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This article begins with a clever metaphor linking the blockchain with the heavy chains worn by the ghosts that haunt Ebenezer Scrooge. "And that raises questions. Among them: Are crypto-entrepreneurs imagining better systems for education—or just systems that pay off better...

According to the authors, "there are skills that AI cannot master: strategy, creativity, empathy-based social skills, and dexterity." The article goes on to explain why, and to describe how humans...

Though the words don't say so specifically, this is presented as though it were a type of open access, though it really is not. It is, at best, open access for UK students attending institutions that are Jisc members. That said, we are told that the plan provides access to "the Kortext Open Resources Collection – a curated collection of open access (OA) books and open...

If you've been following OLdaily you've known what a DAO is for several years, but for the many who find this new, the Guardian has a tongue-in-cheek overview of the concept. Essentially, a DOA is a company (but not a 'company') with assets in the blockchain that is managed by a...

The title is of course misleading, because it wasn't UNESCO that called for a shakeup, it was its Director General, Audrey Azoulay. And while she does say "we must rethink education" it's not really a shakeup. Her...

It's interesting to see the pundits all weighing in on web3 these days. I'm not sure what has prompted it - nothing really significant has happened in the last few months; it's just blockchain and tokens and NFT and IPFS as usual. A lot of the commentary has been quite critical - see, for example, Doug Belshaw commenting of a reecent paper that "There are so many issues...