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OLDaily, acrónimo de Online Learning Daily, es un boletín sobre e-learning mantenido por Stephen Downes.
OLDaily
https://www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htm
OLDaily, acrónimo de Online Learning Daily, es un boletín sobre e-learning mantenido por Stephen Downes.
Is VR Really Mainstream? What Learning Leaders Need to Know
Publicado en OLDaily el 01/07/2022
The answer to the question is "no". Even though Bersin shows that more than a million people "have experienced virtual reality training developed by STRIVR," Pamela Hogle notes, these are very large companies focusing specifically on physical tasks. "Before VR can be considered...
Leer másDon’t look up: Ignoring the looming crisis in public education
Publicado en OLDaily el 01/07/2022
The authors point to what they consider to be four crises in education:
It seems a bit like an odd selection,...
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"Getting off social media for me has been a way to reclaim my sanity, my time, my creativity, and my reflection," says Helen Blunden in this YouTube video reflection. "I got off social media simply because it wasn't providing me any value any more." That's not to say it never had value,...
Leer másGames for Teaching/Learning Quantum Mechanics: A Pilot Study with High-School Students
Publicado en OLDaily el 30/06/2022
Byju’s Makes Its Move to Acquire 2U
Publicado en OLDaily el 30/06/2022
This post covers some uninteresting information about 2U's market cap and the possible billion dollar acquisition of the company by...
Leer másData training videos from Statistics Canada
Publicado en OLDaily el 30/06/2022
I just thought people might be interested in these resources:
Leer másArgumentation, cognition, and the epistemic benefits of cognitive diversity
Publicado en OLDaily el 30/06/2022
This is a good paper that looks at the phenomenon of 'social information processing' and suggests that a study of the role of argumentation between proponents of diverse perspectives may be more important than is currently believed. Diversity, writes Renne Pesonen, is an...
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"What well-meaning regulatory proposals lack is a vision of social media that could be good for society," writes Ethan Zuckerman. But what would a proposal that leads to a 'Good Web' look like? Some argue that better regulation of centralized media could do it...
Leer másAvantis Education launches Eduverse, a safe and secure ‘metaverse’ for K-12
Publicado en OLDaily el 29/06/2022
This article in edCircuit is a reprint of a press release. "Avantis Education today announced the launch of Eduverse – a ground-breaking new online platform that gives students access to a K-12 metaverse." The only ground-breaking here should be the burial of the idea that this is in any sense the 'metaverse' - it's just a...
Leer másHitting the wall and maybe working out how to get back up again
Publicado en OLDaily el 29/06/2022
Some good thoughts here about the relation between scale and edtech. "Access is a problem of scale at one level and I am committed to working on that but I increasingly hear reductive views of digital learning limited to students navigating personalised pathways through high-end content and teachers interpreting that learning through analytics. This seems devoid of any...
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