Author: Stephen Downes

Activities Each week of the course will feature some events. These are mostly live video conferences with guests. I also want to be able to

-1. Getting Ready Connectivism is based on the idea that knowledge is essentially the set of connections in a network, and that learning therefore is

[Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – ] I have the basic structure of the course in place and now I want to

This is a summary of the talk “Assessing Evidence in CPD: Meeting Standards and Missing Goals” (aka Baffled, Befuddled and Bemused) by Michael Allen, at

In the previous segment I decided to create a course with modules and sections, and set up the modules. I’ll fill out the actual content

One of the fun things about working with software I wrote myself is that I get to try new things. For example, instead of creating

Who is this course for? If you’re reading this, then this course is for you. You’ve demonstrated the main criterion: some degree of interest in

Notes from Dan Pontefract’s talk at Focus 2018, Montreal Beginning with the idea of being distracted, rather than ruminating in thought. We have accepted that.

Reading this month’s First Monday, which was a special issue on the emoji, inspired me to a creative thought, which I document here. The thought

OER stands for ‘Open Educational Resources’ and as readers know I have been a long-time proponent of free and open learning resources. So why would

Steve Wheeler posted a nice article called 12 Tips for Great Speaking today.He’s had a lot of experience on the public speaking circuit and there’s

I read today in an article that “Modern liberals have no working theory of authoritarianism. Of its causes. Its spark. Its fuel.” I’m not sure

We have a new organization and a new manager, and one of the questions we as staff are being asked is “what’s interesting?” with responses

My own sense of morality has always been from the perspective of the more powerful. This is not because I am the most powerful person

“Pick any article from the newspaper,” I would say to my students. “Bring it in and we’ll analyze it.” This was one of my favourite

Responding to: Wynne’s ploy to buy Ontarians’ votes is admirably shameless: Robyn Urback The author writes, “Few politicians would dare campaign on a platform so

We’ve all heard about blockchains, but what are they? It can be a complicated concept. The best way to learn, of course, is to roll

I’m preserving my contributions to this online discussion because other people’s discussion boards tend to disappear over time. Also, the course is (I think) hidden

Responding to John Reid, Prime Minister Trudeau’s Bad Balance Sheets are Bad News for Canada. As the representative of Canada’s innovation sector you have a

I got 64 responses to my survey, which is a response rate of 0.3 percent, which doesn’t seem very high to me, but I’ve read