Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

According to the website, "We are piloting a knowledge-building library for AI agents in learning engineering. This hub curates evidence-based research, tools, datasets, and policy resources from trusted sources like What Works Clearinghouse, Evidence for ESSA, Mathematica, and the Learning Policy Institute - structured so AI agents can search, filter, and cite them directly." I can seethe usefulness of this, but once again a quick look at the literature raises more questions than answers. Why are there 169 frameworks, for example? This strikes me as a discipline less like engineering and more like creative arts. Here's the GitHub version.

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