By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Literally Just A Big List Of Facebook’s 2018 Scandals
Ryan Mac, Buzzfeed News, 2018/12/24
Like the title says. It has been more than two years since I quit Facebook - the impact was that views on my website went up, but that I was less connected with people. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Trouble With Institution-Led Boycotts
John Villasenor, Chronicle of Higher Education, 2018/12/20
Last week in a memo entitled Important Notice Regarding Elsevier Journals UCLA leaders urged faculty to consider "declining to review articles for Elsevier journals until negotiations are clearly moving in a productive direction." The University of California system is engaged in a dispute with Elsevier over the publisher charging the institution for access to papers authored by its own staff. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Open APIs and the Facebook Trash Fire
Ben Werdmuller, 2018/12/20
I was thinking earlier today that Facebook was letting everyone use my data but me. It wasn't for lack of an API - Facebook had them aplenty. But Facebook also had control. More...
Private companies can help colleges achieve their goals, but the faculty should never lose control of their courses and programs, Melora Sundt writes. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Facebook emails
Ben Werdmuller, 2018/12/05
The Facebook emails (250 page PDF) have been publiched. To me the only thing surprising is that anyone is surprised. Fart of the reveal is that Facebook traded access to data in exchange for ad spending (aka 'neko'). More...
What is the law but a series of algorithms? Codified instructions proscribing dos and don’ts—ifs and thens. Sounds a lot like computer programming, right. More...
Online learning with software has made textbooks obsolete, and digital tools are a better choice for today’s students, said Bill and Melinda Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. More...
In this year’s annual letter, we’re highlighting nine more things that have surprised us along this journey. Some worry us. Others inspire us. More...
It seems the enterprise is taking a serious interest in how the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) can provide a return on investment (ROI), as the number of companies implementing these technologies has grown by 270 percent in the past four years. More...
Facebook is backing an AI ethics institute at the Technical University of Munich with $7.5 million. The TUM Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence, which was announced on Sunday, will aim to explore fundamental issues affecting the use and impact of AI, Facebook said. More...
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