Stephen Downes

Information about one of the authors cited in the OLDaily newsletter

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Donald Clark Plan B

Recent Posts

10 uncomfortable truths about the con that is University rankings
Oculus Rift: Freezers, smilers, grippers, swayers, screamers and freak-outs – resistance is futile
My tech prediction for 2015 - two small letters…
Why Finland is finished as role model in education
Swearing in conference presentations works!
7 reasons: Why we need to kill boring ‘learning objectives’!
Sir Ken Robinson: ‘Creative’ with the truth?
VR and consciousness – some truly freakish ideas
Is the ‘closed’ mindset of the Open Educational Resources community its own worst enemy?
7 reasons why kids right to have went apeshit over this GCSE maths question
Kohlberg's moralising and its revival - character education
10 reasons why Salman Khan is a more important educational theorist & practitioner than Ken Robinson or Sugata Mitra
ASU wants to be a new sort of University and they're getting there
10 challenging ways to get the best from your SMEs
Reading to Your Children Makes No Difference
Immersive Games Beats Classroom in Maths
7 'Bad Language' Habits in Learning
Kinect for Christmas: future unleashed!
Abandon lectures: increase attendance, attitudes and attainment
We have fetshised 'Leadership', we're all leaders now, rendering the word meaningless
10 reasons why 2015 is the year of the MOOC
Why the tablets in schools debacle is over
10 amazing ways Blockchain could be used in education
Could AI replace teachers? 10 ways it could?
Little tribute to Tim Berners-Lee from the learning community