Vera Castiglione from the University of Bristol asks whether the stresses and issues faced by students and staff are really that different.
There are many different 'flavours' or interpretations of what openness means in education. This free course, Open education, is an example of a massive open online course (MOOC) and spans seven ...
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Climate Museum UK doesn’t have a building (yet), and our activities happen where our members live. We also do activities such as monthly themed gatherings and training sessions online. We are…
As xMOOCs become more successful and begin to experiment with pedagogies that go beyond the didactic video lecture approach, I have been trying to understand the essential differences between the o…
I came to know of Ton Zylstra through some work I did with Jeroen de Boer and the Bibliotheekservice Fryslân team in the Netherlands last year. While I haven’t met Zylstra in person, I’m a fan of his ideas. In a recent post he talks about the problems of generic online social networks: Discourse disintegrates I think specifically when there’s no meaningful social context in which it takes place, nor social connections between speakers in that discourse.
I’ve started buying the Financial Times Weekend along with The Observer each Sunday. Annoyingly, while the latter doesn’t have a paywall, the FT does which means although I can quote from, and link to, this article by Simon Kuper about tribal politics, many of you won’t be able to read it in full. Kuper makes the point that in a world of temporary jobs, ‘broken’ families, and declining church attendance, social networks provide a place where people can find their ‘tribe’:
The little guys are *just* as loving as the big ones.
Diego Beas: The new, networked activists have revealed a side of Spain few thought existed: a politicised public eager for real change
Richard Brabner of UPP Foundation introduces the Civic University Commission progress report, which focuses on the decline in adult education.
First some good news: the divide in access to digital devices is decreasing. School districts across the country are upgrading networks and integrating ...
Madison Square Garden, and Kennedy International Airport both use facial-recognition software to identify their customers. Who else does?
The Fairness Toolkit has been developed for UnBias by Giles Lane and his team at Proboscis, with the input of young people and stakeholders. It is one of our project outputs aiming to promote aware…
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Sarah Pink is a Professor of Design and Media Ethnography at RMIT University, Australia, and the author or co-editor of several books about digital...
The Fairness Toolkit has been developed for UnBias by Giles Lane and his team at Proboscis, with the input of young people and stakeholders. It is one of our project outputs aiming to promote aware…
Elephants might have the necessary capacities for personhood – we just need to help them acquire the cognitive scaffolding
Since the New York Times named 2012 the year of massive open online courses (MOOCs), millions have flocked to platforms offering them such as edX and ...
The infamous “trolley problem” was put to millions of people in a global study, revealing how much ethics diverge across cultures.
A painting created by artificial intelligence sold for $432,000 at the Christie's Prints and Multiples art auction in New York. The piece, called "Portrait...
From scoreboards to trackers, games have infiltrated work, serving as spies, overseers and agents of social control
"So much of what passes for automation isn't really automation."
Harper Simon asks philosopher Jaron Lanier about his latest book, “Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now.”...
There are different views of personalized learning. My advocacy for personalization has been occasionally misunderstood as supporting the narrow view of personalized learning driven by big data and le...
“The future is unwritten,” stated Joe Strummer decades ago. It implied a message of hope for humanity’s future and a call for action. Today, algorithms are written that might pave the way for the end…
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's visage loomed large over the European parliament this week, both literally and figuratively, as global privacy
What according to you is the future of MOOCs? This question was originally answered on Quora by Deepak Mehta.
In the wake of school shootings, some are using social media monitoring companies like Social Sentinel to find threats. But critics have concerns.
A series of research projects, patent filings, and policy changes indicate that the Pentagon wants to use social media surveillance to quell domestic insurrection and rebellion.
Can we be held morally responsible for our actions? Yes, says Daniel Dennett. No, says Gregg Caruso. Reader, you decide
It's been over five years since NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden lifted the lid on government mass surveillance programs, revealing, in unprecedented
For people interested in Critical Posthumanism, Rosi Braidotti’s The Posthuman is probably a good place to start. Throughout the book, Braidotti gives a really concise summary of what exactly…
When cities lack the paths pedestrians need, people vote with their feet
Our social lead David Thair shares 5 more tips and tools for getting the most out of FutureLearn and social learning.
Researching his role in “The Lifespan of a Fact,” the actor embeds in The New Yorker’s fact-checking department.
Italian investigation found software updates ‘significantly reduced performance’, hastening new purchases
If tech is going to infiltrate, influence, and shape all of society, it is unacceptable for tech and pure market forces to decide the limits of the surveillance state.
