By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Ask Polly: Should I Just Give Up on My Writing?
Heather Havrilesky, The Cut, 2015/09/17
Good article. The musicians I admire are the ones who keep writing and playing even if they haven't become stars. The artists are the ones who draw and paint and photograph even if nobody buys their work. The ball players who work on their skills for ten years in the minors. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. NASA shows the world its 20-year virtual reality experiment to train astronauts: The inside story
Erin Carson, Tech Republic, 2015/09/17
This is a terrific article on NASA's use of virtual reality to train astronauts. A lot of the focus of VR is on skills training, but the article makes it clear that one of it's key roles is to give the astronauts a feeling of familiarity with the environment and to help them develop the right intuitions for working in a weightless environment. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Quebec's La Presse to scrap weekday print edition to focus on app
James Bradshaw, Globe, Mail, 2015/09/17
Remember when people said newspapers would never disappear because people would always prefer paper? "You can't read a computer in the bathtub." Remember that? La Presse is a major newspaper in Canada. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. New Program Will Make Free OnlineTextbooks Available to Manitoba Post-Secondary Students: Minister Allum
Press Release, Government of Manitoba, 2015/09/17
Some good news from my former home province of Manitoba: "Post-secondary students will soon benefit from access to a free online textbook library thanks to the province’s new Open Textbook Initiative, Education and Advanced Learning Minister James Allum announced today. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Student Builds Clock, Is Cuffed for Bomb Hoax, and Ends Up Invited to White House
Peter Baker, Christine Hauser, New York Times, 2015/09/16
It actually says in the New York Times that the boy who built a clock will not be charged. That must be a huge relief. On the bright side, he is being invited to the White House - a totally appropriate and necessary response to an unthinking and prejudiced action that could have left permanent scars. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Validating Author Services Providers: Q&A with Donald Samulack
Angela Cochran, The Scholarly Kitchen, 2015/09/16
Pubklishers are (slowly) realizing that their days as gatekeepers are over; that's why . More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. New landmark OECD PISA study on 'Students, Computers and Learning: Making the Connection'
Michael Trucano, EduTech, 2015/09/16
Here's the study. Michael Trucano summarizes: "Students, Computers and Learning: Making the Connection finds that, despite the pervasiveness of information and communication technologies (ICT) in our daily lives, these technologies have not yet been as widely adopted in formal education. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Is Moodle “Bigger than Martin”?
Michael Feldstein, e-Literate, 2015/09/16
Interesting posts that to me suggests that Moodle is at a turning point. Most of the post is about the Moodle community's loyalty to Moodle founder at person-in-charge, Martin Dougiamas. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Yes, There Is a War on Advertising. Now What?
Maureen Morrison, Tim Peterson, Ad Age, 2015/09/15
Probably one of the most unloved industry on the planet is the advertising industry. Sure, it's a $58.6 billion business. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Against Intellectualist Theories of Belief
Jack Marley-Payne, Minds Online, 2015/09/15
"Intellectualism is the view that the connection between belief and speech (and also conscious judgement) is to be prioritized." It is a popular position, especially among educators. More...
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