Jan 23, 2023
Stephen Downes is a prominent speaker and writer in the field of
educational technology and learning, known for his work on open
educational resources, digital learning, and the development of the
MOOC (massive open online course). He's currently a researcher at
the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of
Toronto. Downes sees three current technologies as being critical
for the development of online education; metaverse, blockchain and
AI. But rather than making airy pronouncements in clickbait blog
posts about this techno-troika, he has thought hard about how they
operate together, creating a possible future for online education.
But in this new distributed, learner-driven world, will we still
need universities?
- 0:00 - Intro
- 3:53 - The MOOCs of today
- 8:04 - Physical state of the brain
- 13:28 - The Metaverse
- 32:32 - Blockchain
- 38:57 - Artificial Intelligence
- 56:02 - What the university looks like in the future?
YouTube talks by Stephen mentioned in the discussion.
Follow Stephen
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stdownes
- Website (Personal): https://www.downes.ca/
- Blog: http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/
- Website (personal): http://leftish.media/
- Email: stephen@downes.ca
Contact John Helmer
- Twitter: @johnhelmer
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/
- Website: https://learninghackpodcast.com/
- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LearningHack
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