By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Learner Model's Utilization in the e-Learning Environments
Vija Vigale, Laila Niedrite, University of Latvia, 2018/10/29
This is quite a good paper describing the need for, creation of, and use of a learner model in support of adaptive learning. In current systems, the learner model is at the core of such systems. In conjunction with a domain mode, which maps the learning required in a field, the adaptive system employs an adaptive model to generate the activity, resource or intervention required. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. E-Learning 3.0
Stephen Downes, Oct 18, 2018, Online Learning 2018, Toronto, Ontario

This presentation explores the impact of the next wave of learning technologies emerging as a consequence of the significant and substantial changes coming to the World Wide Web.

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By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. E-Learning 3.0 Outline and Synopsis
Stephen Downes, mooc.ca, 2018/10/08
We're just in the process of the pre-launch week for E-Learning 3.0, the newest MOOC we are offering on the mooc.ca website. For now, you can read the course outline and synopsis, a fairly detailed description of the sort of things we'll be looking at over the next ten week. More...

Qu’est-ce qu’un apprenant, en formation à distance par Internet ? Pour certains, c’est un cerveau, avec des zones spécialisées où des milliards d’impulsions électriques construisent et renforcent des liaisons. Ce cerveau est en lutte contre la courbe de l’oubli. Il l’utilise aussi. Plus...