Open Education, MOOCs, and Opportunities
Reusable Learning Resources The initial development of online learning technology began at scale with the development of the learning management system (LMS) in the mid-1990s. These systems were modeled on…
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#OEB14 – Open Educational Resources 2.0
Alan TaitFrom Distance Learning to Open Education – ICT is now normal – we don’t talk about distance learning, but ‘technology enhanced learning’– students learn as much outside the classroom…
#OEB14 – Does Data Corrupt Education
Summary of a debate at Online Educa Berlin. Note that the debate format is not serious and that participants to not necessarily agree with the points that they are making.…
#OEB14 Rheingold, Lewin, Stevenson
These are summary notes of the presentations at Online Educa Berlin, 2014. If the text uses the first person, it is the presenter speaking, not me. Aida Opoku-MensahE-Learning AfricaI’ve seen…
EPortfolios and Badges Workshop – #OEB14
E-Portfolio Workshop, Online Educa Berlin: These are content summaries; if written in the first person it is the speaker speaking, not me. Some comments in parentheses are my own. Launch…
Have a Happy….
Hiya Steve, I’m not religious and I don’t celebrate Christmas. That’s my choice and I don’t expect or require anyone else to do the same. So far as I’m concerned…
Knowledge as Recognition
This is an assignment for a grade 12 philosophy course. Proposition Most theories of knowledge depict knowledge as a type of belief. The idea, for example, of knowledge as ‘justified…
Constructivism and Eliminative Materialism
A few months ago Fred M Beshears and I discussed Constructivism and Materialism. He compiled the conversation and posted it here. ——————————————–Stephen Downes We don’t reason over perceptions or construct…
Positivism and Big Data
This is an outcome of a conversation with Rita Kop regarding the article The View from Nowhere. She writes, data scientists use their quantitative measure, as positivists do, by putting…
MOOCthink
Responding to Linda Harasim’s comment, here: To Mohsen Saadatmand: there is indeed significant overlap between communities of interest and cMOOCs and the underlying mechanisms are the same. The difference between…
Beyond Assessment ‑ Recognizing Achievement in a Networked World
For those who are on audio, I want to acknowledge Samuel Noekowsky, who just spoke. This talk is basically what he said, except he said it in the French way…
Bader A. Alsaleh – September 17, Riyadh – Summary Notes
Bader A. Alsaleh (Professor, Instructional Design and Technology, King Saud University) @ba_alsaleh On 40 minutes, will present a number of ideas. Why are we interested in social media? What is…
Steve Wheeler – September 17, Riyadh – Notes
The Mayflower Steps. When we talk about the future, we step out into the unknown. Macy’s, in New York. Immigrants couldn’t imagine so many people, buildings so large. They wondered…
Diego Leal – September 12, Pereira – Notes
Diego Leal – Creating online learning networks Think of networks = nides + connections + signals – related to what I said yesterday How to make possible cooperation in online…
Connected Courses
This is a place-holder post to set up syndication for the Connected Courses course.
A Trip to the Bookstore
It has been months – maybe more than a year – since I’ve been in the local bookstore. We only have one in Moncton, an Indigo-Chapters store, at Crystal Palace.…
Beyond Institutions Personal Learning in a Networked World
by Stephen Downes Introduction: What learners Need Sorry, I forgot to turn on the audio recording. That’s how you start a broadcast, with dead air. Thank you very much it’s…
No Paradox Here
John Spencer thinks that education is filled with paradox, and lists a number of sources. I couldn’t help but notice that I didn’t see the paradox in any item on…
The Chinese Test Example
I’m going to quote at some length from David Wiley’s Facebook page to set this up (so you don’t have to go get a Facebook account to read this), and…
Beyond Free ‑ Open Learning in a Networked World
by Stephen Downes Thank you, I have way too much fun with these talks. It shouldn’t be allowed. Thank you very much; it’s a pleasure to be here. This is…