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By Mark A. McCutcheon 2 days agoThe “Latent News”: #Surrealist found poetry as media criticism http:// wp.me/ poR4A-KE #FairDealing #fairuseweek2015 - By Madelaine Befus February 26, 2015 - 3:58pmUS News Headline: Fast, Fair and Open: FCC Proclaims Internet a Utility http:/
/ goo.gl/ 76PGT8 - By Mark A. McCutcheon February 24, 2015 - 8:05amKicking off #FairUseWeek2015 with "Cut Up," a poem composed of borrowed song lyrics: http:/
/ t.co/ dXQsGUlbId #copyright #poetry #fairdealing - By Mitch Louis-Jacques February 21, 2015 - 5:36pmJohan Huizinga's homo ludens anyone? I need to pick your brain!
- By Mary McNabb February 14, 2015 - 5:00pmI've only skimmed the article, Terry, but it's fascinating. The Landing is a real diamond - so many facets!
- By Terry Anderson February 14, 2015 - 8:49amAt last, our Open Praxis article about Landing, Elgg system used in unpaced undergrad course. important insights? http:/
/ bit.ly/ 1EbatLA - By Viorel Tabara February 10, 2015 - 7:45pm...and that led me to: https:/
/ github.com/ ckan/ ckan. Sounds interesting gotta read more... More - By Viorel Tabara February 10, 2015 - 7:40pmCODE 2015 is on: http:/
/ open.canada.ca/ en/ canadian-open-data-experience-code - By Jon Dron January 30, 2015 - 1:09pmSeveral new Landing features, fixes and tweaks today - https:/
/ landing.athabascau.ca/ pages/ view/ 148541/ whats-new - By Terry Anderson January 25, 2015 - 5:48pmGreat review/slides of tools for automatically analyzing texts for sentiment. http:/
/ bit.ly/ 1BqwOUR
- By Madelaine Befus February 26, 2015 - 3:58pmUS News Headline: Fast, Fair and Open: FCC Proclaims Internet a Utility http:/
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Link to Tony Bates' latest book (online open access textbook) Teaching in a Digital Age
Started by Madelaine Befus in the group EDDE 806 Doctoral Research Seminar January 18, 2015 - 5:45pmPosted to group: EDDE 806 Doctoral Research SeminarFYI - Tony Bates' latest textbook published using an open-access, Creative Commons license, is available here: http://opentextbc.ca/teachinginadigitalage/ Tony is the 806 guest speaker for Feb. 19. -
Researching things that don't exist
By Jon Dron September 11, 2014 - 2:21pm Comments (2)As the end of my sabbatical is approaching fast, I am still struggling to develop a research methodology around tinkering (or bricolage, to make it sound more academic). In brief, what I am trying to do is introduce a little rigour into exploring... - By Terry Anderson February 14, 2015 - 8:49amAt last, our Open Praxis article about Landing, Elgg system used in unpaced undergrad course. important insights? http:/
/ bit.ly/ 1EbatLA - By Viorel Tabara February 10, 2015 - 7:40pmCODE 2015 is on: http:/
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The Logical Fallacy Collection: 30 Ways to Lose an Argument
By Jon Dron 9 February 2015 @ 12:34pmthevisualcommunicationguy.com - A nicely designed infographic presenting a few common fallacious approaches to argument, both informal and formal, in an easily digestible form. -
It's All Happening - The Future of Crowdsourcing Science
By Sandra Law 9 February 2015 @ 12:16pmPosted to group: Open Science Activities and Resourcesosc.centerforopenscience.org - Blog posting about potential of crowdsourcing to produce transparent science, such as in the reproducibility of scientific results. -
Design Like You Give a Damn!
By Carrie Anton 4 February 2015 @ 11:04amPosted to group: Accessibility at AU- net magazine Best Conference Talk in 2014! is called “Design Like You Give a Damn!” http://vimeo.com/110965713 -
Dear offended religious people
By Jon Dron 30 January 2015 @ 6:15pmPosted to group: Atheists at Largefreethoughtblogs.com - An article by self-identified religious person Saba Farbodkia Ophelia Benson, originally published as a post at "British Muslims for Secular Democracy" on Facebook. It starts: "If you know the holy scriptures of the religions that you... -
Your First Visit to the Landing
Last updated February 6, 2013 - 2:56pm by Terry Anderson in the group The Landing Help Community Comments (6)Posted to group: The Landing Help CommunityWelcome to The Landing!! Athabasca Landing has many of the features of social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. However, it is better able to control privacy settings and allow you to connect with and to create groups with members of the... -
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Instructional quality of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
By Jon Dron 18 November 2014 @ 11:34am Comments (4)www.sciencedirect.com - This is a very interesting, if (I will argue) flawed, paper by Margaryan, Bianco and Littlejohn using a Course Scan instrument to examine the instructional design qualities of 76 randomly selected MOOCs (26 cMOOCs and 50 xMOOCs - the imbalance was... -
Microsoft Open Sources .NET, Saying It Will Run On Linux and Mac | WIRED
By Jon Dron 12 November 2014 @ 1:55pmwww.wired.com - This is a sign of what appear to be some remarkable seismic shifts at Microsoft. To be fair, Microsoft has long been a contributor to open source initiatives but .NET was, until fairly recently, seen as one of the crown jewels only slightly less... - By Terry Anderson November 4, 2014 - 7:46amInteresting article on academics use of academic social networks (like Research Gate) http:/
/ bit.ly/ 1vE8oBW Differ rank & discipline -
Multiple types of motives don't multiply the motivation of West Point cadets
By Jon Dron 3 November 2014 @ 11:24am Comments (2)m.pnas.org - Interesting study analysing the relationship between internal vs instrumental (the author's take on intrinsic vs extrinsic) motivation as revealed in entry questionnaires for West Point cadets and long-term success in army careers. As you might... - By Terry Anderson September 23, 2014 - 3:22pmCongrats to Dr. Jan Thiessen for succesfuly defending her EdD dissertation this afternoon - Interaction in Self-paced Study at a Distance.
- By Jon Dron September 17, 2014 - 9:25pmFree PDF of our new book #TeachingCrowds, at http:/
/ www.aupress.ca/ index.php/ books/ 120235 - print and ebook formats due soon -
Commonwealth of Learning Award for Excellence in Design of Distance Education Materials
By Cindy Ives December 17, 2013 - 8:54am Comments (1)I'm very pleased to announce that an AU course has been awarded the Commonwealth of Learning Award of Excellence for Distance Education Materials. Collaboration and Mentoring in Educational Environments (MDDE 665) is a classic example of 'simple...
- Louis Lemaire commented on a bookmark Four Reasons to Worry About "Personalized Learning" - Alfie Kohn
- Jon Dron uploaded the file Instructional Bricolage (FST Workshop version)
- Mark A. McCutcheon posted to the wire
- Mushtaq Ahmad commented on the blog JQUERY PROPOSAL
- Madelaine Befus posted to the wire
- Shafiq commented on a bookmark Four Reasons to Worry About "Personalized Learning" - Alfie Kohn
- Hongxin Yan bookmarked Four Reasons to Worry About “Personalized Learning” in the group Personalized Learning
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At first glance, I thought to myself, "well why don't we want to leverage personalized learning?!?" Many a person has said that they are a [visual/audio/independent study] type of learning, or "I learn better when [blank condition]".
But after reading the referenced article, I can see what was meant - it's not what I thought at all. I don't know whether the "each person has their own learning style" stuff is myth or not, but I can see the controversy. It sounds like people are capitalizing on these 'myths' - true or not.
These notions seem to be conventional wisdom, so leave it to the free market to capitalize on parents who want to believe that their *ahem* snowflake is different from every other snowflake. It seems that rather than teachers adjusting to their students, or tweaking a class or grouping of students, it makes the education system formulaic. This idea of personalized learning seems really dangerous - that it allows a computer formula to gradually adjust test (task) difficulty until individual students succeed. Sometimes we need to push people, we need to let them fail and put themselves back together. Learning can be acheived through pressure and adversity if used correctly.
Louis Lemaire 3 hours ago
- Louis Lemaire commented on a wiki page titled Normalization
- Jonathan Louis published a blog post JQUERY PROPOSALComments
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Please need more detail about "the page" that your are referring in you proposal.
Mushtaq Ahmad February 26, 2015 - 5:58pm
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Tunisian political cartoonist _Z_
By Sandra Law 8 January 2015 @ 1:49pmPosted to group: Political Satirewww.pri.org - _Z_ is a Tunisian who's been blogging and cartooning from Paris for the past six years. -
Microsoft Open Sources .NET, Saying It Will Run On Linux and Mac | WIRED
By Jon Dron 12 November 2014 @ 1:55pmwww.wired.com - This is a sign of what appear to be some remarkable seismic shifts at Microsoft. To be fair, Microsoft has long been a contributor to open source initiatives but .NET was, until fairly recently, seen as one of the crown jewels only slightly less... -
Design based research workshop?
By Terry Anderson 30 October 2014 @ 10:39am Comments (1)Posted to group: EDDE 806 Doctoral Research Seminarijds.org - I wonder if there is interest by AU students in getting these folks to design a workshop (at a distance) for our EdD and DBA students?? Looks very positive to me, but not sure how it would fit within our prescribed courses? perhpas in... -
On the trail of Islamic State
By Richard Marsden October 16, 2014 - 12:48pmBetween my last post and this I’ve been away and busy with other things. In the interim, here in Hyperborea, … Continue reading → -
Living the Dream - Inclusive Post-Secondary Education
By Sandra Law 15 October 2014 @ 2:19pmPosted to group: Accessibility at AU- Video explores the full inclusion of adults with developmental disabilities in universities and colleges in Alberta. More information contact the Alberta Association for Community Living www.aacl.org
Thanks for sharing Jon, and that article is mind blowing and full of reality. What we are facing today is control on human thought, rather than giving everyone ability to learn in enjoyable, flexible and creative manner. In general sense, what students are racing for is to get better grades at the end of course and very few actually taking just for the sack of actual learning, is that pressure from society, your family, your co-worker and from within.
I am big fan of Open Learning Concept where there is no boundary, no restriction and at least no money involve. Anyone can share and learn from each other by collaborating.
We should consider our self as students for life, like a famous saying "Learn like you never going to die, and live like you will die tomorrow" apologies if did not say it right.
Thanks again
Shafiq February 25, 2015 - 1:28pm