The Learning Hack podcast

LH #72 The University in the Future, with Stephen Downes

Jan 23, 2023

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Is There a Process to Learning Computer Programming?

03:06

The Dissonance Between Traditional Universities and Online Learning

02:53

The University in the Future?

02:02

Introduction

2min

The Learning Hack Podcast Interview With Stephen Downs

2min

How Do You Feel About MOOCs?

4min

The Dissonance Between Traditional Universities and Online Learning

3min

Is There a Process to Learning Computer Programming?

3min

The Metaverse Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence

2min

The Metaverse Is Metaverse, Is It?

5min

Is Scorm a Protocol or a Standard?

3min

Are You Getting a Learning Passport?

3min

10.

What Does It Matter?

4min

11.

Blockchain and Learning

5min

12.

The Definition of Community Is Consensus

2min

13.

Artificial Intelligence - What's the Difference?

2min

14.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Part Two

5min

15.

Chat GPT - The Next Big Thing in Marketing Automation

2min

16.

Chat GPT

6min

17.

The Role of the Doctor Will Be Out of the Job, Right?

3min

18.

The University in the Future?

2min

19.

We Still Need People in Learning

4min

20.

The Semen Model - A Community of Learners

1min

21.

Learning Hack Podcast - What's Next?

2min

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.

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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

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