Complexity and Ontologies Part 3: Complexity as the Key to Intelligent Repositories
This is the second in a multi–part series on the process of developing ontologies in education and why they matter. These articles are a continuation of a series on taxonomies in education also published in XplanaZine (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4). This article talks about “complexity” and how understanding its principles will help us arrive at repositories of information and teaching materials that are intelligent and can anticipate our needs. Continue reading ‘Complexity and Ontologies Part 3: Complexity as the Key to Intelligent Repositories’
Here is a recap of significant posts in the edublogging community from the past 48 hours. Continue reading ‘Daily Tribute’
By the time an education provider realizes that it has lost focus on learning, they may have already suffered severe, possibly irreparable damage. This a danger faced by almost every education institution, as it strives to accommodate new demands for flexible delivery technologies, trendy curriculum and course content, and student-friendly financing options. Consequences can range mild chaos and lack of direction to total collapse. Damage can result from faculty and staff disenchantment and low morale, a massive out-migration of students as the institution fails to live up to the promised educational vision, and financial pressure as tuition revenues fail to flow in, and donors refuse to continue to contribute to the organization. Continue reading ‘Learning Lost Along the Way? Warning Signs’
This is the second in a multi–part series on the process of developing ontologies in education and why they matter. These articles are a continuation of a series on taxonomies in education also published in XplanaZine (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4). The first article described what ontologies are using the broader contexts of language and language acquisition. This article talks about “fluency” and how we can create that within libraries of objects. It’s purpose is to lay the groundwork for our discussion on complexity tomorrow by identifying the types of “agents” needed to create fluency or intelligence in an information/language system. Continue reading ‘Complexity and Ontologies Part 2: Making Taxonomies Fluent in Education’
Here is a recap of significant posts in the edublogging community from the past 48 hours. Continue reading ‘Daily Tribute’
This is the first in a multi-part series on the process of developing ontologies in education and understanding why they matter. These articles are a continuation of a series on taxonomies in education also publisheded in XplanaZine (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4). In this first article, I describe what ontologies are by comparing them to a game I use in my classrooms that helps students learn a foreign language. Continue reading ‘Complexity and Ontologies Part 1 — A New Language in Twenty-Five Words’
The concept of “network centric warfare” has totally pervaded military training and policy publications, and, although there are operational and philosophical critiques of the concept, the fact remains that it continues to influence the way that the military thinks of itself and its activities. Continue reading ‘Network-centric Warfare and Implications for Distributed Education’
Here is a recap of significant posts in the edublogging community from the past 48 hours. Continue reading ‘Daily Tribute’
Here is a recap of significant posts in the edublogging community from the past 48 hours. Continue reading ‘Daily Tribute’
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