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21 avril 2017

How French “Intellectuals” Ruined the West: Postmodernism and Its Impact, Explained

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How French “Intellectuals” Ruined the West: Postmodernism and Its Impact, Explained
Helen Pluckrose, Aero Magazine, 2017/04/06
I am more or less a post-modernist, though I arrived at my understanding of the core ideas independently of the authors cited in this article (though on reading them find myself nodding in agreement). So I appreciate this clear and articulate description of postmodernism, and the argument offered against it. More...

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21 avril 2017

Education is Changing—It’s Time Assessment Caught Up

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Education is Changing—It’s Time Assessment Caught Up
Esther Care, Alvin Vista, Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2017/03/28
This is a lightweight article touting the benefits of adaptive testing "where, based on a student response to one test item, that student was presented with another item, appropriately targeted so that the student’s response would provide more information about his or her range of understanding.". More...

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21 avril 2017

The three exclamation point problem

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The three exclamation point problem
timoni west, Product Matters, Medium, 2017/03/28
The best way to create a bias against a group is to normalize a behaviour that others can't, or won't, conform to. American digerati have perfected this in the form of casual profanity in writing. More...

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21 avril 2017

Cloud computing pushes into the classroom, but not without challenges

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Cloud computing pushes into the classroom, but not without challenges
Ron Miller, Ars Technica, 2017/03/28
"Slowly but surely, in spite of the issues, cloud tools are coming to the classroom," according to this report. But infrastructure challenges remain. More...

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21 avril 2017

Self-paced language learning

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Self-paced language learning
Philip J. Kerr, Adaptive Learning in ELT, 2017/03/28
The point of departure for this post is self-paced language learning using Duolingo, but it quickly moves into a fascinating history of self-paced learning generally. Efforts began in the 1800s with the massification of learning, and very quickly self-paced was associated with personalized learning as designers attempted to adapt their designs to the different abilities of students. More...

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21 avril 2017

For-Profit Involvement in OER - Part 6

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. For-Profit Involvement in OER - Part 6
Dan McGuire, 2017/04/19

More on Lumen Learning. "The $10-$25 per course that Lumen-Follett is collecting to provide the 'packaging' for free OER courses is a steep price," writes Dan McGuire. More...

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21 avril 2017

Lumen and Follett: Canary in the Curricular Materials Coal Mine?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Lumen and Follett: Canary in the Curricular Materials Coal Mine?
Michael Feldstein, e-Literate, 2017/04/19

Michael Feldstein offers a slanted perspective on the discussion around Lumen Learning. More...

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21 avril 2017

High Quality Education for All

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. High Quality Education for All
Christian M. Stracke, SlideShare, 2017/04/19
This is a set of slides delivered by Christian M. Stracke (newly appointed ICDE Chair in Open Educational Resources (OER)) at the International Lensky Education Forum in Yakutsk. More...

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21 avril 2017

Are ‘machine values’ replacing our principles?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Are ‘machine values’ replacing our principles?
Angie Hunt, Futurity, 2017/04/19
This is an interesting way of phrasing the dilemma we seem to be in today: “We are losing empathy, compassion, truth-telling, fairness, and responsibility and replacing them with all these machine values,” Bugeja says. More...

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21 avril 2017

The Can-Do’s of CodePen Projects

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Can-Do’s of CodePen Projects
Chris Coyier, CSS Tricks, 2017/04/19
Why doesn't educational technology have something like CodePen? Our field seems to be obsessed with the consumption of content. What we need is a great open application like this that lets people find and work with learning content. More...

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