Phil Barker @philbarker@mastodon.social

Technology improving learning – an edtech meta-analysis
I'm re-tuning my network antenna for a new open education tech project I am going to be working on.

via GIPHY

I'll have more details to share on the project in the coming weeks, but suffice to say that it has put a spring in my step this week, thanks in no small part to providing me with the opportunity to deeply r
https://edtechfactotum.com/edtech-meta-analysis/
#adaptivelearning #onlinehomeworksystems #personalizedlearning

@aral Have you heard of "free as in helicopter"?

Someone gives you a free helicopter. Awesome, right? But if you don't know how to fly a helicopter it's useles to you.

Sign up to be one of the first testers of #MoodleNet!

https://blog.moodle.net/2019/test-signup/

In this interview, I explain how #MoodleNet will be a space for educators to connect and share resources and how you can be one of the first to test it! http://ow.ly/Qj9X30nkLww

is here someone that speaks fluently "gutenberg"? I need help porting a WordPress featured-image meta-box extension to the new "block editor": https://github.com/pfefferle/ZenPress/blob/master/includes/featured-image.php#L40 #followerpower

The Hu, a New Breakthrough Band from Mongolia, Plays Heavy Metal with Traditional Folk Instruments and Throat Singing http://www.openculture.com/?p=1059956 https://t.co/p6ZT4qTeYN

I strongly believe every high school graduate, let alone every post-sec graduate, should have a firm understanding of these cognitive biases https://i.imgur.com/WaxIolU.jpg

Symlinks (via @lolamby@birdsite)

that and wondering if anyone wants to write about what they think digital literacy is...

Forbidden Unicode

I have been receiving letters from a dear friend by the name of Ophiuchus. He has been researching some curious anomalies in the Unicode Standard. While I cannot vouch for all he has written, I thought it worth presenting his discoveries to you. My friend, I bring you a curiosity! I have been engaged in…[...]

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/?p=30373

#fiction #unicode

Question: if you went through this slide deck without any context, what would you be puzzled about? What's missing?

http://bit.ly/2J1apI3

It's for a general audience, some of whom might be educators while others are sysadmins or PHP devs.

#MoodleNet #ActivityPub

It's been a long time since I wrote a post on the blog, but the occasion deserves it. I have a new job! And one of our goals at @moodlenet is to make the world freer and less dependent on large corporations #ActivityPub https://alexcastano.com/moodlenet-more-than-a-technical-project/

#FollowFriday #LearningTechnologist and #EdTech edition.

In the interest of connecting with fellow learning technologists (and related) and building a community here, I’m starting a list. Toot me if you’re a learning technologist on Mastodon and would like to be added. Boost for visibility? TY! ^_^

@martinjc
@philbarker
@isabellgru
@edtechdev
@dajbelshaw
@jgmac1106
@sahoward

The US Library of Congress has been digitizing out-of-copyright video and films and is now releasing those materials on the National Screening Room: https://www.loc.gov/collections/national-screening-room/about-this-collection/

Currently 287 items available, from documentaries to training films to travelogues to animated films to home movies to...

#LOC #films #video #copyright #publicdomain