OLDaily

Welcome to Online Learning Daily, your best source for news and commentary about learning technology, new media, and related topics.

What PreK-12 teachers Should Know About Educational Technology in 2023: A Research-to-Practice Anthology
AACE, LearnTechLib, 2023/07/20

---

The intent of this eBook (454 page PDF) is to offer "concise, educational technology chapters written specifically for and directly to PreK–12 educators, providing researchers a chance to impact practice by translating their research into observable actions." It's presented as one massive PDF (I didn't see a way to read individual chapters). Though the quality of the almost 50 individual article varies a lot, readers will still find much of value, as many of the articles are right up to day, offer practical examples, and link to a number of additional resources. Topics covered include accessibility and inclusion, artificial intelligence, extended reality, and social emotional learning.

Web: [Direct Link] [This Post]

2023 State of University Edtech Startups
Alberto Arenaza, Transcend Newsletter, Substack, 2023/07/20

---

This is a look at the startup space in edtech in the university sector. The article identifies six major product categories: recruitment, assessment, student affairs, LMS and technology, career development, and revenue generators. It also points to a survey of university leaders identifying "areas where current products are not satisfying demand and need improvement." It also links to a nascent market map of higher ed startups on Google Sheets that currently has some thirty-odd listings. How accurate is any of this? Your call.

Web: [Direct Link] [This Post]

The unconference toolbox
Devon Zuegel, Jason Benn, devonzuegel.com, 2023/07/20

---

This is a brisk brief article introducing readers to the concept of the unconference and offering suggestions for making them better. It's focused mostly on attendees, but also offers suggestions for session organizers (who in an unconference are also the attendees). Though I laud the effort, it would have benefited from a wider and more critical readership. The suggestion, for example, to "remove all of the chairs from the room beforehand, then they will have to sit on the floor" may be great for the young and lithe, but much less so for the old and round (like me). Still, overall, it's quite a good guide.

Web: [Direct Link] [This Post]

AI Literacy.fyi
Doug Belshaw, AI Literacy.fyi, 2023/07/20

---

This site is mostly notable for its link to a response to UNESCO's call for contributions on Algorithm Literacy and Data Literacy (via a Medium post). Authored by Doug Belshaw, Ian O'Byrne, and Tom Salmon (not three authors I would have associated, but hey (they "met a decade ago when collaborating with a global community on v0.1 to v1.5 of Mozilla's Web Literacy Map")), the response argues "efforts to describe what digital literacies and 'good AI'  (ethical, responsible, healthy) look like suggests that these should be theoretically grounded and stakeholder driven to ensure efforts shift norms and enrich lives." Again, I probably wouldn't have strongly associated ethics and literacy, but once again, hey.

Web: [Direct Link] [This Post]

Are Latino 'Systems of Knowledge' Missing From Education Technology?
Nadia Tamez-Robledo, EdSurge, 2023/07/20

---

This article combines three separate stories rather awkwardly, but leads us ultimately to something that is genuinely interesting. The three stories are: fears of Latinx students that they are "not smart enough" to study computer technology; students "taken away from more meaningful learning experiences and kind of plugged into computer screens where it's basically a flashcard"; and failure to celebrate Latinx education systems. It's this third item that leads to something interesting, via a link to a fascinating article that looks at higher education in the Mayan, Aztec and Incan societies. For example, "The Yachahuasi was open to the Incan nobility and included instruction in Quechuan laws, poetry, rhetoric, the oral tradition, and science." Via Miguel Guhlin.

Web: [Direct Link] [This Post]

We publish six to eight or so short posts every weekday linking to the best, most interesting and most important pieces of content in the field. Read more about what we cover. We also list papers and articles by Stephen Downes and his presentations from around the world.

There are many ways to read OLDaily; pick whatever works best for you:

• Read in your web browser on this web page, updated weekdays
• Receive a daily or weekly email newsletter by subscribing here
• Subscribe to the RSS feed using your favourite feed reader
• Follow @OLDaily@mastodon.social on Mastodon or elsewhere in the fediverse
• Follow @OLDaily on Twitter
• Integrate the open API using the JSON feed