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Jon Dron bookmarked Interesting product: Bionic Reading May 19, 2022 - 10:45am

Having spent a while researching the literature on ways that visual landmarks and other text enhancements (and deliberate obfuscations) affect comprehension and recall, I am a little sceptical about the underlying theory for this patented product...

https://bionic-reading.com/about/
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Jon Dron uploaded the file Investigating the effects of computer-generated contextual landmarks on short-term recall of... May 17, 2022 - 7:22pm

These are the slides from our presentation at OTESSA 2022 yesterday, describing our somewhat delayed project to try to make the content of e-texts more memorable by inserting artificial landmarks. We are building an e-reading system to...
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Jon Dron published a blog post Informal Learning in Digital Contexts: another chapter by me and @terguy from Springer's... April 19, 2022 - 5:14pm

This is the second of two chapters by Terry Anderson and me (the other being on the topic of pedagogical paradigms, that I shared a week or two ago) from Springer's Handbook of Open, Distance, and Digital Education.The 'paradigms' chapter more or...
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Jon Dron published a blog post New open access chapter by me and @terguy updating and refining our 'three generations'... April 12, 2022 - 11:58am

This is a chapter by me and Terry Anderson for Springer's new Handbook of Open, Distance, and Digital Education that updates and refines our popular but now long-in-the-tooth 'three generations' model of distance learning pedagogy. We have changed...
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Jon Dron published a blog post English version of my 2021 paper, "Technology, technique, and culture in educational systems:... April 5, 2022 - 11:02am

This is the (near enough final) English version of my journal paper, translated into Chinese by Junhong Xiao and published last year (with a CC licence) in Distance Education in China. (Reference: Dron, Jon (2021). Technology, technique, and...
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Jon Dron uploaded the file Technology, technique, and culture in educational systems: breaking the iron triangle April 5, 2022 - 10:53am

This is the English version of my paper published in Chinese in "Distance Education in China" last year (2021). AbstractThis paper presents arguments for a different way of thinking about how distance education should be designed. The paper begins...
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Jon Dron replied on the discussion topic A guide to the Student Server in the group COMP 266 March 14, 2022 - 10:51am

I'm sorry that you didn't get a response on this, Alexandra. For this kind of issue it's normally far better to post to this forum or, if it is a more specific or personal query, to mail your tutor directly (mushtaqa@athabascau.ca) Also, don't...
- Jon Dron@jond
Jon Dron replied on the discussion topic A guide to the Student Server in the group COMP 266 March 14, 2022 - 10:51am

I'm sorry that you didn't get a response on this, Alexandra. For this kind of issue it's normally far better to post to this forum or, if it is a more specific or personal query, to mail your tutor directly (mushtaqa@athabascau.ca) Also, don't...
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Jon Dron replied on the discussion topic Documentation? in the group COMP 266 March 2, 2022 - 9:22am

For the first question, comments in source code are usually enough for HTML and CSS but, if you have lengthy things to say about the work, do put them in your learning diary. For the second question, don't ever destroy previous work by overwriting...
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Jon Dron bookmarked So mouse jigglers are a thing now December 9, 2021 - 9:33pm

A mouse jiggler is a mechanical device that literally jiggles your mouse, or a dongle that electronically mimics mouse movement. There are even a few real mouses with jiggling functions built in. Why? Though there are a few people who might use it...

https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=mouse+jiggle
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Jon Dron published a blog post Requiem for an email address December 5, 2021 - 11:01am

After 30 years, some time today, my email address at the University of Brighton will no longer exist. It's like losing a part of me.
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Jon Dron published a blog post Nobody has ever learned anything at a distance, and no one ever goes to a distance institution December 3, 2021 - 11:39am

Nobody learns anything online or at a distance. Nothing at all. You are always learning it where you are now. All learning is in-person learning, and it all takes place within a physical environment, part of which (only a part) may include whatever...
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Jon Dron commented on a bookmark Journal of Universal Rejection December 1, 2021 - 12:14pm

Let's just skip the middle man and fail to submit it.
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Jon Dron bookmarked Journal of Universal Rejection December 1, 2021 - 11:27am

Perfect. Just perfect. If anyone would like to collaborate with me to submit a paper to the Journal of Universal Rejection, feel free to contact me. I probably won't answer.

https://www.universalrejection.org/
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- Trevor K@trevorkr
  
  I would be honored to be selected to co-author a paper with you. However I understand your selection criteria may be high, and you may choose not to select me, in either case, it is an honor to be selected, or not.
  
  Trevor K December 1, 2021 - 11:36am
- Jon Dron@jond
  
  Let's just skip the middle man and fail to submit it.
  
  Jon Dron December 1, 2021 - 12:14pm
- Trevor K@trevorkr
  
  This works for me! More efficient too.
  
  Trevor K December 1, 2021 - 12:18pm
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Jon Dron bookmarked Gather is a remarkable retro but modern collaboration, cooperation, and socialization system: I... November 9, 2021 - 7:18pm

The other day a small group of students and I had a really interesting experimental classroom session in Gather. The article linked here describes a much bigger-scale and intentional approach. If you're not familiar with Gather, its a web-based...

https://celinelatulipe.medium.com/gathering-online-for-cs1-177006c1c4d6
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Jon Dron bookmarked The Uncensored Library – Reporters without borders November 8, 2021 - 9:40am

This is very cool - a library of articles and journals that have been censored in various regions, built inside Minecraft, that thereby evades censorship (for now). It lends a whole different meaning to 'serious games'.

https://www.uncensoredlibrary.com/en
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Jon Dron bookmarked Just a Game? Study Shows No Evidence That Violent Video Games Lead To Real-Life Violence -... November 6, 2021 - 11:36am

This is a report on a plausible US-based study on the effects of violent video games, with a fairly large number of subjects (all boys for the detailed study, though also investigating broader patterns across genders). It finds no causal...

https://neurosciencenews.com/video-game-violence-19601/
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Jon Dron bookmarked Course: Applied Social Network Analysis in Education in the group COMP 650: Social Computing October 23, 2021 - 1:47pm

This is an interesting and largely open course that teaches social network analysis, applied in the context of education (though it is much more about social network analysis in general). It has quite comprehensive coverage, including ethical...

https://bookdown.org/chen/snaEd/
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Jon Dron commented on a bookmark The Good Place in the group COMP 650: Social Computing October 22, 2021 - 9:54am

Nice find! As a philosophy graduate with an ongoing interest in ethics I have much enjoyed the series myself. I believe that the writing team included professional philosophers to help generate and critique the plot, so there's a lot of academic...
- Jon Dron@jond
Jon Dron commented on a bookmark Inisde - Bo Burnham in the group COMP 650: Social Computing October 18, 2021 - 3:55pm

I enjoyed this, too, and I didn't make the connection with last week's work: thanks for the reminder. For those not wanting to watch (or wanting to know more about it) there's an overview of the special at...

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