Edu_RSS ~ November 17, 2003

Most recent update: November 17, 2003 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Joke Isn't That Funny A number of folks, such as BoingBoing and Furdlog, point to a parody website advocating sending MP3s by email, post or fax to the regional authorities for the RIAA (Send Them Back.org). The joke is that if you "stole" the... From The Importance Of on November 17, 2003 at 10:50 p.m.. (37666) Laundering Time In my research of academic standards, I came across The Society for A Return to Academic Standards -- a fascinating collection of links and articles that seek to "peg the prof" and hold him/her accountable for the lowering standards of student performance among American undergrates. I hope to return to... From PEDABLOGUE on November 17, 2003 at 10:49 p.m.. (37665) Google, Microsoft and Lies On October 31, the New York Times reported that Microsoft had discussed a buyout with Google:"According to company executives and... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 17, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (37664) We're a Nielsen Household I've always known about the Nielsen ratings and how they affect tv prime time. However, I've never known anyone who actually ever was part of a Nielsen Household or how it was these people determined what the majority of Americans were watching on television, especially since it never was any of the programs I watch. Well, now I know. We just got our nifty little Nielsen package in the mail this weekend. I'll be keeping a diary on all the tv prog From Edublog News on November 17, 2003 at 9:48 p.m.. (37663) Learning About Learning Objects (LALO) Here is another new learning objects "hub" site (a PHP-Nuke supported site) called Learning About Learning Objects . I clicked and clicked and clicked trying to find the elusive "About" statement, failing, and found this on a site that seemed to be the prototype: The process of implementing SDCCD Online to date has highlighted several problems in implementing a distance education program at a community college: Faculty From cogdogblog on November 17, 2003 at 9:47 p.m.. (37662) CrossRef drops DOI retrieval fees Starting in January 2004, CrossRef will drop its DOI retrival fees for members and affiliates. Quoting the press release: "This move gives all CrossRef users unlimited access to DOIs, and is particularly significant for secondary publishers, as DOI links from citations and bibliographic databases to full text are expected to increase greatly as a result." It should also make CrossRef feasible for open-access publishers. From FOS News on November 17, 2003 at 7:48 p.m.. (37661) Interesting New Educational Blogs Here are some interesting WebLogs that are relatively new, at least to me: Almost Audacious IT - By Ginger Gross. See also her Blogs in Education--> From Ed Tech Dev on November 17, 2003 at 7:47 p.m.. (37660) A Picture Worth a Thousand Words At least. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on November 17, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (37659) 'Dodgy-dossier Syndrome' Rife in the Workplace I'm of two minds when it comes to citing sources. On the one hand, I think it's often useless - I once saw an academic paper provide a reference for the observation that the internet is growing. And it's often overdone, more akin to name-dropping than serious discourse. On the other hand, as this article emphasizes, it's important to track sources for important information or examples, so that otjer people can judge the original for themselves and avoid what in this article is 'dodgy research'. I have different standards of references for different works, but gene From OLDaily on November 17, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (37658) Privacilla Criticizes Anti-Commercial Screed Against RFID Tags Don't they realize, that when you start attacking critics of a technology as 'scare-mongers' that most people (including me) conclude that maybe there is something to worry about? After all, when the personal attacks start, it's because the reasoned defense has in some way failed (it's kind of like those radio broadcasts that begin, "Do not be alarmed. The government is in complete control."). So pencil me into the ranks of the 'scare-mongers' regarding RFID tags, those little transmitters inserted into clothing and other goods. Consider: "Under any scenario, From OLDaily on November 17, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (37657) Copyright: What Makes a Use "Fair"? Short but quality discussion of the concept of "fair use" as it has developed under law and jurisprudence in the U.S. keying on the four major characters: whether the use was commercial or not, whether the work was fact-based or fanciful, how much of the original work was used, and whether there a significant change to the original. By June M. Besek, EDUCAUSE Review, November, 2003 [Refer][Research From OLDaily on November 17, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (37656) The Muscles, Aches, and Pains of Open Source People often talk about the dangers of depending on open source. This article begins by describing the risks a university takes with commercial software - "We are watching our providers fail, merge, and be acquired... Microsoft challenges us in other ways. We struggle with its licensing offerings. We struggle with the security of its applications." Fair enough, but how does a university participate in the development of open source applications, which typically involves sharing with other institutions? " Maintenance and support have neither the glamour nor the defined end points. They're From OLDaily on November 17, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (37653) Cornell and Other University Libraries to Cancel Elsevier Titles More on the cancellation of subscriptions to Elsevier journals as purchasers react to increasing prices and an unresponsive publisher. Consider this comment out of Harvard. "Under Elsevier's current pricing, the cost of online access steeply increases in response to any cancellations at all; thus we will have to cancel a significant number of titles in order to achieve any cost reductions. By changing our own buying practices, we also hope that we can influence the dynamics of the way that online journals are being sold." By Paula J. Hane, Information Today, November 17, 2003 [ From OLDaily on November 17, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (37652) The Death Of Microsoft NetMeeting Microsoft Loses Another Patent Suit On the heels of being ordered to pay Eolas $521 million for infringement on a browser-related patent, Microsoft has lost yet another patent case. This time, Redmond's been ordered to shell out $62 million for infringement on a Web conferencing patent belonging to SPX Corp. Fortunately for Microsoft, the infringing product is NetMeeting, a technology the company is phasing out in favor of its recently acquired Live Meeting (PlaceWare) service. Related articles: Does Microsoft Get It? Live Meeting At-A-Glance Microsoft Live Meeting Shows Microsoft Poor St From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on November 17, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (37650) Guide to ethnography Peter Van Dijck has created a wiki on ethnography, the study of human behaviour. Plenty of relevant material here for knowledge management professionals. Thanks Peter!... From Column Two on November 17, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (37649) uzCardSort Andy Edmonds has published a beta version of a new open-source card sorting tool. To quote: Card Sorting is a methodology for assessing mental/conceptual models by asking users to categorize a list of terms. uzCardSort is an open source, MPL... From Column Two on November 17, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (37648) Keeping your website sorted I'm in the newspaper today, being quoted on content management issues for the Sydney Morning Herald. I am (fairly accurately) quoted as saying: "A website of any reasonable size needs a CMS - you can't do it by hand," he... From Column Two on November 17, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (37647) The intranet gets serious Gerry McGovern has written an article on how the best intranets have matured. To quote: Finally, organizations are getting serious about how they manage their intranets. The intranet is now moving out of an evolutionary, experimental phase into a more... From Column Two on November 17, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (37646) The ROSE framework Mark Hurst has written an article on the ROSE framework for usability: Results Organisation Strategy Experience [Thanks to Common Craft.]... From Column Two on November 17, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (37645) Decoupling the Net from the Copyright Cartel Dave Winer: An issue in 2004: Keeping the Internet free from the Media Companies. I would love to see their... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 17, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (37644) UK Repeals Law Against "Promoting Homosexuality" This is the beginning of Section 28 of the UK's 1988 Local Government Act: (1) A local authority shall not--          (a) intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality;          (b) promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship. This section will be repealed in England and Wales from 18th November 2003, having already been repealed in Scotland in 2000. In more ways than one, this is a symbolic act. From kuro5hin.org on November 17, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (37643) Students' chant to teacher: You make me feel like dancing Dance teacher Brian Feigenbaum gets even the uninitiated on their feet. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on November 17, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (37642) A crisis looms for some North Dakota schools North Dakota's remote schools struggle to get and retain teachers. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on November 17, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (37641) When silence can be fatal Schools consider whether to talk candidly to students about suicide. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on November 17, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (37640) Freundschaft verbindet Vor einigen Tagen sind Social Network Applications zur 'Best New Technology of the Year' ausgezeichnet worden, jetzt widmet sich auch die FR dem Thema. Am Beispiel von Friendster.com, die seit Beginn dieses Jahres bereits 3,6 Mio Nutzer gewonnen haben, wird... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on November 17, 2003 at 5:52 p.m.. (37639) Erst rechnen, dann lernen Ich habe gerade die "Financial Times Deutschland" im Probeabo und werde gleich mit einer geballten Ladung Marktwirtschaft konfrontiert: "Wenn wir im internationalen Wettbewerb in der ersten Liga mitspielen wollen, müssen wir unsere Wissensgesellschaft nach marktwirtschaftlichen Kriterien neu organisieren." Und das... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on November 17, 2003 at 5:52 p.m.. (37638) Was Hänschen lernt ... (Matthias Horx, Trend- und Zukunftsforscher, www.zukunftsinstitut.de; Foto: Klaus Vyhnalek) Ich muss etwas ausführlicher aus diesem kurzen Text zitieren, weil er so wunderbar alles auf den Punkt bringt, was meiner Ansicht nach das Lernen, vor allem das Lernen mit Neuen... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on November 17, 2003 at 5:52 p.m.. (37637) Chicago: Hancock Building & The Water Tower [Chicago Uncommon Photography]... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on November 17, 2003 at 5:50 p.m.. (37636) 3 LO Searches for 1 Query: Merlot's Federated Search Zoom-zoom. More power for those looking for learning objects or instructional resources. MERLOT's Federated Search allows you to enter keywords (say "cell mitosis") and with one click conduct a search of MERLOT, Australia's )EdNA Online, and the Science Math resources of SMETE. Actually the EdNA folks had demo-ed this first at the MERLOT 2003 conference last August. T From cogdogblog on November 17, 2003 at 5:48 p.m.. (37635) BlogShop del Norte (UBC) Recently Brian Lamb and Jim Sibley conducted a Canadian Blogshop at the University of British Columbia, and plentifully acknowledged the materials in our BlogShop from down here in the far south Canadian hinterland province of Arizona ;-) Acutally the UBC version takes it a notch further by posting the workshop materials in a wiki. I liked their idea of creating a --> From cogdogblog on November 17, 2003 at 5:48 p.m.. (37634) NextLinks: Finden, ohne zu suchen Ab heute steht auf den Servern der Universität Leipzig die alternative Suchmaschine NextLinks zur Verfügung. Informatiker der Universität haben eine... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 17, 2003 at 4:50 p.m.. (37633) OPG v. Diebold--No Decision Yet This just in: U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel heard arguments this morning from both sides in OPG v. Diebold--but it turns out that we won't have a decision until next week as to whether the court will stop Diebold from threatening its critics. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on November 17, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (37632) Auslieferung in die USA II Deutschland hat zwei Jemeniten an die USA ausgeliefert, denen Unterstützung der islamistischen Extremistenorganisation El Kaida vorgeworfen wird. Die Anwälte (Alfred... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 17, 2003 at 3:51 p.m.. (37631) Los enlaces El regreso: Socio[B]logue El adiós: Itzpapalotl El descubrimiento: The mixer El nuevo: Merodeando por la enredadera El trilingüe: Links2Links El solidario: ICTlogy El chileno: Web & Coffee Las entrevistas: Ideasapiens La conferencia: BlogTalk 2.0 Las sugerencias: Cómo tener un blog... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 17, 2003 at 3:50 p.m.. (37630) BlogTalk again: Vienna in July The second BlogTalk conference is cooking. From the site: BlogTalk 2.0 will be two days of meetings, discussions, and exchange of research, with attendees sharing experiences, opinions, software developments, and tools of the blogosphere. Submission deadline is the 03/17/2004. We had a blast in the first edition From Seb's Open Research on November 17, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (37629) Untitled CIS Fellow Elizabeth Rader's weblog is worth reading for the cheeky headlines alone. The bonus? She's got the inside scoop on a number of intriguing cases. To wit: her update on the (in)famous "yoga copyright" case, a.k.a. Open Source Yoga Unity v. Bikram Choudhury. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on November 17, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (37628) Pro (und Contra) Blogs Bei Simon wird eine (mehr oder weniger ernsthafte) Diskussion geführt über "die Zahl der deutschen Weblogs" - hier und hier... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 17, 2003 at 2:50 p.m.. (37627) Uni Leipzig regt sich StuRa solidarisiert sich mit den Streikenden und Protestierenden in Hessen, Berlin und anderen Hochschulen Viele Universitäten in Hessen und Berlin werden seit fast zwei Wochen von den Studierenden bestreikt. Der StudentInnenRat der Universität Leipzig erklärt sich solidarisch mit den StudentInnen an den betroffenen Universitäten und Hochschulen in ihrem Kampf um vernünftige Studienbedingungen und gegen die Spardiktate der jeweiligen Landesregierungen. Die faktische Einführung... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on November 17, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (37626) Bringt jeder 1 Päckchen Mehl mit... ... nach Wiesbaden Wir bringen eine harmlose, aber extrem stressige Aktion damit!!! [via Streikbuero] Bin ja mal gespannt, was das werden soll... *Muttern mal Mehl abknöpf* From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on November 17, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (37625) Operation "Sicherer Zugang" Liebe Besucherin, Lieber Besucher, wir freuen uns, Ihnen hiermit die Vorteile unserer neu überarbeiteten Homepage vorstellen zu können. Sicher haben Sie auch schon einmal längere Zeit darauf warten müssen, bis Sie im Internet endlich die Informationen erhielten, nach denen sie suchten -- die Warterei hat nun ein Ende, denn die Schuldigen sind entlarvt: Es sind all jene Netzschmarotzer, die sich studenlang auf irgendwelchen Homepages aufhalten, ohne wirklich etwas zu lesen. Damit... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on November 17, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (37624) Havel on the soul of democracy Jay Rosen, in a fine piece on what's wrong with politics, quotes Vaclav Havel: Many of the traditional mechanisms of democracy created and developed and conserved in the modern era are so linked to the cult of objectivity and statistical average that they can annul human individuality. We can see this in political language, where cliche often squeezes out a personal tone. And when a personal tone does crop up, it is usually calculated, not an outburst of personal authenticity. Sooner or later politics will be faced with the task of finding a new, postmodern face. A politician must become. From weblogged News on November 17, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. (37622) It's slowly coming together... As I’ve previously noted in this space, it finally seems as if a substantial quantity of learning objects are now available to instructors. And though the existing collections have never looked so good, I am still not able to point... From Object Learning on November 17, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (37621) e-Learning Sucks! Sam Adkins on the Learning Circuits blog posts a screed against tradional class-room and courseware-based learning (and KM too). "We are the Problem: We are selling Snake Oil" "Training does not work. eLearning does not work. Blending Learning does not work. Knowledge Management does not work. Yet we collectively reify our denial and project the root of the problem out to an external institutional framework. We are th From e-Learning Eclectic on November 17, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (37620) Atutor 1.3 released - now with IMS content packaging href="http://sourceforge.net/forum/ forum.php?forum_id=328649 New releases of existing CMS don't usually warrant a posting, but this one's maybe an exception - the folks at the University of Toronto's Adaptive Technology Resource Centre have been working hard to develop a full featured suite of accessible online learning and communication tools. Their latest effort is to include IMS compliant content packaging utilities for creating interoperable learn From EdTechPost on November 17, 2003 at 1:51 p.m.. (37619) Hysterical blog graphic http://awd.cl.uh.edu/blog/blob-blogWeb2.gif Ginger at Almost Audacious IT ran a blog workshop aimed at faculty recently, for which she produced the above hysterical graphic. Ginger says "I just swiped the graphic from the classic 'The Blob' movie and did some magic on it in Flash by tracing the bitmap. " The 'just' sounds a bit modest to me - this perfectly captures the f From EdTechPost on November 17, 2003 at 1:51 p.m.. (37618) The Future Of Web Conferencing: Good Interviews Andrew Harding Sitting in front of me this time is Andrew Harding, a specialist in network security, authentication, identity management and in many more technical buzzwords most of us are not familiar with. Andrew and his company, Neoteris (now bought by NetScreen) are dedicated to support and facilitate the growth of a uniquely important sector: Cross-enterprise online meetings which require the highest standards of security and authentication. As most people hardly realize, the peace of mind provided by a little yellow lock icon sitting at the bottom right of your browser is no indication that the person From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on November 17, 2003 at 1:50 p.m.. (37617) EU Projekt "Computerkriminalität" Aufgrund der weiter zunehmenden Computerkriminalität sehen sich Untersuchungsbehörden in ganz Europa der schwierigen Aufgabe gegenüber, realisierbare Ermittlungsverfahren zu entwickeln, die... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 17, 2003 at 1:50 p.m.. (37616) AJOL will use OJS INASP has adopted the open-source journal management software, Open Journal Systems, for the 100+ journals in its African Journals Online program. From FOS News on November 17, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. (37615) ISI profile Adam Stone, ISI databases chronicle scientific journal growth, Philadelphia Business Journal, November 17, 2003. A puff piece on the ISI product line and its usefulness. (Thanks to Gary Price.) From FOS News on November 17, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. (37614) More on the potential defamation problem at arXiv The November 13 issue of The Economist contains an anonymous story, Perishing publishing, on the possible defamation in a preprint on deposit at arXiv. Excerpt: "On the face of things, pre-printing is a good idea. It exposes a paper to wider scrutiny than the old system did, which should improve its accuracy--as happened in this case. But it also suggests that the price of getting one's ideas into the public domain rapidly is a need to keep them continuously revised in order to avoid criticism, however mode From Jeremy Allaire's Radio on November 17, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (37612) Blogshop North [Given the sporadic posting schedule here, it’s doubtful that anybody noticed… but I apologise for the technical difficulties last week.] Last Wednesday was my first delivery of Blogshop @ UBC. My sincere thanks to my co-facillitator Jim Sibley, and to... From Object Learning on November 17, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (37611) Six Degrees of Litigation Paramount threatened J. Lo's record label after she created a video homage to 1983's Flashdance.  Now Maureen Marder, who evidently was the real-inspiration behind the film, has followed suit--targeting Ms. Lo herself. "Flashdance owes both its story and its soul to Maureen Marder," said her lawyer, Robert Helfing. "But she received almost nothing for her contribution, acc From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on November 17, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (37610) Live from Las Vegas I'm at ApacheCon this week. (32 words) From dive into mark on November 17, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (37609) "Uni-Trainerin Cohen: Eine... Der Wettstreit um Studienplätze an amerikanischen Elite-Unis wie Yale und Harvard eskaliert - und ein kurioser Berufsstand profitiert davon. Private College-Trainer wie die trendbewusste Katherine Cohen, 36, geben Tipps für die ideale Bewerbung, polieren Lebensläufe auf Hochglanz. Dafür zahlen Eltern märchenhafte Preise. Von Matthias Streitz, New York [Weiter bei Spiegel Online] From BildungsBlog on November 17, 2003 at 12:49 p.m.. (37608) Dialer-Mails mit Selbstzerstörung Auch nach Inkrafttreten der Richtlinie (21 S. PDF) zur Registrierung von Dialern vom 15.08.2003 werden immer noch E-Mails mit angehängten... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 17, 2003 at 12:49 p.m.. (37607) Fase lunar moon phases ... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 17, 2003 at 12:49 p.m.. (37606) Grabbing the Remote (Attestation) My colleague Seth Schoen, on putting the trust back in trusted computing: "[Trusted] computing architects have gone astray in designing 'system software integrity measurement,' which Safford et al. note 'can be used to detect software compromise.' The TCPA software attestation mechanisms go beyond this; they're built to enforce policies even against the wishes of the computer owner." From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on November 17, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (37605) Lichtermeer Frei nach Heine "Kochs Sozialpolitik - Ein Schauermärchen" (Denk´ ich an Hessens Zukunft in der Nacht, dann bin ich um den Schlaf gebracht...) wollen wir alle TeilnehmerInnen der Demo in Wiesbaden bitten (wenn Ihnen die Idee gefällt), wetterfeste Friedhofslichter mitzubringen, die dann am Ende vor dem Hessischen Landtag angezündet werden - um Licht in diese Schauerpolitik zu bringen... Da mehr Kerzen (also mehr Leute) mehr Licht bedeuten, wäre es klasse, wenn man... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on November 17, 2003 at 11:49 a.m.. (37604) OAI harvester plug-in for DSpace The Digital Library Research Group at Old Dominion University and the Research Library of the Los Alamos National Laboratory have released an alpha version of an OAI harvester plug-in for DSpace. Yes, DSpace is already OAI-compliant. But the new plug-in lets it harvest metadata from other OAI-complia From FOS News on November 17, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (37603) New Open Access Now The November 17 issue of Open Access Now is now online. This issue features an editorial on the Elsevier boycott, an interview with Beverlee French, Director for Shared Digital Collections at the California Digital Library, on the pricing crisis and Elsevier boycott, and a news story on the Berlin Declaration. From FOS News on November 17, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (37602) An issue in 2004: Keeping the Internet free from the Media Companies First, a disclaimer, I am speaking for myself here, not on behalf of Harvard Law School or the Berkman Center for the Internet & Society. Over the weekend I sent a simple idea to Cameron Barrett, who works for the Clark campaign, and to Jim Moore who works for Dean. I would love to see their candidates make an impassioned plea to keep the Internet free of interference from the entertainment industry. I would welcome this for two reasons. 1. First, I'm part of a constituency, like many others, who are looking for a candidate to vote for who supports my primary is From Weblogs At Harvard on November 17, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. (37601) Technorati growth statistics »Allow me to give you some growth statistics: One year ago, when I started Technorati on a single server in my basement, we were adding between 2,000-3,000 new weblogs each day, not counting the people who were updating sites we were already tracking. In March of this year, when we switched over to a 5 server cluster, we were keeping up with about 4,000-5,000 new weblogs each day. Right now, we're adding 8,000-9,000 new weblogs every day, not counting the 1.2 Million weblogs we already are tracking. That means that on average, a brand new weblog is created every 11 seconds. We From owrede_log on November 17, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. (37600) Nuevos contenidos en la Biblioteca Virtual de Tecnología Educativa La Biblioteca Virtual de Tecnología Educativa, que mantiene el Grupo de Tecnología Educativa de la Universidad de Sevilla, amplia sus contenidos con la adición íntegra de las actas de diversos congresos y jornadas, entre ellas, las Jornadas de formación de Centros de Profesores y Recursos, de la Junta de Extremadura, y el I Simposio Iberoamericano de Virtualización del Aprendizaje y la Enseñanza. La Biblioteca incluye artículos a texto completo organizados por temas, enlaces a publica From Chronicle: free on November 17, 2003 at 10:50 a.m.. (37598) Pioneering State Scholarships In Danger Georgia's revolutionary HOPE program, which pays the full tuition at public colleges for high-school students with B averages or better, is headed for financial trouble. From Chronicle: free on November 17, 2003 at 10:50 a.m.. (37597) Die Sorge des Langzeitstudenten Helmut O. Bei einer statistischen Auswertung von Langzeitstudenten würde die hessische Landesregierung beim Buchstaben O sicher fündig werden. Der Student Opitz, Helmut, studiert seit rund 17 Jahren an der Frankfurter Goethe Universität. Erst Politik, dann Staatsrechtslehre und Philosophie, später wechselte er zur Kunstgeschichte und Neueren Geschichte. Mehr als 30 Semester hat Opitz schon an der Uni verbracht. Ein Langzeitstudent, der es auf die Spitze treibt, könnte man meinen,... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on November 17, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (37596) Von den hessischen Hochschulen aus zieht der Protest... ...weitere Kreise. Dieser Tage wollen sie sich wieder treffen, die Mitglieder der Arbeitsgemeinschaft "Kochen gegen Koch". So steht es zumindest auf dem Zettel, der seit zwei Wochen am schwarzen Brett im schmucklosen Foyer des Uni-Turms in Frankfurt am Main hängt. Ein paar Meter weiter, am Eingang zu dem heruntergekommenen Gebäude, prangt der Aufruf, leere Plastikflaschen für die nächste Demo zu spenden. Denn gefüllt mit Geldstücken, machten die einen Höllenlärm.... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on November 17, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (37595) Online-Petition gegen Sozialabbau und Studiengebühren Aufgrund der "Operation Sichere Zukunft", bei der die hessische Landesregierung Einsparungen in Millionenhöhe vornehmen will, haben wir (eine kleine Gruppe Studierender an der Uni Marburg) uns dazu entschlossen, eine Online-Petition zu starten, die bis zum 23.11.03 läuft. Wir wollen durch diese Petition auf die soziale Unverträglichkeit der Sparmaßnahmen hinweisen. Sowohl auf dem Sozial- als auch auf dem Bildungssektor werden massive Einsparungen vorgenommen, an den Unis sollen... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on November 17, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (37594) HfG beschliesst Streik! Die Hochschule für Gestaltung mit Sitz in Offenbach, hat soeben in der heutigen Vv den Streik beschlossen! Strike goes on! [via Streibuero] From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on November 17, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (37593) Treffpunkte morgen 8.30 Uhr: FH Frankfurt 8.30 Uhr: Campus Bockenheim 8.30 Uhr: Hauptbahnhof Ffm, Haupteingang 11.00 Uhr: Wiesbaden, Luisenplatz oder Schlachthof Hinweis: Es wird riesiger Andrang erwartet, bitte kommt frühzeitig Stadtplan und Routenplan der Demo hier Fahrpläne Frankfurt- Wiesbaden hier (Hoffentlich) Bis Morgen in Wiesbaden! :o) From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on November 17, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (37592) FH Darmstadt im Streik Die Studierenden der FH Darmstadt haben auf der heutigen Vollversammlung beschlossen, bis vorerst zum Freitag in den Streik zu treten! From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on November 17, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (37591) Profile of ibiblio Michelle Delio, Where Sharing Isn't a Dirty Word, Wired News, November 15, 2003. A profile of Ibiblio, "one of the Web's oldest and largest digital libraries...and all of it is completely free to visitors, thanks to backing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and technology companies like Linux distributor Red Hat." Quoting director Paul Jones: "Basically, if you want to share information about almost any subject, ibiblio will be happy to hos From FOS News on November 17, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. (37590) Old white guy's reproductive rights Peter Kaminski runs the Reuters photo of Bush signing the "partial birth" abortion ban. It is striking, as Pete says, because all the on-lookers at this photo opp are dignified old white men. Hey, thanks, guys! Pete's also got some cogent comments on the bill.... From Joho the Blog on November 17, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. (37589) Spam Roaches Could Not Find it Here More detective work with analysis of web server logs with AWstats shows that poor spammers are unable to find their links on my web site. Alas! What is a roach to do! Does that mean that they will target me next? No luck, as they are blocked at the door by the MTBlacklist army boot. Does this mean that they are looking for the From cogdogblog on November 17, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. (37588) Belle de Jour Along with Kottke, I'm finding the Paris Hilton Sex Tape disturbing only for it's wildlife reminding qualities. Half heiress, half rodent? Still, as Erotic Experience, the PHST is somewhat lacking. Why waste good pictures on video, when we have... From Ben Hammersley.com on November 17, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (37587) Materialsammlung Das Streikbüro hat eine kleine Sammlung an Infomaterial, Texten, Druck- und Kopiervorlagen für Flyer, Plakate, Infotexte etc. zusammengetragen. Sind einige nette Ideen dabei, wie zB die 95 Thesen gegen Studiengebühren (in Anlehnung an Luthers Thesenanschlag 1517), die Einführung eines neuen Währungssystems zum Zukleistern des Haushaltsloches etc. Auch auf uebergebuehr.de ist einiges zu finden. Besonders gut gefällt mir die Idee der Patenschaft für Studenten in... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on November 17, 2003 at 9:48 a.m.. (37586) Protestzirkus-Studenten-Gastspiele in der Innenstadt Auch am Wochenende haben zahlreiche Studierende in der Innenstadt gegen Studiengebühren demonstriert. Vor der Katharinenkirche trafen sich die Kommilitonen am Samstag zum so genannten Protestzirkus. Im Rahmen einer spontanen Session traten Musiker mit selbst komponierten Protestsongs auf. Der Zirkus werde in den nächsten Tagen noch weitere Gastspiele... [Weiterlesen Frankfurter Rundschau] From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on November 17, 2003 at 9:48 a.m.. (37585) Eine Fachhochschule sieht ROT Scheinwerfer tauchten die schlichte graue Fassade des 14-geschossigen Gebäudes mal in ein gelbliches, mal pinkfarbenes oder blutrotes Licht. Techniker der Beleuchtungsfirma tasteten sich so auf eine maximale Ausleuchtung des FHD-Turms heran, immerhin soll der architektonische Monolith an diesem Abend als mahnender Zeigefinger über der Stadtsilhouette erscheinen. So wie der Hochzeitsturm auf der Mathildenhöhe, in dem Generation von Darmstädtern die einst mahnende Hand von Fürst... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on November 17, 2003 at 9:48 a.m.. (37584) More on the Elsevier boycott and cancellations Paula Hane, Cornell and Other University Libraries to Cancel Elsevier Titles, Information Today, November 17, 2003. Excerpt: "Cornell University Library has posted a list of about two hundred Elsevier journal titles it is canceling for 2004. Harvard University says it is preparing for similar cuts in its Elsevier subscriptions. The University of California continues its negotiations with the Dutch publisher of scholarly scientific journals on behalf of all the UC campuses, while faculty on some campuses have resolved to boyco From FOS News on November 17, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (37583) Open access for conservation biology Gustavo Fonseca and Philippa J. Benson, Biodiversity Conservation Demands Open Access, PLoS Biology, November 17, 2003. Excerpt: "Although free and open access to the progress of scientific thought is vital for the advancement of many disciplines, it is particularly necessary for conservation science. This is true not only because resources for high-cost items such as scientific publications are limited in many of the countries with the most complex and urgent conservation problems, b From FOS News on November 17, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (37582) Text-mining requires open access Steven Dickman, Tough Mining: The challenges of searching the scientific literature, PLoS Biology, November 17, 2003. Excerpt: "Although the march toward better text-mining systems is building momentum, there are two issues that could stop it in its tracks. The first is access. Experts in text-searching uniformly cite access as a key obstacle for developing better search tools. 'Access is a bigger problem than algorithms' is how one machine-learning expert puts it, and a ha From FOS News on November 17, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (37581) Every 8 seconds Dave Sifry of Technorati writes: Right now, we're adding 8,000-9,000 new weblogs every day, not counting the 1.2 Million weblogs we already are tracking. That means that on average, a brand new weblog is created every 11 seconds. We're also seeing about 100,000 weblogs update every day as well, which means that on average, a weblog is updated every 0.86 seconds. Every 0.86 seconds?? Man, I'm really going to have to step up my pace! (Thanks, Dave, for providing such an outstanding service to us all.)... From Joho the Blog on November 17, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (37580) Send Back Your MP3s Here's a site that every youngster who's ever downloaded an illegal MP3 must visit. It changed my life. I think it just might change yours.... From Joho the Blog on November 17, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (37579) For the Record, Two Hmm. Haven't posted anything of substance in more than a month. Guess that means I'm on an indefinite hiaitus.... From Ten Reasons Why on November 17, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (37578) On Growing Up Dive into spam:Weblogging is growing up. Oh wait, you thought that would be a good thing? You must still be young.... From Ten Reasons Why on November 17, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (37577) Favor fully formed feeds! Jim McGee: Full text please. Quoting David Buchan: A number of the people whose blogs I read regularly have not set up their systems to provide a full text feed of each post. 40 words is not enough for me to accurately decide if I want to read something or not. More often than not the post gets deleted. [thought?horizon] Jim writes: From Seb's Open Research on November 17, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (37576) MIT Posts 500th Course Online via Online Learning Update MIT Posts 500th Course Online "MIT's OpenCourseWare Program (OCW), first announced in 2001, now has 500 MIT courses online free of charge for anyone to read, study and use." "We hope the idea of openly sharing course materials will propagate throughout many institutions and create a global web of knowledge that will enhance the From e-Learning Eclectic on November 17, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (37575) Herb Research Foundation Herb Research Foundationhttp://www.herbs.org/The Herb Research Foundation is the world's first and foremost source of accurate, science-based information on the health benefits and safety of herbs---and expertise in sustainable botanical resource development. What sets HRF's work apart is their vast storehouse of information resources, including a specialty research library containing more than 300,000 scientific articles on thousands of herbs. They also have extensive field experience in sustainable development o From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on November 17, 2003 at 8:50 a.m.. (37574) The Year in Books 2003 The Year in Books 2003http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA336073The books of 2003 reflected a return to relative normality after the emotional and financial fallout of 9/11, which meant a publishing year characterized by both the predictable and the unexpected. If one name emerged from the Fiction pack, it was Dan Brown; if one theme dominated Nonfiction, it was the Iraq War and its aftermath. The editors respo From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on November 17, 2003 at 8:50 a.m.. (37573) Encryption revolution: the tantalizing promise of 'unbreakable' codes -BRIAN BERGSTEIN, AP Code-makers could be on the verge of winning their ancient arms race with code-breakers. After 20 years of research, an encryption process is emerging that is considered unbreakable because it employs the mind-blowing laws of quantum physics. This mont From Techno-News Blog on November 17, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (37572) Targeting spam, Minnesota senator seeks study on e-mail tax - ELIZABETH DUNBAR, MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS If Congress is ever going to stop unsolicited commercial e-mail from flooding computer users, Sen. Mark Dayton says lawmakers might need to consider placing "a miniscule tax" on e-mail. "It's difficult to prevent the use of spam when there's no cost as From Techno-News Blog on November 17, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (37571) Southern drawls foil automated phone system in Louisiana - ASSOCIATED PRESS Southern drawls have thwarted voice recognition equipment used by the Shreveport Police Department to route non-emergency calls. A switchover to a lower-tech, touch-tone system - in which callers hear a voice recording they can respond to by pressing a From Techno-News Blog on November 17, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (37570) Technology's Value in Education - Chris Rother, THE Journal These days, it seems that everyone - from local school boards to Congress to academics - has strong opinions about the value of the Internet and technology in education. Ironically, the voices of teachers, who observe classroom computing every day, rar From Educational Technology on November 17, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (37569) Portable Technology Comes of Age - Paul Wangemann, Nina Lewis and David A. Squires, THE Journal The pda was originally conceived of as a portable handheld electronic device that provided a user with a tool to organize his or her life through easy access to a personal calendar, daily planner and address book. Over the years, these devices have exp From Educational Technology on November 17, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (37568) MIT Publishes 500th Course Online - Wayne Hanson - Converge MIT's OpenCourseWare Program (OCW), first announced in 2001, now has 500 MIT courses online free of charge for anyone to read, study and use. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/all-courses.htm "We are pleased that educators and learners from all parts of From Online Learning Update on November 17, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (37567) eCollege: On Course and Online - Roger Fillion, Rocky Mountain News .... eCollege is still here - and it's profitable, peddling the same business it has been peddling since its early days. And while the foosball table remains, the carefree, dot-com business dealings are gone. Count eCollege as among the limited number From Online Learning Update on November 17, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (37566) Blended Learning gains approval among UK Organizations - QA Acceptance of Blended Learning is on the rise as organisations across the UK seek flexible, cost-effective training solutions. New research from QA, a leading UK provider of training and consulting, found that 81% of organisations surveyed believe Blen From Online Learning Update on November 17, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (37565) Technology In Action: The Best And Most Innovative Approaches To Learning Online Here is a wonderful selection of online educational projects that showcase wit, intelligence, uniqueness and lots of good brains behind them. Each one of the projects showcased in this list, some new some already established, is an excellent example of how these technologies are being utilized "to implement new and more innovative approaches to learning". "Common elements include authenticity, collaboration, the use of critical thinking skills, global implications, in-depth investigations, and a very high student motivation and engagement factor. All in all...exciting examples of ways 21st cen From Robin Good'apos; Sharewood Tidings on November 17, 2003 at 6:49 a.m.. (37564) The Open Bioinformatics Foundation The Open Bioinformatics Foundationhttp://www.open-bio.orgThe Open Bioinformatics Foundation is a non profit, volunteer run organization focused on supporting open source programming in bioinformatics. The foundation grew out of the volunteer projects Bioperl, BioJava and Biopython and was formally incorporated in order to handle our modest requirements of hardware ownership, domain name management and funding for conferences and workshops.The Foundation does not participate directly in the development or structure of the From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on November 17, 2003 at 6:49 a.m.. (37563) Redford Building Retrofit: Green Bamboo floors and rain-flushed toilets are part of transforming an old house into an environmentally friendly structure. Actor Robert Redford rebuilt the place to demonstrate sustainable urban architecture. From Wired News on November 17, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (37562) Kasparov Trounces Computer Foe Chess champ Garry Kasparov has shut down computer program X3D Fritz. The four-game match, played with a virtual board and 3-D glasses, was the latest victory in his quest to outsmart computers at the ancient game. From Wired News on November 17, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (37561) Brazil Gives Nod to Open Source Transforming the land of samba and Carnival into a tech-savvy nation may mean shunning costly Windows products. Brazil's chief technology officer wants everyone from schoolchildren to government bureaucrats to use open-source software. From Wired News on November 17, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (37560) Keep Your Brain From Going to Pot An altered version of the cannabis chemical THC might help prevent brain damage in head-trauma victims. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on November 17, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (37559) Fast Track for Science Data The most ambitious networking project since Arpanet goes live this week. The National LambdaRail is an ultra-high-speed network for scientists that will enable a new era of e-science. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on November 17, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (37558) Social Nets Find Friends in VCs They haven't yet shown a dime in profit, but social-networking sites Friendster and LinkedIn have secured investments from usually coy venture capitalists. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on November 17, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (37557) Acxiom Opts Out of Opt-Out For a fee, Private Citizen tries to help people get off multiple marketing lists. But a company making a billion dollars a year selling lists is foiling those attempts, saying individuals must contact them separately. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on November 17, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (37556) Creative Commons launches Ireland discussion Thanks to the help of Dr. Darius Whelan and Louise Crowley, at University College Cork, we're working on porting Creative Commons licenses to Irish law. There is an iCommons Ireland page with links to the discussion and a full press release describing the undertaking. From Creative Commons: weblog on November 17, 2003 at 5:45 a.m.. (37555) More Hierarchical State Machine Implementations in ActionScript: from Miro Samek and from Ralf Bokelberg (bokel) We've been pointing people interested in statecharts to Miro Samek's From FlashSim on November 17, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (37554) Studienkonten-Modell in NRW Zum Studienkonten-Modell in NRW gibt es jetzt mehr Informationen - auch als lustig-buntes PDF. Eine weitere Kurzversion gibt es ebenfalls - hier von der Uni DU-E. From BildungsBlog on November 17, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (37553) Technorati prepara su renovación El creador de Technorati, David Sifry, explica en Technorati qrowing pains las dificultades que está teniendo para mantener la calidad del servicio de esta imprescindible herramienta. El ritmo de crecimiento de la blogosfera global se traduce en la incorporación diaria... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 17, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (37552) Online tutoring - a new course From ScotFEICT on November 17, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (37551) E-Learning Pieces: The End-Learner Experience From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on November 17, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (37550) Learning from Reflections - Issues in Building Quality Online Courses From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on November 17, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (37549) Private School without Lab Facilities Finds Online Lab System New technology to provide important lab experience for grades six through eight in Indiana private school Science teacher sought lab experience for students in school without lab facilities. [PRWEB Nov 17, 2003] From PR Web on November 17, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (37548) Grenzen der Meinungsfreiheit Man dürfe in diesem Land nicht mehr seine Meinung sagen. Es müsse doch mal Schluss sein mit Demutshaltung und Katzbuckeln.... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 17, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (37547) Skills2Learn releases SA-first e-learning program for World Aids Day From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on November 17, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (37546) Students using the net to cheat From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on November 17, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (37545) In Utah, Public Works Project in Digital From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on November 17, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (37544) FCC Expands Wireless Internet Frequencies From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on November 17, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (37543) Distance education extended to train rural cadres From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on November 17, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (37542) Mass. Reviewing Official's Online Degree From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on November 17, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (37541) Unhappy in Class, More Are Learning at Home From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on November 17, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (37540) The open code market From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on November 17, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (37539) Restrictions in OS X 'Family Pack' Peter Carpenter has a beef (scroll down to his review) with license restrictions in the Family Pack version of OS... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on November 17, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. (37538) Dean's 'Virtual Nobodies' and the NY Times New York Times: The Doctor's Donors Pursue Victory via the Mouse. The Republicans, for all their skill at getting proud... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on November 17, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. (37537) NOIE Better Practice Checklists The National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE) has chosen us to join a small panel of providers to develop further Better Practice Checklists, and provide other supporting services. The current NOIE Better Practice Checklists stand out as succinct and... From Column Two on November 17, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. (37536) Gains Seen in Short Study-Abroad Trips The number of American students weaving study-abroad sojourns into their college curriculums is continuing to grow, but the concept of what it means to study abroad is changing. From New York Times: Education on November 17, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (37535) School's New Iroquois Flag Stirs Protest Last Wednesday, the LaFayette Central School District took a major and controversial step: It began flying the purple and white flag of the Iroquois Confederacy. From New York Times: Education on November 17, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (37534) Some Schools' Parent Coordinators Are Not Easily Reached, Study Says A study released by the public advocate, Betsy Gotbaum, found that getting through to parent coordinators, who are all armed with cellphones, is not always easy. From New York Times: Education on November 17, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (37533) Unhappy in Class, More Are Learning at Home In New York City, which compiled citywide statistics for the first time this year, 1,800 children are being home schooled, making them part of a growing national trend. From New York Times: Education on November 17, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (37532) Construction Delays and Vandalism Mar a New College Dorm The four-story Levine dormitory at the 3,000-student Sullivan County Community College, about 100 miles northwest of New York City, opened on Aug. 29. From New York Times: Education on November 17, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (37531) When Campus Violence Flares Incidences of murder, rape, arson and other violent crimes are rattling college campuses across New Jersey. From New York Times: Education on November 17, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (37530) Powerfull Web Bulletin Board: phpBB (oh and it is free!) I was recently looking for a package to implement a discussion board for a group project, and luckily came across phpBB :: Creating Communities. phpBB is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customisable open-source bulletin board package. phpBB has a user-friendly interface, simple and straightforward administration panel, and helpful FAQ. Based on the powerful PHP server language and your choice of MySQL, MS-SQL, P From cogdogblog on November 17, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. (37529) Bummelstudenten? uebergebuehr.de, das Informations- und Aktionsportal gegen Studiengebühren aus Darmstadt, stellt den geneigten LeserInnen noch einmal die Lebensläufe unserer Politiker Roland Koch und Udo Corts vor. From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on November 16, 2003 at 11:48 p.m.. (37528) Three column CSS layout generator CSS Creator has published a tool for easily generating three column CSS layouts. To quote:The CSS layouts are based on an excellent 3 column CSS layout designed by Douglas Livingstone. The generator will create a CSS layout that has fixed... From Column Two on November 16, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. (37527) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]