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Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

You may recall that a learning technologist at UBC, Ian Linkletter, has been sued by Proctorio, a student surveillance company ostensibly for posting links to videos published by the company on YouTube (but more likely because he has been a vocal critic of Proctorio's practices - Linkletter calls the lawsuit a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP)). Over the weekend, Linkletter launched his defense with a statement to media and a fundraising campaign. In just a couple of days he raised more than $20,000 from the community. Yes, I contributed.

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