By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. 6 Tech Trends for the Next Five Years
I had to check twice to make sure this wasn't just a cribe of the NMC's Horizon Report, but it wasn't. It's close, though - a set of predictions for the next five years of technology in learning that includes the 3D web, wireless, user-generated content, and more. Probably the most interesting section is the one on "revolutionizing high school" which describes the 'Classrooms of the Future' initiative in Pennsylvania. More...
14 novembre 2019
6 Tech Trends for the Next Five Years
27 octobre 2019
CUNY Freshman Enrollment Increasing
By Madeline St. Amour. Bucking the national trend, CUNY freshman enrollment continues to increase. Experts say it reflects a larger trend of urban versus rural colleges. More...
24 octobre 2019
Machine Consciousness - Trends and Issues
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Machine Consciousness - Trends and Issues
Good overview of links and resources related to the phenomenon of consciousness and especially machine consciousness. Some glaring omissions, though, including Dennett's Consciousness Explained and Nagel's What Is It Like To Be A Bat. More...
14 octobre 2019
Tendances de l’emploi territorial et politiques RH
Les résultats de la 5ème édition de ce cette étude publiée par L’AMF, le CNFPT, la FNCDG, l’ADF et Régions de France permettent de mesurer l’évolution de la gestion des 1,9 million d’agents publics territoriaux, dans un contexte de réformes ayant des effets sur les missions, les organisations ou les budgets des collectivités. HoRHizons 2019 s’appuie sur une enquête CNFPT réalisée par l’institut CSA entre le 3 et le 28 juin 2019 auprès d’un échantillon représentatif de 811 collectivités et établissements publics territoriaux (5 régions, 35 départements, 614 communes, 36 communautés d'agglomération, 119 communautés de communes, 1 communauté urbaine et 1 métropole). Plus...
11 octobre 2019
A Framework for Modern Workplace Learning 2019
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. A Framework for Modern Workplace Learning 2019
Jane Hart, Modern Workplace Learning, 2019/02/12
This is chapter 1 of a longer work (you'll have to pay for subsequent chapters, and they're not written yet) and a good introduction to the topic of modern workplace learning. The linchpin is the new framework (presented in a frustratingly small diagram; a big version would help tired old eyes like mine) where "everyone is responsible for their own continuous improvement, learning and development." In particular, Hart envisions a new role, "Modern Learning Advisors," who "enable and support learningby (a) helping individuals build modern learning skills, organize & manage their own self-development, and (b) helping managers and their teams get the most out of daily work experiences". More...
10 octobre 2019
Roadmap to becoming a Solid Developer in 2019
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Roadmap to becoming a Solid Developer in 2019
Solid, GitHub, 2019/02/11
Solid, you may recall, is the project by Tim Berners-Lee and company to create a distributed social web. This page makes it clear just how difficult and complex that task is. It's a 'roadmap' to becoming a Solid developer - that is, it identifies and links to the different things you need to know. The 'basics' include identity, DOM manipulation, APIs and more, not to mention graph data and RDF. You'll also need package managers like Yarn or (Node.js) NPM. Then you can move on to React, a Javascript framework for dynamic web interfaces. More...
27 septembre 2019
IMS Report On Learning Technology Satisfaction and Trends
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. IMS Report On Learning Technology Satisfaction and Trends
I'd like to know why IMS is forcing people to register before allowing them to see this document? What are they doing with the data? Has IMS become the AdDoubleClick of the education world? Anyhow, Michael Feldstein provides us with an informed summary. Of note: "The amount of money spent on content and content authoring tools dwarfs everything else... it becomes crystal clear that making high-quality, free, re-usable content available (and findable) is absolutely imperative from an institutional cost perspective." David Wiley also summarizes the report. More...
25 septembre 2019
Music Downloads in Downward Trend
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Simon Avery[Edit][Delete]: Music Downloads in Downward Trend, Globe and Mail [Edit][Delete] December 12, 2006
As expected, the digital music market has been saturated as people finish replacing and rounding out their music collection with the new format. The music industry continues to wail and gnash its teeth, however, blaming declining sales on piracy rather than poor marketing, worse technology, and indifferent quality (I mean, a album by Paris Hilton? Come on now). The comments, though, tell a different story, as writer after writer rejects the music industry's plaints, and with it, the marketing disaster that is DRM. It's unlikely that the music industry will listen - but one wonders, will the editors of the Globe and Mail get the message, and change their perspective on this issue. More...
15 septembre 2019
15 things worth glancing at in the new Education at a Glance
HEPI was honoured to host the UK launch of the OECD’s Education at a Glance 2019 in central London yesterday.
It is a data-rich report that takes time to digest properly. So, as a digestive aid, we are listing 15 of the many stand-out facts. More...
07 septembre 2019
NAPLAN results show Year 3 students perform better than Year 9 in writing, and it’s a worrying trend
The preliminary 2019 NAPLAN results released this week show a small “upturn” in performance on the writing task. More...
