Edu_RSS ~ January 6, 2004

Most recent update: January 6, 2004 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Happy New Year - Look's like Dave Shea is moving to the USA :-( Look's like Dave Shea is moving to the USA. We'll miss you, Dave! A blow to those of us who need world class graphic and web designer talent in Vancouver. From Happy New Year: QUOTEThere is a story I've always wanted to tell you. This is not it. I can't say everything, in fact I shouldn't yet say anything. But I can refer you to the fact the Zen Garden's --> From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 6, 2004 at 10:50 p.m.. (43178) Bloogz Bloogzhttp://www.bloogz.com/Bloogz is a research project that traces, through blogs, how information is spread. In particular, thanks to the links included in blogs, Bloogz Rank traces those pieces of information that seem to be more influent from weblog to weblog in the last 24 hours. Bloogz Rank assesses how popular websites and the topics of Blogs are, according to the number of visitors and quotes that can be found.Zillman.us, this blog, has the honor of being from number four to number one in the BloogZ R From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 6, 2004 at 9:51 p.m.. (43177) Put Two and Two Together, and You Get MP3 Project Hudson, the Content Reference Forum, and Phillips' as yet unnamed project are all billing themselves as better DRM - DRM that's open, interoperable, and non-proprietary, with liberal usage rules.  They might even allow some sort of file-sharing in a limited form.  Kevin Doran --> From A Copyfighter's Musings on January 6, 2004 at 9:47 p.m.. (43176) Follow-up to below: What is RealNetworks Doing? At least the companies discussed below are trying to head in a better direction.  Does this market really need another proprietary format?  Can it handle that?  Can Real get away with songs that will not play on ANY current players?  Apple had the iPod to bank on; Real doesn't even have that.  So with Rhapsody already out there, what are they doing? From A Copyfighter&apos;s Musings on January 6, 2004 at 9:47 p.m.. (43175) Solum's Notes on First Amendment and Copyright Professor Solum took notes at the Association of American Law School's section on Constitutiona Law, Copyright, and the First Amendment, starring Neil Netanel, Ed Baker, Tom Bell, Jessica Litman, and others. From A Copyfighter'apos;s Musings on January 6, 2004 at 9:47 p.m.. (43174) Looking Beyond the Pew Report and The Present Read through Frank's links about the Pew Report on P2P downloading. A couple of thoughts I haven't seen elsewhere 1.  What about services like Earthstation 5, and Morpheus with its proxy servers, and other similar services with privacy enhancing features that were left out of the report? For those who are still sharing, which services are they using?  Will we have a similar effect to when Napster was shut down?  First only some migrated to the new services, and then word quickly From A Copyfighter'apos;s Musings on January 6, 2004 at 9:47 p.m.. (43173) Berkman Center Diebold Briefing The Berkman Center's Mary Bridges wrote up a nice paper about the Diebold memos controversy, includings its timeline and implications. From A Copyfighter'apos;s Musings on January 6, 2004 at 9:47 p.m.. (43172) Untitled P. G. Wodehouse. "The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun." [Quotes of the Day] From Seb's Open Research on January 6, 2004 at 9:46 p.m.. (43171) MK demanding an accurate outpost list From Haaretz: News on January 6, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (43170) Iran, Syria in efforts to improve ties with states in the region From Haaretz: News on January 6, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (43169) Criminal gangs now trying to infiltrate the police From Haaretz: News on January 6, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (43168) IDF prepares for changed warfare, shrinking budgets From Haaretz: News on January 6, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (43167) Israel seeks Libyan ties From Haaretz: News on January 6, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (43166) Weblogs and Networks Weblogs and Networks. Summary of research on social networks and how it relates to weblogs. -- BB Jim Moore: "Blogs are weak tie machines!" [Scripting News] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 6, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43165) Who says eLearning doesn't work? Who Says eLearning Doesn't Work? Here's an example of a composite ("blended") approach to education that is succeeding. Design makes a difference! To quote the course author: "The national average for online retention hovers about 50%. 71% of my fall (201) section completed with grades of "C" or better. Since 201 is pre-req to this 202 section, I predict AT LEAST this same level of success and quite probably higher. Additionally, students tend to score higher than national norms on standardized testing items. I believe this is du From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 6, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43164) Untitled Former free software hacker and night club owner Jamie Zawinski's LiveJournal has just reached the kiloloser mark. And I have to confess I'm one of the happy losers. From Seb&apos;s Open Research on January 6, 2004 at 8:46 p.m.. (43163) Drawing on Acid If you've ever wondered how the brain on acid sees life, without going through the actual trouble and expense of doing LSD, you can now surf over to Cowboybooks.com.au to view the results of an experiment, conducted during the 1950's. From kuro5hin.org on January 6, 2004 at 8:45 p.m.. (43162) EduBlog Insights :Focus on Writing EduBlog Insights : Focus on Writing Comment: Anne tells edbloggers to focus on the writing and less on the cynicism.... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 6, 2004 at 7:50 p.m.. (43161) Sistema Educativo Inteligente (SEI) AI-Ware S.A es una empresa argentina licenciataria de la tecnología Darwin-FIRST, propiedad de la empresa Intag, Intelligent ... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on January 6, 2004 at 7:50 p.m.. (43160) Damn social Web! I sent an email to a friend this morning asking for help thinking of technology people who meet a particular parameter, you know, along the lines of "Do you know any techies who ____?" Unfortunately, my friend forwarded my hastily written mail to about 20 people who might also be able to fill in the blank. One of those twenty mentioned Metcalfe's Law in her reply. Someone else talked about the need to supplement that law in order to understand a different aspect of social dynamics. Someone else commented, contradicted, expanded... Now those 20 people — strangers — are... From weblogged News on January 6, 2004 at 6:47 p.m.. (43158) Upcoming Blogging and RSS Presentations If you're in the Chicagoland area, here are two events at which I'll be speaking during the next two months. If you've heard me talk about blogging and/or RSS, there won't be much new here, but if you want to make a New Year's resolution for your library or for yourself (as in, find out why news aggregators are so great), come on by because they're both free! A Blogging Overview with Jenny LevineA Refe From The Shifted Librarian on January 6, 2004 at 6:47 p.m.. (43157) One more thing... One thing that wasn't shown at the MacWorld Keynote is the Apple XGrid Technology Preview from the Advanced Computation Group with some sample code. Probably some of the applications are used in the G5 cluster in Virginia Tech. From owrede_log on January 6, 2004 at 6:46 p.m.. (43156) News Briefs: PayPal Europe Set to Launch PayPal gets ready to launch its European subsidiary, paid search provider FindWhat.com announces its completion of its Miva Corp. acquisition, and the 2003 holiday season gives e-tailers a reason to smile. From E-Commerce Guide on January 6, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (43155) MS Office 2003/XP Add-in Microsoft hat vor kurzem ein Add-Inn veröffentlicht, um "versteckte Daten" und evtl. schädlich, aus den Office-Applikationen zu löschen. Vgl. auch... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 6, 2004 at 6:09 p.m.. (43154) Gerichtsshows Die wissenschaftliche Arbeit zum M.A. mit dem Titel "Kultivierung durch Gerichtsshows" hat B. Thym ins Netz gestellt (150 S. PDF).... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 6, 2004 at 6:08 p.m.. (43153) Macworld Expo -- More (and Less) of the Same Steve Jobs didn't have all that much new -- really new -- to announce In his Macworld Conference & Expo... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 6, 2004 at 5:56 p.m.. (43152) Create Change From the website: "The Create Change brochure is a concise outline of issues in scholarly communication intended for use with faculty on your campus." Well worth a look is the chart depicting the dramatic rise in journal and academic publication prices. Copies of the brochure for printing are available in PDF, MS Word and RFT. By Various Authors, October, 2003 [Refer][Research][From OLDaily on January 6, 2004 at 5:49 p.m.. (43151) In Survey, Fewer Are Sharing Files (or Admitting It) News coverage of the Pew Report citing a decline in file sharing. The author notes that "some experts on the downloading world said that the Pew figures might overstate the drop in file sharing." Eric Garland, chief executive of BigChampagne, an online media measurement company, reports, "We have empirical evidence that the use of popular file-sharing services like Kazaa, both in terms of the number of users and in terms of the volume of material, is up, and up dramatically" over the time measured in the study. By John Schwartz, New York Times, January 5, 2003 [From OLDaily on January 6, 2004 at 5:48 p.m.. (43150) What Will 2004 Bring? More predictions for the year ahead, this time from Kevin Kruse, who forsees more industry consolidation, off-shore development, cheap cookie-cutter e-learning, simulations, mobile e-learning and workflow based e-learning. Not to be too critical, but wouldn't that have been a good set of predictions for last year? By Kevin Kruse, E-Learning Guru, January 5, 2003 [Refer][Research][ From OLDaily on January 6, 2004 at 5:47 p.m.. (43149) Ten Steps for Cleaning Up Information Pollution Jakob Nielsen may know a lot about usability, but based on this article he doesn't get online communication. Now some of his advice is good: don't copy emails to 'all staff' and write informative subject lines. But most of it is a recipe for disaster. Like, for example, not checking your email. If you don't read your email regularly, you will simply be creating an insurmountable task for yourself, if only to clean spam. If you don't use instant messaging, you deny yourself a great productivity advantage (and it should not take you ten minutes to get back into focu From OLDaily on January 6, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43148) What Will 2004 Bring? e-Learning-Guru Kevin Kruse hat ebenfalls in seine Kristallkugel geschaut. Was er e-Learning voraussagt? "1) Industry consolidation continues 2) Off-shore development becomes common 3) Quality of instructional design gets worse (but cheaper) 4) Quality of instructional design gets better (but more... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 6, 2004 at 5:08 p.m.. (43147) more to iLife Apple's latest, Garageband is a music editing tool. The tool offers some (royalty) free music, and the ability to publish the creativity you produce. CC-less, so far. From Lessig Blog on January 6, 2004 at 4:47 p.m.. (43146) The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, December 2003 High growth rates and record-breakers are usually celebrated, but not when it comes to spam and viruses. The spam volume rose from 42 percent of e-mail to 58 percent during 2003, and the year fell just short of being the worst on record for malware variants. From CyberAtlas on January 6, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (43145) Nemo Dass die konventionellen (Print-)Medien (gelegentlich) bei der Recherche nicht um besondere Sorgfalt bemüht sind, mag man ja noch in den... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 6, 2004 at 3:51 p.m.. (43144) How to Create and Maintain a Website How to Create and Maintain a Websitehttp://www.lincproject.org/toolkit/techtip_webguide.htmlCreating a website to increase awareness of your organization can be a daunting task. There are many aspects to take into consideration. The purpose, function, placement, creation and maintenance of the website are all substantial decisions best laid out in an initial planning process. This document is designed to answer some of the questions about what building a site may require, and to steer you From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 6, 2004 at 3:51 p.m.. (43143) ChatterBots ChatterBotshttp://www.ChatterBots.infoChatterBots is a Subject Tracer™ Information Blog developed and created by the Virtual Private Library™. It is designed to bring together the latest resources and sources on an ongoing basis on ChatterBots. We always welcome suggestions of additional sites and resources to be added to this comprehensive listing and please submit by clicking --> From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 6, 2004 at 3:51 p.m.. (43142) Published, hyperlinked events lead to awareness Jon Udell reflects on a subtle chain of events leading to his becoming aware of issues FOAF developers had with some of his writing: What struck me later about this interaction was its miraculous subtlety. I wrote something that made Edd sigh, I overheard his sigh, and we had a discussion about what provoked it. Now let's look at how this happened. My original comments were posted on this weblog. Edd and Dan may or may not subscribe to my blog, but given their central involvement in FOAF it was virtually certain that the ite From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 6, 2004 at 3:47 p.m.. (43141) Chickenpox! You may have noticed that EdTechPost has been a bit quite of late. Apart from the regular seasonal break (which should have been over by now) I just found out on the weekend that I have chickenpox! Somehow I managed not to get it as a kid (thanks Mom!) so I have the pleasure of suffering through it now as an adult. Mostly it's just freaking inconvenient - I was all set to start the new year with a bang, and was really looking forward to attending the Pan-Canadian Elearning Workshop in Vancouver next week hosted by CANARIE. No From FOS News on January 6, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (43139) 14-Day Free Trial of Manila There are some stirrings at Userland which I'm hoping will translate into a productive year for Manila developers. For a limited time, they are offering a 14-day free trial which I would highly recommend to anyone considering using the package. I've posted the user's manual that I give to my teachers at my school for anyone who wants to get up and running fairly quickly. Just remember it has some references and instructions unique to my school. At $299 a year From weblogged News on January 6, 2004 at 2:47 p.m.. (43138) Blogging Ideas of the Year [via Weblogg-ed News] - A compilation of some of Dave Pollard's "Ideas of the Year" pertaining to blogging: There are no rules in the "blogosphere" It's more important to be first than best Focus on a few subjects and address them profoundly and creatively Social Networking will allow us to build deep relationships, collaborate on awesome projects, find the next president. Blogs could be the platform for a proxy for each of us as in From carvingCode on January 6, 2004 at 2:46 p.m.. (43137) Lo más buscado del 2003 Lo más buscado del 2003 en Google: 2003 Year-End Google Zeitgeist. Búsquedas más populares: Britney Spears, Harry Potter, Matrix, Shakira, David Beckham, 50 cent, Iraq, Lord of the rings, Kobe Bryant y Tour de France. Búsquedas de imágenes: Eminem, David... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 6, 2004 at 1:50 p.m.. (43136) Weblogs and Education More on Weblogs and RSS in eLearning. Blogging and RSS in Education. Will Richardson look into Blogging and RSS � The "What's It?" and "How To" of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators : "Educators have been slower to adopt Weblogs for a variety of reasons, among them access, privacy, and security issues. But as more and more people get on the blog bandwagon, more and more teachers and schools are starting to experiment with the technology as a way to communicate with students and From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 6, 2004 at 1:48 p.m.. (43135) Why people blog The good folks over at the Community Wiki (a fork out of Meatball wiki, with less restrictive copyright and NearLinks into Meatball - brilliant idea) have had a stab at figuring out why people blog. A few drivers from their list which I think are spot-on: But what dr From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 6, 2004 at 1:46 p.m.. (43134) iTunes unter Linux Der umtriebige norwegische Programmierer Jon Lech Johansen - den meisten auf Grund seiner Mitarbeit an der DVD-Entschlüsselungssoftware DeCSS und aufgrund... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 6, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (43133) Online-Geheimnisse "Super Searchers on Madison Avenue" heißt der heutige Beitrag bei SearchEngineWatch; an dieser Stelle verbirgt sich eine handverlesene Zusammenstellung hochkarätiger... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 6, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (43132) Open access journals on education Open Access Journals and Copyright. In case you don't have enough to read online, here is a list of peer-reviewed journals to fill up your copious free time. Probably most of these don't have anything to do with e-Learning, but if you are keeping up with what's going on in education as part of your intelligence collecting, they would be worth scanning every so often. -- BB Open access journals in education. --> From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 6, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (43131) EMBO Reports editorial: "Ethical profits from publishing" EMBO reports 5, 1, 1 (2004) (Access restricted to subscribers.) Frank Gannon, editor of EMBO Journal, maintains that his society makes money ethically from its publishing activities, because "we use this money exclusively for our community," citing programs that support scientists in developing countries, young investigators, fellowships for women scientists among others. He argues that scientific societies must make a profit to sustain such activities. Furthermore, Gannon states that the SPA From FOS News on January 6, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (43130) Updated Create Change brochure SPARC, ARL, and the ACRL have updated their Create Change brochure. The new text is freely available online in several formats, for institutions that would like to adapt it to local conditions. Printed copies are also available for purchase. Quoting the SPARC press release: "The new brochure's colorful design, larger f From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 6, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (43126) Open access journals in education David Wiley's introduction to the Pitch journal links to this huge list of open access journals in education. "Pitch is at least the 140th completely open access, peer reviewed journal in educational research". If open access is your cup of tea, also don't miss this page on copyright and open access from the kickass --> From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 6, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (43125) Time for 2004 e-Learning Simulation Predictions This morning, Kevin Kruse's e-Learning Guru newsletter arrived on my e-doorstep, along with a bunch of predictions for e-learning in 2004. Several commentators had predictions about simulation, so I thought I'd mention them here to see if there's a discussion lurking somewhere within. From FlashSim on January 6, 2004 at 10:52 a.m.. (43124) Predictions: E-Learning "However, when it comes to the e-learning industry, no one can deny the important strides that were made in 2003. Advancements standards specifications and subsequent adoption have led to major increases in the extensibility, interoperability and scalability of e-learning technologies.... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 6, 2004 at 10:52 a.m.. (43123) e-Learning Centre's Guide to e-Learning Das (Jahr) fängt ja gut an! Eine ausgezeichnete Einführung des e-Learning Centre's (Gloucestershire/ UK) - eigentlich ein komplettes Lernprogramm mit kurzen Informationen zu den wichtigsten e-Learning Topics und vielen Links zu aktuellen Artikeln und e-Beispielen. Für Anfänger und Experten! Vieles... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 6, 2004 at 10:52 a.m.. (43122) Kündigung wegen Gesundheitsgefährdung Nach § 544 BGB a.F. (jetzt: §§ 569 Abs. 1, 578 Abs. 2 Satz 2 BGB) kann der Mieter einer... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 6, 2004 at 10:52 a.m.. (43121) Deutsche Vertretungen im Ausland Hier finden Sie u.a. aktuelle Listen der deutschen diplomatischen und konsularischen Vertretungen im Ausland (177 S. PDF), die über einen... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 6, 2004 at 10:52 a.m.. (43120) Steuererklärungen 2003 Das BMF hat mit Schreiben vom 02.01.2004 die Abgabefristen für die Steuererklärungen 2003 sowie Einzelheiten zu etwaigen Fristverlängerungen bekannt gegeben.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 6, 2004 at 10:52 a.m.. (43119) Neues Mietrecht in CH Am 08.02. haben die Stimmbürger über das neue Mietrecht der Schweiz zu entscheiden. Falls die neue Regelung angenommen wird, werden... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 6, 2004 at 10:52 a.m.. (43118) Vom Hofe der Justitia Der Mann hinter dem NZZ-Kürzel fel. heisst Markus Felber, ist seit über 20 Jahren Korrespondent am Bundesgericht und wurde auch... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 6, 2004 at 10:52 a.m.. (43117) Drahtlos, aber nicht ratlos Mit drahtloser Technologie in Gerichten beschäftigt sich der hervorragende Beitrag von Brett Arquette in dem brandneuen Weblog CourtTechForum.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 6, 2004 at 10:52 a.m.. (43116) UVEK im Internet Das Eidgenössische Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation (UVEK) erweitert das Informationsangebot im Internet und öffnet den direkten Zugang... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 6, 2004 at 10:52 a.m.. (43115) Window to the Universe Window to the Universehttp://link.abpi.net/l.php?20040106A5The first images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, are now visible online. The first observations include a glowing stellar nursery, a swirling, dusty galaxy, a disc of planet-forming debris, and organic material in the distant universe. The images demonstrate the power of the telescope's infrared detectors to capture never before seen cosmic features. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 6, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (43114) SanskritaPradipika SanskritaPradipika - Freely Downloadable e-Tutor for the Sanskrit Languagehttp://www.sanskrit-lamp.org/The following description is given at the site's "About" directory by Sudhir Kaicker:SanskritaPradipika, a freely downloadable e-tutor for the Sanskrit language, is intended to help English-speaking people learn Sanskrit, as well as the Devanagari script in which the language is written today. The medium of discourse is English, but will be gratified if the English text is translated to other Europ From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 6, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (43113) Linux Kernel Upgrade Fixes Security Flaws Linux Kernel Upgrade Fixes Security Flawshttp://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5135129.htmlAn upgrade has been issued for the Linux kernel to address two security flaws identified as serious. Marcelo Tosatti, who maintains the Linux 2.4 kernel series, said the security vulnerabilities of the older version pose significant risks to users and they should upgrade to the new kernel as soon as possible. One of the flaws fixed by the new kernel allows a hacker to change the privileges of a user account to those From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 6, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (43112) Laugh and Learn From ScotFEICT on January 6, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (43111) Atom for MT in Four Steps Atom is like another version of RSS. It handles syndication. So, we have another orange or blue button we can add to our blogs and this is how you add Atom for MT in Four Easy Steps [Link from Finally... From Movable Type on January 6, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (43110) Instructional Guides - Learning Object A link to an instructor and student guide are included with the learning object. These guides are offered as a complement to the Pharmacology learning object and are intended to provide information that can enhance instruction. The strategies included are... From IDEAS on January 6, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43109) A Craftsperson can turn a tool's constraints into advantage [SOURCE: McGee's Musings] - As always, McGee nails it in 2004 just like he did in 2003 and previous years! QUOTE...Yes, what the tools can and can't do matters. But not as much as Tufte would have us believe. Gold widens the perspective to remind us in the hands of a craftsperson to constraints of a tool can be turned to advantage. UNQUOTE From Roland Tanglao&apos;s Weblog on January 6, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43108) iTunes DRM cracked wide open for GNU/Linux. Seriously. The futile DRM arms race continues. This cracking of iTunes DRM by a Norwegian developer is merely the latest volley. QUOTE Norwegian programmer Jon Lech Johansen, who broke the DVD encryption scheme, has opened iTunes locked music a tad further, by allowing people to play songs they've purchased on iTunes Music Store on their GNU/Linux computers. "We're about to find out what Apple really thinks about Fair Use," Johansen told The Register via email. UNQUOTE< From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 6, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43107) Why are "Boomers" in College? For a graduate paper, Thomas Knable posed this question in the Adult/Continuing Education Discussion Forum. His findings are summarized here.... From Adult/Continuing Education on January 6, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43106) SPD will Elite-Uni Berlin/Weimar (dpa) - Die SPD will im neuen Jahr mit den Themen Bildung, Forschung und Innovation in die Offensive gehen. Ein Grundsatzpapier von SPD-Generalsekretär Olaf Scholz dazu wurde allerdings von Kritikern in der Partei als zu oberflächlich bewertet. Die Vorschlag von Scholz, mindestens eine deutsche Spitzenuniversität nach US-Vorbild zu schaffen, stieß auf teils scharfe Kritik. CDU und FDP sprachen von Lippenbekenntnissen. Über die Scholz-Vorlage beriet am Montag... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on January 6, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43105) ExamGuard Provides a More Secure Online Testing Environment From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on January 6, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43104) Mars Exploration Rover Mission From Distance-Educator.com&apos;s Daily News on January 6, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43103) 250 UMass Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell online courses are now open for registration From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 6, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43102) Penn State/Defense Department partnership benefits logistics workforce From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 6, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43101) District eyes own charter school plan From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 6, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43100) Enrollment tops 500 at Virtual Academy From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 6, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43099) Media Literacy Goes to School From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 6, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43098) Governor presents first laptops to students From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 6, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43097) Fake universities thrive on the web From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 6, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43096) Support for Students at a Distance Survey 2003 From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 6, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43095) InformationToday asks info industry execs about the year ahead In "What's Ahead for 2004," eleven high-profile players in the information industry share their thoughts on significant developments to follow in the next year. Only two, the British Library's Lynne Brindley and Sabine Brünger-Weilandt of FIZ Karlsruhe, mention open access, and mainly as something to watch, one model among many alternatives, without yet pronouncing on its impact or viability; others such as Outsell's Anthea Stratigos and Ingenta's Mark Rowse note the increasing role of XML and RSS in se From FOS News on January 6, 2004 at 10:49 a.m.. (43094) OA overview from THES Geoff Watts, Crusaders for a truly free flow of ideas, Times Higher Education Supplement, January 5, 2004 (online access only for subscribers). Excerpt: "Item: speaking recently at a meeting in London organised by the Higher Education Funding Council for England's Joint Information Systems Committee, Mark Walport described trying to consult the online version of the Journal of Infectious Disease. The issue he wanted included a report on malaria research by the Medical Research Council laboratories in Gambia: work financed by the Wellcome Trust. On From cogdogblog on January 6, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (43090) A Patron's View of Library Blogs The Library; with whining, the web, a would-be user, a wish, and some wandering "More complainingfeedback, re website usability (or patron blindness): went to the site, which is crammed with links; the 'locations and hours' didn't show anything special, the "holiday hours" did exist but was off to the right and did not attract attention...and the page to From The Shifted Librarian on January 6, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (43089) Japan Continue to Pull Away Vodafone in Japan Introduces Sharp's Two Megapixel Camera Phone "From picturephoning.com I learned about Japan Wireless Watch reporting that Vodafone in Japan has introduced a two megapixel camera phone from Sharp. The Sharp V601SH (see below) has some nice features.... The V601 From The Shifted Librarian on January 6, 2004 at 10:47 a.m.. (43088) New Year's Technology Resolutions for Public Libraries For 2004: Start a blog for your web site, and concentrate most of your news there. If possible, put the blog posts on your home page (either make it a blog or display headlines using RSS) so that your new information gets maximum exposure. I'm not just hyping blogs - it truly will make it easier for you to keep your site more current and dynamic, and there are ways to do this at no additional cost.  Provide remote access to as many of your databases as possible, preferably using the patron's library barcode number as the autho key rather than some i From The Shifted Librarian on January 6, 2004 at 10:47 a.m.. (43087) The sigh heard round the world Edd Dumbill sighed when he read my comments on FOAF and social networking: <danbri>http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2004/01/04.html#a878 * edd sighs <danbri> its because foaf is associated in ppls minds w/ the 'social networking' sites <danbri> and the 'f' in 'foaf' can't help [Friend From Jon's Radio on January 6, 2004 at 10:47 a.m.. (43086) Watchdog Sues Music Labels A Belgian consumer advocacy group sues the music industry's largest labels for selling CDs that won't play on your car stereo or computer. From Wired News on January 6, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43085) Lawsuits Slow Music Downloads A new study shows the RIAA's slew of lawsuits seems to be effectively scaring Americans out of their music downloading ways. From Wired News on January 6, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43084) 3-D Images Show Mars' Spirit NASA scientists are agog over the panoramic three-dimensional images of Mars taken by Spirit, the six-wheeled rover that just landed on the red planet. From Wired News on January 6, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43083) Foreigners Give U.S. the Finger Foreign visitors to the United States -- most of them, anyway -- are being fingerprinted and photographed as they enter the country as part of a new screening program aimed at snaring 'the bad guys.' From Wired News on January 6, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43082) Mars Rovers Probe Water's Wonders NASA experts sent the twin robotic rovers to the two spots on the red planet where evidence of water is most compelling. They hope to find signs of life where water once flowed. From Wired News on January 6, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43081) Memo to the New Head of the MPAA Trading movies digitally still isn't easy, but Hollywood has a lot less time to act than it thinks. Here's some advice to help it avoid the fate of the music industry. By Wired magazine's Chris Anderson. From Wired News on January 6, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43080) Spammers Top Microsoft Hit List The Redmond behemoth is talking tough about cutting down spam in 2004, and it's willing to go to court to do it. By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on January 6, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43079) Mac Founders Push for New Ideas The crew that put together the first Mac is celebrating its 20th birthday, but some are disappointed over the apparent lack of innovation in personal computers. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on January 6, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43078) Bush Grabs New Power for FBI As the nation sat transfixed by Saddam Hussein's capture last month, President Bush quietly passed legislation granting the government new and sweeping surveillance powers. By Kim Zetter. From Wired News on January 6, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43077) 2004: The Turning Point - Stephen Downes ....2004 will be looked on as the year in which everything changed, but nothing changed. We will cross some significant barriers in 2004, but the changes that emerge from this turbulent, uncertain year will take several more years to mature. When we lo From Techno-News Blog on January 6, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43076) Browserless Net use on the rise - Dick O'Brien, Electric News Recent research has found that the Internet is no longer just about Web browsers, with a growing number of users accessing the Net with other applications. According to a new report from Nielsen//NetRatings, three out of every four, or 76 percent, From Techno-News Blog on January 6, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43075) 10 tech trends for 2004 - Jon Fortt, Mercury News .... The defining tech trend of 2004 probably will be related to the defining trend of 2003 -- the laptop's steady march to overtake the desktop as the face of the PC. In the summer, when back-to-school shoppers were beginning to browse, U.S. computer From Techno-News Blog on January 6, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43074) RATLIFF TO TOUR HISD DISTANCE LEARNING LAB- Tyler Texas Morning Telegraph State Sen. Bill Ratliff is scheduled to tour a Career and Technology Distance Learning Lab Tuesday at Hallsville High School that will allow students to earn college credit. Texas State Technical College, Marshall, and Hallsville High School joined to From Educational Technology on January 6, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43073) The Top 10 ed-tech stories of 2003 you'll still be dealing with in 2004 - eSchool News Enormous challenges for school technology leaders marked the year just ended--from shrinking state budgets to more stringent requirements for hiring teachers, educating students, and collecting and reporting school data under the No Child Left Behind A From Educational Technology on January 6, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43072) Your Moves - to be a player, or a life stayer: fighting HIV in universities South African universities and technikons distribute 7 000 copies of an interactive cd-rom in January, 2004 to tertiary institutions to educate young people (the most HIV-infected group in southern Africa) of the choices they make that can influence their life and health. It's part of dramatic initiatives from tertiary institutions, including the provision of antiretroviral medication, to try and lower HIV infections in South Africa, the country with the world's highest rate of infection - more than 5 million people of a population of 41-million. [PRWEB Jan 6, 2004] From PR Web on January 6, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (43071) Living Effectively With AD/HD Attention Deficit Disorder can affect children, adolescents and adults. [PRWEB Jan 6, 2004] From PR Web on January 6, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (43070) Boson Software releases version 5.21 containing new Comptia practice exams Boson Software version 5.21 contains training software to prepare for the comptia certification exams 220-301 and 220-302. [PRWEB Jan 6, 2004] From PR Web on January 6, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (43069) 'For Kids By Kids' HYPHEN New Accessory Line from Waddevah For Kids by Kids is a new accessory line started by Waddevah, a New York City based accessory company. The line was started with one single philosophy in mind, 'Children can and do make a difference' [PRWEB Jan 6, 2004] From PR Web on January 6, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (43068) Joseph Church Dies at 85; Shed Light on Growing Up The child psychologist whose groundbreaking books in the 1950's and 1960's shattered conventional notions on the ways young children mature and acquire language, died on Dec. 23. From New York Times: Education on January 6, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (43067) Samuel Nabrit, 98, Scientist and a Pioneer in Education, Dies The scientist and scholar who was the second president of Texas Southern University in Houston, died on Dec. 30 in Atlanta. From New York Times: Education on January 6, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (43066) Colleges Struggle to Help Black Men Stay Enrolled Women outnumber men at most colleges, but the gap is especially large among black students. So colleges are taking special care to recruit and retain black men. From New York Times: Education on January 6, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (43065) Group Seeks Quicker Action Against Violence in Schools A group of elected officials and union leaders said that the mayor and schools chancellor are not responding quickly enough to address violence in New York City schools. From New York Times: Education on January 6, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (43064) Early Thoughts on Modern Rocketry With the successful landing of the NASA Mars probe, the use of rockets for research is back in the news in a good way. We all know that modern rocketry started with the German V1 and V2 systems, and that it has been largely driven by the military ever since. (Interestingly enough, it seems that the Germans got the idea from the Americans! Needless to say, the American concerned - Dr Robert Goddard - sued.) But what about scientific and civilian rocketry? That can be traced back about as far. There, the credit (and the blame) rests with a novelist who also wrote technical articles for a p From kuro5hin.org on January 6, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (43063) A noiseless patient blogger . . A noiseless, patient spider, I mark'd, where, on a little promontory, it stood, isolated; Mark'd how, to explore the vacant, vast surrounding, It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself; Ever unreeling them--ever tirelessly speeding them. And you, O my Soul, where you stand, Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space, Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,--seeking the spheres, to connect them; Till the bridge... From Weblogs in Higher Education on January 6, 2004 at 12:49 a.m.. (43062) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]