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by Stephen Downes
November 17, 2008

The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On
This is a major paper I authored over the summer and released yesterday. In the summer of 1998, over two frantic weeks in July, I wrote an essay titled The Future of Online Learning. In this essay I offer a renewal of those predictions. I look at each of the points I addressed in 1998, and with the benefit of ten year's experience, recast and rewrite each prediction. This essay is not an attempt to vindicate the previous paper - time has done that - but to carry on in the same spirit, and to push that vision ten years deeper into the future. My best hope for most influential blog post for 2008. Stephen Downes, Half an Hour, November 17, 2008 [Link] [Tags: Traditional and Online Courses] [Comment]

Corporate Learning Trends and Innovation 2008
As if there isn't enough to do this week, you could if you find the time peek in on this free and open online conference. The list of speakers over the five days is a veritable who's who of corporate e-learning (see the Events page for a list): David Weinberger, Dave Pollard, Nancy White, Marcia Conner and Allison Anderson, among many others. George Siemens, Tony Karrer, Jay Cross, Ning, November 17, 2008 [Link] [Tags: Online Learning] [Comment]

Educamp Colombia
Diego Leal summarizes the Educamp Colombia sessions he ran last year, in preparation for a second set he is running this year. Here is the overview and the summary of the Bogota session. And here, in Spanish, is the overview and summary of both the Bogota and Medellin sessions. For me, it was a privilege to take part, and I will be participating at a distance at the kick-off for the next set. Diego leal, .Edu.Co.Blog, November 17, 2008 [Link] [Tags: none] [Comment]

7 Things You Should Know About Flip Camcorders
It's definitely worth looking at the Flip video camera. Capturing something like 13 percent of the video recording market in the first year, the Flip camera is a phenomenon. But I'm not sure these are the seven points I would pick to highlight about the Flip. How many ways can you say "by making it easier it increases the risks," anyways? (Answer: 4. Items 4 through 7.) The really important points? Flip cams save files directly as .avi files, making them instantly usable. And another: Flip cameras carry their software with them, ending the separation between device and device driver (you can actually update the driver on the device). Also, because the Flip can be operated in hands-free mode, it is much more mobile (and stealth). Unattributed, EDUCAUSE Connect, November 17, 2008 [Link] [Tags: Video] [Comment]

Interactive Visualization for Computational Linguistics
This is why I read Language Log every day, as Mark Liberman links to "some really terrific slides from a tutorial by Christopher Collins, Gerald Penn and Sheelagh Carpendale on "Interactive Visualization for Computational Linguistics". (Warning: it's a 13.8 MB .pdf file)." Mark Liberman, Language Log, November 17, 2008 [Link] [Tags: none] [Comment]

Interactive Visualization for Computational Linguistics
This is why I read Language Log every day, as Mark Liberman links to "some really terrific slides from a tutorial by Christopher Collins, Gerald Penn and Sheelagh Carpendale on "Interactive Visualization for Computational Linguistics". (Warning: it's a 13.8 MB .pdf file)." Mark Liberman, Language Log, November 17, 2008 [Link] [Tags: none] [Comment]

Keeping People Involved
It is common for online communities to wither and die not long after they have been created. Summary article describing how people hosting an online community might keep people involved in the community. See also the sequel article. Steven Egan, Learning Science Meets Game Design, November 17, 2008 [Link] [Tags: Online Learning Communities] [Comment]

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