By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Diversity is hard
Jenny Mackness, 2017/01/13

Nice discussion of some of the recent concerns raised by danah boyd (covered in OLDaily here). One of the core arguments revolves around diversity. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Watch 100 Randomly Ticking Metronomes Achieve Synchronicity
Dan Colman, Open Culture, 2017/01/13

I've shown smaller versions of the metronome phenomenon before, but this version with 100 separate and independent metronomes is spectacular. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Established education providers v new contenders
Unattributed, The Economist, 2017/01/13

This article makes the point that "the MOOCs are on to something." Why? Because they show that education at scale can be done quickly and cheaply. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Disrupting and democratising higher education provision or entrenching academic elitism: towards a model of MOOCs adoption at African universities
Patient Rambe, Mamello Moeti, Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017/01/13

MOOCs have the potential to support education in Africa. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Cours en ligne ouverts et massifs : État des lieux et adoption au Canada français
Robert Gregoire, Réseau d’enseignement francophone à distance du Canada (REFAD), 2017/01/13

This is a substantial report (182 page PDF) on the state of the art in MOOCs and their adoption in French Canada. Please note that the report is written in French. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Find Lectures
Gary Sieling, 2017/01/13

Interesting site. It looks like they've scraped the talk and lecture listings of conferences, universities and some other major players and created these listings. More...