By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Economic Potential of The Internet of Thing
Irving Wladawsky-Berger, 2015/07/17
Article identifying 9 distinct 'settings' where we'll find the internet of things (IoT). Settings are "the physical environments in which these various systems and applications are deployed." More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Emerging Trends in MOOC Delivery of Business Education
Martine Plompen, EMFD, 2015/07/17
This is an interesting phenomenon: "a growing number of business-related MOOCs are being offered by institutions for whom academics are a less central focus." The MOOC, it seems, is an excellent way to deliver a course if you're business model does not depend on degrees and credentials. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Just How Good Is 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
William Giraldi, New Republic, 2015/07/16
I read To Kill a Mockingbird many years ago, when I was still young, and no number of reviews for or against will alter my own appreciation of the work (I've never seen the movie, but that's OK). More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. If You Build It Will They Come An Evaluation of Whiteboard a Networked Academic Profiles Project
Stian Håklev, Frances Garrett, Matt Price, Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2015/07/16
What I like about this report is that it described what really happened rather than whitewashing a project that essentially never really succeeded. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. MARi
Carney Labs, LLC, 2015/07/16
According to them, "MARi is the first technology platform to track your knowledge on where you want to go - in school, your career, and your life. MARi engages students in their future by giving them visibility and control of the path to get there. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Yikes! Turns Out Even Teachers Think Girls Are Bad At Math
Katherine Speller, MTV, 2015/07/16
When I was in grade 10 I took one of my drafting assignments, erased the grade, put someone else's name on it, and handed it in again. No, this was not in an effort to cheat (I also gave the teacher a sealed envelop describing the plan so this would be clear). More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The role of personality in education
Martin Weller, The Ed Techie, 2015/07/16
Martin Weller wrote this about a week ago and as of now it has 54 comments, suggesting he has struck a nerve. There has been "a long tradition of removing the personal from teaching material," he writes, but "then along come MOOCs, and they’re all about the personality." cMOOCS, in particular, ", have a very strong cult of personality driving them." More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How Textbooks Can Teach Different Versions Of History
Laura Isensee, NPR Ed, 2015/07/15
One of the things I like about the use of internet resources in education is that we are no longer constrained to a single view of the world as we were in the textbook age. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. BeLearning: Environments for Expanding Knowledge
Juan José Calderón Amador, e-learning, conocimiento en red, 2015/07/15
This is really interesting and embodies a lot of the sort of approach I favour: "BeLearning used new technologies through a blend training combining meeting, working and researching involving virtual spaces, digital tools and online platforms in a rich mix of interactions with traditional media: presentations, workshops, classes." More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Houston, I think We have a (Disengagement) Problem
Kelly Christopherson, Educational Discourse, 2015/07/15
You need engagement in education only when you're trying to get people to do things they don't want to do. Our insistence on this has bred the creativity out of them. More...
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