
Newsletter Etoile du 27 juin 2019

"Dynamics of scientific production in the world, in Europe and in France, 2000-2016", publié aujourd’hui par le Hcéres, analyse la production scientifique dans le monde, au sein de l’Europe et approfondit le cas de la France. Il met notamment l’accent sur l’impact de la croissance de la production chinoise sur les indicateurs bibliométriques d’autres pays. Ce rapport complète ainsi diverses analyses récentes du positionnement des pays intensifs en recherche. Plus...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Jon Mason[Edit][Delete]: E-Framework Newsletter, JISC - DEST [Edit][Delete] February 15, 2006
Two issues of this new newsletter have appeared, the most recent being the January-February edition, which features a look at e-portfolios within the context of the e-framework. Drawing on a presentation from Peter Rees Jones, the article looks at how "to re-engineer the data so that wherever you are in the education system the individual learner can demonstrate to another institution, an employer, or to a parent, what they have done, how they are succeeding and who they are". More...
By John Warner. The book is a thorough look at the research and practices surrounding the use of the five-paragraph essay, particularly as it has been employed in second language writing instruction, though I believe it speaks to all writing classrooms. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. An essay in PLOS Biology argues that funding agencies should require grantees to post their papers on preprint servers such as arXiv and bioRxiv before submitting them to academic journals. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Inside Higher Ed is pleased to release today our latest print-on-demand compilation, "Student Success for Life: How Colleges Prepare Graduates for Careers." You may download a copy here, free. More...
Ce catalogue des publications rassemble l’intégralité des travaux publiés par France Stratégie depuis sa création en avril 2013 jusqu’à mai 2019. C’est donc d’abord un outil de référence. Son existence suffit à son utilité. Sur quelque 300 pages se trouvent répertoriés – par ordre chronologique – rapports, notes d’analyse, documents de travail et autres publications. Plus...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Short Sims the Cover Story on the Industry's Flagship Publication
Clark Aldrich, 2019/01/08
Clark Aldrich sent me an email with this link and an outline of his new article on TD Magazine. It's a good article, and the page he provided also links to the examples in the article. I do confess though that I thought it a bit ironic to introduce an article on "short sims" with a quote from the developer of one of the longest and most complex of all the video games, Sid Meier. The quote is to the effect that "a game is a series of interesting choices." Which raises that question for me about agency: does it mean 'freedom to choose' or 'freedom to create'. More...