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Stephen Downes

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I don't mention the education activists a lot in OLDaily because they're living in a different world, doing different work, almost none of which involves technology. But it's important to note from time to time their importance as an influence here. Sure, the Silicon Valley ethos prevails in much of ed tech, but not here in OLDaily. My history includes union halls for restaurant workers, development education with the Arusha Centre, alternative journalism, and hence, people from a wide variety of fields working for equity and social justice. I just happen to do it with technology. That's why it's important for me to recognize people like Dirk Tillotson. They are the earth to this weblog's steel.

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