The Second Superpower
This is my response to James Moore’s article, “The Second Superpower” in Extreme Democracy.
Jerald Dana Cole
Leveling the Playing Field
Many of us thought the Internet would level the playing field in politics, governance, publishing and any system entailing information exchange back in the late 1980s to early 1990s. Alas, I am of that age…
Bias in Tagging and Indexing Schemes
Dear Julia et al. Some feedback on your article… … Continue reading
Commentary on Politics, Hacktivism and Slacktivism
With reference to David Weinberger’s exegesis, please watch…
Fake News
The good coming out of Caitlin Dewey’s article on the “Facebook Fake News-Writer” is that people will be more generally aware of the problem.
The New News
Dear David: Regarding the old news post (is that a triple oxymoron or subliminal irony?)…
Critical Retrospective of Bruce Sterling’s “A Short History of the Internet”
Bruce Sterlings’s piece, A Short History of the Internet is an interesting snapshot of the state of the Internet, circa 1992. … Continue reading
Open Source Componentized LMS Design
Reply
There’s been some back-and-forth in distance education literature on the issue of “too many tools” in today’s dominant learning management systems (LMSs). These include Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle, etc. There are functional equivalents in every LMS. Here, I make the case … Continue reading
Contrasting Approaches to Online Course Development
Three common approaches to online course development are compared and contrasted herein for a higher synthesis. … Continue reading
Why Bloom’s Taxonomy Makes No Sense
It’s always interesting to see, hear and read the buy-in on Bloom’s Taxonomy, and the grand ascriptions to its rather dull precepts. … Continue reading