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19 février 2018

The Downes Prize 2017

The Downes Prize 2017
Stephen Downes, 2017/12/29

Every year at this time I award the Downes Prize to the most-read post of those I've posted some time in the previous 365 days. This year that means any one of 1246 total posts from hundreds of authors around the world. The award is intended to be an objective measure, not based on popularity contests, campaigns, or any other such thing, but reflective of actual interest in the item on the part of OLDaily readers..

Without further ado,

This year's Downes Prize is awarded to:

MOOCs and Open Educational Resources: A Handbook for Educators

Peter B. KaufmanIntelligent Television, Feb 09, 2017.

Two major stories dominated the interests of OLDaily readers in 2017: the impact of fake news, and the continuing ascendancy of the MOOC. While last year's winner looked at the former, this year's winner looks at the latter. Peter Kaufman covers two major areas on MOOC production: first of all, how to create MOOC videos, and secondly, open licensing for MOOC contents. This practical guide spoke to people interested in how to make open online education work for the betterment of humanity, which makes 2017's choice a fitting winner. More...

19 février 2018

The New Media Consortium: updates and next steps

The New Media Consortium: updates and next steps
Bryan Alexander, 2017/12/28
It's a few days old, but readers may be interested in the process of the dissolution of the New Media Consortium. I still find it somewhat odd that it could go from business-as-usual to bankruptcy proceedings in just a few days. More...

19 février 2018

From Good Intentions to Real Shortcomings: An Edtech Reckoning

From Good Intentions to Real Shortcomings: An Edtech Reckoning
Mimi Ito, EdSurge, 2017/12/28
"In 2017," writes Mimi Ito, "reality took a massive swipe at the wobbly optimism of technology progressives." How so? Well, despite things like MOOCs and YouTube we still see digital inequality and gender discrimination. More...

19 février 2018

eLearning Program with Natural Language Processing

eLearning Program with Natural Language Processing
IBM, 2017/12/28
This is the sort of thing that's coming (though I'm not sure I would trust IBM with a major infrastructure project). According to this website, "Artificial Intelligence allows us to develop advanced learning products that can analyze the learners’ actions and make intelligent choices in order to help you meet your training goals." The site points to a business use case where the AI grades or responds to freeform text input. More...

19 février 2018

ADL Initiative Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Requirements

ADL Initiative Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Requirements 
Advanced Distributed Learning, 2017/12/27
Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) has announced its goals for Total Learning Architecture (TLA) for 2018. There are four major components:

  1. TLA Data Visualization and Associated Learning Analytics
  2. TLA Content and Pedagogical (Andragogical) Model
  3. TLA Learning Experience System Incorporation
  4. Pervasive Learning System (PERLS)

ADL is seeking proposals to address these needs, generally looking at development at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4 to 6. More...

19 février 2018

Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain

Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain
Kai Stinchcombe, HackerNoon, 2017/12/27
This is a pretty thorough debunking of the idea that blockchain technology will disrupt industry. Kai Stinchcombe looks at several putative use cases - payment and banking, anonymous transactions, micropayments, bank-to-bank transfers, smart contracts, distributed ledgers and storage, stock transfers, authentication - and in each case shows that the hard parts are not addressed by blockchain. More...

19 février 2018

No boundaries for user identities: Web trackers exploit browser login managers

No boundaries for user identities: Web trackers exploit browser login managers
Gunes Acar, Freedom to Tinker, 2017/12/27
The first item in this series, describing how websites record your sessions by tracking keyboard clicks and mouse movements - was an eye-opener. This article talks about how your browser betrays you. "Third-party scripts exploit browsers’ built-in login managers (also called password managers) to retrieve and exfiltrate user identifiers without user awareness." I tested it myself on their live demo page and it certainly appears to work. More...

19 février 2018

Top 3 tips for journalists wanting to get started in data journalism

Top 3 tips for journalists wanting to get started in data journalism
Paul Bradshaw, Online Journalism Blog, 2017/12/27
These aren't just tips for journalists, they're tips for learners as well. Consider the first tip: "Don’t start by learning a technique for the sake of it – there are 101 different things you could learn – instead pick a problem that you face regularly, or a story idea that you have, and let that dictate the sorts of data journalism skills that you learn first." Doesn't that make so much sense as an approach to learning? It's certainly the approach I take. More...

19 février 2018

Blockchain – don’t ask how, ask why

Blockchain – don’t ask how, ask why
David Kernohan, Wonkhe, 2017/12/27
Why Blockchain? That's the key question. "In this case," writes David Kernohan, "the problem is trust." For example, what do you do if you don't trust your bank? "Cryptographic encryption (hiding information using the power of really difficult maths) lends anonymity and security, but the openly visible nature of transactions lends reliability." Except - it doesn't. More...

19 février 2018

How the 'Slow Ed Tech Movement' Is Bringing a Sense of Purpose to Academic Technology

How the 'Slow Ed Tech Movement' Is Bringing a Sense of Purpose to Academic Technology
David Raths, Campus Technology, 2017/12/26
I can understand why people would want to slow ed tech work, but my fear is that the phenomenon of 'slow ed tech' is based on a chimera. After all, how do you measure the speed of ed tech? Is it how fast you type or text? Is it the number of words you read in an hour? Is the the quantity or pace of operations you perform. More...

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