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Městská knihovna v Praze

(Municipal Library of Prague)

Prague, September

Le Dernier Bar avant la Fin du Monde est le premier espace d’expression des cultures de l’imaginaire en plein cœur de Paris, à deux pas du Théâtre du Châtelet. C’est un bar de plus de 400 m² pensé par des passionnés de science-fiction, de fantasy, de manga, de séries télévisées, de cinéma et de littérature fantastique. On peut s’y installer pour lire, partager un verre, jouer, se restaurer, partager sa passion pour les cultures de l’imaginaire.

Making 'Linked Open Data' easy to understand is no mean feat, but they've somehow managed it in this Europeana video.

#open_data #europeana #linked open data #data

if you want more marginalized people making games (or tech), you might have to accept that what they make may not look ANYTHING like what you’re used to, might not be measurable by the predominant standards of the “industry” or “field.”

http://www.modelviewculture.com/pieces/a-missed-connection-tech-feminism-and-videogame-zinesters

#videogame zinesters #games #twine

Instruction does not equate to learning. This is the fundamental fly in the ointment of instructional design, and the epistemological failing of learning management systems and most MOOC platforms. Learning, unfortunately, is something no instruction has ever quite put its finger on, and something that no methodology or approach can guarantee. Instead, pedagogical praxis creates roads along which learning may take place (along with plenty of other experiences); and assessment is merely a system of checkpoints along the way to evaluate how well the road, the vehicle, and the driver are cooperating. In other words, assessment doesn’t measure learning. Assessment measures the design of the instruction.

"MOOCagogy: Assessment, Networked Learning, and the Meta-MOOC" - Hybrid Pedagogy

JULY 22, 2013 / SEAN MICHAEL MORRIS AND JESSE STOMMEL

This chart shows the lexical distance — that is, the degree of overall vocabulary divergence — among the major languages of Europe. The size of each circle represents the number of speakers ...

(from 2008 but still interesting and not always what you'd expect)

The lab will operate through the end of the year and offer 3D printers, laser cutters, a milling machine, a vinyl cutter and software.

#libraries #maker labs #makerspace

My new favourite demo site.

(Not really sure what my old favourite demo site was, but anyway...)

#drupal #display suite #chuck norris #design

Lyndie Dourthe exhibition at Artazart

http://lyndiedourthe.blogspot.fr/

Connected learning is an approach to addressing inequity in education in ways geared to a networked society. It seeks to leverage the potential of digital media to expand access to learning that is socially embedded, interest-driven, and oriented toward educational, economic, or political opportunity.

Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design

Mizuko Ito, Kris Gutierrez, Sonia Livingstone, Bill Penuel, Jean Rhodes, Katie Salen, Juliet Schor, Julian Sefton-Green, and S. Craig Watkins (2013)

#education #research #learning

Playing with the Omeka 2.0 beta

Initial impressions: Huge improvements to the dashboard and administrator UI. Not sure if there's any more control over Dublin Core elements than in previous versions but still exploring.

#omeka #beta #testing