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29 octobre 2015

Edinburgh University’s updated Manifesto for Teaching Online – 2015

OLDaily, by Stephen DownesBy Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Edinburgh University’s updated Manifesto for Teaching Online – 2015
Jenny Mackness, 2015/10/23
I'm not particularly enamoured of the Edinburgh University's manifesto for teaching online in and of itself, but I really appreciated Jenny Mackness's commentary, which either raises questions about the individual points or, more usefully, offers support and annotations from the literature. More...

29 octobre 2015

Learning -agogy Overload

OLDaily, by Stephen DownesBy Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Learning -agogy Overload
Matt Crosslin, EduGeek Journal, 2015/10/23
I sort of rolled my eyes when I first heard the term 'androgogy' (this would be back in the early 90s) not so much because I couldn't see how teaching adults might be different from teaching children but because I couldn't see why the term 'pedagogy' couldn't just be expanded to include all forms of teaching. More...

29 octobre 2015

Beyond Instructional Design: Open Spaces and Learning Places

OLDaily, by Stephen DownesBy Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Beyond Instructional Design: Open Spaces and Learning Places
Stephen Downes, Oct 22, 2015, American Distance Education Consortium, Online, via GoToMeeting
This presentation focuses on the differences between a program and an environment, instructional design approaches through multi-year games, and the pedagogy of spaces and places that lend themselves to connectivist learning environment designs. More...

29 octobre 2015

Learning and the World of “Apps”

OLDaily, by Stephen DownesBy Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Learning and the World of “Apps”
TeachOnline.ca, 2015/10/22
The focus of this post is a report published last March from McGraw-Hill Education, The Impact of Technology on College Student Study Habits, which "found that 81% of US college students use mobile devices to study." You can see their video, "SmartBook Made Success Possible". More...

29 octobre 2015

Social Media Listening: Essential Tool for Both PR & Marketing (and Competitive Intelligence Too)

OLDaily, by Stephen DownesBy Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Social Media Listening: Essential Tool for Both PR & Marketing (and Competitive Intelligence Too)
CyberAlert, 2015/10/22
OK, this is a marketing piece for CyberAlert - they don't post their prices so you can't afford it. I certainly can't afford it. But the idea of the service is that it scans various forms of media and returns you results relevant to your business or industry. More...

29 octobre 2015

MIT discovers the location of memories: Individual neurons

OLDaily, by Stephen DownesBy Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. MIT discovers the location of memories: Individual neurons
Sebastian Anthony, Extreme Tech, 2015/10/22
This is reported with all the breathless urgency of an MIT press release announcing something discovered for the first time, but though it's a significant finding it restates what others have been saying for a long time (and just for fun, the headline also gets it wrong). More...

29 octobre 2015

This News-Writing Bot Is Now Free for Everyone

OLDaily, by Stephen DownesBy Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. This News-Writing Bot Is Now Free for Everyone
Klint Finley, Wired, 2015/10/21
So I have my own newspaper that's almost completely automated (most days I do nothing but read it) but this bot doesn't just assemble the articles, it writes them. More...

29 octobre 2015

Open educational resources: Maximize teacher time and engage students

OLDaily, by Stephen DownesBy Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Open educational resources: Maximize teacher time and engage students
Blackboard, 2015/10/21
I have mixed feelings about this item. On the one hand, I'm glad to see support for open educational resources (OERs) no matter where it takes place. More...

29 octobre 2015

The Changing Rules of Trust in the Digital Age

OLDaily, by Stephen DownesBy Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Changing Rules of Trust in the Digital Age
Rachel Botsman, Harvard Business Review, 2015/10/21
According to this article, "A new world of trust is emerging: one where trust lies in the hands of individuals, not in the big bellies of institutions." As an example, Rachel Botsman cites the case of AirBNB, where she is rated as a guest by the proprietor, while she rates the lodging as a guest. More...

29 octobre 2015

Building Your Roadmap to 21st Century Learning Environments

OLDaily, by Stephen DownesBy Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Building Your Roadmap to 21st Century Learning Environments
Cable Impacts Foundation, the Partnership for 21st Century Learning, State Educational Technology Directors Association, 2015/10/19
Educators are told today that students need "educational curriculum that provides students with opportunities to develop critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity skills while strengthening personal attributes like persistence and leadership." This guide helps them map the learning environments that will lead to this outcome. More...

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