By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. MOOQ
Various authors, 2016/04/18
Somehow I think that my understanding of MOOC quality will be different from their understanding of MOOC quality, but I wish them the best. "MOOQ’s mission is to develop a quality reference framework for the adoption, the design, the delivery and the evaluation of MOOCs in order to empower MOOC providers for the benefit of the learners. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Gamification, personalization and continued education are trending in edtech
Sean O'Connor, TechCrunch, 2016/04/18
The real story here is buried: "While the market is small and fractured today, GSV Capital estimates that education will grow from 9 percent to 12 percent of America’s GDP over the next decade. This equates to a trillion-dollar opportunity." That's an awful lot of opportunity. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Donald Trump Invented the MOOC
Rolin Moe, All MOOCs, All the Time, 2016/04/07

Your morning dose of funny. Not to be confused with reality. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Where am I? Who am I? The Relation Between Spatial Cognition, Social Cognition and Individual Differences in the Built Environment
Michael J. Proulx, Orlin S. Todorov, Amanda Taylor Aiken, Alexandra A. de Sousa, Frontiers in Psychology, 2016/04/07

Good deep read, suitable for long flights. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Connected to Learn: Teachers' Experiences with Networked Technologies in the Classroom
Matthew Johnson, Media Smarts, 2016/04/07

This post introduces a report (102 page PDF) on the use of network technologies in the classroom published by the Canadian Teachers Federation and Media Smarts. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Vacancy DOAJ Ambassadors
Announcement, Directory of Open Access Journals, 2016/04/01

This is a nice opportunity for 8 to 10 individuals living in developing nations to work as open publishing advocates on behalf of DOAJ in a project funded by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC). More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Self-presentation in scholarly profiles: Characteristics of images and perceptions of professionalism and attractiveness on academic social networking sites
Andrew Tsou, Timothy D. Bowman, Thomas Sugimoto, Vincent Larivière, Cassidy R. Sugimoto, First Monday, 2016/04/01

An actual study in a real journal - no fools. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Teens vastly prefer YouTube and Netflix to TV, don't mind ads, report finds
Saba Hamedy, Mashable, 2016/04/01

I always take it with a grain of salt when a report says people don't mind ads. People always mind ads. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. What’s the Difference Between a VPN and a Proxy?
Jason Fitzpatrick, How-to-Geek, 2016/03/31
Useful and clearly explained description of how VPNs and proxies differ, and what they're best used for. With a proxy, you simply route your internet traffic through another server; there is no encryption, but it hides where your original request is coming from. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Hyper Island Toolbox
Hyper Island, 2016/03/30

I'm always on the lookoput for collections of things that would be useful (if unexpected) things to import into a personal learning environment. This, I think, qualifies. How would these work? I'm not sure. More...