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16 février 2016

Ed-Fi Alliance Releases Technology Suite to More Simply Connect Educational Systems

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Ed-Fi Alliance Releases Technology Suite to More Simply Connect Educational Systems
Press Release, Ed-Fi Alliance, 2016/02/09
Some interesting developments on the tech side. A couple of weeks ago, "the non-profit Ed-Fi Alliance, announced the public release of the Ed-Fi Implementation Suite 2.0, a set of pre-built technology components that allow education agencies to develop and maintain integrated education data systems in their local or district-controlled IT environments." More...

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16 février 2016

So You Just Bought an Arduino Starter Kit. What Now?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. So You Just Bought an Arduino Starter Kit. What Now?
Joel Lee, MakeUseOf, 2016/02/09

I think kits like this, properly done, are among the best learning tools out there. When I was a child you could buy crystal radio kits, but at $25 they were out of reach. More...

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16 février 2016

AutismFather is creating A Safe Minecraft Community for Children with Autism

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. AutismFather is creating A Safe Minecraft Community for Children with Autism
Stuart Duncan, Patreon, 2016/02/09

This is a fundraising page (where people pledge to contribute monthly, rather than one large donation all at once) for a Minecraft community that has been created for children with autism, Autcraft (Facebook). More...

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16 février 2016

The Internet is a Global Public Resource

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Internet is a Global Public Resource
Mark Surman, Mozilla Blog, 2016/02/09

The Mozilla Foundation's Mark Surman writes a longish post describing access to the internet as a basic right, akin to access to food, water or shelter. More...

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16 février 2016

It’s not Cyberspace anymore

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. It’s not Cyberspace anymore
Danah Boyd, Points, 2016/02/09
Dana boyd has a short but effective 'Fear and Loathing in Davos' moment in this article laamenting the passing of John Perry Barlow's 'A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace' into a regime where "not only was everyone attached to their iPhones and Androids, but companies like Salesforce and Palantir and Facebook took over storefronts." Sure. More...

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16 février 2016

When the scaffolding shifts under your feet

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. When the scaffolding shifts under your feet
Giulia Forsythe, G-LOG, 2016/02/09
Is this true? Sean Michael Morris writes "Any effort on my part to scaffold (and effort to scaffold learning at all) would be colonial, patriarchal, and disempowering." It's a challenge that flies in the face of the educational enterprise as a whole (and especially the learner-empowering constructivists who employ scaffolding as a proxy for didacticism). More...

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16 février 2016

Creating an Infrastructure for Open Access

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Creating an Infrastructure for Open Access
Barbara Fister, Inside Higher Ed, 2016/02/08
According to Barbara Fister, Rebecca Kennison and Lisa Norberg have come up with a plan "to build a new system for funding humanities and social sciences publishing that would make it open to all while preserving it for the future." More...

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16 février 2016

OpenStax already saved students $39 million this academic year

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. OpenStax already saved students $39 million this academic year
Press Release, Rice University, 2016/02/08

The data is coming in, and it is as expected: open access saves students money. More...

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16 février 2016

Report: Make Textbooks Affordable

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Report: Make Textbooks Affordable
Ethan Senack, Robert Donoghue, Student PIRGs, 2016/02/08

I'll just quote the key findings from this report (24 page PDF) and let them speak for themselves:

Almost one-third (30%) of students replied that they had used financial aid to pay for their textbooks.
For those that used financial aid, the amount of financial aid dollars they put toward purchasing textbooks was more than $300 on average per semester.
Textbook prices disproportionately impact community college students. More...

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16 février 2016

Why kids — now more than ever — need to learn philosophy. Yes, philosophy.

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Why kids — now more than ever — need to learn philosophy. Yes, philosophy.
Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 2016/02/05

If you read this more closely (like a philosopher would) you can see that what Valerie Strauss really means here is that kids should be taught how to reason more effectively. More...

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