By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Netflix debuts interactive film, expects to usher in new era of active streaming
Nick Whigham, News.com.au, 2019/01/02
Netflix's Bandersnatch is an example of the branched scenario format that has been in use in e-learning for a number of years. They've done a very nice job of it, adding some new twists (such as remembering earlier chances to add variability (cereal choices, music choices) in later scenes. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Ad Tech’s Impossible Mission
Rick Webb, Medium, 2019/01/01
It's the image that brings the most to this post as it details the many steps of the internet advertising value chain. The premise of the article is that television remains the most potent advertising force out there - " television is more effective than the internet for emotionally inspiring someone to purchase something." It is also, I would contend, the leading driver of political persuasion and of fake news. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Let’s Create a Secure HD Bitcoin Wallet in Electron + React.js
Michael Michailidis, Coinmonks, Medium, 2019/01/01
I haven't tried this one yet - I've been taking a course on Electron in Udemy (it cost me $15 'on sale') which I won't recommend (I've had to work my way through a number of errors) and I'm not quite ready to tackle this yet (maybe by the end of my extended holiday break). In any case, you won't be building an actual Bitcoin wallet - the project is built for 'Testcoin', which is as the name suggests, a test coin that has no value. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How the Blockchain could fix the Node.js ecosystem
Philipp Langhans, HackerNoon, 2019/01/01
We find with a lot of blockchain writing that it blends some good technical complexity with some fairly simplistic advocacy. This is a case in point. Node is a Javascript library than can be used to build websites (the system I'm studying, Electron, is based on Node). It's open source software, and like most such, depends on people contributing modules. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Lanny on Learning Technology
Another new learning technology blog (well, it's five months old, but it's new to me), Lanny on learning Technology covers things like the costs and economics of learning and learning technology, information literacy, school choice and more. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Technology Ethics Lessons Shouldn't Begin at College
The first sentence gives you the point of view: "I am concerned about the lack of ethical behavior and the misuse of university resources by our students as they engage in peer-to-peer file sharing of copyrighted materials." I am concerned about the lack of ethical behaviour on the part of music (and other publishers) but I don't see any university administrators worried about that. More...
Blog Headway - Olivier Rollot. L’ESSEC a présenté le 21 février dernier son 5ème campus : un campus numérique augmenté. Fruit de 2 ans de réflexion et d’un investissement de 6 millions d’euros ce cinquième Campus a pour objectif de ‘proposer l’expérience ESSEC partout dans le monde et à n’importe quel moment’. Plus...
Blog Educpros de Jean-François Fiorina. Plutôt comme un financier-entrepreneur qui a vu que le secteur de l'éducation et en particulier celui de l'Ed-tech était sous-capitalisé par rapport à sa taille : le secteur de l'éducation et de l'information mondial représente à peu près six trillions de dollars donc c'est trois fois, par exemple, la taille des médias. L'Edtech ne représente que 2,5% du total (200 milliards de dollars) et est complètement sous-investi. Plus...
A Texas A&M study shows that a video game developed by students and faculty in its visualization department helps improve outcomes for students studying calculus, a prerequisite for STEM degrees with a high failure rate. More...
In the past decade, higher education has experienced a major shift toward digital experiences. This change reflects the way in which the rising generation prefers to engage with each other and with their instructors—as well as how they desire to learn. It’s an evolution that is echoed at campuses across the nation. More...
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