Edu_RSS ~ December 15, 2003

Most recent update: December 15, 2003 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: "Gebühr als Qualitätsmerkmal?" Dudenhofen (jub) - Jörg-Uwe Hahn (FDP) folgte als dritter Fraktionsvorsitzender des hessischen Landtags der Einladung von Schulleiter Dr. Fredi Ruths zur Diskussionsreihe in der Claus-von-Stauffenberg-Schule (CvSS). [...] Angesprochen auf die von der CDU-Landesregierung geplanten Studiengebühren kritisierte Hahn, dass die Einnahmen nicht den Hochschulen zur Verfügung stünden. Innerhalb seiner Partei sei die Einführung von Gebühren allgemein umstritten. Er plädiere... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on December 15, 2003 at 10:49 p.m.. (41152) So what's all this fuss about blogs? - Nice intro to blogging for Lotus Notes and Domino people (SOURCE:So what's all this fuss about blogs? (EasyPrint) via Scobleizer Radio Weblog)- Very nice.  Need an intro like this for every tribe in techie-dom such as one for Mac OS X users, one for PHP people, one for Outlook people, etc.. QUOTE The first exposure to blogging that many people have is to start following a small number of blogs written by people that they know or are interested in. Ray Ozzie (at --> From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on December 15, 2003 at 9:50 p.m.. (41151) SunGard to Acquire SCT (12/15/03) December 10, 2003 -- SunGard Data Systems Inc. (NYSE:SDS) and Systems & Computer Technology Corporation (SCT) (Nasdaq:SCTC) announced today that they have reached a definitive agreement for the acquisition by SunGard of all of the shares of SCT for $16.50 per share in cash. Based on SCT's approximately 35.4 million fully diluted common shares outstanding, the transaction has an aggregate value of approximately $584 million. The board of directors of each company has approved the transaction. The acquisition is not expected to have a material impact on SunGard's financial r From Edutools News: Course Management Systems on December 15, 2003 at 8:49 p.m.. (41150) Der ideologische "Sinn" von... ... wird in dem Artikel "Über die Hochschulreform redet niemand" (FR) von Torsten Bultmann vom Bund demokratischer Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler beleuchtet: [...] Zunächst wird angenommen, dass Studiengebühren die Studienzeiten verkürzen - aus dem ganz trivialen Grund geringerer persönlicher Kostenbelastung. Diese Beschleunigung ist jedoch nur ein Art Kollateralnutzen. Worauf es weit mehr ankommt, ist die Tatsache From BildungsBlog on December 15, 2003 at 7:52 p.m.. (41149) The Lispification has begun! -Blog system and RSS Feed Portal in Lisp (SOURCE:The Lispification has begun! via email from Simon)- Thought I blogged this, but evidently not.  Someday, I'll have time to play with this! QUOTE Eric S. Raymon once said "LISP is worth learning for a different reason--the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it. That experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use LISP itself a lot.", and I have to agree with him. My thesis --> From Roland Tanglao&apos;s Weblog on December 15, 2003 at 7:51 p.m.. (41148) Online Research Publication Tools- When You're Ready For Knowledge Certification Summary: Scholarly Electronic Publishing<a href="http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm"> Weblog</a> and Scholarly Electronic Publishing <a href="http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html">Bibliography from Charles W. Bailey (recent library journal career summary <a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA281650&publication=libraryjournal">here</a>. <p> Knowledge-making on other than the personal level requires that  findings and methods be published in order that potential users may determine first the cre From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on December 15, 2003 at 7:48 p.m.. (41147) Online Research Publication Tools- When You're Ready For Knowledge Certification Summary: Scholarly Electronic Publishing<a href="http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm"> Weblog</a> and Scholarly Electronic Publishing <a href="http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html">Bibliography from Charles W. Bailey (recent library journal career summary <a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA281650&publication=libraryjournal">here</a>. <p> Knowledge-making on other than the personal level requires that  findings and methods be published in order that potential users may determine first the cre From Connectivity: Spike Hall&apos;s RU Weblog on December 15, 2003 at 7:48 p.m.. (41146) Online Research Publication Tools- When You're Ready For Knowledge Certification Summary: Scholarly Electronic Publishing<a href="http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm"> Weblog</a> and Scholarly Electronic Publishing <a href="http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html">Bibliography from Charles W. Bailey (recent library journal career summary <a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA281650&publication=libraryjournal">here</a>. <p> Knowledge-making on other than the personal level requires that  findings and methods be published in order that potential users may determine first the cre From Connectivity: Spike Hall'apos;s RU Weblog on December 15, 2003 at 7:48 p.m.. (41145) Biculturalism Joel on Software writes about biculturalism. In this case, the two cultures under discussion are Windows programmers and UNIX programmers:Suppose you take a Unix programmer and a Windows programmer and give them each the task of creating the same end-user... From Ten Reasons Why on December 15, 2003 at 7:47 p.m.. (41144) Annals of Bad Marketing Dept. I got a flier in the mail today from Earthlink, my home Internet service provider, advertising several wireless access systems... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 15, 2003 at 7:47 p.m.. (41143) Chalk talk What's happening in learning. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on December 15, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (41142) A civics lesson on the back of a dollar bill? Students are lobbying to include a condensed Constitution on the back of the $1 bill. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on December 15, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (41141) File-sharing goes to school Berklee College of Music is posting more than 100 lessons online for free distribution. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on December 15, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (41140) Still not having it all A new film portrays women of Wellesley college, circa 1953. How much has changed? From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on December 15, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (41139) Colleges Sweeten Deal With Apartments, Cable I have commented before that, in order to survive, traditional universities will have to turn from their traditional value proposition - unique access to a higher education - to a new value proposition - the rarified residential environment. As this story shows, many university officials have tweaked to this and the trend is now in full gallop. How much longer before governments start questioning whether they should be supporting luxury communal living for rich kids. By AP, CNN, December 12, 2003 [From OLDaily on December 15, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (41138) Mystery Patch Blots Microsoft's Fix-Free Month Just for the record, the automatic update mentioned in this article hammered my Windows XP home desktop, permanently disabling it and making my files inaccessible (three cheers for back-ups). It now becomes the fourth of my computers to acquire a Linux operating system (pushing me ever closer to my goal of a complete conversion to open source). But: if anybody knows how to make Linux use a Linksys wireless ethernet card to access the LAN (and hence, the internet), please let me know. By Robert Lemos, CNet News.Com, December 10, 2003 [From OLDaily on December 15, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (41137) Good Practice Database Launched by Adult Learning Inspectorate From the press release, with the fluff elided: "The Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) has launced Excalibur... a range of resources, learning materials and networks... [including] The Good Practice Database... to access examples of successful methods of working with adult learners through text and video clips." By Press Release, PublicTechnology.Net, December 15, 2003 [Refer][Research][From OLDaily on December 15, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (41136) Task force: Give Laptops for Students to Take Home This is a positive initiative. "A business task force looking at education issues wants to provide all Des Moines-area students - in public and private schools - with their own laptop computer over the next two years." But educators say - quite reasonably - that the program cannot cost any teachers their jobs. "We're so desperately underfunded, we're cutting the basics of education. "To divert any money when we're laying off teachers would be awful... It would be the wrong trade-off." Well, maybe, but the cause of the layoffs isn't the computers, it's the cutbacks. It& From OLDaily on December 15, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (41135) The DRM Dictionary This useful digital rights management resource is 'copyright' and 'all rights reserved', naturally, but can still be viewed for free on the web, something that no doubt troubles other people deeply. By Gord Larose, December 31, 200-31 8:33 p.m. [Refer][Research][--> From OLDaily on December 15, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (41134) The Impact of Schooling The point of this article is to emphasize the difference between 'schooling' and 'learning' and the author, Jay Cross, does do with vigour, bringing to bear two of my favorite (and oft-visited) themes of e-learning: networks and surfing. "Learning is that which enables you to participate successfully in life, at work and in the groups that matter to you. Learners go with the flow. Taking advantage of the double meaning of 'network,' to learn is to optimize one's networks." Cross explains, "In a world where we don't know what's coming next, what cons From OLDaily on December 15, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (41133) Sunday Afternoon Thoughts on the Design of RSS Aggregators Good article outlining the reasons why someone might choose a desktop RSS aggregator over using a server side (website) aggregator. I have tended to use server-sides because (a) they can store a lot more data, useful for searches and the like; (b) I can share this data with other people; and (c) I know how to program server-side applications, but have no patience for the nuances of the dsktop. Anyhow, even if you have no particular interest in RSS, this article is a good read because the comments about client-side and server-side applications are more widely applicable. You will probably face From OLDaily on December 15, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (41132) Bericht über die Online Educa 2003 Peter Isackson aus Paris hat einen sehr guten Bericht über die Online Educa 2003 geschrieben, welche vom 3. bis zum 5. Dezember in Berlin stattfand: Report from Online Educa. [via weiterbildungsblog.de] (Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch im BildungsBlog) From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on December 15, 2003 at 6:51 p.m.. (41131) Der ideologische "Sinn" von Studiengebühren ... wird in dem Artikel "Über die Hochschulreform redet niemand" von Torsten Bultmann vom Bund demokratischer Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler beleuchtet: [...] Zunächst wird angenommen, dass Studiengebühren die Studienzeiten verkürzen - aus dem ganz trivialen Grund geringerer persönlicher Kostenbelastung. Diese Beschleunigung ist jedoch nur ein Art Kollateralnutzen. Worauf es weit mehr ankommt, ist die Tatsache, das From PlasticThinking: Moe&apos;s Blog. on December 15, 2003 at 6:51 p.m.. (41130) Bericht über die Online... Peter Isackson aus Paris hat einen sehr guten Bericht über die Online Educa 2003 geschrieben, welche vom 3. bis zum 5. Dezember in Berlin stattfand: Report from Online Educa. [via weiterbildungsblog.de] From BildungsBlog on December 15, 2003 at 6:51 p.m.. (41129) Blogs enable distributed discovery and dialogue as well as help move the fulcrum in the SCO case (SOURCE:Many-to-Many: GrokLaw: MVP of the SCO Wars)- Groklaw rocks and showcases the power of blogs and the web.  This model will work not just for the SCO wars, but in almost every domain. QUOTE...we have a third party, Groklaw, acting as a proxy for millions of Linux users, affecting the public perception of the case (and the outcome SCO wants has to do with its stock price, not redress in the courts.) Gro From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on December 15, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (41128) Tourist or Explorer? Lucky enough to get away for the holidays? Consider this: will you travel as a tourist or explorer? Columnist Ron Gross explains the difference and encourages you to experience the most rewarding trip possible.... From Adult/Continuing Education on December 15, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (41127) Squeezing value from KM Melanie Liew has written an article on knowledge management for Computerworld, focusing on the challenge of providing the right information at the right time. To quote: Buzzword aside, Hart believes that the intention to roll out a knowledge management project... From Column Two on December 15, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (41126) Avoid Santa Claus approach to content management Gerry McGovern has written a piece on avoiding wishlists when purchasing a content management system. To quote: The Santa Claus approach to content management creates a content management software wish list. It believes in the magic of technology to sweep... From Column Two on December 15, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (41125) RELAX NG now a full ISO International Standard Michael Smith has forwarded the announcement that RELAX NG is now a full ISO standard (this is an alternative to the W3C schema specification, for those who are into XML). To quote: RELAX NG was developed under the guidance of... From Column Two on December 15, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (41124) VideoStreaming Hervorragender Video(Streaming)-Server und Player (auch Streaming): free und open source. Zudem erübrigt sich der DVD... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on December 15, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (41123) BitTorrent & RSS From an article, BitTorrent and RSS Create Disruptive Revolution, by Steve Gilmor of eWeek:One such candidate is peer-to-peer, as resurrected in the form of Bram Cohen's BitTorrent. It's an elegant protocol for distributing files, one that takes advantage of "the... From Ten Reasons Why on December 15, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (41122) Geschichte der familiären Erziehung in Deutschland Die Zeit hat eine Familiengeschichte der Erziehung über drei Generationen veröffentlicht: "Wie man in Deutschland Kinder erzieht". So heisst es über die "Post-68er" Erziehung: [...] Trotz solcher Exzesse hat sich das Verhältnis zu den Kindern in jenen Jahren in Deutschland zum Guten gewandelt. Denn antiautoritär bedeutete im Normalfall nicht, jemanden mit Kakao zu bewerfen. Es bedeutete, dass Wissen vermittelt, nicht mehr eingebläut wurde. Es bedeutete, dass Elt From PlasticThinking: Moe'apos;s Blog. on December 15, 2003 at 5:50 p.m.. (41121) TAZ in Berlin besetzt StudentInnen haben heute die Redaktionsräume der taz besetzt, um gegen Bildungsabbau zu protestieren. Bei Bertelsmann sind sie neulich erst rausgeflogen. From PlasticThinking: Moe'apos;s Blog. on December 15, 2003 at 5:50 p.m.. (41120) Video: Demo FFM 13.12.03 Quicktime-Videos des inoffiziellen Teils der Demo gegen Bildungs- und Sozialabbau vom letzten Samstag in Frankfurt gibt es bei indymedia: [1] [2] [3] From PlasticThinking: Moe'apos;s Blog. on December 15, 2003 at 5:50 p.m.. (41119) Geschichte der familiären... Die Zeit hat eine Familiengeschichte der Erziehung über drei Generationen veröffentlicht: "Wie man in Deutschland Kinder erzieht". So heisst es über die "Post-68er" Erziehung: [...] Trotz solcher Exzesse hat sich das Verhältnis zu den Kindern in jenen Jahren in Deutschland zum Guten gewandelt. Denn antiautoritär bedeutete im Normalfall nicht, jemanden mit Kakao zu bewerfen. Es bedeutete, dass Wissen vermittelt, nicht mehr eingebläut wurde. Es bedeutete, dass Elt From BildungsBlog on December 15, 2003 at 5:50 p.m.. (41118) Tinderbox - 2.1 Personal content management assistant [VersionTracker: Mac OS X] Tinderbox update.... From Disruptive Technology on December 15, 2003 at 5:50 p.m.. (41117) Dean's Foreign Policy Speech Here. Heavy on what's actually need to make this country more secure -- read it and tell me that you don't think it's a more sensible program than what we've got now. Also, $30B over 4 years to fight AIDS globally.... From Joho the Blog on December 15, 2003 at 5:48 p.m.. (41116) DOM Level 3 Validation Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation 2003-12-15: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Validation Specification to Proposed Recommendation. The Document Object Model (DOM) allows programs and scripts to update the content and style of documents dynamically. This module of DOM3 ensures that documents remain or become valid. Comments are invited through 14 January. Read about the DOM Activity. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on December 15, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (41115) OWL Web Ontology Language Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation 2003-12-15: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the OWL Web Ontology Language (OWL) to Proposed Recommendation. Comments are invited through 19 January. OWL is used to publish and share sets of terms called ontologies, supporting advanced Web search, software agents and knowledge management. Read about the Semantic Web Activity. The OWL language is presented in six parts. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on December 15, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (41114) Resource Description Framework (RDF) Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation 2003-12-15: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the Resource Description Framework (RDF) to Proposed Recommendation. Comments are invited through 19 January. The RDF language is presented in six technical reports. RDF is used to represent information and to exchange knowledge in the Web. Read about the Semantic Web Activity. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on December 15, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (41113) Reload Open Source SCORM Player Cetis reports on the release of the Reload SCORM player, a mini-VLE that can run on a developer's desktop to test SCORM 1.2 packages. The intent is to be able to quickly and easily test SCORM content without using a full LMS. The Reload player is open source and is a companion to the Reload Editor which is an Open Source Learning Object Metadata editing tool: Cetis: Reload releases SCORM e-learning content player Reload SCORM Player From e-Learning Eclectic on December 15, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (41112) OSLO Jobs So I had to move the announcements, but the advertisements for our two full-time software engineers are back online, now at http://oslo.usu.edu/jobs.html From autounfocus on December 15, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (41111) Die Logik des Tötens Auf dem Campus der Universität in Rom sollen zwei Assistenten am Rechtsphilosophischen Institut eine Studentin erschossen haben. In einem Seminar... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 15, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (41110) Spiderman2 has behind the scenes blog (SOURCE:Spider-Man via Oliver Willis)- Very cool.  We will see more of this! From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on December 15, 2003 at 4:50 p.m.. (41109) We need more multicultural programmers and people! (SOURCE:Joel on Software - Biculturalism)- There are too many monocultural people and too many monocultural programmers.  We need more! My cultures are: first and foremost Canadian followed by the Internet culture of sharing, linking, blogging, etc. followed by the programming cultures of Unix, Windows and Mac OS X followed by the Filipino and  German and British cultures. QUOTEThere are too many monocultural programmers who, like the typical American kid who never left St. Paul, Minn From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on December 15, 2003 at 4:50 p.m.. (41108) Blogs on Blogs "This project is collaboration produced by the students of the Fall 2003 Introduction to New Media Studies course at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. The purpose of the project is to provide concise reviews of examples of several different "genres" of weblogs." (via a whole bunch of people.) From weblogged News on December 15, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. (41107) Separate Design From Content Publishing It is through pure coincidence that I have stumbled upon these interface designs I had created three years ago for FAO, an organization of the UN. Click to enlarge Click to enlarge These designs were created for the Fisheries Department and were the consequence of a long and well structured process of communication research and analysis. In this exemplary case, the interface design was effectively based on key communication goals and on having deeply analyzed the content available, the user interests and the communication goals set out by this department. In these prototypes, the effective use From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on December 15, 2003 at 3:51 p.m.. (41106) Curso de doctorado sobre hipertexto Los días 27 y 28 de enero de 2004 impartiré en la Universidad de Vigo el curso de doctorado: Teoría y crítica del hipertexto: conceptos, metodología y análisis, en el que incluiré una aproximación conceptual y experimental a la blogosfera.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 15, 2003 at 3:51 p.m.. (41105) Jade Takes a Break... This blog will blink off line around Dec 30 or 31 when I hope to migrate our content and assorted scripts to the new XServe-- I had thought it would happen by the end of the week before I vanish 10 days to my retreat, but it is rushed, and the last days of December seem more reasonable time. If things go well, we might be out for 1-2 hours; if Murphy is around, well, you know how that goes. This would impact anyone relying on our RSS2JS Feed Script so you might end up with blank areas on your feed area for a period of t From cogdogblog on December 15, 2003 at 3:48 p.m.. (41104) John Sidgemore, RIP Somehow I missed the sad news of John Sidgemore's death at a too-early age last week. He was one of... From Dan Gillmor&apos;s eJournal on December 15, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. (41103) Lost in delirium... Back from Asia, and though I hope to post some more photos of a most enjoyable trip, the demands of a seriously overloaded inbox are more than my jet-lagged cerebral cortex can handle right now. If you are one of... From Object Learning on December 15, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (41102) Retailers Prepare for Last Minute Shoppers If they play their cards right, small business e-tailers could benefit nicely from procrastinating holiday shoppers this season. From E-Commerce Guide on December 15, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (41101) Elektronische Publikation von Gesetzen? JurPC veröffentlicht eine Rede, die Professor Dr. Herberger anlässlich der Einweihung des neuen Gebäudes von SDU in Den Haag (Niederlande)... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 15, 2003 at 2:50 p.m.. (41100) Computernutzung bei Examenshausarbeiten Das Hamburgische OVG hatte die Frage zu entscheiden, ob die Ablieferung einer Diskette ausreicht, wenn die Einreichung einer schriftlichen Fassung... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 15, 2003 at 2:50 p.m.. (41099) A course reviewing weblogs Jill Walker points to a college course on new media studies with a web site that includes detailed student-written reviews of weblogs, including this example by Lisa Donato. Teacher Scott Rettberg lists nine topics for the reviewers to consider as they study a weblog. I could imagine teachers and students using the list at the start of a semester of blogging to sketch goals and choices for each student's weblog, and based on their experience with the weblogs, elaborating on the list as... From Weblogs in Higher Education on December 15, 2003 at 2:50 p.m.. (41098) New D-Lib Magazine The December issue of D-Lib Magazine is now online. Here are the OA-related articles. Bonita Wilson, Open Access and the Public Domain (helpful editorial reminding readers that content can be OA but not in the public domain) Heting Chu and Thomas Krichel, NEP: Current Awareness Service of the RePEc Digital Library Larry Mongin, Yueyu Fu, and Javed Mostafa, From FOS News on December 15, 2003 at 2:48 p.m.. (41097) Sims Scandal Donna at Copyfight aggregates info about how the philosopher Peter Ludlow managed to get banished from the Sims Online server by raking virtual muck. And Farhad Manjoo has an article in Salon that lays out the issues.... From Joho the Blog on December 15, 2003 at 2:48 p.m.. (41096) Permacharts Announces New Quick-Reference Guides For-And About-Children By popular demand, Permacharts, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of our new line of quick-reference guides for HYPHEN and about HYPHEN children. This series begins with the following titles: Dinosaurs, Early Math, Early Spelling, Colors & Shapes, Great Parties for Kids, Car Games, Food for Kids, Baby Essentials, Art Crafts for Kids, and Cool Crafts for Kids. Several Canadian editions, too!This chart introduces a new line of general interest titles geared towards children and the young at heart. Permacharts help everyday people quickly understand the details of a given subject. [PRWEB De From PR Web on December 15, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (41095) Pharmacology, Medical Abbreviations, NCLEX-PN, & EMT-B - New Quick-Reference Guides From Permacharts Permacharts, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of its latest medical series titles: Medical Abbreviations, Pharmacology, NCLEX-PN, and EMT-B. These charts continues in our very successful line of medical titles that help students and laypersons quickly learn the basics of a given subject. [PRWEB Dec 15, 2003] From PR Web on December 15, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (41094) Online Sales Lead Methods Rival Offline in 2004 Webcasts and e-mail newsletters are expected to show the most growth. From CyberAtlas on December 15, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (41093) Keine Diskriminierung des katholischen Klerus Es liegt keine strafbare Diskriminierung vor, wenn jemand öffentlich behauptet, unter den katholischen Priestern gebe es überdurchschnittlich viel Pädophile. Das... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 15, 2003 at 1:50 p.m.. (41092) Public access to university networks Lori Driscoll, Library Public Access Workstation Authentication, ARL, October 2003. From the Executive Summary: "In reaction to the events of September 11, 2001, as well as several widely reported misuses of campus computer networks, computer systems administrators have re-examined network access policies. While systems administrators have moved to restrict access to information assets, librarians have worked to support barrier-free access that protects users' privacy. This survey was distributed to the 124 ARL member libraries i From Serious Instructional Technology on December 15, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (41090) CC v2.0 Wer Creative Commons benutzt, kann sich ab sofort die neue Version 2.0 auf den Rechner laden. Dank an LL!... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 15, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (41089) Gesetzestexte auf Englisch Dank Margaret Marks weiß ich jetzt auch, wo ich im Bedarfsfall deutsche Gesetze auf Englisch finden kann. :)... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 15, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (41088) The Educator's Reference Desk The Educator's Reference Desk http://www.eduref.orgThe people who created AskERIC announce a new service and name to access the resources you've come to depend on for over a decade. While the U.S. Department of Education will discontinue the AskERIC service December 19th, you will still have access to the resources you've come to depend upon. Through The Educator's Reference Desk you can access AskERIC's 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive res From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 15, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (41087) Wired for Health: How Californians Compare To the Rest of the Nation Wired for Health: How Californians Compare To the Rest of the Nationhttp://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=105Low-income Californians who use the Internet are just as likely as more well-to-do Internet users to go online in search of health care information and two-thirds of those poorer Internet users report they gain important benefits from their online searches, according to a survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project and funded by the California HealthCare Foundation. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 15, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (41086) ChinaPost, "Sayling Wen, IT entrepreneur and write ... ChinaPost, "Sayling Wen, IT entrepreneur and writer, dies at 55", Sayling Wen, one of Taiwan's best-known information technology entrepreneurs, died yesterday from a stroke. He was 55.........Over the past decade Wen established himself as a prolific writer on a wide range of subjects. He had written about digital content, the economy and ways to improve one's English skills.Meanwhile, Wen had taken a great interest in the mainland market, where he not only established production bases but also adv From Meta on December 15, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (41085) Libraries can promote freedoms of access and expression Stuart Hamilton and Niels Ole Pors, Freedom of access to information and freedom of expression: the Internet as a tool for global social inclusion, Library Management, 24, 8/9 (2003) pp. 407-416. Abstract: "This paper explores how the relationship between freedom of access to information and freedom of expression is expressed across the international library community. Specifically, it analyses this relationship in the setting of Internet access in libraries where the Internet has been seen as a tool for fostering democracy and furthering social inclusion. From FOS News on December 15, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. (41084) Too Angry To Be Elected: Harry Truman There's an argument going around that Howard Dean is too "angry and brusque" and that his campaign is "giving angry, protest-oriented activists the rope they need to hang the party". Certainly, the Republicans are gearing up to push this angle. However, it pays to know history; specifically, the presidential election of 1948. That year, much to the surprise of the pundits and oddsmakers, Harry Truman beat Thomas Dewey by a healthy margin, both in the popular vote and electoral vote. From kuro5hin.org on December 15, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (41083) The Almighty v. Piracy God Considers Smiting Bible Pirates: "God said that 'spreading the Gospel' was not a valid defense for distributing copyrighted materials. 'Rev. Jackson has published at least 35% of My word electronically, where anyone with an internet connection can download it. Thrice did I call on him to repent; thrice did he ignore me or refer me to the EFF [Electronic Frontier Foundation].'" From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on December 15, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (41082) Garfinkel: Stop! ID Thief! More than three million ... Garfinkel: Stop! ID Thief! More than three million people in the United States were the victims of identity-theft-related fraud in the past year, according to a recent survey by the Federal Trade Commission. These people have had accounts opened in their names by scam artists, they??ve had their names given to the police by crooks stopped for various infractions, and they??ve had their homes sold out from underneath them. What's more, over five million people had sham transactions dropped onto their credit card statements last year. Fortunately, writes columnist Simson Garfin From Meta on December 15, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (41081) AI Bush, "an interactive Robot President," is an e ... AI Bush, "an interactive Robot President," is an experimental natural-language program and game from EllaZ Systems. Announced today, it is based on the program "Ella," which won the worldwide Loebner Prize Contest in 2002 as the "most human computer." AI Bush games include the strategy...[KurzweilAI] From Meta on December 15, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (41080) WSIS support for open access David Dickson, Information summit endorses key role of 'e-science', SciDev.Net., December 14, 2003. Excerpt: "The first session of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) ended on Friday (12 December) with endorsement of a broad list of principles intended to guide the future development of information and communication technologies (ICTs), and of a 'road map' showing how these should be put into practice. Included in t From FOS News on December 15, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (41079) New Open Access Now The December 15 issue of Open Access Now is now online. This issue contains an editorial on the healthy competition among OA publications, an interview with Subbiah Arunachalam on OA in India, a news report on stock warnings for commercial publishers based on the threat from OA journals, and a prof From FOS News on December 15, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (41078) More on the Elsevier cancellations and boycott Dan Carnevale, Libraries With Tight Budgets Renew Complaints About Elsevier's Online Pricing, Chronicle of Higher Education, December 19, 2003 (accessible only to subscribers). Excerpt: "A growing number of colleges in the country are rebelling against [Elsevier's] rates and terms for online science journals. Some of the institutions are even cutting back on their subscriptions to avoid having to pay for a 'bundle' of the publications, which university libraries on tight budgets say they can no long afford From FOS News on December 15, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (41077) (20) Million Man March 20 million flies can't be wrong. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on December 15, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (41076) A List Apart #166 Night of the Image Map, by Stuart Robertson. CSS design from beyond the grave -- all the secret ingredients you'll need to resurrect the image map using CSS and structurally sensible XHTML. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on December 15, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (41075) China Creates its Own Standards China isn't just reluctant to pay what amount to taxes to the developed-world owners of global technology standards. With the largest domestic market on the planet, at least potentially, plus an increasingly creative and well-educated workforce, China is creating its own competitive set of standards for its own market, although the global potential is obvious. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on December 15, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (41074) Mining the intranet Of course sites such as Amazon and Google have reasons to create formal APIs and gate access to them. But on an enterprise intranet the threat is disuse, not overuse. You're publishing information that you want people to find, exploit, and recombine. When it's appropriate to use SOAP and WSDL -- for example, when queries require fancy authorization or complex inputs -- then do so. But when a simpler strategy will suffice, don't be ashamed to use it. Between the primordial tag soup of HTML and the formal realm of Web services lies a large and fertile From Jon's Radio on December 15, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (41073) CC v2.0 It was a great party last night. Thanks to Glenn especially, but everyone from Creative Commons. We've released a new flash which is not yet on the CC site, but it is here (warning -- 7 mg large. We'll be producing and posting a lower sound quality version soon.) From Lessig Blog on December 15, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (41072) Official opening of new research laboratory / CCNB-Bathurst A click of a keyboard by Training and Employment Development Minister Margaret-Ann Blaney led to a virtual ribbon-cutting that officially opened the new Research Laboratory on Interactivity in Distance Learning at CCNB-Bathurst today. From AFTER 5 on December 15, 2003 at 9:51 a.m.. (41071) CIDIF launches mission involving internationalization/localization of Internet software and applications The International Centre for the Development of the Information Highway in French (CIDIF) today launched its new mission, which will consist of providing specialized tools and services designed to facilitate Internet use for members of the various cultural and linguistic communities. From AFTER 5 on December 15, 2003 at 9:51 a.m.. (41070) Broadband access project to connect 90 per cent of New Brunswickers Ninety per cent of New Brunswickers will have access to high-speed Internet by the end of 2006, due to a public/private partnership agreement announced today by the federal and provincial governments and Aliant. From AFTER 5 on December 15, 2003 at 9:51 a.m.. (41069) Did you know? A few interesting bits of information ... From AFTER 5 on December 15, 2003 at 9:51 a.m.. (41068) Content Packaging Report An in-depth introduction to Content Packaging is now available on the TeleEducation NB web site. From AFTER 5 on December 15, 2003 at 9:51 a.m.. (41067) SeasonÂ’s Greetings From After 5 This monthÂ’s edition marks one full year of publication for our e-learning newsletter. During that time, weÂ’ve grown and changed. From AFTER 5 on December 15, 2003 at 9:51 a.m.. (41066) Paris meeting on the economics of OA The upcoming ICSTI meeting, Economic Models for Scientific Information, Production and Distribution (Paris, January 15-16, 2004) is limited to 50 ICSTI members and invitees. But there are still a few slots open, and I have ICSTI's permission to post this wider invitation. If you'd like an application, send an email to icsti@dial.oleane.com. From FOS News on December 15, 2003 at 9:48 a.m.. (41065) AKMA goes Hollywood They've applied the pancake makeup and have told him to wrangle his observations about Derrida down to a 7-second sound bite. Next stop: "AKMA to block," on The H'wood Squares. (And we all wish his father well...)... From Joho the Blog on December 15, 2003 at 9:48 a.m.. (41064) Through an Iraqi's Eyes At 11:16 AM GMT, my cousin called me and told me Saddam Hussein had been captured. I rushed inside, started up my laptop and checked CNN. While the page was loading I plugged the satellite cable into my USB DVB tuner and started ProgDVB. From kuro5hin.org on December 15, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (41063) Rechtsfrage: Debatte über Saddam-Tribunal Was wird aus Saddam Hussein? Ãœber den weiteren Umgang mit dem irakischen Ex-Diktator gibt es unterschiedliche Auffassungen. Die russische Regierung... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 15, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (41062) Coffee on PowerPoint Peter Coffee in eWeek meditates on what PowerPoint is doing to us. He begins with Edward Tufte's piece on how PowerPoint misled the assessment of the risk to the shuttle Columbia. Peter writes: Bad presentations result from people learning to write with a model of "topic sentence, body, conclusion," instead of a journalistic model of "lead (conclusion), significance, supporting details." Peter says that although media "don't just transmit facts; they alter both selection and emphasis, creating different realities in the process," PowerPoint isn't solely to blame for the bad pres From Joho the Blog on December 15, 2003 at 8:48 a.m.. (41061) Providing context in programming (part 1) Bryn Keller is right, my previous post needs a bit more explanation. The point Sean McGrath was making is that a number is as good as meaningless without context. XML nicely provides this context. I want to translate that to programming. The importance of context for data structures in a datafile is probably more obvious than context for data structures in a program. … From Sjoerd Visscher's weblog on December 15, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. (41060) WWWTools: museos en línea y educación El boletín WWWTools for Education (antes «Web Tools») dedica su último número al tema de los museos en la red y su aplicación educativa: «Museums for Online Edutainment». Este dossier se complementará con la entrega de la semana próxima sobre galerías de arte. From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on December 15, 2003 at 7:51 a.m.. (41059) Tätigkeitbericht EU-Rechnungshof Im Amtsblatt der Europäischen Union wurde am 28.11.2003 der Tätigkeitsbericht des EU-Rechnungshofes 2002 (3 PDFs, insgesamt 394 S.) veröffentlicht.... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 15, 2003 at 7:50 a.m.. (41058) "Ich bin ein Berliner ..." Peter Isackson aus Paris, langjähriger Besucher der Online Educa, hat eine ausführliche Zusammenfassung der diesjährigen Konferenz geschrieben. Die Lektüre lohnt sich! "Let me be brutal. Online Educa Berlin, which has just finished, is an interesting conference, offering a rich... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 15, 2003 at 6:51 a.m.. (41057) "Die Zeit" demnächst kostenpflichtig? Die Wochenzeitung "Die Zeit" plant, ihren Internet-Auftritt komplett zu überarbeiten und Inhalte ab 01.02.2004 nur noch kostenpflichtig anzubieten, berichtet das... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 15, 2003 at 6:51 a.m.. (41056) Devil Of A Time A Penn State researcher probes folklore's links to power and popular culture. From Chronicle: free on December 15, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (41055) Left Jab Or Right Hook South Carolina's governor proposes offering state colleges two unpleasant choices: Accept strong central state control, or go private and lose direct state support. From Chronicle: free on December 15, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (41054) Wave the Card for Instant Credit Credit card companies want to make spending even easier: They are testing a new 'contactless' credit card that charges an account when it's wafted past a special reader. Some experts warn security is the biggest obstacle. From Wired News on December 15, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (41053) Dilemma Over New Flu Vaccine Vaccine experts deciding on this season's flu shot had to choose between using last year's formula, though a new strain was building strength, or creating a new vaccine and risking complications, delays and possible shortages. From Wired News on December 15, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (41052) Next-Gen Flight: Sci Fi Scenarios The potential of flying has hardly been tapped, say aviation experts. They are eager for the next century of flight to bring routine space travel, globe-girdling flight at supersonic speed and a flying machine in every garage. From Wired News on December 15, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (41051) Vaporware: A Call for Submissions Every year, technology companies talk up products just about to hit store shelves. And every year, a bunch of them fail to appear. It's that time again: Send us your nominees for Wired News' annual Vaporware Awards. By the Vaporware Team. From Wired News on December 15, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (41050) Let's See, Roborace? Roborally? The United States Olympic Committee says it and it alone can use the word 'olympics' to describe an athletic competition, which miffs the organizers of the Robolympics. By Xeni Jardin. From Wired News on December 15, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (41049) Studio Warns Kung Fu Site The operator of a fan site for Kung Fu films gets a cease-and-desist letter from Miramax, demanding he stop selling movies for which the studio owns distribution rights. Trouble is, the site doesn't sell any films. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on December 15, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (41048) Keeping Cows Safe From Terrorism The Department of Homeland Security gives researchers $33 million to study ways to fend off a potential terrorist attack on America's livestock and food supply. By Noah Schachtman. From Wired News on December 15, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (41047) Net delivers early news of Hussein's capture - Jeff Pelline, CNET News.com Americans logged onto the Internet to learn about the capture of Saddam Hussein because the news broke after most of the nation's newspapers had "gone to bed." Saddam's capture was announced early Sunday morning--just hours past the print publishing d From Techno-News Blog on December 15, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (41046) U.N. Summit Calls for Wired World - Reuters More than 170 countries approved an ambitious call to extend the Internet and the benefits of information technology to the poorest corners of the world Friday, but dodged some of the difficulties of doing so. In particular, they put off a decision on From Techno-News Blog on December 15, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (41045) Two in North Carolina charged under Virginia's anti-spam law - DERRILL HOLLY, ASSOCIATED PRESS Two North Carolina men were the first people charged under Virginia's anti-spam law, authorities said Thursday. Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh and Richard Rutowski of Cary each face four felony counts of using fraudulent means to transmit unsolicited bulk e- From Techno-News Blog on December 15, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (41044) eLearning: Good practice database launched by Adult Learning Inspectorate - PublicTechnology.net The Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) http://www.ali.gov.uk/htm/index.htm has launced Excalibur - a service which will make an impact on the quality of post "16 education and training across England. ALI inspectors see a huge amount of learning provisi From Online Learning Update on December 15, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (41043) Buying College Textbooks Online - Damon Dillman, WHSV Buying college textbooks can be an expensive investment. But turning to the Internet can help you save money. Last week, James Madison University sophomores Ammar Shallal and Jack Kahan launched the Web site Underdogbooks.com for students to buy and se From Online Learning Update on December 15, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (41042) Amsterdam Recordaba a Amsterdam con lluvia, y así la seguiré recordando después de esta intensa visita.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 15, 2003 at 5:51 a.m.. (41041) World Health Organisation launches eLearning initiative for global public health - PublicTechnology.net The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a new eLearning initiative, the Health Academy, in collaboration with Cisco Systems. The Health Academy is a novel approach to improve health through information technology. It will provide the general publ From Online Learning Update on December 15, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. (41040) Online Educa Madrid 2004 ICWE Gmbh y la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) organizan la cuarta edición de Online Educa Madrid 2004: Conferencia Internacional de la Educación y la Formación basada en las Tecnologías. Los temas de la conferencia serán los siguientes: - La gestión del cambio en la educación superior. - La implantación del e-learning en el entorno empresarial. - Cualificación, homologación y certificación. - El e-learning en el sector público. - El futuro del e-learning.< From Octeto - Tecnolog&#237;a educativa on December 15, 2003 at 4:51 a.m.. (41039) How to Support Your Child's Inner Gifts and Creativity. All children have some type of inner gift. Encouraging the development of that gift builds a foundation of inner strength, and confidence to achieve anything. [PRWEB Dec 15, 2003] From PR Web on December 15, 2003 at 4:46 a.m.. (41038) Mars Missions, World Map, U.S. Airport Guide, Saltwater Fish, Casino Games, Medieval History, Biblical Characters, & Ten Commandments - New General Interest Quick-Reference Guides From Permacharts Permacharts, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of its latest general interest titles: Mars Missions, World Map, U.S. Airport Guide, Saltwater Fish, Casino Games, Medieval History, Biblical Characters, and Ten Commandments. These charts continue in our very successful line of titles that help everyday consumers quickly learn and understand the basics of any given subject. [PRWEB Dec 15, 2003] From PR Web on December 15, 2003 at 4:46 a.m.. (41037) The AMICO Library Treasures Open For Public Exploration: Cartography Associates Offers Individual Subscriptions to Important Arts Resource The treasures of 39 arts institutions worldwide are now open for public viewing with the introduction of individual subscriptions to The AMICO Library From PR Web on December 15, 2003 at 4:46 a.m.. (41036) GreenLight Games Releases Word Jolt to Multiple Online Gaming Publishers SEATTLE, WA (PRWEB) December 13, 2003 -- GreenLight Games, a Seattle based developer of captivating downloadable computer puzzle games, is pleased to announce the release of its award winning game to several new gaming sites, which included Big Fish Games and Shockwave. Word Jolt is an exciting, and highly addictive learning game that has been exclusively available on Real Networks' Real One Arcade, where it has been a top seller for several months. The game was also mentioned in a Wall Street Journal article (http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech-20030911.html) on the new PC gaming industry From PR Web on December 15, 2003 at 4:46 a.m.. (41034) WorkersCompensation.com Launches "5 Minute Office Workout" Video Series Cutting edge web based video program brings health and fitness to America's office workplace... [PRWEB Dec 15, 2003] From PR Web on December 15, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (41033) Dokumenten-Center Ein beachtliches Dokumenten-Center ist bei der Universität Michigan hinterlegt,- mit komfortabler Recherchemöglichkeit, einem alphabetischen Register und "Quick Links".... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 15, 2003 at 3:51 a.m.. (41032) Travel Writers: Rick Steves (SOURCE:Travel Writers: Rick Steves via Scott Loftesness)- Rick Steves's travel philosophy is great and so is his advice to writers.  Good advice for bloggers too: do whatever it is you do alot, share generously, take good notes, build up your expertise. QUOTE What advice and/or warnings would you give to someone who is considering going into travel writing? Travel a lot. Maintain a focus. Take notes carefully in the From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on December 15, 2003 at 1:50 a.m.. (41031) First Principles How to get along in the world PEOPLE Perception is reality. (See The User Illusion) Placebos work. Hawthorne effect. Halo effect. There need be no commodities. Reality is relative: we each have our own. Mental expectations set real limits. Learned helplessness. "They are able... From Internet Time Blog on December 15, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (41030) The United States Distance Learning Association -- USDLA -- Announces New Lower Cost Method of Supplying Outside Readings. From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on December 15, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (41029) State ed-tech budgets are shrinking, survey says From Distance-Educator.com&apos;s Daily News on December 15, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (41028) Interactive distance learning offers new alternative for educators From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 15, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (41027) School district awarded distance learning grant From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 15, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (41026) Schools considering more online courses From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 15, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (41025) School to offer distance learning thanks to high-speed Internet From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 15, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (41024) Distance learning serves those on active duty From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 15, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (41023) College Prep Online program hosts summit From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 15, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (41022) UN e-schools aim to connect pupils, villagers across developing world From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 15, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (41021) UN-backed summit ends with declaration on 'information society for all' From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 15, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (41020) Anticipation My mother made another stocking this year. (0 words) From dive into mark on December 15, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (41019) Xjournal - 1.0.0b14 Client for the LiveJournal.com weblog service [VersionTracker: Mac OS X]... From Disruptive Technology on December 14, 2003 at 11:51 p.m.. (41018) Untitled     From Handheld Instructional Technology on December 14, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. (41017) Untitled   This article looks at the recent addition of built-in keyboards to PDAs.Unlike the older full-size fold-out keyboards the built-in keyboard is a thumb-typing device. The user holds the PDA in both hands and uses their thumbs on the keyboard.Mr Paul Leeper from palmOne said "On PDAs being used as wireless communicators, as SMS centres attached to Bluetooth mobile phones, or as data-centric note-taking machines, the users prefer a keyboard input system to a stylus.It's not necessarily faster than using Graffiti with a stylus, but it's definitely what top e From Handheld Instructional Technology on December 14, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. (41016) Untitled   Computer Phobia: Who knew it had an actual name? Known by a number of names Logizomechanophobia and Fear of Computers being the most common, the problem often significantly impacts the quality of life. It can cause panic attacks and keep people apart from loved ones and business associates. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregula From Handheld Instructional Technology on December 14, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. (41015) Saddam Hussein Captured Alive News sources around the world are reporting today that Saddam Hussein, former dictator of Iraq, has been found and arrested at a farmhouse near his hometown of Tikrit; he apparently surrendered without a fight. From kuro5hin.org on December 14, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. (41014) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]