March 27, 2013
Attention Nonprofit #datanerds
Beth Kanter,
Beth's Blog,
March 27, 2013
Little Outliner
Dave Winer,
Small Picture,
March 27, 2013
"What Google Maps does for geography, outliners do for ideas." So says Paul Ford of Dave Winer's latest project, Little Outliner. On the surface the prduct is very simple, but it does some nifty things, like embedded Javascript, and local data storage. "An outliner is a text editor that organizes information in a hierarchy, allowing users to control the level of detail and to reorganize according to structure. Your notes can have full detail, yet be organized so a casual reader can get a quick overview.
New Learning in Canada #oer
Jenni Hayman,
March 27, 2013
I had a wide-ranging discussion earlier this week with Jenni about open educational resources, what an e-learning application would look like and where e-learning is going in general. This post summarizes her thoughts after the conversation, and I think it reflects the tenor of our discussion quite well. And it captures especially well the flavour of our conversation (or at least, my thinking about our conversation): "You are the only one responsible to know yourself when it comes to learning. Know your skills, your strengths, your weaknesses about a new thing you are trying to learn... Don’t wait for someone to spoon feed you, your parents to pay for it, a bank to loan you the money, or your employer to train you on what they need you to know."
Do you see an unmotivated baby?
Steven K. Khan,
University Affairs,
March 27, 2013
Students and OERs: Exploring the possibilities
Lorna Campbell,
Lorna’s JISC CETIS blog,
March 27, 2013
This post is a summary of a presentation from Toni Pearce, vice-president (further education) for Britain's National Union of Students. I have no doubt that her comments are reflective of the opinions of students, but reading them makes me want to dissolve 'students' as a distinct category for research and opinion on learning technology and policy. Take this: "Students are conservative in their use of OERs. Many do use OERs but they are more likely to use them if they are used as part of course or recommended by lecturer." I'm sure that's true. But (from that perspective) the value of OERs is to people who are not students - people who haven't paid tuition and have easy access to a lecturer. Using 'students' a the demographic voice of record inherently biases our sample toward a self-selected socio-economic elite with privileged access to learning resources.
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Because this is the business we've chosen
Dan Chudnov,
One Big Library,
March 27, 2013
I love this: "My professional mission as a librarian is this: Help people build their own libraries. That's it. That's all I care about." I think that if people understood that their task is to enable others, more professions would be more secure, and people wouldn't worry so much about technology taking over their livelihood. Via Lorcan Dempsey.
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