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OLDaily - Text Edition by Stephen Downes Oct 19, 2016


Robin DeRosa’s great Ignite Talk DML2016 on open
education.
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Clint Lalonde highlights a talk by Robin DeRosa on the
relation between open education and public education. "In 5
short minutes she connects the various strands of open
education (open access, open educational resources, and
open pedagogy) to the broader societal mandate of our
public institutions, which is to serve the public good."
Short (as promised) video arguing we should make a case for
public education using the case for open education.
 
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K–12 Computer Science Framework
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A document called the K–12 Computer Science Framework
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led by the Association for Computing Machinery, Code.org,
Computer Science Teachers Association, and the Cyber
Innovation Center. The frameworek "promotes a vision in
which all students critically engage in computer science
issues; approach problems in innovative ways; and create
computational artifacts with a practical, personal, or
societal intent." It organizes the discipline into a set of
'core concepts' and 'core practices' (pictured).
Interestingly the framework also weaves four major themes
through the concepts:

Equity. Issues of equity, inclusion, and diversity are
addressed
Powerful ideas... can be used to solve real-world problems
and connect understanding across multiple disciplines
Computational thinking practices such as abstraction,
modeling, and decomposition
Breadth of application: physical systems; the collection,
storage, and analysis of data; and the impact of computing
on society.

I think it would be productive to compare this framework
with the various accounts of 'digital literacy' that
circulate through the educational community. Via and with
commentary from Mark Guzdial
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and Alfred Thompson
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College Students: 'Please Personalize My Learning'
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This is one of those surveys
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(47 page PDF
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but you might have to sign up for spam) that I think puts
words in people's mouths. According to the report, 89
percent of respondents say "digital learning tech should
respond and adapt to my unique way of learning." What
students says "my unique way of learning?" And actually,
personalization isn't the big draw. 89% agree or strongly
agree that "Digital learning technology should respond and
adapt to my unique way of learning." (p. 29) But 65% of
them say "I like being able to study anytime, anywhere"
while only 21% say "I like technology that responds and
adapts to my unique learning style." (p. 27) The survey
plays fast and loose with the words and concepts here,
conflating between "learning style", "adaptive learning"
and "my unique way of learning". Campus Technology reports
what the report says, but should take a more critical
stance in its journalism.
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Facebook’s Social VR Coming Sooner than you Think
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It's easy to forget that Oculus Rift and Facebook are the
same company. We shouldn't. "According to RoadtoVR
http://www.roadtovr.com/facebook-plans-to-launch-social-vr-offering-as-soon-as-possible/"
target="_blank, Facebook’s Social VR platform for
Oculus Rift is coming sooner than you think... maybe not
this year, but 2017 sounds like a real possibility."
Basically the technology combines VR scenes and individual
avatars. The article notes "Quartz
http://qz.com/802835/facebooks-fb-social-vr-future-is-all-about-avatars-virtual-reality-selfies-and-oculus-rooms/"
target="_blank has a comparison of the avatars from F8 in
April 2016 and OC3 in October."
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The Learner is the Winner
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Short summary of the University of Pennsylvania’s
Business Education Online Learning Summit on September
19-20. "The key takeaway," writes Anne Trumbore, "is
that future of post-graduate business education is global,
micro-credentialed, accessible, individualized, and
empowering. And the learner is going end up the winner."
MOOCs get a lot of criticism - but they did open up a new
world of open online learning for students.
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The Moodle ER Diagram
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Back in May I gave a presentation on 'extending Moodle
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relationship (ER) diagram of the software. Marcus Green,
who created the diagram, wrote to say that "I am continuing
to update diagram with each new version of Moodle and I am
currently working on the one for Moodle 3.1 with various
improvements in detail and content. The most complete
recent version can always be found here." So, here it is,
with thanks from the community to Marcus. More links: How
the diagram was created
LinkDiagram FAQ
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 old versions.
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