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Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~ Stephen's Web

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Born in Montreal, Quebec, Stephen Downes lived and worked across Canada before joining the National Research Council as a senior researcher in November, 2001. Currently based in Moncton, New Brunswick, at the Institute for Information Technology's e-Learning Research Group, Stephen has become a leading voice in the areas of learning objects and metadata as well as the emerging fields of weblogs in education and content syndication.

Stephen is perhaps best known for his daily research newsletter, OLDaily (short for Online Learning Daily), which reaches thousands of readers across Canada and around the world. His work also includes the development of educational content syndication systems such as Edu_RSS and DLORN along and the design of a digital rights management system for learning resources. Stephen is also frequently to be found the road giving seminars and lectures on the field of online learning, including the notable Buntine Oration delivered in Perth, Australia, in October, 2004.

Prior to his employment with the National Research Councl Stephen worked as an information architect at the University of Alberta, hired under contract to design and build a one-stop knowledge, learning and resource portal for the province's municipal sector, MuniMall. While with the University of Alberta he also contributed his unique approach to information architecture to projects such as the Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association (AMPIA) portal and to PEGGAsus, a learning and resource service for petroleum engineers, geologists and physists. Stephen also worked as an instructional and new media designer at Assiniboine Community College in Brandon, Manitoba, designing the College's website and launching some of the first online courses in the country.

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