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5 juin 2019

Embracing the Un-Science of Qualitative Research Part One - Small Sample Sizes Are Super

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Embracing the Un-Science of Qualitative Research Part One - Small Sample Sizes Are Super
Gary Stager mixes a good point in with a bunch of bad ones. The good point is that textbooks are about control - and that's what the textbook industry sells, and it will be very difficult for the school system to give up on this. Yes, the textbook industry is like a Zelig - throw a new technology at it, as Stager says, and they'll turn it into a textbook. Nobody is discounting the size and power of the textbook industry. But it needs to change. Because - contra Stager - it is the textbook publishers, not advocates of free and open content, that promulgate "the flawed premise that education equals access to content". More...
5 juin 2019

Web 2.0 Inefficiency: Crossposting On Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader, Etc.

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Web 2.0 Inefficiency: Crossposting On Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader, Etc.
Now people are talking about Pownce. I have an invitation somewhere, but frankly, I am not interested. Oh, I know, it combines the functionality of twitter with the file sharing. But: "Web 2.0 derides the siloed balkanization of traditional media - yet Web 2.0 doesn't have the wherewithal to figure out that I've now seen the same feed item for the fourteenth time in four different platforms. APIs are great, and Facebook Platform is great, and RSS feeds are great, but the interoperability still seems to be very superficial, more intended to demonstrate the ability to connect rather than to actually enhance the user experience." I'm getting frustrated - all this talk, but vendors still seem to be much more about lock-in than anything else. More...
5 juin 2019

A-List Technology Bloggers: What Are They Good For?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. A-List Technology Bloggers: What Are They Good For?
Honestly, the A-List has vanished from my awareness without my even knowing it. It's been ages since I looked at Boing-Boing. Did I ever read Scoble? Meanwhile - my own daily scratchings have probably disappeared from the awareness of many other people. That's a good thing. More...
5 juin 2019

The Real Myers-Briggs Personality Types

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Real Myers-Briggs Personality Types
I've always thought the problem with 'learning styles' lay in how we characterized the learning styles. No wonder we can't find any evidence for them! If we used titles like 'the control freak' and 'the bureaucrat' we would find evidence for them all over the place. More...
5 juin 2019

Following the Letter of the Law

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Following the Letter of the Law
I've been at this privacy and security conference thinking more and more that it's not about privacy, it's about control. Jay Cross writes about a bank that spams him because it insists it has the legal right to do so. Meanwhile, I'm thinking about a telephone company that refused to cancel my cellphone account - and kept charging my credit card - despite my repeated pleas. Larry Korba (see above) today depicted hackers as evil. That's far from the case. That's a huge problem for the security and trust industry - that are actually enabling the bad guys to get away with their crimes. A team reviewed all the Enron emails - I couldn't help thinking, they will make sure that next time the next Enron isn't caught. More...
5 juin 2019

Pseudorandom Thoughts On Privacy, Security and Trust

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Pseudorandom Thoughts On Privacy, Security and Trust
Larry Korba meanders through most of the major isues related to privacy, security and trust. "Attackers never rest. The sophistication of the attacks gets more impressive. 'Kits' are more easily available allowing anyone to break into computing systems without any real understanding. More...
5 juin 2019

Blogging and the Changing Environment of Education and Collaboration

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Christian Long[Edit][Delete]: Blogging and the Changing Environment of Education and Collaboration, think:lab [Edit][Delete] January 20, 2006
Important. "We live in a remarkable world where the Internet has moved from a research experiment to a social curiosity to a dot.com frenzy to a normal part of each of our day-to-day existence. In many ways, schools and classrooms are at the center of it all. Computers are tools and in many ways similar to pens and radios and a screwdriver in the fact that they exist simply to help us do things. On the other hand, the raw existence of the Internet is something far more powerful. More...
5 juin 2019

Grande Yellowhead Seminar

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Stephen Downes[Edit][Delete]: Grande Yellowhead Seminar, January 20, 2006
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Edson, Alberta, at sunset
OK, I got everything working, and so now here is a lot of audio from my two day seminar in Edson, Alberta.
Part 1 - an introductory session; I review blogging tools, have people create blogs, discuss wikis and content management systems, and RSS. 2 hours, 20 minutes, 16.4 megabytes.
Part 2 - Discussion on the role of blogging and similar technologies in learning, how they fit in with current practice; coverage of Flickr and Writely, podcasting and Creative Commons and open licensing. 1 hour, 23 minutes, 9.8 megabytes.
Part 3 - Discussion on the role these technologies can play in the schools, supported with a number of examples (see the Wiki page); discussion on social bookmarking (del.icio.us and Furl) and social networking, including a look at promoting internet safety for students. 2 hours, 57 minutes, 20.7 megabytes.
Part 4 - I talk about the changing environment, discuss the Cluetrain Manifesto and the disintermediation of power; discussion on the role of learner-centered learning, Connectivism and learning networks; plans for the future at Grande Yellowhead and elsewhere in Alberta. 1 hour, 47 minutes, 12.6 megabytes.
My thanks to all the participants, who not only made this an enjoyable experience for me, but also helped produce a wonderful audio resource for everyone else. [Tags: Online Learning, Web Logs, Schools, Experience, Networks, Content Management, Podcasting, del.icio.us] [Comment] [Edit] [Delete] [Spam]. More...
5 juin 2019

Predictions for 2006: E-learning Experts Map the Road Ahead

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Lisa Neal[Edit][Delete]: Predictions for 2006: E-learning Experts Map the Road Ahead, ELearn Magazine [Edit][Delete]Elearn Magazine [Edit][Delete] January 19, 2006
It's that time of the year again for eLearn magazine as the editor rounds up the usual suspects for their views on the year ahead. Richard E. Mayer says the U.S. Department of Justice will likely quash the Blackboard - WebCT merger. Michael Feldstein sees e-learning being delivered using an increasing number of gizmos and gadgets. Karl M. Kapp touts m-learning. My own prediction is included and is... puzzling. What was I thinking, submitting a prediction consisting entirely of questions? Oh well. More...
5 juin 2019

Building a School Website One Blog at a Time

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Rob Wall[Edit][Delete]: Building a School Website One Blog at a Time, StigmergicWeb [Edit][Delete] January 19, 2006
I'm in Edson and spent the day giving a seminar at the Grande Yellowhead School Division. It was a fun day. I have audio, but my system resolutely refuses to let me upload them - whether it's my FTP program, my web server, or the hotel connection, I don't know. So I offer you this link, about building a school website one blog at a time - because I will certainly use it as an example during the continuation of our seminar tomorrow. More...
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