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22 mai 2019

Social Agency and the Intersection of Communities and Networks

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Ulises Mejias: Social Agency and the Intersection of Communities and Networks, Ideant October 18, 2005

Interesting paper responding to the idea, popularized by Borgmann and Dreyfus, that online communities are deficient, because they do not enable real interactions. Dreyfus writes, for example, "Like a simulator, the Net manages to capture everything but the risk... " Maybe. But I like Ulises Mejias's rejoinder (also cited by James Farmer: "Online experiences are indeed no substitute for the 'real' thing: allowing computer code to assume a large degree of social agency does sever ontological ties to the offline world". More...

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22 mai 2019

Reputation Systems Required

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Dan Gillmor: Reputation Systems Required, Bayosphere October 18, 2005

I'm not sure about reputation systems per se, but it seems clear to me that with the recent splog crisis shaking the blogosphere we need some way to harvest content not only by topic but also by author. What's a 'splog crisis', you ask? 'Splog' is short for 'spam weblog' and is the result of automated processes filling sites like Blogger with fake blogs intended to link to sites they are trying to promote. More...

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22 mai 2019

A Global Information System Needs a Culture of Sharing

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Arthur Carty: A Global Information System Needs a Culture of Sharing, University Affairs October 17, 2005

A remarkable opinion column is published in University Affairs as Arthur Carty, former NRC president and current science advisor to Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, calls for "a culture of sharing" in Canadian science and research. It doesn't get better than this: "Above all, our goal must be to maximize the impact of research for societies everywhere, not just the developed world. More...

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22 mai 2019

Online Education Research Grows

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Nino Marchetti: Online Education Research Grows, Designtechnica October 17, 2005

People in increasing numbers are turning to the web for education-related research. Where do they turn first? According to Nielsen NetRatings, to Wikipedia. The survey shows a 22 percent growth from September of last year and a total audience in the sector of 46.4 million users last month. More...

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22 mai 2019

Critical Windows Patch May Wreak PC Havoc

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Joris Evers: Critical Windows Patch May Wreak PC Havoc, CNet News.Com October 17, 2005

Are you kidding me? "The patch could lock users out of their PC, prevent the Windows Firewall from starting, block certain applications from running or installing, and empty the network connections folder, among other things." Unbelievable. More...

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22 mai 2019

Everyday Sites (and Some Unsolved Problems)

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Eamonn Sullivan: Everyday Sites (and Some Unsolved Problems), Eamonn's Home October 17, 2005

Dean Shareski sent this useful link after listening to one of my Ottawa podcasts. The author writes, "my circumstances have changed so much in the last few years, and the Web has improved so much, that I'm finding myself spending most of my time on the Web. This is significant because, unlike several years ago, I'm a regular user now. My job isn't in technology. This should worry Microsoft." My use of the web isn't exactly the same, mostly because I write my own web software. More...

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22 mai 2019

Sakai Partners Launch Sakai Foundation for Open Source Software

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Press Release: Sakai Partners Launch Sakai Foundation for Open Source Software, Sakai October 17, 2005

Hot on the heels of Blackboard's acquisition of WebCT comes this announcement, issued by press release today, about the open source learning management system called Sakai. "As a non-profit, membership corporation the Sakai Foundation will provide Sakai developers, adopters, and users a place to coordinate their efforts." The creation addresses concerns expressed in some circles that base funding for Sakai was coming to a conclusion, leaving the software without support. More...

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22 mai 2019

State of Finnish eLearning

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Teemu Arina: State of Finnish eLearning, FLOSSE Posse October 17, 2005

Links, commentary and more concerning the chaotic session George Siemens and I were a part of last week at a Finnish e-learning conference. The two of us - communicating by Skype and presenting using S5, presented our version of E-Learning 2.0 / Connectivism to them. Among the more interesting aspects of our presentation was not even part of the presentation, a conversation we had in the conference discussion area prior to our talk (this link is to Juha-Matti Arolaâ€™s blog, which also summarizes the talk and contains the full chat transcript). More...

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22 mai 2019

Rip Mix Learn, A Difference

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Darren Kuropatwa: Rip Mix Learn, A Difference October 14, 2005

Presentation delivered to math teachers in Manitoba today. Instead of using PowerPoint, the presented instead created a blog with the major parts of the talk each as separate entries. Topics covered include blogging, RSS, social networking tools, and more. More...

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22 mai 2019

Liberation and the Internet: Communities of Practice and the Power to Connect

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Christopher D. Sessums: Liberation and the Internet: Communities of Practice and the Power to Connect October 14, 2005

I enjoyed this paper, a look at online learning that takes as a point of departure “Reflections on Liberation,” by Suzanne Pharr, which discusses liberation politics as a means of “breaking down the barriers that prevent a large portion of the population from having access to economic and social justice.” What I found interesting was the comprison between communities of practice (or, more accurately, communities of interest) today and the practice of identity politics in previous eras. More...

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