Tag: stephen downes
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Resources for learning about AI
A few weeks ago someone asked me to point them towards a few resources they could use to learn about AI. I got a bit carried away, coming up with a few more than a few. I thought I’d share here as well. Note: I subscribe to many more podcasts, newsletters, and RSS feeds, some…
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How people learn
Source: Downes, S. (2018). How people learn. A nice collection of quotes in a slideshow, taken from a new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, that highlights the dynamic process of learning throughout the lifespan.
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I enjoyed reading (February)
Is the lecture dead? The real purpose of a lecture is to show the mind and heart of the lecturer at work, and to engage the minds and hearts of learners. It’s important to understand that lectures in themselves are not bad but that they, like any teaching medium can be used badly. A good…
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Notes on podcast from Stephen Downes
I thought I’d make some notes while listening to this podcast interview from Stephen Downes., where he talks about personal learning environments, problems with e-learning and open vs. closed educational content. ———————————— Mentions Plearn as part of the opening discussion and bio. What is a PLE? Compares LMS to PLE. LMS is based around the…
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Different views of learning resources
I was just going through this presentation on personal learning from Stephen Downes (2008), and wanted to highlight the point he makes about 3 different approaches to viewing learning resources: As a thing – books, videos, presentations i.e. a content object As an event – lectures, workshops, seminars, meetings As flow – user generated content,…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-05
@lucretiafraga Cape Town. Will have a look through what I have and let you know in reply to lucretiafraga # RT @mendeley_com Mendeley Desktop v0.9.4 released | Mendeley Blog http://bit.ly/erfPV # Half an Hour: Facts versus skills. Comments from Stephen Downes, linked to from CCK09 http://bit.ly/4lQsF # How Do Innovators Think? Has some interesting ideas…