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"Allan Päll - Secretary General of the European Youth Forum - Belgium Miles Berry - Principal lecturer in Computing Education at the University of Roehampton - UK Jo Swinson - Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills in the UK's coalition Government of 2010-2015 - UK Pedro De Bruyckere - Educational scientist at the Artevelde Hogeschool - Belgium Are we equipping young people with the skills they need to participate, contribute and compete in our technology-oriented society? What specific new skills are needed? Are schools and universities the right places to teach these so-called '21st century skills'? On December 4, OEB 2015 experts debated on the motion "This House believes 21st Century skills aren't being taught - and they should be" More info: http://bit.ly/20zkM8R"

"Le scuole e le istituzioni iscritte a educanet² hanno accesso, senza pubblicità e a costo molto contenuto, a un dizionario online PONS in una versione adattata al contesto scolastico. Lo strumento funziona molto semplicemente: selezionare la parola, cliccare sull'icona "P" e scegliere in che lingua si desidera la traduzione. PONS su educanet² Fase di test gratuita fino alla fine dell'anno scolastico 2014-2015 Fino a fine luglio 2015 potrete utilizzare gratuitamente lo strumento dizionario online PONS; potrete così familiarizzarvi con lo strumento e verificare quale modello di offerta a pagamento farà per voi. Nello spazio privato o in quello dell'istituzione, in una classe o in un gruppo, l'icona è posizionata nella barra di menu principale."

"Ian Goldin - Professor of Globalisation and Development and Director of the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford - UK The Opening Plenary session of OEB 2015 looked at the challenges of modernity and identify how people, organisations, institutions and societies can make technology and knowledge work together to accelerate the shift to a new age of opportunity. More info: http://bit.ly/1lugQWX"

"Cory Doctorow - Writer, Blogger, Activist - USA The Opening Plenary session of OEB 2015 looked at the challenges of modernity and identify how people, organisations, institutions and societies can make technology and knowledge work together to accelerate the shift to a new age of opportunity. More info: http://bit.ly/1lugQWX"

"David Price - Learning futurist and co-founder of We Do Things Differently - UK The Opening Plenary session of OEB 2015 looked at the challenges of modernity and identify how people, organisations, institutions and societies can make technology and knowledge work together to accelerate the shift to a new age of opportunity. More info: http://bit.ly/1lugQWX"

"By Carl Straumsheim March 6, 2015 1 Comment Massive open online course provider Coursera this week drew the ire of some translators on Twitter after claiming "that the quality of the Coursera's Global Volunteer Translator Community... is better than a professional translator." The roughly 5,600 volunteer members of the community help translate lecture video subtitles. After a number of critical tweets, including from Coursera critic Paul-Olivier Dehaye, the MOOC provider deleted the tweet. Coursera later apologized in its Global Translator Community newsletter. Dehaye chronicled the exchanged on Storify."

"What is artificial intelligence, and why do so many smart people warn about it? Does it pose an existential threat to humanity? Transcript ------------------- In 2015, an open letter was signed by Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Steve Wozniak and hundreds of artificial intelligence experts. It discussed the growing impact AI will have over our lives, and the importance of safety research in this field. In addition, Elon Musk called it "summoning the demon" and bill gates said he "doesn't understand why some people are not concerned". And yet others like Paul Alan expressed some skepticism. what is all the fuss about? (...)"

By Zack Whittaker for Zero Day | August 19, 2015 "...Everyone has a right to privacy. It doesn't just keep our information safe, but it helps us be the people we want to be. Without privacy, we're always being watched. Without privacy, we can't have private discussions or experiences that shape our views, opinions, and thoughts that better society. Without privacy, we can't express ourselves as who we want to be. Privacy either exists, or it doesn't. Today it's cheating spouses, tomorrow it could be you."

"Ticino Inglese ↔Italiano Tedesco ↔ Italiano Francese ↔ Italiano (previsto nel corso del 2015) Wörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache (DaF) Prezzo netto annuale per pacchetto CHF 60 (0-29 allievi); CHF 150 (30-99); CHF 450 (100-249); CHF 1'125 (250-499) ; CHF 2'100 (500-1499); CHF 6'000" (da 1500)

"Ticino Inglese ↔ Italiano Tedesco ↔ Italiano Francese ↔ Italiano (previsto nel corso del 2015) Wörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache Prezzo netto annuale per pacchetto CHF 35'250"

"Dizionari online su educanet² 18. dicembre 2014 / educanet² I membri registrati in educanet² hanno ora l'accesso diretto ai dizionari online PONS, integrati nella piattaforma. Le scuole e le istituzioni presenti in educanet² ne potranno approfittare durante la fase di test gratuita fino alla fine del mese di luglio 2015. www.educanet2.ch"

Chris Hoofnagle, director of BCLT's privacy programs | 3/6/13 "...We need to be less infatuated with "the cloud," which to some extent is a marketing fad. Many of the putative benefits of the cloud are disclaimed in these services' terms of service. For instance, a 2009 survey of 31 contracts found that, "…In effect, a number of providers of consumer-oriented Cloud services appear to disclaim the specific fitness of their services for the purpose(s) for which many customers will have specifically signed up to use them." The same researchers found that providers' business models were related to the generosity of terms. This militates towards providers that charge some fee for service as opposed to "free" ones that monetize user data. We should charge our IT professionals with the duty of documenting problems with outsourced services. To more objectively understand the cloud phenomenon, we should track the real costs associated with outsourcing, including outages, the costs of managing the relationship with Google, and the technical problems that users experience. Outsourcing is not costless. We could learn that employees have simply been transferred from the operation of CalMail to the management of bMail. We should not assume that systems mean fewer people-they may appropriately require meaningful staffing to fulfill our needs. As the expiration date of system wide Google contract approaches in June 2015, these metrics will help us make an economical decision. Finally, there are technical approaches that, if effective, could blunt, but not completely eliminate, the privacy problems created by cloud services. Encryption tools, such as CipherCloud, exist to mask data from Google itself. This can help hide the content of messages, reduce data mining risks from Google, and cause the government to have to come to Berkeley officials to gain access to content. The emergence of these services indicates that there is a shared concern about s

Attenzione alla data: alcune cose potrebbero essere cambiate nel frattempo.

"Gilly Salmon - Professor at the University of Western Australia - Australia Gilly Salmon invited us to observe and explore technologies of the future and bring them to today, in the service of student achievements and business advantage More info: http://bit.ly/1YkCGOf"

"Lia Commissar - Wellcome Trust - UK How can we ensure that education is ready to prepare learners for the future? And how can we create new learning environments which enhance the benefit of education? Learn about the latest theories, new digital solutions, policies, strategies, research and insights, as our expert speakers shared their enthusiasm for tomorrow's new world of learning. More info: http://bit.ly/1NgVtia"

"Toby Walsh - Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of New South Wales - Australia How can we ensure that education is ready to prepare learners for the future? And how can we create new learning environments which enhance the benefit of education? Learn about the latest theories, new digital solutions, policies, strategies, research and insights, as our expert speakers shared their enthusiasm for tomorrow's new world of learning. More info: http://bit.ly/1NgVtia"

"Short panel presentation to Online Educa Berlin in which I reflect on the ways the agile process can go wrong when applied to learning design. Not that it always goes wrong, but this is the topic I drew in the panel. [Added to Youtube by Stephen Downes, Dec 27, 2015]"

"Fair Use, MOOCs, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Frequently Asked Questions In October 2015 the Librarian of Congress issued new rules permitting certain teachers of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to break encryption on DVDs, Blu-Ray discs and streaming videos to create short clips for use in their teaching. It's a major step forward for MOOC teachers and their students. This document, prepared by Professors Peter Decherney and Brandon Butler, answers some of the most common questions you might have about the new rule."

(Per il contesto, vedi http://infojustice.org/archives/35654 e http://ipclinic.org/2016/01/22/fair-use-moocs-and-the-digital-millennium-copyright-act-frequently-asked-questions/) Parti problematiche: Coursera and Udacity are for profit companies. Can they take advantage of the exemption? Coursera and Udacity are the platforms. Colleges, universities, museums, and other nonprofit organizations offer courses through these platforms. The organization that creates the course must be an accredited nonprofit educational institution, but the provider of the software platform may be for-profit . So a university course offered through Coursera may take advantage of the exemption. How can the material be restricted to students enrolled in the course? We believe that use of passwords provided only to enrolled students will sufficiently limit access to the course content to students or learners. How can redistribution be prevented? Offering streaming rather than downloadable versions of the course content should reasonably limit unauthorized redistribution of the work. Unfortunately, this unfairly disadvantages learners with slower internet access" Cioè l'autorizzazione a far saltare i blocchi anticopia vale soltant per i MOOC che non sono MOOC perché non sono Open ma protetti da password. E l'argomento secondo il quale il fair use vale per i video di corsi Coursera e Udacity, a patto che gli enti che elargiscono il corso non siano a scopo di lucro, anche se le piattaforme lo sono, è dubbio. in effetti Coursera e Udacity traggono profitto dai materiali proposti da questi enti. Quanto all'offerta dei video in solo streaming per impedirne lo scaricamento: almeno nei corsi Coursera dove il link di scaricamento è stato t

"Introduction California school districts and County Offices of Education-collectively, Local Educational Agencies ("LEAs")-collect a vast amount of data in providing educational and related services. This data may include pupil records, medical records, financial information, and more. With the advent of individualized learning management systems, LEAs are sharing such data with third-party vendors more than ever before. There has also been a corresponding, and sometimes competing, increase in compliance measures to protect student data. This guide is intended to provide an overview and streamline some of the key laws governing student data privacy. Please note that the laws referenced herein may not be exhaustive. This guide contains information only and is not intended to provide legal advice, nor does it establish an attorney- client relationship. LEAs are encouraged to contact their legal counsel or member organization for any questions or clarifications concerning the content contained herein. This guide is also available electronically at www.f3law.com . This guide may be updated periodically; such updates may be found in the electronic version"

linked in http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/10/21/lessons-learned-from-security-breaches.html

"La robotica creativa favorisce la costruzione di concetti topologici insieme allo sviluppo dello schema corporeo, risultando utile non solo per l'apprendimento del Braille ma anche per la crescita del non vedente come "persona"." di Immacolata Nappi | del 21/09/2012

Vedi http://iamarf.org/2015/06/01/hardware-e-software-strumenti-di-pensiero-e-liberta-castel-del-piano/#comment-58274

"La robotica creativa procede dal particolare dell'oggetto, del pezzo assemblabile, all'unità composita dell'artefatto creativo, sintesi concreta delle varie parti. È cioè analoga alla percezione tattile, che arriva all'universale attraverso il particolare."

Vedi http://iamarf.org/2015/06/01/hardware-e-software-strumenti-di-pensiero-e-liberta-castel-del-piano/#comment-58274