On Ditching the (Dangerous) Dichotomy Between Content Knowledge and Creativity
Amy Burvall, AmusED, 2017/08/07
The core of this post is based on the slogan, attributed to Picasso, "Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist." But what are the rules? Do they tell you what to paint? Of course not. More...
Global Arbitrage and the Productivity Puzzle
Irving Wladawsky-Berger, 2017/08/07
The 'innovation dilemma' has driven a lot of education and labour policy over the last few years with legislators trying out how to wring more productivity out of an increasingly unprepared labour force. But what if the issue of productivity has nothing to do with labour, or technology, at all? That's the argument considered here. More...
This is how you build the library of the future
Karen Connors, eSchool News, 2017/08/07
Short article asserting that "The 4 C’s (collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity) will drive our pioneering approach to developing the libraries of the future." I know librarians want to continue collecting books and such, but I think doubling as maker spaces offers a much brighter future. More...
The sea was never blue
Maria Michela Sassi, Aeon, 2017/08/07
I saw this in Doug Belshaw's email and I wish he had commented rather than just listing it. The idea of this article is that the list of co,lours used by the ancient Greeks was very different from what we use today. "Goethe was right. In trying to see the world through Greek eyes, the Newtonian view is only somewhat useful. More...
Diversity, Justice, and Democratization in Open Education and #opened17
George Veletsianos, 2017/08/07
The ripples from OpenEd17 continue to spread. This post looks at some controversy surrounding the opening keynote as the organization associated with the keynote is opposed to gays and lesbians (LGBTQ) as noted here. It raises the question of what 'open' in 'open education' means. More...
Rise of the racist robots – how AI is learning all our worst impulses
Stephen Buranyi, The Guardian, 2017/08/09
I think it's a good thing that people are becoming more aware of the (current) limitations of artificial intelligence. When we simply train AI based on the toughts and attitudes of, say, Google employees, we get a skewed perception of reality. More...
Lonely Planet’s New Trips App Makes You The Travel Guide
Emily Price, Fast Company, 2017/08/09
I have often compared the different ways of learning a domain to the different ways of exploring a city. What is typically missing from those accounts is how travellers capture, report on, and share the results of that exploration (though of course I have talked a lot about learning and working openly in general). More...
Cognitive bias cheat sheet
Buster Benson, Better Humans, 2017/08/09
This is from last fall, though I was prompted to link by this post with related flash cards to help you remember the 168 cognitive biases reported by Buster Benson (maybe we could use them to train AIs). More...
Andrew Pelling challenges conventions in science and academia
Pat Rich, University Affairs, 2017/08/09
I get criticized for my won approach to research, so it's good to see this article about Andrew Pelling, a University of Ottawa biophysicist who indulges in, as the article says, "brainstorming whimsy." I can identify. More...
Best practices for passwords updated after original author regrets his advice
Nick Statt, The Verge, 2017/08/08
My password is written on a PostIt attached to my computer monitor.* This practice is the result of very bad advice viven 15 years ago by Bill Burr and implemented into policy by computer services. It's the rule that says we have to use special characters and rotate the password every six months. More...
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