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…
Stephen Downes
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.…
Global Science Excellence in Canada
The Government of Canada, has been accepting proposals from the public on how to promote global science excellence. This is a subject of interest to me; I co-signed a submission…
Global Science Excellence in Canada
The Government of Canada, has been accepting proposals from the public on how to promote global science excellence. This is a subject of interest to me; I co-signed a submission…
My Watershed Moments
I'm following in the footgsteps of Dean Shareski, who originally posted the challenge, and Chris Kennedy, who posted a response of his own.The idea is to identify some key events…
My Watershed Moments
I’m following in the footgsteps of Dean Shareski, who originally posted the challenge, and Chris Kennedy, who posted a response of his own. The idea is to identify some key…
Canadian Values
Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch has proposed that immigrants be subject to a test for their adherence to what she calls Canadian values. "It's not intolerant to believe in a…
Canadian Values
Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch has proposed that immigrants be subject to a test for their adherence to what she calls Canadian values. “It’s not intolerant to believe in a…
How to Work With Me
First, see this item; it explains what's going on in the text below. Also, this is a bit incomplete; I may well revisit and revise.What are some honest, unfiltered things…
How to Work With Me
First, see this item; it explains what’s going on in the text below. Also, this is a bit incomplete; I may well revisit and revise. What are some honest, unfiltered…
In Defense of Ascent
I've actually spent quite a bit of time with Facebook, not just a user but also as a developer, working with the Facebook Graph. There's a lot that's really innovative…
In Defense of Ascent
I've actually spent quite a bit of time with Facebook, not just a user but also as a developer, working with the Facebook Graph. There's a lot that's really innovative…
In Defense of Ascent
I’ve actually spent quite a bit of time with Facebook, not just a user but also as a developer, working with the Facebook Graph. There’s a lot that’s really innovative…