By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Structure of recent Philosophy
Maximilian Noichl, 2018/10/16
This is actually a set of three posts (one, two, three) and it illustrates several of the themes being discussed in this newsletter recently. The iagram maps the domain of philosopphy over the last 70 years, and it shows the emphasis on epistemology, possible worlds, models, and moral reasoning. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Microsoft Is Killing Skype Classic on November 1, and Here’s Why People Are Upset
Chris Hoffman, How-To Geek, 2018/10/16
Skype 8 (which is what Microsoft calls the 'Surface' version of Skype) never worked properly for me. So I always used (what they call) Skype classic, until the audio and video quality declined to the point where it too was unusable. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. On OER and College Bookstores
David Wiley, iterating toward openness, 2018/10/15
Once concern about open educational resources (OER) is that they might cost the college bookstore its traditional revenue base. But as David Wiley points out, only a small percentage of the cost of a textbook is returned to the bookstore. And this could be made up with, say, print-on-demand service. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. There’s more to decentralisation than blockchains and bitcoin
Irina Bolychevsky, Medium, 2018/10/15
Good article on decentralization. The key characteristic I propose is that a system is decentralised to the extent it distributes power. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Mastodon's 2 Year Anniversary
Eugen Rochko, Mastodon, 2018/10/15
There have been numerous predictions that Mastodon won't last through the end of the year but as it passes its second anniversary it continues to grow, currently sitting at 1,627,557 registered users on 3,460 servers. That's still a tiny fraction of Facebook or even Twitter users, but it's still significant. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Anti-social Punishment
Martin Sustrik, LessWrong, 2018/10/15
I wish this study had been replicated in North America. It is nonetheless a fascinating study of cooperative behaviours, albeit under highly artificial conditions. The gist is that while punishing free-riders usually increases cooperation, in some cases the punishment actually reduces cooperation. More...
Le Programme régional France-Amérique latine-Caraîbes (PREFALC) vise à soutenir les échanges d'enseignants-chercheurs et la formation de niveau master. Les établissements d'enseignement supérieur peuvent déposer un dossier de candidature jusqu'au 26 avril 2019. Plus...Le passage entre l’enseignement secondaire et le supérieur est une étape importante dans la vie de tous les bacheliers, mais plus encore pour les jeunes en situation de handicap, qui trop souvent doivent rebattre toutes les cartes chaque fois qu’ils changent d’environnement. Plus...
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