Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

Personal Learning in the Age of AI

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Author: Stephen Downes
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OTESSA 2026, OTESSA, Online, Panel, Jun 09, 2026.

This is a workshop that updates attendees on the development of open source technology developed by the author that supports continuous personal learning is a distributed environment. Includes: brief description of the fediverse and introduction to major fediverse services such as Mastodon, Bluesky, Peertube, etc.; demonstration of convergent fediverse discussion software; interactive practice using the software among participants to conduct an learning event; consideration of learning potential for personal learning environments; and demonstration of AI use as a tool for creativity and engagement (as opposed to answering questions or writing essays). 



Stephen Downes Stephen Downes, Casselman, Canada
stephen@downes.ca

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