The OU Did Not Invent MOOCs
Responding to Fred Bershears, who writes: Here are some quotes from Berkeley professor David L. Kirp on the British Open University. They were offering MOOCs long before the term was…
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Juergen Rudolph Interview
Stephen: This is an interview with with Juergen Rudolph. And it’s January 8th, 2014. Juergen: Excellent. Well so so first of all I feel very honoured that you have agreed…
Theories Related to Connectivism
I was asked: But i have some questions about my research. First i need ten-year findings of connectionim learning theory, second (Read more…)
Seven Real Signs of Surrender
Responding to a story in Inside Higher Ed called Signs of Surrender in Public Higher Ed. John Warner uses as a metaphor the ‘surrender’ of the press, as follows: The…
Presentation to UNCTAD’s Advisory Group on "Developing skills, knowledge and capacities through innovation: E-Learning, M-Learning, cloud-Learning"
Stephen Downes December 10, 2013 Access I’d like to begin with the issue of access. This is not where I usually begin a talk, because the main thing, I have…
Learning and Performance Support Systems
This post is to introduce you to our Learning and Performance Support Systems program, a new $19 million 5-year initiative at the National Research Council that I will be leading.…
Seminar on MOOCs, Lyon, France, Day 2
Again these talks are all in French so my note-taking may be inaccurate in places. Denis GilletEcole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneEnvironnements personnels d’apprentissage ou d’enseigments xMOOCs – the good –…
Notes from Centre Jacques Cartier seminar on MOOCs, Lyon, France
Summary notes from the conference in Lyons – most of it was in French (except the Tony Bates talk) so there may be some inaccuracies in my notes. John DanielMOOCs:…
MOOCs will ultimately play a transformational role
This is my contribution to the WISE online debate – you can find other contributions here. The democratization of the MOOC cannot be underestimated We have reached the point in…
MOOCs and Community Colleges
Interview with Patrick Flanagan, who was doing research for New Brunswick Community College (NBCC). Patrick Flanagan: OK, thanks very much. So the first thing on my list of questions I…
Strive Less. Share More.
I was asked by Jane Wilde: Would you be willing to give us a brief response to any one of the following questions. I know each is potentially big, and…
A Few Words on ePortfolios
I was asked, I think that it would be of a great interest that you (as a world wide reference in education) can write a very brief review (between 200-300…
Connective Knowledge and Open Resources
The following is a set of responses to interview questions I answered over the weekend. 1. Chinese readers firstly know you and George Siemens by the theory “connectivism”. How did…
THE Article – Full Interview
I was interviewed by Chris Parr for an article that appeared in the Times Higher Education supplement today (October 17). This is the full set of responses I sent for…
Notes from Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training ITHET 2013, Antalya
A New Strategy for Higher Education and TrainingShirley Alexander Some intro stuff about the buildings being built for the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). – leads to questions about designing…
Concepts
On 2013-10-12 9:02 AM, Matthias Melcher wrote: If we consider, on one hand, all the aggregated connectionpatterns that make up a simple concept or word in an individual,and OTOH, in…
On the Three or Four Problems of Connectivism
Marc Clarà and Elena Barberà have advanced at least two articles now where they argue that there are three problems with connectivism. One of these is Learning online: massive open…
Foradian Technologies Interview
Questions 1. Please introduce yourself to our readers. I am a researcher for Canada’s National Research Council, the federal government scientific agency. I specialized on online learning, media and collaborative…
Two Comments on ‘Open’
Response to David Wiley (his post) > Which initiatives that use “open” properly would you suggest the whole world read about instead of the Fauxpen Education Alliance? I don’t want…
Notes from ALT-C
“The notion of students as change agents is a relatively new concpt.” — Malcom Ryan Rachel Winston How we can shape the development of a new culture of learning by…