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OLDaily - Text Edition by Stephen Downes Nov 16, 2016
Thank You, Pearson: OER, Metadata, Gateways, and Elephants
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There's debate about Pearson's approach to OER, especially
through it's Equella Linkservice
(acquired in 2009). Lisa Petrides posts on 'open source
pillaging
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"see how our non-commercial resources are used
inappropriately here
http://oer.equella.com/access/home.do." Bill Fitzgerald
responds that Pearson is doing the community a service.
"Pearson is helping to expose more people to OER, and
subsequenty increase the adoption of OER," he writes. "By
selling access to communities around OERs, Pearson provides
a gateway, exposing many people to OER who might never have
used them otherwise." But if they're using them simply as
yet another commercial resource, where's the benefit in
that?
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4 learning and development trends for HR leaders to watch
in 2017
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It's not the first
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'end of the year' article (believe it or not) but it's
early. Too early, in my view, but I digress. Anyhow, it
makes four predictions, which I quote:
Video will continue to enable micro-learning
Millennials will continue to value learning and development
as a prime benefit
Gamification and virtual reality will continue to enhance
learning experiences
Mobile learning will continue to expand employee
development goals
Well, *yawn*. All of these (very vague) things are
happening now. If you're going to write an end-of-year
article, try to be useful. How will video be enhanced in
2017? What impact will defining learning as a benefit have?
What new features or types of gamification can we expect?
How will be define employee development goals? Come on - if
you're going to predict, try to actually engage with the
topic.
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In defence of the humanities: Why studying philosophy in a
world where welders earn more still makes sense
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It's telling that this defense of the most non-utilitarian
of disciplines appeals to a utilitarian argument: "Properly
applied, the humanities teach us how to formulate our
views, articulate them and defend them." That's a
side-benefit, but hardly the core of philosophy or any of
the humanities. I studied philosophy motivated by a spirit
of discovery and creativity, a desire to explore ideas and
perspectives and points of view. I didn't care (and still
don't care) whether welders make more money than me (I hope
they do; welders offer a valuable service to us all).
Philosophy doesn't need defending. The reduction of all
things to monetary value needs defending.
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'Augmented Intelligence' for Higher Ed
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As the story says, "IBM picks Blackboard and Pearson to
bring the technology behind the Watson computer to colleges
and universities." Watson is IBM's flagship analytics
engine. Pearson is working on an “intelligent
tutoring system” while Blackboard is working on
"tools for advisers and faculty members."
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What Edtech Can Learn from Theranos
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How do we explain the high-profile silicon Valley failures
in ed tech? Jennifer Carolan suggests we can learn some
lessons from their failures in other domains. First,
"Education expertise, which is critical to building great
education startups, has been undervalued in edtech."
Second, "top performing edtech companies almost always have
at least one investor with deep experience operating and
investing in the space." And third, "efficacy matters even
if it is hard to demonstrate."
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