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21 mars 2019

Dungeons and Dragons vs the art of business strategy

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Dungeons and Dragons vs the art of business strategy
Simon Wardley, Bits or pieces?, 2014/09/15
I think I'm pretty good at business strategy - I certainly have managed thus far to organize some reasonably large projects. But I didn't learn my skills from business school (I doubt my ethics and policits would permit me to graduate from such a place). More...

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21 mars 2019

Flipping Grade 4 and Flipping Bloom's Taxonomy Triangle

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Flipping Grade 4 and Flipping Bloom's Taxonomy Triangle
Maggie Hos-McGrane, Tech Transformation, 2014/09/15
I'm no fan of taxonomies but I'm a fan of the thinking behind this post. By 'flipping' Bloom's taxonomy, we get an approach to education that does not begin with remembering, it ends with remembering. And (I would add) the objective of such an education isn't remembering at all (and certainly not remembering some sort of core content); that's an outcome, but it isn't what we're striving for, necessarily. More...

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21 mars 2019

Let me Listen to Poetry, Let me See Emotions

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Let me Listen to Poetry, Let me See Emotions
Diana Arellano, Cristina Manresa-Yee, Volker Helzle, Journal of Universal Computer Science, 2014/09/15
In a nutshell, this paper described the devlopment of avatars that read poetry. That may sound simple, but the system analyzes the lines being read and then calculates the appropriate emotional response, then indicates this emotional response using facial characteristics. More...

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21 mars 2019

How to ditch Google for more privacy and fewer ads

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How to ditch Google for more privacy and fewer ads
Derek Walter, PC World, 2014/09/15
The four methods suggested are: use DuckDuckGo instead of Google Search, use Firefox instead of Chrome, use FastMail instead of GMail, and use Zoho instead of Google Drive. More...

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21 mars 2019

3 Questions to Ask Before Implementing Predictive Analytics for Online Student Success

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. 3 Questions to Ask Before Implementing Predictive Analytics for Online Student Success
Ellen Wagner, Academic Impressions, 2014/09/17
Ten minute podcast from Ellen Wagner things to keep in mind regarding predictive analytics, and specifically:

"What will predictive modeling give you that your current strategies cannot address?
What research questions will lead to the most actionable results?
What should institutions be doing to prepare for a shifting mindset?". More...

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21 mars 2019

Linked Data Platform Access Control

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Linked Data Platform Access Control
Ashok Malhotra, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), 2014/09/17
In an email to the respective groups titled "Marriage made in heaven or pistols at dawn?", Phil Archer introduces the Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) and the Linked Data Platform (LPD) work groups to each other, this all under the heading of LDP Access Control. More...

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21 mars 2019

Games are serious business at news organizations

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Games are serious business at news organizations
Benjamin Mullin, Poynter, 2014/09/17

News agencies are learning the same lessons as educators about engagement, including, for example, games. "We process, retain and share experiences differently than reports," Grace said. More...

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21 mars 2019

Is there a Canadian market for American online programs?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Is there a Canadian market for American online programs?
Tony Bates, online learning and distance edcuation resources, 2014/09/18
Really good article from Tony Bates that comprehensively answers the question in the title. It begins with a dead-on accurate remark about hiring consultants, and then explains why the Canadian higher education market is what they call 'mature'. More...

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21 mars 2019

The Open Education Professional Directory

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Open Education Professional Directory
Various authors, Open Education Consortium, 2014/09/18
If you're looking for speakers, consultants or experts to assist you with issues related to open educational resources, you can't do better than the The Open Education Professional Directory. More...

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21 mars 2019

Moocs are free – but for how much longer?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Moocs are free – but for how much longer?
Chris Parr, Times Higher Education, 2014/09/02
You can't just say “Moocs have started out as a free opportunity – and free is a great way to get people interested,” as Stanford's John Mitchell does. MOOC means free. If academia wants to charge tuition for instruction, I won't complain, since academia has been doing that for 2,500 years. More...

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