@downes.bsky.social - Stephen Downes

30 Oct 2026 01:45 +0000

The refactor is complete. Really happy with how it turned out. It's *much* cleaner for new users, and still demonstrates utility for people who aren't logged in. A common storage later has been created, using indexDB, the collections editor works a lot better. #CList clist.mooc.ca https://clist.mooc.ca

29 Oct 2026 21:41 +0000

Collective Learning - https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/10/collective-learning.html

24 Oct 2026 00:33 +0000

Claude and I wrote the following: Nobody’s Gatekeeper https://stephendownes.substack.com/publish/post/221858093 Since it's an AI-assisted post, I published it on the Substack feed I created for that. In this article we report on the work we did this week to get the CList decentralized authentication process right.

22 Oct 2026 15:36 +0000

What's Good in Higher Education - https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/10/whats-good-in-higher-education.html classes and assignments and credentials are the least valuable things in higher education. I focus on what's good instead. What's worth preserving that will carry on even in the age of artificial intelligence?

07 Oct 2026 17:41 +0000

Video of my session at FediForum - www. youtube.com/watch?v=Qz0x3xmiIp8 - thanks Mark for being the only one to join me (we're not the cool kids :p ) which introduces CList and offers an alternative way to look at (and build) the open social web, Live demo glitches, but we made the point. #fediforum https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qz0x3xmiIp8

05 Oct 2026 22:22 +0000

I have uploaded a slide deck called An Introduction to CList summarizing at a high level what CList does and why https://clist.mooc.ca/introduction.html (Yes I worked with Claude to create this deck, so I didn't miss anything - it took me a full day of back and forth with Claude to get it right)

19 Sep 2026 15:42 +0000

Thinking of my Obituary https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/09/thinking-of-my-obituary.html Asking myself what my obituary to say isn't just some exercise to orient and make my life better, as suggested in this article.

16 Sep 2026 16:05 +0000

Survey results - https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/09/survey-results.html The survey is still open, if you want to get some last minute thoughts in.

12 Sep 2026 17:25 +0000

I have a number of projects on the go and it would be nice to get a sense of what people feel is valuable. I want to hear from everybody (it would make me feel really good, in fact, to get a lot of replies). My survey tool is completely anonymous. Take the survey here. survey.mooc.ca/s/f77996c2a0 https://survey.mooc.ca/s/f77996c2a0

11 Sep 2026 19:28 +0000

What I wrote after 9-11 www.downes.ca/post/79766 archive https://web.archive.org/web/20010918123531/https://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/website/view.cgi?dbs=Article&key=1000413288&format=full https://www.downes.ca/post/79766

07 Sep 2026 17:26 +0000

As an experiment, I spent a part of the morning chatting with ChatGPT about why the speed of light is a constant. Quite illuminating and I learned a lot. I put the article in my Substack, separate from anything else I write, and clearly labeled. Enjoy. https://stephendownes.substack.com/p/the-speed-of-light

01 Sep 2026 14:27 +0000

The objective of higher education, from my perspective, might better be characterized as 'socialization into a discipline'. www.downes.ca/post/79723 https://www.downes.ca/post/79723

31 Aug 2026 19:16 +0000

What is working class? leftish.media/archives/1271 https://leftish.media/archives/1271

28 Aug 2026 17:14 +0000

My Top Learning Tools 2026 - https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/08/my-top-learning-tools-2026.html

23 Aug 2026 23:59 +0000

p.s. been so sick today *sigh,*

22 Aug 2026 13:32 +0000

Better no deal than a bad deal. We are not a U.S. colony.

20 Aug 2026 18:29 +0000

What I've Been Doing Over The Summer https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/08/what-ive-been-doing-over-summer.html

08 Aug 2026 17:09 +0000

My latest: The Present and Future Landscape of AI in Scholarly Publishing. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 27(3), 31–50. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v27i3.10080

25 Jul 2026 19:56 +0000

It has taken a while but I have now been able to upload the video recording of my keynote in Ecuador, Technology, Diversity and Human Connection: https://www.downes.ca/presentation/605

24 Jul 2026 20:07 +0000

Enjoy a collection of 364 photos from my trip to Iceland: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_downes/albums/72177720334825867

19 Jun 2026 22:53 +0000

Slides and audio from my talk 'Technology, Diversity and Human Connection' in Milagro, Ecuador, are now available: https://www.downes.ca/presentation/605

17 Jun 2026 16:20 +0000

A few short slides and audio of my (mostly) Q&A session at the Media and Education Conference, Leuven, Belgium. https://www.downes.ca/presentation/604

09 Jun 2026 18:35 +0000

Slides and video from my workshop Personal Learning in the Age of AI are now available. https://www.downes.ca/presentation/603 demonstration of convergent fediverse discussion software; interactive practice using the software among participants to conduct an learning event

01 Jun 2026 21:03 +0000

CList currently supports: - read from feeds, Mastodon, Bluesky, search - decentralized DID (& following by DID) - fully decentralized chat, annotations, collections, collaborative authoring - multiple editor types - publish to Blogger, WordPress, social networks - save locally & much more .../2

30 May 2026 15:00 +0000

We *have* created artificial intelligence and given it rights. But the AI isn't a computer program, it is a corporation. https://therealnews.com/citizens-united-delaware-judge"

22 May 2026 18:21 +0000

Long weekend bikepacking video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sdIzrOvVGY I took advantage of the really nice weather from Saturday to Tuesday that I went on a bikepacking loop north to the Ottawa River and south to Avonmore, staying at a couple of Hipcamp sites along the way.

22 May 2026 14:53 +0000

My proposal , 'Personal Learning in the Age of AI' has been accepted by OTESSA. Online conference (June 8-9) https://otessa.org/news/final-call-for-proposals-otessa-online/ I will be summarizing work to date on CList and outlining my community-based approach to learning while everyone else is making tutoring chatbots.

13 May 2026 23:36 +0000

Adding DID to RSS and Atom Feeds https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/05/adding-did-to-rss-and-atom-feeds.html

03 Apr 2026 14:57 +0000

After three days of the #OLDaily funding campaign, I'm at 7% of my subscriptions target.