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Online learning isn’t as inclusive as you may think
Erin Clow, Klodiana Kolomitro, University Affairs, 2018/05/04

I will agree that inclusivity is more than just access, pace and choice of learning paths. But I push back against the idea that "a sense of isolation and a lack of community for both students and faculty" are unique to online learning. I've seen it in in-person classrooms. For example, the authors write that "community guidelines in a 'traditional' in-person classroom are often set through a collaborative process where both students and faculty are actively engaged." Maybe. Sometimes. But more often, in my experience, these guidelines are simply dictated by the instructor or professor. Yes, we need to model "values of fairness, empathy, acceptance, kindness, respect, and responsibility." But this is as true offline as online, and is no easier in person than digitally.

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The Average Guy Who Spent 6,003 Hours Trying to Be a Professional Golfer
Stephen Phillips, The Atlantic, 2018/05/04

The premise here is that Dan McLaughlin worked his 10,000 hours (or most of them, at any rate) in an effort to be a pro golfer. But if there are 245 spots on the PGA Tour, then if 246 people spend that 10,000 hours, then by definition the principle will fail. Then other factors will come into play, like luck and age. What did happen was that he became a very good golfer - among the top six percent in the world - before his back gave out. Had he started earlier, had he employed a better practice strategy, had he a cohort of peers to pace himself, had he more money to live on, things may have been different.

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Paul Wilson Adobe Captivate Tutorials
Paul Wilson, YouTube, 2018/05/04

As summarized on ATD, " The tutorials cover a range of topics from basic tasks, such as creating your own multiple-choice questions, to more advanced ones, such as converting a course to responsive design so it works on mobile devices. For beginners, Wilson has created a 'Getting Started Playlist' to ensure you can find all the information you need to master the software's basics." This is a great source of free e-learning with more than 140 videos, and for author Paul Wilson, a great calling card introducing himself to people looking for custom e-learning content development.

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Is Copyright Piracy Morally Wrong or Merely Illegal? The Malum Prohibitum/Malum in Se Conundrum
Rick Anderson, The Scholarly Kitchen, 2018/05/04

I view this post as a continuation of the lobbying effort to make unauthorized copying a moral issue rather than the straightforward legal issue that it is. The distinction being drawn here is between "mala prohibita (acts that are technically illegal but not morally wrong), and those considered mala in se (bad in themselves)" and Rick Anderson wants us to believe that "the whole malum prohibitum/malum in se argument really boils down to a question of moral philosophy." But not exactly. I think that people outside the publishing industry see the “malum in se” interpretation in legal code as evidence of the influence of wealth and lobbying to create property (and crime) where there was previously none, to the benefit of those who are already wealthy. This isn’t a matter of morality. It’s a matter of justice (denied).

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