns" (his words) are misplaced here? Perhaps it's because I obtained my degrees mostly by skipping class and learning how to think and to write at a student newspaper. More...

Posté par pcassuto à 18:33 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

5 juin 2019

Creating Concept Maps: Integrating Constructivism Principles into Online Classes

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Brent Muirhead[Edit][Delete]: Creating Concept Maps: Integrating Constructivism Principles into Online Classes, International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning [Edit][Delete]International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning [Edit][Delete] January 24, 2006

Am I a morally good person? It's a question I often ask myself - not because I habitually commit evil acts, but because morality is something I still don't fully understand, which in turn leads me to wonder whether what I say and do is morally right. Uncertainty is the constant companion of reflection, I guess. My moral dilemmas won't be solved by the discussion in this paper, but the framework offered by Brent Muirhead - an examination of good character - serves as a nice example for the constructivist use of concept maps in a class. More...

Posté par pcassuto à 18:32 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

5 juin 2019

Toward a New Expert Internet: An Open Letter to the Academic Community Online

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Larry Sanger[Edit][Delete]: Toward a New Expert Internet: An Open Letter to the Academic Community Online, Digital Universe [Edit][Delete] January 24, 2006

Tomorrow I am off to Saint John all day to talk about learning networks, so the newsletter will be a bit late. Today I lead off with an item from Larry Sanger, who is trying to start an expert-written online encyclopedia. In his new blog, Digital Universe, he writes, "My claim is that experts could be mobilized online in the way that ordinary netizens have been mobilized by Wikipedia, to work on content projects far larger and more important than an encyclopedia--and that this suggestion has revolutionary potential. More...

Posté par pcassuto à 18:31 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

5 juin 2019

Ajax Office Review

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Dan McCrea[Edit][Delete]: Ajax Office Review, Innerphaze [Edit][Delete] January 23, 2006

I have mentioned Writely in this space in the past - it is a web-based word processor you write in using your browser. This article offers a very good overview of seven similar services, including gOffice and ThinkFree. I can only surmise that the number of these services will increase, as it is not rocket science to create one. More...

Posté par pcassuto à 18:30 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

5 juin 2019

Curverider

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Various authors[Edit][Delete]: Curverider, January 23, 2006

[link: Hits] Curverider launches today. "Curverider offers commercial support for the Elgg open source community enabling platform" and was founded by the developers of Elgg. Harold Jarche comments, "For the end-user, this business model is a dream. You can get the developers to support you, but if your needs change or you want to work with someone else you are free to leave with your source code. More...

Posté par pcassuto à 18:30 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

5 juin 2019

Related Sites and Info for Stephen Downes Session

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. WCSDTechie[Edit][Delete]: Related Sites and Info for Stephen Downes Session, Techie Ramble [Edit][Delete] January 23, 2006

[link: Hits] If you're still working through my 10 hours of podcast from Edson, you may want to refer to this page, written by one of the attendees, collecting the links mentioned in our discussion. Here is where some attendees posted the address to their brand-new blogs. More...

Posté par pcassuto à 18:29 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

5 juin 2019

Collective Intelligence and Evolution

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Akira Namatame[Edit][Delete]: Collective Intelligence and Evolution, ERCIM News [Edit][Delete] January 23, 2006

[link: Hits] We need to distinguish between 'selfish' behaviour and 'autonomous' behaviour. It is not obvious (and probably false) that self-directed behaviour will be (strictly) self-interested behaviour. Why would ants teach other ants, otherwise? How would self-sacrifice ever have emerged as a moral good? So this article, I would argue, is fundamentally misguided, and that the effort to "investigate the loss of collective welfare due to selfish and uncoordinated behavior" is something different than described here. More...

Posté par pcassuto à 18:28 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

5 juin 2019

Collaborative Online Development of Modular Intelligent Agents

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Collaborative Online Development of Modular Intelligent Agents, ERCIM News [Edit][Delete] January 23, 2006

This article picks up from Marvin Minsky's work and proposes a 'SOML' (Society of Mind Markup Language). "Natural intelligence is likely to be composed of multiple diverse algorithms and knowledge representation formats, with hundreds (or thousands) of specialised subsystems collaborating in some network (or 'Society of Mind'). This is in contrast to the 'one size fits all' approach of many popular algorithms in Artificial Intelligence." Yes - but, these do not need to be (and should not be) designed a priori. More...

Posté par pcassuto à 18:28 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

<< < 3100 3110 3120 3130 3140 3141 3142 3143 3144 3145 3146 3147 3148 3149 3150 3160 3170 3180 3190 3200 3300 3400 3500 3600 3700 3800 3900 4000 4100 4200 4300 4400 4500 4600 4700 4800 4900 5000 5100 5200 5300 5400 5500 5600 5700 5800 5900 6000 6100 6200 6300 6400 6500 6600 6700 6800 6900 7000 7100 7200 7300 7400 7500 7600 7700 7800 7900 8000 8100 8200 8300 8400 8500 8600 8700 8800 8900 9000 9100 9200 9300 9400 9500 9600 9700 9800 9900 10000 10100 10200 10300 10400 10500 10600 10700 10800 10900 11000 11100 11200 11300 11400 11500 11600 11700 11800 11900 12000 12100 12200 12300 12400 12500 12600 12700 12800 12900 13000 13100 13200 13300 13400 13500 13600 13700 13800 13900 14000 14100 14200 14300 14400 14500 14600 14700 14800 14900 15000 15100 15200 15300 15400 15500 15600 15700 15800 15900 16000 16100 16200 16300 16400 16500 16600 16700 16800 16900 17000 17100 17200 17300 17400 17500 17600 17700 17800 17900 18000 18100 18200 18300 18400 18500 18600 18700 18800 18900 19000 19100 19200 19300 19400 19500 19600 19700 19800 19900 20000 20100 20200 20300 20400 20500 20600 20700 20800 20900 21000 21100 21200 21300 21400 21500 21600 21700 21800 21900 22000 22100 22200 22300 22400 22500 22600 22700 22800 22900 23000 23100 23200 23300 23400 23500 23600 23700 23800 23900 24000 > >>