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13 février 2019

Liberal Radicalism: Formal Rules for a Society Neutral Among Communities

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Liberal Radicalism: Formal Rules for a Society Neutral Among Communities
Zoë Hitzig, E. Glen Weyl, Vitalik Buterin, Social Science Research Network, 2018/10/01
This is an important paper for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that the authors are deeply involved in blockchain technologies (Vitalik Buterin is the founder of Ethereum) and economics. The principle being advocated is a mechanism whereby members of a society 'vote' for public projects (including, presumably, education) by contributing to that project; the funding ultimately received is a function of that vote designed to maximize efficiency. More...

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13 février 2019

The Seven Deadly Sins Of Digital Badging In Education

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Seven Deadly Sins Of Digital Badging In Education
Troy Markowitz, Forbes, 2018/10/01
I've been considering the use of badges in my upcoming MOOC and so this article resonated with me. Some of the key things to avoid: making the issuing of badges a manual process (imagine having to click on a button 3,000 times (let alone fill out 3,000 forms)); don't require students to 'apply' for badges (because the data suggest that they won't); make badges usable (locating them inside an LMS is not 'usable'); and make sure they actually measure something meaningful (which make it doubly hard to issue them automatically; I won't issue a badge for passing a multiple-choice test). More...

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13 février 2019

One Small Step for the Web...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. One Small Step for the Web...
Berners-Lee, Inrupt, 2018/10/01
On Saturday Fast Company broke the story that Tim Berners-Lee was launching a startup to develop and distribute his SoLiD application (which stands for Social Linked Data; I've covered it here before). There was also a Medium post the same day. This is a part of his plan to restore the web to its original decentralized vision. His new company is called Inrupt (which will be way easier to search for than 'solid') and is launching this week. More...

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13 février 2019

Truth in a Post-Truth Age

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Truth in a Post-Truth Age
Jenny Mackness, Jenny Connected, 2018/10/01
Jenny Mackness writes in this article of "the necessity, as expressed by both Ghandi and Nietzsche, to recognise that human beings can only know partial and contingent truths and perspectives; there are a multiplicity of truths and perspectives." And she points out that we've lived through "post-truth" eras before (one of which was the one that started with the first newspapers). More...

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13 février 2019

So is it nature not nurture after all?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. So is it nature not nurture after all?
Andrew Anthony, The Guardian, 2018/10/01
The ideas reported in this article pose a challenge to the beliefs underlying a lot of progressive education theory. In his new book, Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are, Robert Plomin argues that most of what makes up our personality is based on genetic, not environmental, factors. More...

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13 février 2019

Réforme de la formation professionnelle : posez vos questions !

Par Mathilde Bourdat. L’année 2019 marque les débuts d’un nouveau système de la formation professionnelle en France. Dans cette phase de transition, quelque peu inconfortable, nous comprenons qu’un changement radical est en marche. Plus...

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13 février 2019

What Do Edtech and IKEA Have in Common? Persuasive Design.

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. What Do Edtech and IKEA Have in Common? Persuasive Design.
Jeffrey R. Young, Sydney Johnson, EdSurge, 2018/10/04
This is a partial podcast transcript of a discussion with a panel (Sandra Burri Gram-Hansen, Margarita Quihuis and Safiya Noble) discussing behaviour design using educational technology. I like the analogy with the Ikea showroom, though it suggests something a bit pernicious: you cant't go wherever you want in an Ikea store the way you can in a department store, and the design is not for your benefit, it's for Ikea's. More...

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13 février 2019

American Chemical Society (ACS) and Elsevier File Copyright Infringement Lawsuit in U.S. vs. ResearchGate

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. American Chemical Society (ACS) and Elsevier File Copyright Infringement Lawsuit in U.S. vs. ResearchGate
Gary Price, Library Journal, 2018/10/04
The only thing that surprises me about this is that it took this long to happen. The lawsuit alleges that "ResearchGate takes high-quality scientific articles that are written and published by others and makes them freely available via its for-profit platform." There may be examples to the contrary (though I didn't see any) but strictly speaking, this isn't what ResearchGate does. More...

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13 février 2019

Blockchain looking more and more like a ball and chain?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Blockchain looking more and more like a ball and chain?
Donald Clark, Donald Clark Plan B, 2018/10/04
Donald Clark was a fan of blockchain a couple of years ago but he reports that he has "fallen out of love with this technology" because "I’ve still to see a single implementation in learning that is worth the candle." I think this is true, and I think most of the educational implementations to date have been trivial. More...

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13 février 2019

France is more attractive for study than Germany, US, UK, survey finds

By Kerrie Kennedy. The attractiveness of France as a study destination for international students is continuing to grow, with nearly two-thirds (64%) of respondents in a recent Campus France survey choosing it ahead of Germany, the US and the UK. Only Canada came in ahead of France, with 69% respondents choosing it as a study destination that is increasing in attractiveness. More...

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