Author: Stephen Downes

With even the World Economic Forum embracing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) I thought it would be an appropriate time to check my own activity and see whether I’m supporting the goals in what I do. It’s also a good time to review just what they are and

Learning with technology is different from learning with textbooks or learning with classroom instruction. In these, the focus is on understanding and remembering. It is content based. The learning objective is defined as mastery of this body of knowledge. Learning with technology, by contrast, is outcome based. It is defined

https://adaptivelearninginelt.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/more-research-needed/I am broadly sympathetic with the arguments offered by Philip J. Kerr in this recent post, but I have disagreements around the edges, enough that I think more discussion is warranted. Also, while Kerr is more focused on artificial intelligence in education (AIEd) research, I will address my remarks to

I just want to take a few moments to consider Bryan Alexander’s comments about flying to conferences. As most readers know, I have flown to hundreds of academic conferences over the years. So I guess I would be considered a prime offender in this regard. Except – I don’t see

This is the analysis of the UNESCO OER resolution I provided to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO prior to the discussion and vote on the resolution concerning Open Educational Resources It is now a matter of historical record that the resolution did pass. Here is the final resolution. Here’s an

Summary of a talk by Baltasar Fernandex Manjon at CELDA 2019 ie.ft.com/uber-game Serious games –         Have been used successfully in many domains – medicine, military –         But low adoption in mainstream education –         So we say we’re working in ‘game-like simulation’ http://getbadnews.com –         Fake news, trolls, e-influencers http://play. (Read more…).com

Summary of a talk by Ekwow Spio-Garbrah at eLearning Africa. The challenge for everyone is to find out how gto give back before moving to the next level of existence. Mentorship is one very important way to do so. Also to pick up on what Jef said about talent and

Summary of a talk by Linda Nanan Vallee at eLearning Africa. I felt close to something Jef said earlier, about the mission we have on Earth. So I just wanted to share some very personal things, because I fel like we are a family. When I was young I wanted

Summary of a talk by Mahid Abdulkarim at eLearning Africa. I want to tell you a story. We ll learn from stories. I hope it will show why technology means so much for a student like me. My country, Sudan, went through a revolution. We overthrew a president of 30

Summary of a talk at eLearning Africa given by Jef Staes. I’m going to tell a story of why education is failing. We have a design error. 1. This is a battle of two groups of people. There was an information shortage. So industry started schools. But today everything has

Summary of talk by Martin Dougiamas at e_learning Africa. I’m just going to focus on open ed-tech. We had a conference about Moodle in this room yesterday. Our mission at Moodle is to improve the world, and we’re doing this by making an open source platform. The values drive the

Summary of a talk by Efosa Ojomo, Christensen Institute, at eLearning Africa in Abidjan. The four Ps of education: purpose, problem, practicality, promise. The porpose: not simply to get people in a classroom, but to improve the human capital of society so they can be productive. Problem: education is both

Summary of the presentation The 2019 National Survey of Online Learning in Canadian Post-secondary Education: Preliminary Results and Implications. Moderated by Tony Bates. This is a follow-up from the first survey from 2017. Results are now available at https://onlinelearningsurveycanada.ca/ One of our main aims is to ensure our work adds

Summary ofTeaching and Learning in the Digital Age for Indigenous LearnersWith Robert Andrews, Executive Director, Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of AlbertaDeborah Hurst, Dean of Business, Athabasca UniversityDeAnne Lightning, AU-FB BComm Student Robert Andrews Video Talking about the program they have with Athabasca University, to increase the managerial capacity of First

Summary of:Digital Learning 4.0: How to Guarantee Measurable Learner Impact Where Others Have FailedPaul HunterDirector Digital Learning, IMD Business School IMD is a business school based in Switzerland. (Table discussions – what are you doing in digital learning, what have been your biggest successes and challenges). Table summary: Successes: one

Summary of a presentation:The Gen Z Learning Journey From Higher Education To The WorkplaceGiselle Kovary, M.A., Presidentn-gen People Performance Inc. I want to cover research on Gen Z, especially from a Canadian context. They’re more 1996 than 2012. But we can’t make a statement about an individual person based on

Summary of ‘From Anxiety to Opportunity – The next 20 years of learning innovation’, John Baker, CEO, D2L. To look at the future it’s helpful to understand the present and where we’ve been in the past. It’s 20 years since D2L started – it has been a bit of a

Summary of ‘Educating the Next Generation Workforce: Preparing Students to Meet Employers’ Expectations’  by Susan Aldridge,  President (ret), Drexel University There are new types of jobs for students gradauating today, and new learning opportunities in igital labs, etc. Technology has enhanced our lives. So it has become crucial for higher

Summary of a talk by Alan Bostakian, Senior Analyst, TD Bank – Future Ready project  Why? The field is moving extremely fast and very soon all professionals will need to have some level of understanding about them.  These areas help is in upskilling, instructional design, instructon, coaching, more. The Basics Data

Summary of the talk “Hearables” by Rory McGreal –    What are they – Hunn 2014 – speaker-microphone in-ear with AI–    Progressive development from earphones, hearing aids, etc–    Can monitor: Blood pressure – stress, excitement Etc. ‘Biological Equivalent to a USB port’ FDA approval no longer required Could call 911 for