By Scott Jaschik. Malcolm Gladwell says trade-off exists between high-quality campus dining and admitting low-income students. Bowdoin questions his logic and ethics. Read more...
23 août 2016
23 août 2016
‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. ‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning
Marguerite McNeal, EdSurge, 2016/08/15
Here's George Siemens, from a recent and very positive interview in EdSurge: "If we do things right, we could fix many of the things that are really very wrong with the university system, in that it treats people like objects, not human beings. It pushes us through like an assembly-line model rather than encouraging us to be self-motivated, self-regulated, self-monitoring human beings." More...
23 août 2016
What I learned as a hired consultant to autodidact physicists
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. What I learned as a hired consultant to autodidact physicists
Sabine Hossenfelder, Aeon, 2016/08/15
I've described this in talks more often than I can count, so it's nice to have an actual physicist make the point for me: "During a decade of education, we physicists learn more than the tools of the trade; we also learn the walk and talk of the community, shared through countless seminars and conferences, meetings, lectures and papers. After exchanging a few sentences, we can tell if you’re one of us. You can’t fake our community slang any more than you can fake a local accent in a foreign country." Physicists recognize each other. More...
23 août 2016
Fredericton band Kill Chicago highlights student debt in new song
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Fredericton band Kill Chicago highlights student debt in new song
Jordan Gill, CBC News, 2016/08/15
This is the problem that needs to be solved. "One of the inspirations behind the project was seeing many of his friend having to continue living like students, even with professional jobs," according to this article. More...
23 août 2016
BBC micro:bit forms part of Technology Day at Eastlea Community School
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. BBC micro:bit forms part of Technology Day at Eastlea Community School
Andrew Robertson, Microsoft Developer, 2016/08/15
The story is super-local but the impact of this program is nation-wide. The BBC micro:bit "is a pocket-sized computer that you can code, customise, and control to bring your digital ideas, games, and apps to life." It costs maybe $15 or so. More...
23 août 2016
Deconstructing CBE
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Deconstructing CBE
Richard Garrett, Howard Lurie, Ellucian, Eduventures, ACE, 2016/08/15
As the press release states, "'Deconstructing CBE' analyzes the diversity of CBE (Competency Based Education) programs and evaluates how CBE can be customized to meet specific institutional needs." The study touts some of the advantages of CBE. "CBE targets a diverse community: The majority of respondents (68 percent) look to CBE to expand opportunities and enhance learning for non-traditional students." More...
23 août 2016
Obsolesced: The Rise and Fall of Gopher
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Obsolesced: The Rise and Fall of Gopher
Tim Gihring, MinnPost, 2016/08/15
People have forgotten, I think, that there was an internet before the web. More...
23 août 2016
Information Technology Strategic Plan 2016-2020
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Information Technology Strategic Plan 2016-2020
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Govenrment of Canada, 2016/08/15
No doubt the Government of Canada strategic plan will be of interest especially to Canadians, but the areas of focus should be of interest to governments and institutions worldwide. "Each area of focus details specific actions and activities that are underway or that represent new enterprise directions.
- Service IT introduces the use of cloud computing, information-sharing platforms, and technologies and tools to manage IT service delivery and improve client satisfaction.
- Secure IT focuses on layered defences to reduce exposure to cyber threats, increased awareness and understanding to manage these threats, and protective measures to enable the secure processing and sharing of data and information across government.
- Manage IT presents a strengthened governance approach, the evolution of IT management practices, processes and tools, and a focus on innovation as well as sustainability.
- Work IT introduces actions to build a high-performing IT workforce and a modern workplace that provides public service employees with the tools they need to do their jobs."
These are also probably areas of priority for my own organization and for educational institutions worldwide. More...
23 août 2016
Social Clicks: What and Who Gets Read on Twitter?
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Social Clicks: What and Who Gets Read on Twitter?
Maksym Gabielkov, Arthi Ramachandran, Augustin Chaintreau, Arnaud Legout, HAL, 2016/08/12
This excellent paper has been the subject of some recent social media pranks, the point of which are to show that people rarely read the posts they share on Twitter or Facebook. You can read a Washington Post article about it from mid-June. More...
23 août 2016
The lost infrastructure of social media
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The lost infrastructure of social media
Anil Dash, Medium, 2016/08/12
The most striking feature of this article is a list, side-by-side, of the sharing and network features that existed in the early days of the blogosphere and those that are available today. In far too many categories, today's listing is "n/a" - in other words, nothing. More...
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