By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Cultivating Minds
When NRC's president, Pierre Coulombe, came through our office a few weeks ago and asked what I'm doing, I replied that I am working toward an education accessible to all. More...
4 avril 2019
4 avril 2019
GSM Association Rejects New DRM Patent License Terms
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. GSM Association Rejects New DRM Patent License Terms
Just an update on the DRM conflicts taking place at the manufacturer level. In this item, the The GSM Association, a trade association representing wireless carriers, has rejected the revised MPEG-LA royalty schedule (this would license for patents held by ContentGuard and others, and has been widely opposed). More...
4 avril 2019
Outsourcing Teaching
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Outsourcing Teaching
Keep in mind that though Tech Central Station looks like a news site, it is in reality a political activist site (this has been well documented) and is therefore pushing an agenda here. That said, it is nonetheless relevant to take note of what is being proposed here: that instead of people in developing nations logging onto and studying with established western educational institutions, people in wealthier nations may log on to and study with much more affordable (and, possibly, service oriented) online institutions set up in coutries like India or China. More...
4 avril 2019
A (Colossal) Fight Over Fair Use
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. A (Colossal) Fight Over Fair Use
The American Association of University Press has launched complaints against Google's plan to digitize scholarly texts. "Google Print for Libraries has wonderful potential, but that potential can only be realized if the program itself respects the rights of copyright owners and the underlying purpose of copyright law. It cannot legitimately claim to advance the public interest by increasing access to published information if, in the process of doing so, it jeopardizes the just rewards of authors..." We will ignore, of course, the fact that most academic authors are not paid, and those that are, receive a pittance. More...
4 avril 2019
The Upcoming Copyright Clash
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Upcoming Copyright Clash
Survey article (PDF) describing the issues and the factions surrounding the coming debate on copyright reform in Canada. This one call-out puts the debate into a nutshell: "Copyright extension effectively constitutes a massive transfer of wealth from the public to a select group of copyright holders such as Disney." The question, from where I sit, is: will the interests of the Canadian public at large be able to withstand the rather substantial lobbying power that companies like Disney hold over our politicians. More...
4 avril 2019
Leaning on P2P Advocates
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Leaning on P2P Advocates
In the 'unhealthy trends' department: proponents of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networking have been subject to increasing administrative legal and administrative pressure as a result of their advocacy. More...
4 avril 2019
This Is IT
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. This Is IT
Blog notes from This Is IT, including talks by Jeff Gray on the bridge between educators and IT departments, Clarence Potvin on College Boreal's home-built LMS, Joan Vinall-Cox on free software, and this morning's keynote by Adwoa Buahene and Giselle Kovary of n-gen People Performance on the next generation learner. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, May 27, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect]. More...
4 avril 2019
How to be a Good Learner
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How to be a Good Learner
PowerPoint Slides and MP3 Audio from my talk at This Is IT in North Bay. The title is descriptive as I survey three major characteristics of good learning behaviour - generating interactivity, making your learning content usable, and ensuring relevance. The talk was given in an airplane hanger at the local airport, a huge concrfete block building with the accoustics of, well, a huge concrete block building. So the sound quality on the audio isn't great, which is too bad. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, May 27, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect]. More...
4 avril 2019
Mississauga
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Mississauga
On Monday instead of the usual holiday activities I took a walking tour of Mississauga, a tour that set the frame for much of my thinking over the next few days. What I found was not a sterile suburban community struggling in the shadow of its larger neighbour but rather a rich, diverse and vibrant community, home to half a million people, a city that deserves to step forward and be recognized in its own right. More...
4 avril 2019
Orientation : les lieux d'information au niveau européen
Réseau européen de ressources pour l'orientation et la mobilité : Euroguidance
Dans 32 pays européens, les professionnels de l'orientation des centres Euroguidance sont chargés d'informer sur les systèmes éducatifs et les systèmes de formation en Europe et d'encourager la mobilité des jeunes et des adultes. Ils s'adressent en priorité aux professionnels-relais, mais aussi au grand public.
En France, le réseau est constitué de quatre centres qui sont des Centres d'Information et d'Orientation à Lille, Marseille, Strasbourg et du Centre d'Information Internationale de Lyon.
Les lycéens, étudiants, salariés, demandeurs d'emploi, jeunes en formation à la recherche d'informations sur les stages en Europe, les études, les cours de langues peuvent contacter les conseillers Euroguidance pour les aider dans leur démarche, pour affiner leur projet. Ils peuvent aussi interroger les centres Euroguidance français en ligne à partir de leur site web : www.euroguidance-france.org/fr. Plus...
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