Budget Coverage
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 estranged from the principles of…
Stephen Downes
Building a Blockchain
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 up your sleeves and build…
Engagement in a Time of Polarization
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 behind a login. A Wider…
Re: Prime Minister Trudeau’s Bad Balance Sheets are Bad News for Canada
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 responsibility to promote the good…
2018 OLDaily Survey
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 refereed academic publications based on…
On the Educause Openness Community Conversations
In my email today: As co-leaders of the Educause Openness Constituency Group, we would like to introduce an idea, solicit feedback, and invite you to participate in a planning session…
A Quick Definition of Neo-Liberalism
In response to Alex Usher (and in anticipation of future posts in his series): This is an interesting start, though I would have hoped for a more tightly bound definition…
Four Conclusions on OERs
1. Access and Pedagogy Let’s take it as a starting point that there are two objectives at play here: – first, the objective of providing access for all, which as…
The Real Goal of Open Educational Resources
1. The Goal of Open Access David Wiley says, “The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?” In this he’s…
Consciousness
Consciousness seems to be mysterious to most people. How does subjective experience arise? What is the relation between the perception of redness, say, or the thought that “Paris is the…
If We Talked About the Internet Like We Talk About OER
David Wiley offers a provocative perspective titled If We Talked About the Internet Like We Talk About OER: The Cost Trap and Inclusive Access. Here’s how he sets it up:…
Let’s Take the Digital License Quiz
This article in a London School of Economic blog touts the benefits of the digital driver’s licence created by the Alannah & Madeline Foundation in Australia, and notes that some…
Innovation and Value
Responding to George Couros, Thinking About Research, Innovation, Test-Scores, and Creativity You write (and this is the theme of the whole post, really): “One thing I am still adamant about…know…
Reviving the MOOC
This article was created as a response to Dhawal Shah in EdSurge on A Proposal to Put the ‘M’ Back in MOOC. I actually typed the article into the comment…
Working Memory and Object Permanence
This is pretty speculative, but it makes sense to me and I’d like to get the idea own on (digital) paper in case I don’t get the chance to come…
The Future of Learning Management Systems: Development, Innovation and Change
Phil Hill Summary notes from the presentation at from at the World Conference on Online Learning, Toronto. Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/PhilHill3/hill-slides-world-congress-session-20171018/1 We forget about the perspective of time. Let’s look at 2011-2017.…
WCOL Opening plenary – Wednesday
I missed the first talk: I have put in some tweets. A full summary of the last two talks is below. Phil Hill and Fiona HollandsTomorrow’s Learning Platform Patrice Torcivia…
Exploring the Potential: Innovating Uses of Technology in Teaching and Learning
Don McIntoshAn Old Curmudgeon’s View of Technology in Education I put together a director of vendors of online learning products and services – more than 2000 products there, including hundreds…
The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be
John DanielOpen Education in a Closing World The end of WWII marked the emergence of a new world order maked by the universal declaration of human rights. By the end…
Technology, Resources and Innovation
David Porter, Lena Patterson, Chris FernlundeCampus Ontario – Rethinking eCampus Ontario – owned by 45 universities and colleges in Ontario, funded by the provincial government As we move forward, tech…