Detecting Fake News
After the spate of fake news in circulation over the last year or so numerous guides have been published to help you spot fake news. Unfortunately, few of them are…
Stephen Downes
Detecting Fake News
After the spate of fake news in circulation over the last year or so numerous guides have been published to help you spot fake news. Unfortunately, few of them are…
Baseball Down Under
First published on SB*Nation It’s the middle of winter, months away from spring training. Even the free-agent signings and trades have slowed to an icy crawl. For those of us…
Baseball Down Under
First published on SB*Nation It’s the middle of winter, months away from spring training. Even the free-agent signings and trades have slowed to an icy crawl. For those of us…
ICTs in Higher Education Systems of Arab States: Promises and Effective Practices – A Summary Report
Please take note that this is not the official UNESCO report of the forum, but only my personal report as invited international expert. The Regional Forum on ICTs in Higher…
ICTs in Higher Education Systems of Arab States: Promises and Effective Practices – A Summary Report
Please take note that this is not the official UNESCO report of the forum, but only my personal report as invited international expert. The Regional Forum on ICTs in Higher…
My Workflow
I was thinking about working openly recently and decided to document my workflow, such as it is. As you can see I need to devise a way to make my…
My Workflow
I was thinking about working openly recently and decided to document my workflow, such as it is. As you can see I need to devise a way to make my…
Wiley’s Misguided Advocacy
David Wiley once again launches into advocacy for the CC-by license. We’ve been through this many times, so I’ll keep it relatively brief. His text is italicized. > There is…
Wiley’s Misguided Advocacy
David Wiley once again launches into advocacy for the CC-by license. We;ve been through this many times, so I’ll keep it relatively brief. His text is italicized. > There is…
On Teaching Critical Thinking
As someone who was teaching critical thinking for a living well before anyone thought to call it a ’21st century skill’ it bothers me to no end to read articles…
On Teaching Critical Thinking
As someone who was teaching critical thinking for a living well before anyone thought to call it a ’21st century skill’ it bothers me to no end to read articles…
Post-Truth and Fake News
Yes, by all means, do something about the fake news that is propagating through Facebook and Twitter. But let’s not forget that we have been in the post-truth era for…
Post-Truth and Fake News
Yes, by all means, do something about the fake news that is propagating through Facebook and Twitter. But let’s not forget that we have been in the post-truth era for…
Open Practices
This post is a response to a request for my thoughts on the value of open practices and methodologies for putting them into practice. 1. Do you have any insight…
Open Practices
This post is a response to a request for my thoughts on the value of open practices and methodologies for putting them into practice. 1. Do you have any insight…
Diversity and Diversity Training
Donald Clark appears to be settling into the role of the voice of the closed society. His latest foray into this is his recent column arguing that diversity is “wrong-headed”.…
Diversity and Diversity Training
Donald Clark appears to be settling into the role of the voice of the closed society. His latest foray into this is his recent column arguing that diversity is “wrong-headed”.…
Institutions and Openness
Setting Up the Discussion Let's be precise about what was claimed by Michael Caulfield in his paper Putting Student-Produced OER at the Heart of the Institution:People make things possible. Institutions…
Institutions and Openness
Setting Up the Discussion Let’s be precise about what was claimed by Michael Caulfield in his paper Putting Student-Produced OER at the Heart of the Institution: People make things possible.…