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23 août 2016

32 Animated Videos by Wireless Philosophy Teach You the Essentials of Critical Thinking

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. 32 Animated Videos by Wireless Philosophy Teach You the Essentials of Critical Thinking
Dan Colman, Open Culture, 2016/07/06
There's a book on critical thinking in me somewhere trying to get out. But in the mean time people will have to make do with the many resources already available on the internet, for example, this set of videos on the fundamentals of critical thinking. More...

23 août 2016

Amazon Inspire Removes Some Content Over Copyright Issues

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Amazon Inspire Removes Some Content Over Copyright Issues
Natasha Singer, New York Times, 2016/07/06

I wonder how much of this is genuine concern and how much of it is a campaign of fear, uncertainty and doubt. True, some materials were genuine infringements and removed from Amazon's OER site. More...

23 août 2016

DERN 2016 Survey

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. DERN 2016 Survey
Distance Education Research Network, 2016/07/06

Following the retirement of Helen Galatis, ACER Research Fellow, who has curated Australia's Digital Education Research Network (DERN) newsletter since 2012, and maintained the research reviews following Dr Gerald White's retirement., DERN (Distance Education Research Network) services are being reviewed. More...

23 août 2016

Coursera president: bursting the Moocs bubble a boon for us

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Coursera president: bursting the Moocs bubble a boon for us
Chris Havergal, Times Higher Education, 2016/07/11

The publicity - for and against - MOOCs did not hurt Coursera a bit. Rather, it gave it the exposure it needed, and served to help them refine their business model. More...

23 août 2016

Pokémon GO

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Pokémon GO
Nintendo, 2016/07/11

The newly released Pokemon Go is an instant hit, though the technology has been growing for a while. What's interesting about it is that it creates virtual entities that inhabit the real world. More...

23 août 2016

Why and How Does Consciousness Seem the Way it Seems?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Why and How Does Consciousness Seem the Way it Seems?
Daniel C. Dennett, Tufts University, 2016/07/11

Useful paper from Daniel Dennett summarizing some of his major arguments about consciousness. More...

23 août 2016

Adaptive Learners, Not Adaptive Learning

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Adaptive Learners, Not Adaptive Learning
George Siemens, elearnspace, 2016/07/22

George Siemens gets this right. "This is where adaptive learning fails today: the future of work is about process attributes whereas the focus of adaptive learning is on product skills and low-level memorizable knowledge." More...

23 août 2016

HundrEd Interview with Stephen Heppell

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. HundrEd Interview with Stephen Heppell
Andrew Robertson, Microsoft UK Schools Blog, 2016/07/22

Stephen Heppell is Professor of New Media Environments at Bournemouth University and has a long and good reputation in the field. More...

23 août 2016

Share This or My Blog Will Self-Distruct: A mini-lesson on digital citizenship

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Share This or My Blog Will Self-Distruct: A mini-lesson on digital citizenship
Heather M. Ross, McToonish, 2016/07/22

As you can see, I wasn't willing to see Heather Ross's blog self-destruct. More to the point, I wanted to share her thoughts on digital citizenship, thoughts which go well beyond digital literacy. More...

23 août 2016

The next wave of disruption: Graph-based machine learning

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The next wave of disruption: Graph-based machine learning
Kathryn Cave, IDG Connect, 2016/07/18

"It's at the intersection of machine learning and graph technology where the next evolution lies and where new disruptive companies are emerging," according to this article. More...

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