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OLDaily, acrónimo de Online Learning Daily, es un boletín sobre e-learning mantenido por Stephen Downes.
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What really brought down LinkedIn’s China play
Publicado en OLDaily el 15/10/2021
This analysis seems right (but really, I'm in no position to know): "Ultimately, the demands of the Chinese state, the proliferation of competition and the fast-evolving needs of Chinese web users proved too much for even a power like Microsoft. With LinkedIn gone, the list of major U.S...
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I think it's definitely worth reading this book (take some time and read it over several days - there's a lot of content here to absorb and consider). It...
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This post is a mixture of reflections and day-in-the-life, but it also takes the time to recommend "Brenna, Jason and Jon Fulton’s Introductory Podcasting Masterclass that has just completed its first week. Much like the...
Leer másWhy you should learn the ‘classic style’ of public writing
Publicado en OLDaily el 15/10/2021
I try very hard to employ the writing style described here as 'classic style'. " In classic style, the motive is truth, the purpose is presentation, the reader and writer are intellectual equals, and the occasion is informal." It's a form that combines clarity and authority. "The idiom...
Leer másHow truthful is GPT-3? A benchmark for language models
Publicado en OLDaily el 15/10/2021
One fairly minimal condition for educational content is that it be true (of course, there are many real-world exceptions to that rule even today, but let's leave that aside). So a major challenge for AI-generated content in the future is that it be true. Will it be? This article...
Leer másTechnology Shift from learning to support in the learning technology stack
Publicado en OLDaily el 15/10/2021
this article reports on what I think was a key lesson learned when everyone went online: it becomes a lot less about 'delivering learning' and much more about 'supporting learners...
Leer másCreativity Made Easy: How Your Students Can Practice the Skill for the 21st-Century
Publicado en OLDaily el 14/10/2021
Ludwik Fleck and "thought styles" in science
Publicado en OLDaily el 14/10/2021
This post offers fascinating insight into the thought of Ludwik Fleck (for example: "There are no "objective facts"; rather, facts are defined by the terms and constructs of the 'thought collective'")....
Leer másThe essential human element of AI in education
Publicado en OLDaily el 14/10/2021
This might be one of those paid-placement articles. It's not identified as such, but it's authored by a TurnInIn executive. Either way, it's a decent read based on interviews with a few people working in learning and technology. Each person identifies an upside of AI, but - as the title...
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This is a list of LMSs selected as 'platinum' by the author. What I like is that it looks at corporate LMSs and takes an international perspective. The choices are listed with a short commentary and link.
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