OLDaily Text Edition ~ Nov 02, 2016

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OLDaily - Text Edition by Stephen Downes Nov 02, 2016
Blogging is a Choral Act
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Bonnie Stewart: "Blogging is a choral act. Posts are
commented on; ties are formed. Stories and backstories
become known. As I connected with other bloggers and found
community first with other parents and then with those
whose writing, like my own, unpacked identities in various
forms, I stumbled into something extraordinary: a space
wherein I was able, in small ways, to publicly mother a
child who was not here."
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Institute-wide Task Force on the Future of Libraries
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I don't write about libraries a lot because I'm not
enthused by stacks of dusty paper. But of course libraries
are evolving (slowly) with the digital age, as this report
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attests. I think what we'll see over time is a convergence
of the library's traditional role with that of housing and
disseminating academic resources, ultimately replacing
publishers. Hence we read recommendation 4, "the MIT
Libraries should be a trusted vehicle for disseminating MIT
research to the world." And recommendation 6: "the
Libraries should generate open, interoperable content
platforms that explore new ways of producing, using,
sharing, and preserving knowledge and that promote
revolutionary new methodologies for the discovery and
organization of information, people, ideas, and networks."
Via Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
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University Videos on YouTube Get Custom Search
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This is interesting. Campus Technology summarizes it
neatly: "A "boutique" search company has developed
a free online resource
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university and college videos that have been posted to
YouTube and then clip and share segments of those videos
with students and colleagues." Leaving aside the danger of
depending on Google for anything, it raises the possibility
of other 'boutique' video search engines./ For example, a
search engine specifically for cooking. Or scanning
electron microscopes. Or...
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Microsoft Teams challenges work chat rival Slack
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Microsoft has announced Microsoft Teams
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a product to support work teams, rivaling Slack
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CEO to run a newspaper ad "warning that running such a tool
is 'harder than it looks'," according to this BBC article.
"You're not going to create something people really love by
making a big list of Slack's features and simply checking
those boxes," it says. "Tiny details make big differences.
If you want customers to switch to your product, you're
going to have to match our commitment to their success and
take the same amount of delight in their happiness." More
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Tech Crunch
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Look out below: Cuts underway as advertising tumble
accelerates
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It was not so long ago I heard people declaring that paper
newspapers would endure and that large publications like,
say, the Wall Street Journal, were too entrenched to
imagine being impacted by the internet. Two weeks ago the
WSJ offered buyouts to the paper’s entire editorial
staff. Today came the layoffs and the dramatic reduction in
size of the physical product. Meanwhile backs refused to
back a loan that would allow Gannet to buy Tronc, the
owners of the LA Times and Chicago Tribune. The end is near
for paper-based newspapers. 
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Six strategies for Canadian universities to foster
innovation
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This is a set of six short articles that overall represent
an industry-driven approach to support for innovation in
universities "by being willing to work with industry as
partners and having our researchers work closely to solve
key industry issues, rather than looking for places where
university discoveries can be plugged in." From where I
sit, this may (may) support innovation, but it puts the
brakes on disruption and transformation. In a certain sense
it represents a diversion of effort and resources toward
incumbents and away from new ideas and businesses that
would genuinely move us forward. This has been my
experience with the policy over the last several years.
Yes, this document deserves deeper discussion and
criticism. But in my mind it represents a failed innovation
policy.
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Teachers’ Informal Learning via Social Networking
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I've talked about the way teachers use informal learning
for a long time, so it's good to see discussion of this
trend in the formal literature. "This research attempts to
investigate how teachers engage in informal learning for
their professional development when using Social Networking
Site (SNS) technology." At this point, it is true that a
"social networking site, such as Facebook is a potential
platform to engage teachers in informal learning for their
professional development." But I wouldn't depend on these
over the long term; we need a social network, not a social
network site. "Content knowledge is the most frequently
exchanged knowledge on the teachers’ Timelines (33%,
n=35). This is followed by knowledge of curriculum (25%,
n=26), general pedagogical knowledge (16%, n=17), knowledge
of learners and their characteristics (14%, n=15), and
knowledge of educational contexts (11%, n=12)."
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