Hip Edublogging for Grade 11-12 & Writing on Edublogging Albert at Edblogger Praxis quotes and points to hipteacher who writes interestingly about her bloggin' experiences with Grade 11 and 12ers: "Out of a class of 47 11th and 12th grade AP students, an end-of-blog unit evaluation recorded 16 negative or neutral responses an From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on May 5, 2004 at 10:53 p.m..

New application server marries Java to webservices With the new, snappily titled Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8, Sun promises to make it easier for Java developers to develop and deploy web services. The new server software is free for both development and deployment, and includes support for the J2EE Connector Architecture to facilitate exposing existing enterprise systems as web services. From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on May 5, 2004 at 10:51 p.m..

New version of UK education metadata profile released A new draft of the UK Learning Object Metadata Core (UK LOM Core) profile has just been made public. This version of the IEEE LOM standard is scheduled to become a full release in the summer, after a consultation period. From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on May 5, 2004 at 10:51 p.m..

How about some Zempt! for your MovableType Blog Writing Maybe people tire of blogging not because of lack of things to write about, but Interface Fatigue?? Back and forth from the MovableType editing screens, wating for those CGIs to pop, makes one s-l-e-e-p-y... Another stumbling along the blog roads came up with a link to a new desktop editor for MT bloggers- Zempt. I can say that my blogging is much easier, not necessarily more witty, using ecto (on Mac OSX) as an editor rather than the labor and duress of the MT web interface. Wow, do I From cogdogblog on May 5, 2004 at 10:50 p.m..

Group wants H-1B visa exemptions Compete America argues that foreigners who have earned masters and doctorate degrees from U.S. universities should be exempt from the program's cap. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

Microsoft plans laptop tune-up with Longhorn With the next version of Windows, the software giant is looking to add a number of laptop-specific features designed to make portable machines more powerful. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

News.com lands National Magazine Award CNET News.com wins an award from the American Society of Magazine Editors for general excellence in the online site category. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Security firms team for new product Antivirus-technology companies Network Associates and Check Point Software release an automated Internet and desktop security package designed for small businesses. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

New spin on search ads Tacoda Systems, a little-known tech company, is testing a system that lets marketers bid against rivals to reach targeted audiences as they surf the Web. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Intel's next challenge: mastering physical world Company researchers hope a number of projects will help solve some of society's pressing problems--like finding a parking space. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Back from RTCOC Well, I'm safely back in Saskatoon following a terrific couple of days at the Riding the Crest of Change conference hosted by Campus Saskatchewan and the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina. Vi Maeers and her planning group... From Rick's Café Canadien on May 5, 2004 at 8:55 p.m..

$600,000 for Outstanding University Teachers Australia's university teachers will be awarded around $600,000 this year through the 2004 Australian Awards for University Teaching. This year two new categories have been added: Early Career Academics in the Teaching award category and Approaches to Improving/Enhancing Assessment in the Institutional award category. The winner of the Prime Ministers Award for University Teacher of the Year receives an additional $35,000. From EdNA Online on May 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Record Labels Must Pay Shortchanged Performers You know, it's pretty hard to take the music industry seriously when it complains about piracy after things like today's story. After years of investigation, the industry agreed to pay $50 million worth of royalties it had simply not paid artists. The film industry, meanwhile, by blocking distribution of a Michael Moore film, shows that it's not just about money, it's about power and --> From OLDaily on May 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Free for Education Home Page AEShareNet has launched a license called Free for Education. In essence, "The Free for Education mark indicates that material may be freely used for educational purposes. The mark may be applied by anyone to any material in which they own the copyright provided they agree with the conditions set out in these pages." Those of you who follow this stuff are aware that I have had a running dispute with Create Commons about exactly the same issue, as a Creative Commons 'education' license was being proposed. My objections to this are exactly the same, and the cause spelled out on the main From OLDaily on May 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Computer Makers Adapt Laptops for Tough School Market We are nearing the crossing point in the technology exchange between computers and textbooks (the crossing point is that point in the price or sales graph where a rising technology's line crosses that of a declining technology's). "A child's set of textbooks costs $350," Smith said. "If they can get these notebooks down to $500, it gets cost-effective in a hurry." The crossing point will be reached when the cost of the computer (plus associated content) is lower than the cost of the texts. Won't be long now. By David Koenig, USA Today, April 26, 2004 [--> From OLDaily on May 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Top Blogs - May 2004 Yippee! I'm a Blogs Canada Top Blog for May, 2004 (the only awards I win are those I nominate myself for). By Briana Doyle, et.al., Blogs Canada, May, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on May 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Wikis Described in Plain English Someone yesterday wrote asking what a wiki is. Thanks to George Siemens (who must read the Stephen's Web discussion area) this account is a great introduction. "Everyone that uses the wiki has the opportunity to contribute to it and/or edit in the way that they see fit. This allows a wiki to change constantly and morph to represent the needs of the users over time." By Lee LeFever, Common Craft, April 30, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on May 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

GPL for Educational Material This is the text of a comment I wrote to DEOS-L in response to this post from Clint Brooks. In it, I argue that "open source content, despite being distributed without cost, is a part of the marketplace, and hence subject to the same maket forces as other content. Or, it should be said, this would be the case were commercial producers willing to allow open source content access to the market in the first place." In addition to comments from OLDaily on May 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Translate This Blog It was a nice idea, but based on the comments in my Discussion area (remember, you can always comment by clicking on the [Reflect] link after each post) as well as emails sent to me overnight I am declaring the translation experiment to be an unmitigated failure. Oh well. Maybe next year. By Various Authors, Stephen's Web, May 3, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on May 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Last minute proposal submitted for E-Learn 2004 Nein, das Proposal ist nicht von mir, sondern von Sebastian Fiedler. Es hat den Titel "Moving to a distributed model of learning and facilitation: The catalytic role of personal and collaborative Webpublshing technologies" und bringt die aktuelle Diskussion sehr schön... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on May 5, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..

Anwalt und Datenschutz Der Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act als Universalbankengesetz schreibt einen Datenschutz für Verbraucherdaten vor. Die FTC als zuständige Verbraucherschutzbehörde legt ihn so aus,... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 5, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..

Conferencia Derechos de propiedad intelectual en educación a distancia y e-Learning Le invitamos a participar en una conferencia sobre los derechos de Propiedad Intelectual en e-learning, a cargo de la Directora de la Oficina de Derechos de Autor de... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on May 5, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..

Awesome Clay Shirky Interview The answer to "Describe that low, low moment when you thought you just might have to leave NYC for good." is amazingly poignant! What a great story teller! From Gothamist Interviews: Clay Shirky, Internet Technologist: QUOTE39. Professor, writer, and consultant on internet technologies. I came from a state in the Midwest you probably have not heard of. When I was in high school, I wanted to be a lighting designer who worked on big Broad From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on May 5, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..

Full-text search engine for OA journals Eric Lease Morgan has created a working demo of a search engine for full-text articles published in OA journals. He calls it DOAJI Search. Currently it searches a 19-title subset of the journals catalogued by the Lund DOAJ. (Morgan's "DOAJI" stands for "DOAJ Index".) He is frank about its limitations. But he could also boast about it with justification. DOAJI Search supports Boolean, phrase, field, and nested searches, in any co From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on May 5, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..

Seller Beware: Protecting Yourself Against Auction Fraud Lots of advice exists to help eBay buyers avoid scams -- but what about sellers? From E-Commerce Guide on May 5, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Why Schools Will Move to Linux Tom says it very well. At Lewis, we have mostly iMacs. With a RAM upgrade, off of the iMacs can and will soon run the latest version of OS X. So as long as the Macs are running we will go the route or OS X. If I had come to a school with a majority of PC's we would of worked to move to LTSP. Of the 2 instructional PC's none have the specs to run XP, let alone Longhorn... Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is expected to recommend that the "average" Longhorn PC feature a dual-core CPU running at... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on May 5, 2004 at 6:53 p.m..

(Re)Defining Speed Bumps Prof Felten had a series of great posts post-Speed Bumps Conference.  The first dichotomized speedbumps into two definitions; following that, Ernest suggested a slightly different separation. Let me explain and expand on Ernest's suggestion, which is the way I have thought of speed bumps. From A Copyfighter's Musings on May 5, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..

My Draft Paper on the Digital Media Store (and other info) The draft paper I was working on before my travels did end up apparently in the Speed Bumps Conference docs and on the Web, so I might as well link to it.  It explores what I call the Digital Media Store, the evolving means of selling music and movies through services like iTunes, Napster 2.0, and Movielink.  I explore the theory and practice of these systems, considering importanA Copyfighter's Musings on May 5, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..

US schools need more tech savvy Report shows US lags behind other countries in Internet access and computer use in schools. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on May 5, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Microsoft speaks no evil at confab At the software giant's annual WinHEC developers conference, plenty of buzzwords come up over and over again, but there's one word nary a Microsoft executive is uttering: Sasser, as in the recent worm. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Our Motto And now for something completely irrelevant, but dear our heart (see our blog top tagline): Found at Red Ferret's Dog Blog by way of Smartmobs. But what serendipity again. The Red Ferret Journal is rich with images and cool toys. Better furl it now. The Ferret is a w From cogdogblog on May 5, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..

Computer Associates pins hopes on open source The software company will announce a financial and development commitment to open source at its user conference later this month. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Survey: DVD-recorder sales set to soar One in eight Americans wants to buy a DVD recorder, meaning a boom in the U.S. market could be on the way, according to a new survey. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Rambus files more antitrust suits The chip designer's latest legal moves assert that Siemens and Micron Technology colluded to limit consumer choice and compete unfairly in the RDRAM market. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Retail trade group calls SCO's claims baseless The National Retail Federation has weighed in against the SCO Group's assertions that Linux users are violating its Unix copyrights. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Verordnung zur .eu-Domain Die Europäische Kommission hat am 28.04.2004 eine Verordnung "...zur Festlegung von allgemeinen Regeln für die Durchführung und die Funktionen der... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 5, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..

"Fahrenheit 911" "Fahrenheit 911", der neue Film des Regisseurs und Buchautors Michael Moore, ist dem Disney-Konzern zu heiß, teilt pte mit. Der... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 5, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..

Viper Keeps Selling In Viper Networks keeps selling into new markets. The San Diego based VoIP player has a WiFI handset that lets users on Wi-Fi make phone calls over the VIPER VoIP network.... From Kolabora.com on May 5, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

3. Elluminate, Intranets.com Heat Up Web-Conferencing Market ... as two more companies announced new services ... breakout rooms during a Web conferencing sessions for ... separate announcement, Intranets.com launched Intranets.com ... From Kolabora.com on May 5, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

5. CLO NewsCenter: Verizon to Launch Web Conferencing Service ... Industry News. Verizon to Launch Web Conferencing Service LOUISVILLE, Colo. ? Verizon and Raindance Communications have signed ... From Kolabora.com on May 5, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

News for Today, May 6 Here's what is interesting in the world of shared spaces today: Microsoft invited customers to apply to join the beta program for the next version of Microsoft Live Communications Server (LCS), its enterprise IM and presence server. LCS 2005 ("Vienna")... From Kolabora.com on May 5, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

How libraries would gain from success of Kahle v. Ashcroft Mary Minow, You can help free old works from copyright - need your help identifying library collections, LibraryLaw Blog, May 3, 2004. On behalf of one of the lawyers pursuing the Kahle case, Minow asks librarians and archivists to identify works in their collections dating from 1964 to 1977 which could not be digitized under the current law, but which would enter the public domain if the lawsuit is successful. They also seek the total anumber of published print works from 1920-1950, to determine how many of From FOS News on May 5, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..

Engineering conference proceedings online via Berkeley Electronic Press Engineering Conferences International Symposium Series. So far one refereed and three non-refereed engineering symposia from 2003 and 2002 have been published on this open-access web site. Presentations, datasets and multimedia may also be included. Readers can receive e-mail notices when new volumes are posted to the website and can limit these alerts to a specific topic. (Source: Englib) From FOS News on May 5, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..

More on the Chemistry Preprint Server Effective April 8, 2004, ChemWeb.com was transferred from Elsevier Inc. to ChemIndustry.com, Inc., "the leading comprehensive directory and search engine for chemical professionals". The ChemWeb.com site provides, via a search box at the lower right of the page, a link to Chemistry Preprints, at the Chemistry Preprint Server (CPS; free registration is required). As of April 30, 2003, the CPS had archived a total of 881 preprints (plus 112 conference proceedings). Since April 8, 12 new preprints have b From FOS News on May 5, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..

openMLX May will be "MLX" month. Or "Mad Mad Mad" month. We will be madly tinkering to try and ready an open source version of the Maricopa Learning eXchange (MLX). It has not been of lack of interest that has kept this from happening, but shortage of time, staff (we are a team of 1.5 developers and plenty of other projects lined up in addition), and mostly, nightmares of having to actively support software development, something I have no experience or great desire to take on. So this will be a first, semi-informal outline of id From cogdogblog on May 5, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..

Sun's Schwartz gets 1 million stock options Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems' newly appointed president and chief operating officer, has been awarded 1 million stock options over five years. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Has it really come to this? Who would have thought that this would be something we'd have to state explicitly? </... From Joho the Blog on May 5, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..

Leibowitz Critiques Strumpf and Olberhozer Everyone's been talking about the Strumpf and Olberhozer study that says file-sharing does not impact CD sales.  Prof Felten summarizes and analyzes it and many other studies nicely.  Don't have much to add, but here're a couple things missing from the various posts: First, Prof Leibowitz, who has a contradictory economic analysis, already has From A Copyfighter's Musings on May 5, 2004 at 3:50 p.m..

Gotta Sue Em All There's another bit of interesting info in the Strumpf and Olberhozer study that hasn't gotten a lot of play, but that I find absolutely fascinating.  Please turn to pages 10-12, particularly this line from page 12: "While the left panel indicates that U.S. users downloaded almost half of their files from other U.S. users, the remainder comes from a diverse range of countries including Germany, Italy, and Brazil."  Germany ranks at 16.5%, and no other country hits above 6.9%. It's obviou From A Copyfighter's Musings on May 5, 2004 at 3:50 p.m..

Planet Spreadsheet Here's a good piece from Wired News on the always excellent Future of Music Conference, held this weekend in Washington, DC. (Sadly no one from Creative Commons HQ was able to make it this year, but plenty of our friends did. Check out Siva Vaidhyanathan's guest spot on our chairman's blog for his take on the event.) From Creative Commons: weblog on May 5, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Sun, Microsoft wrangle for TV turf Sun gained a Java foothold in set-top boxes, but Microsoft is trying to outflank the move, showing that the companies only partially buried the hatchet in April. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Components maker gives PC a TV makeover SnapStream Media on Thursday plans to launch Firefly, a remote control that lets people manage the media and entertainment functions on their PCs. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

HP doubles up Itanium server processors In June, Hewlett-Packard begins shipping its mx2 technology, code-named Hondo, which lets two Itanium processors be plugged into a single socket. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Where To, the Field? In diesem Artikel geht es um Rollenverständnisse und Abgrenzungen in der Weiterbildung - ganz klar, dass sich eine Standesorganisation wie der ASTD damit beschäftigt. Mit "Training" wollen sich immer weniger identifizieren, und auch die Autorin schlägt als gemeinsamen Nenner vor:... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on May 5, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..

Learning Object Repositories In diesem (zweiten) Teil gibt der Autor einen Ãœberblick das Thema - wie immer mit vielen Links auf die entsprechenden Quellen. Den Rahmen liefert folgende Definition: "A Learning Object Repository is a searchable database that houses digital resources and/or metadata... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on May 5, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..

BVerwG mit Newsfeed Nach dem BMJ sind seit dem 04.05.2004 auch die aktuellen Entscheidungen des BVerwG als RSS-Newsfeed abrufbar. Verantwortlich für die technische... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 5, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..

vzbv klagt gegen Premium-SMS-Chat Die Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv) hat angekündigt, gegen Anbieter von Premium-SMS-Chats vorzugehen, die vorgeben, Jugendlichen Kontakt zu Gleichaltrigen zu vermitteln. Über... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 5, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..

UrheberR und Stadtplan Die Forschungsstelle Abmahnwelle e.V. möchte herausfinden, ob und unter welchen Bedingungen auf eine Abmahnung als Erstkontakt verzichtet werden kann. Dazu... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 5, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..

Gmail und Datenschutz Kollege Bahr weist auf den Bericht bei Golem, insbesondere aber auf den ersten offenen Brief in den USA und eine... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 5, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..

Citizen Paparazzi Welche Rechte hat Caroline von Monaco am eigenen Bild? Und was ist mit Interviews, die sie nie geführt hat? Kollege... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 5, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..

Blogpower Dass ein Blogger ein (Fehl-)Urteil publiziert, ist nicht das erste Mal, wohl aber, dass das Gericht seine Entscheidung anschließend auch... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 5, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..

Der meiste Spam aus USA Rund 71 % aller URLs, auf die in Spam-E-Mails hingewiesen wird, werden in China gehostet. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 5, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..

Institut für Rundfunkrecht Das Institut für Rundfunkrecht bei der Universität Köln beheimatet neben dem eigentlichen Lehrstuhl auch das Informationsangebot "medialaw", das bei den... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 5, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..

Creative Commons Die nicht unumstrittene Lizenz breitet sich bei aller Kritik weltweit aus. Zwischenzeitlich ist sie in 16 Ländern "Standard", u.a. auch... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 5, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Das deutsche Städteranking Obwohl die Banken, Frankfurts wichtigste Branche, schwächeln und der Finanzplatz am Main gegenüber London an Boden verliert, sind die lokalen... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 5, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Juridicum Online Juridicum Online ist ein Projekt, das von Studierenden und Lehrenden der rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Wien getragen wird. Begrüßt wird... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 5, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Fire Blog Awards 2.0 Llega la segunda edición de los premios a los blogs más absurdos de la red: Fire Blog Awards. Ya puestos, y hablando de posts geniales, los promotores se despachan con el tutorial: Manual práctico de cómo quemar una magdalena... Ver... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 5, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Neue Leitung für Literaturarchiv... Die Stuttgarter Zeitung (leider nicht online erhältlich) meldete gestern, der Publizist Ulrich Raulff von der Süddeutschen stehe als Kandidat für die Nachfolge Otts an erster Stelle. Web.de bezieht sich in einer ausführlicheren Meldung auch auf diese Quelle. From Archivalia on May 5, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

II edición de Expocampus, evaluación de la calidad y eficacia del e-learning La segunda celebración de este foro se enmarca dentro de la IV Conferencia Internacional de la Educación y la Formación basada en las Tecnolo... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on May 5, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

The Corporation Ethics And The Dangers They Represent A wonderful streaming interview with Joel Bakan, one of the authors of The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power serves as the basis for an award-winning educational film. Both in the book and in the multi-part movie three... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 5, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Wikis For The Rest Of Us Wikis. What they are, where they come from, why they exist, how they function and how can they be useful for normal human beings like you and me. If you are into building online communities where stakeholders care and nurture... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 5, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Where To Try Out And Test The Best Conferencing And Collaboration Tools Kolabora has just launched a new Web section fully devoted to provide free direct access to all of the best online collaboration, Web conferencing and live presentation tools. The new section will showcase all of the commercial and open-source solutions that have chosen to provide a direct and immed... From Kolabora.com on May 5, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..

Powell Warns Telcos on VoIP Michael Powell yesterday told the incumbent carriers, watch out. VoIP is likely to change their world. Haven't I been saying that here for months, as has Om Malik and Jeff Pulver. The VoIP game is only beginning. Yesterday I used... From Kolabora.com on May 5, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..

Telework as an employee recruitment and retention strategy Some moms quit as offices scrap family-friendliness By Stephanie Armour, (USA TODAY, May 4, 2004) touches on the retention benefits of telework and other family friendly policies. Employers are able to make cutbacks because the tight job market means there are an abundance of job candidates to pick... From Kolabora.com on May 5, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..

AT&T's Dorman on VoIP I just read AT&ampT's Dave Dorman's interview in the Boston Globe. This guy is a marketer. He's doing everything right, and now, he's out in front telling what he's going to do, telling them again, and again, and teasing the... From Kolabora.com on May 5, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..

Minimalist blogging When I was talking to our librarians last week, I found myself saying some fields might be able to approach weblogs as a way of capturing, in a short period of time, work that people were already doing anyway. Now that vision doesn't get us the full dynamic of weblogs, where building a community and exchanging ideas are central, but it could provide some very powerful content, and it might very well adapt to a wider group of writers than full-blown blogging is likely to do -- who knows?... From Weblogs in Higher Education on May 5, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..

Hybrid languages and active learning Andrew Wimmer and I have been trading emails about learning to see and say new things by making new words and concepts as hybrids of old language practices. For example, when Billy Holiday sang the 1939 song Strange Fruit, which is about lynching, she broke most people's expectations of a popular singer. But the song helped establish a tradition of protest music that grew in importance in the 1950's and 1960's. Folksingers knew Holiday's work and created their own protest songs; later,... From Weblogs in Higher Education on May 5, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..

Quality of Democracy project Our campus is one of more than 175 colleges and universities to participate in the American Democracy Project (ADP), a program in which member institutions from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the New York Times team up to raise awareness and involvement in civic life. The three-year program is meant to create new programs and course materials that become an enduring and enriching part of campus life. According to AASCU, The goal of the project... From Weblogs in Higher Education on May 5, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..

Studiengebühren in NRW rechtmäßig Köln (dpa) - Die Gebühren für Langzeitstudenten in Nordrhein- Westfalen sind nach Beschlüssen des Kölner Verwaltungsgerichts rechtmäßig. Sie schränkten das Grundrecht der Ausbildungsfreiheit nicht unverhältnismäßig ein, teilte das Gericht in Köln mit. Wer vor dem dritten Semester das Fach wechselt, muss die ersten Semester aber nicht auf die Studiendauer des neuen Fachs anrechnen lassen. Diese Regelung im Gesetz kommt auch Studenten... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on May 5, 2004 at 2:53 p.m..

UNIK-Forum mit HRK-Präsident Gaehtgens: Wer zahlt,... Kassel. "Wissenschaft kostet, Wissenschaft rechnet sich - wer zahlt, wer gewinnt?" heißt das Thema des Hochschulpolitischen Forums der Universität Kassel (UNIK), das in diesem Semester am Dienstag, 11. Mai, um 17 Uhr im Gießhaus auf dem Campus Holländischer Platz, Mönchebergstr. 5, beginnt. Die Einführung von Studiengebühren, die Diskussion um eine besondere finanzielle Förderung von so genannten Elite-Universitäten, aber gleichzeitig drastische Einschnitte... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on May 5, 2004 at 2:53 p.m..

Panel on open knowledge in academia cel4145 (a.k.a. Charles Lowe), Owning Knowledge: New Intersections of Intellectual Property, Technology, and Academia, Kairosnews, May 4, 2004. A proposal for a panel discussion at the 2005 Conference on College Composition and Communication includes the theme: "collaborative authorship and open access to information and creative works portend thriving knowledge formation in composition pedagogy and scholarship." Individual presentations explore this in terms of open source, the intellectual commons, new approaches to pedagogy, among others. From FOS News on May 5, 2004 at 2:51 p.m..

IT execs: Spending to rise this year U.S. and Canadian companies expect to bump up spending on information technology by almost 4 percent this year, according to an IDC survey. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

WebMD's response to HIPAA-related complaints From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Anarchist guest blogs at Lessig Blog Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of the recent Anarchist in the Library, is guest blogging at Lessig Blog this week, talking about control of information and the "Free Culture" movement. From FOS News on May 5, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

Blogging from Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit CDBaby's Derek Sivers blogged the Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit and has trackbacks listed for other bloggers. Enjoy! From A Copyfighter's Musings on May 5, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..

An appetite for A.J. Liebling A few New Yorkers ago, David Remnick wrote a retrospective on the author A.J. Liebling, A. J. Liebling at one hundred. Mr. Liebling's writing appeared in the magazine long before I was even born, and I wasn't aware of From megnut on May 5, 2004 at 1:46 p.m..

Veritas pledges Solaris-x86 support Veritas Sofware extends its cooperation to support the server maker's Solaris OS running on x86 chips. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Sun, Capgemini partner on RFID package The companies are offering a collection of applications and services designed to help companies meet the RFID technology mandates issued by major retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Same area, different goals; Sakai and the JISC Framework Programme With Managed Learning Environment (MLE) implementation increasingly moving from theory to practice, two major initiatives come along at once. One will deliver a customisable but complete 'community source' MLE, the other a means of stitching together an MLE out of bits you already have or want. We talk to Chuck Severance of Sakai and Tish Roberts and Scott Wilson of the JISC Framework Programme about differences and similarities. From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on May 5, 2004 at 12:52 p.m..

Moraine Valley College Library Making the Most of Blogs and RSS! While I was gone last month, the folks at the Moraine Valley Community College Library (one of my members!) did something very cool. Larry Sloma and Troy Swanson saw me speak about blogs last year, and they both immediately grasped the power of them. They asked me to install an instance of Movable Type on the SLS server so they could play with it, and the next thing I knew, they had multiple blogs up and running. Larry has also done extensive work customizing theThe Shifted Librarian on May 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

Disney Goes in the Tank for Bush? After standing up for Nightline's program listing America's dead soldiers in Iraq, it turns out that Disney, owner of ABC, is refusing to release Michael Moore's latest bit of propaganda. Cowards. Moore goes over the top from time to time, but he's a smart filmmaker. Disney, like others in the entertainment business, should stand up for its creative artists. The First Amendment is at risk, folks, and such cravenness doesn't hel From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on May 5, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..

See Spot and his electric sheep Spot Draves' presentation of his electric sheep was one of the best presentations I attended at last February's O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. Electric Sheep is a screen saver that uses a distributed computing model (a la S From megnut on May 5, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Jane Jacobs speaking tomorrow evening Jane Jacobs, the author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities will be speaking tomorrow night about The Past, Present, and Future of Office Skyscrapers. It's free, but registration is required. Thursday, May 6, 6:30pm in the Great Hall, City College (NYC). From megnut on May 5, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Campbell-Ewald Wants You Work in the standards-friendly digital division of the ad agency that produced Elmore Leonard. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on May 5, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

Design opportunity: Free the Slaves Better design for a better world. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on May 5, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

Why Weblogs? Con't Peter Ford, who has been blogging in schools longer than most of us, reposts an essay from his "early" days on the effects of Weblogs in schools that is certainly must reading for any educator users. He highlights the effects of serendipitous collaboration, the evolution of online community, and the effects of audience, among many other topics. I'll just pull out a few lines that I find particularly interesting, but it doesn't give the entire work justice. Critics often slate the simplicity of weblogs, and dismi From weblogged News on May 5, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Attack of the killer accountants The XBRL [eXtensible Business Reporting Language] spec describes how the parts of an XBRL instance interrelate, using state-of-the-art XML technologies such as XLink and XPointer. And it talks at length about the syntax and semantics of "taxonomies" that abstractly define chunks of financial reports. No sign of any actual financial data, though. And the link to a sample page at xbrl.org, returned a "404 Not Found." I'm not surprised. The poor bloke whose job it was to produce that sample must have suffered a polymorphic recursive brai From Jon's Radio on May 5, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Europe's ruling on Oracle shifts to June European antitrust regulators aren't expected to make a final decision on Oracle's $9.4 billion takeover bid for PeopleSoft until at least mid-June. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

UMW a proponent of learning objects The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee has been one of the leading proponents of the Learning Object concept. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Sharable resouce of undergraduate teaching materials iLumina is "a digital library of sharable undergraduate teaching materials for science, mathematics, technology, and engineering. iLumina currently contains over 1,000 individual resources and more than 16 virtual collections covering the disciplines of biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics and physics. These resources were created and contributed primarily by faculty for use in undergraduate classes and labs. In iLumina, you can contribute, locate and download resources or From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

blogs in academia "The Subtle Knife: Blog*Diss: Blogs and Academics" - Blogs have emerged in academics as both an object of study and a tool for the classroom or personal reflections on teaching. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

List of eduBlogs Here is a list of education-related blogs. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Nothing new in online course design? elearnspace has an article raising questions which should be asked when designing an online course. In it, they raise such questions as "Is the course easy to navigate?" and "Are both formative and summative evaluations used?" Same ol', same ol'.... From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Using the Internet is easy, isn't it? Using the Internet is easy, isn't it? All you have to do is type the query where it says 'search', and press the button - so why would you need a tutorial or a course? Many users seem to get by with no extra help whatsoever, and that's OK if their requirements are met. However, to get best value from the expensive hardware on the desk, those with higher expectations will probably come to a point where they need to address the searching question systematically - it's a bit like going to the beach: anyone can have lots of fun paddling around an From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

blogs - the "un" network? A thought: blogs tend to be topical in nature. It's store-n-forward approach to communication, as well as the interconnectivity and associativity created by http/Internet open up possibilities to create learning and working communities. It seems to me that this is quite different than the networked infrastructure academic institutions and corporations use now to create groupings of learners and workers. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

learning object resource Here is another resource for those interested in learning objects from elearnspace. "Learning objects (or RLO - reusable learning object) have been the hype of the elearning industry since 2001. They have been hailed as the future reality of learning...and as idealistic, but unattainable view for education. Separating the hype from reality is still an ongoing activity. Most likely, learning objects will fall somewhere in the middle of all the speculation - be From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Learning Objects Repositories Here are two locations (from EdTechDev): VCILT - University of Mauritius University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

OSI Academic Free License An OSI license which may be of interest to researchers and developers in academic institutions: The Academic Free License applies to any original work of authorship (the "Original Work") whose owner (the "Licensor") has placed the following notice immediately following the copyright notice for the Original Work: Licensed under the Academic Free License version 1.2 Question: Some institutions claim rights to all works produced From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

A Web Design course blog Web Pages and Portfolios is a blog used to manage a Web Design course at a New Jersey high school. Included are links to design resources and case study sites (listed within the daily blog entries. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Digital resume An exaample of a digital resume here demonstrates the multiple technologies that current technology workers need. Comment: I see this type of resume more the norm in the coming years. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Making Educational Software and Web Sites Accessible This site offers guidelines and sofware aimed at helping Web designers make their sites accessible to those with various disabilities. Comment: The CSS needs tweeked a bit on the front page (others are OK.) The text is tiny and difficult to read. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

2nd Generation e-Learning A .ppt presentation here lists several ideas for improving e-Learning content by developing a learner-centered, nonlinear approach. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Online book on Transforming e-Knowledge An online book by David Norris, Jon Mason, and Paul Lefrere titled "Transforming e-Knowledge" has been recommended by the Internet Time Blog. Here is a snippet from the forward: "We cannot predict the future, but we do sense that we have the power to shape it. So we need to take time to reflect: on what those possible futures are, which are the more desirable, and what it From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Groupwork in skills-based courses Many learners enjoy working in groups, stating they come away from the experience with more perspectives and views than their own. Learners enjoy the interaction and discovery process that the group goes through when workign through problems. Learners often request more, not less, groupwork in courses. The University of Technology at Sidney, Australia has a page title "Enhancing Experiences of Groupwork" that provides possible solutions. The challenge is From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Great start to the quarter The first week of Spring quarter has been great. I'm very impressed with the quality of students. Even the weather has been wonderful this week. Things are looking up! From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

This made me happy... Woke up this morning to my blog reads and discovered I received a mention on Ed Tec h Dev. In an entry titled More Weblogs Related to Educational Technology 10 weblogs are listed. There is also a link to a previous entry with additional ed tech related weblogs. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Stanford does Blogging From Lisa Spangenberg's weblog on Useful tools, sites, references, and opinionated commentary... comes an entry about Stanford's recent decision to offer blogging through its ITSS. Comment: I had not thought about using weblogs within existing CMS/LMS systems, such as WebCT and Blackboard. WebCT is such a javascript-heavy environment. Attempts I' From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Web curriculum resources Several resouces for Web Development curriculum: Web Design Curriculum Web Development Technology Curriculum flowchart [pdf] Web Development and Administration From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Edu_RSS Edu_RSS syndicates a dozen or so edu-related weblogs on one page. Interesting implementation. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

A SourceForge for Open Educational Content Development autounfocus: A SourceForge for Open Educational Content Development "So today I can finally be more specific. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Center for the Public Domain have given me the green light to hold an initial meeting to discuss the establishment of some infrastructure that will support the distributed, collaborative development of open educational content." Comment: There seems to be a lot of repositories for open source edu learni From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

The one standard, LOM and the semantic web. An interesting article at CETIS, The one standard, LOM and the semantic web. asks many questions, one of which basically asks whether the current thinking is unnecessarily limiting....: "... the alternative is the W3C's RDF, the central technology in web pioneer Tim Berners-Lee's vision of the semantic web. Like IEEE LOM (or IMS' implementation of LOM: --> From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Learning content. Theirs, yours, mine and ours. "... there are some developments that, given time, may make surmounting [LO problems] a bit easier. One is Edutella, a semantic web based project that addresses the most difficult issue --that of control-- by getting rid of the server - client relation that is a feature of most present content sharing systems. Rather than having the learning objects stored in a central system, or even just having discovery and access to the objects regulated by a central system, it moves control and ultimate storage back to u From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Presentation: The Weblog Revolution A presentation titled: The Weblog Revolution: How technology and amateurs are changing the way we communicate includes(among others) topics:

"Link- dense" better for presentations I like using the Web for putting together presentations, whether individual lesson presentations for courses I teach or full presentations for faculty groups. I dislike using tools like Powerpoint - not because I can't, but because it seems inefficient (people can't easily get to the material afterward) and presumptuous because 1) it assumes people have the necessary software and bandwidth, and 2) are intersted in the entire presentation. Rather, creating presentation documents that reside on the Web, full of links allows the participant to work afterwar From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Confusing standards for RSS specification In Simon Willison's post about writing an RSS aggregator, he writes: "It has been quickly becomng apparent that "Really Simple Syndication" is anything but! There are currently three major (and goodness knows how many minor) specifications doing the rounds, and the majority of feeds seem to pick and chose between the three at will. Even the three core elements that describe an item (title, link and description) are both optional and heavily overloaded." From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Moodle: open source replacement for WebCT and Blackboard Moodle - "Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment", is a php-/mySQL-based open source "software package for producing internet-based courses and web sites." The word Moodle is an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment, which is mostly useful to programmers and education theorists. It's also a verb that describes the process of lazily meandering through something, doing things as it occurs to you to do them, an enjoyable tinkering that often leads to insight From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Learning webs emerge SIT's entry references a discussion on the emergence of "learning webs" and a system of four networks proposed by Illich which will help the learner "define and achieve his own goals." Comment: Of course this assumes the learner has goals. Younger learners may not yet have the cognitive or conceptual ability to define goals and to make appropriate selections and decision. How will this system work for young learners? From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

edge-think Liz, at mamamusing.com has a wonderful entry titled "living on the edge(s)". It's about many things, but the quote below struck me the most: "That's it. Right there. The core of what I've been saying to my colleagues, to my friends, to myself. The most interesting things seem to happen at the edges. That's where the connections happen. That's where the borders and boundaries are still permeable, where change happens, where innovation thrives." Comment From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

My "knowledgebase" grant proposal I expect to find out this week whether a small grant I applied for was approved. The college's Foundation met this evening and presented their recomendations. My proposal is to create a "knowledgebase" - a web-accessible, searchable collection of small learning "chunks." These "chunks" can be anything that a faculty feels important to be included in the "knowedgebase", i.e.: course faq's, tips, techniques, definitions, tutorials. Students would search the "knowledgebase" to find answers to questions that may be important to success in a course, but may or may not actu From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Using RSS feeds in Public School Web Sites Weblogg-ed mentioned this yesterday. SIT follows up today. Buckman Elementary in Portland, Oregon is using RSS feeds coming from classroom weblogs on its main web site homepage. (Look on the left side, "Classroom Links"). This is a great way to provide community From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Flexible schedules and adult learners I have been performing a private study into how adult learners handle a flexible schedule for requirements in a distance course. (Not really a study, but it has nonetheless been interesting...) <%image(20030410-data.gif|154|187|Tinker)%>In past academic years, I have held students to fairly strict schedules for assignment submission. Not too much of a problem in most cases, but in my distance courses, students often complained (and some rightly so) that the schedule did not meet the needs of a distance course. They enrolled to have a somewhat flexibl From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Free e-Learning course on SCO's I've been trying to catch up on SCORM, etc. But am finding getting details rather daunting. Reading technical specs is not what I want to be doing at this stage.Thanks to elearnspace for the heads up about this nice e-Learning course that the ADL folks have put together. I just went through the first third and came away with a better understanding. Will comp From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Wiley on Learning Objects Learning Objects: Difficulties and Opportunities [pdf], by David Wiley. As traditionally conceived, learning objects are useful in a variety of situations in which low level training needs to be carried out with maximum efficiency. However, when higher-level learning or deeper learning are desired, traditional approaches to using learning objects see From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

CETIS-RELOAD releases beta of open source Metadata editor Full article text "One issue that keeps popping up in debates about learning objects is the metadata question; how are educators supposed to make an interoperable description of a learning object that will allow it to be found by others? The Reload elarning tool development project decided to attack that problem before any others, with the first results already appearing. The problem of learning object metadata authoring is roughly twofold; you have to know which category elements there are and where From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

RSS feeds from Learning Object Repositories Via EdTechDev:Below are the actual syndicated feeds for the Object Repositories that I know are providing RSS feeds. RSS feeds from Learning Object Repositories - Known Examples Includes RSS feed from CAREO, Maricopa Learning Exchange, --> From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Courseware Karma Courseware Karma is one of the blog categories at xplana. Entries are mostly written by Laura Gibbs and include topics online educators will find useful. Examples: Writing for real audiences on the web --> From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Three Objections to Learning Objects Norm Friesen's paper, Three Objections to Learning Objects has drawn out several comments. David Davies' entry Putting the learning back into learning objects responds to the three objections with several other questions. Comment: I'm heartened to read that someone else feels SCORM is not the answer. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

RSS feeds in Webct SIT's entry on displaying RSS feeds in WebCT also mentions Blackboard's native support for RSS. The WebCT RSS is made possible with Adam Curry's RSS-Box Viewer. Suggestion is to place the Javascript code (you copy this from Adam's site after you add the RSS feed URI and make some setting tweeks) in a TABLE an upper textbox on a WebCT organizer page. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

.LRN: MIT's open source LMS MIT has an open source LMS. It's name is .LRN. Early reports are positive. Comment: Interesting choice of server and database. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

More on bringing RSS feeds into WebCT Here is an article showing the steps for getting an RSS feed from a weblog into WebCT. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Beginner's Guide to reading IT weblogs autounfocus has an article on setting up a RSS reader. The article is designed for educators wanting to participate in instructional technology discussions. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Fun with RSS and WebCT The Use and Abuse of IT blog joins the discussion of using RSS within WebCT, but does it in a larger fashion. This article leads you through a process of using different RSS feeds in different sections of the WebCT course: I could now: post the most recent announcement at the top main page, all announcements on the announcement page, lecture notes on the lecture notes page, assignment info on the assignment page and lin From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

RSS as an alternative to email elearnspace has posted a link to a presentation titled "Connecting Interested People to New Web Content With Syndication and Aggregation." This presentation is a good introduction to the RSS syndication. One slide asks "Do you get enough email?" then discusses RSS as an better alternative. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Blackboard's security flaws raise questions When Blackboard recently sued to stop presenters from demonstrating severe security flaws, people asked Why? Comment: The technology industry has many examples of companies refusing to accept scrutiny. Seems most are the Big Fish. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

XML-Coursebuilder The v4.4 issue of XML Journal has an article which describes XML-Coursebuilder. This uses XML and XSLT to create a course or workshop presentation. Here is the documentation, itself a XML-Coursebuilder presentation. From carvingCode on May 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Disney's Cowardice Grows as Its Influence Shrinks Media concentration is often too easy a target. A lot of what the left, right, big, and small complain about in media spaces is the result of basic human weakness and cowardice. That's not to say it's not a big problem. It's just not the only problem. Every once in... From Lessig Blog on May 5, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

On Rudeness and Ad Hominem Several people (and some mice) wrote in the comments section to a previous post that the Free Culture Movement is not immune to accusations of bad manners and ad hominem attacks. Alas, this is true. I have lurched into shallow insults at times myself. I'm not proud of it. I... From Lessig Blog on May 5, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

FAQ on The Anarchist in the Library The Anarchist in the Library (Basic Books, 2004) Q: This is a very provocative title. Who is the anarchist and where is the library? SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN: The anarchist is a specter. It's a symbol of an imagined threat. There are powerful forces trying to close up our information worlds so... From Lessig Blog on May 5, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Genetic Responsibility Somewhere in the royal forests of Jaktorów, 1627 AD. Hidden deep in the primeval forest of what will become modern-day Poland, a poacher notches an arrow to the string of his bow. In an open glade, preserved for the exclusive hunting of the king, an animal that exists nowhere else in the world grazes. Her ancestors are preserved in ochre paints on the cave walls of Lascaux. Relatives to her bloodline will become the black fighting bulls of Spain, but they will be pale shadows compared to her. Standing more than six feet high at the shoulder, the aurochs' horns are From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

AMD combats chip fraud in Asia Advanced Micro Devices introduces a new measure to help consumers and resellers distinguish genuine products from imitations. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

OA to Invitrogen cloning technology Invitrogen now offers open access to its Gateway and related cloning technologies for use in the NIH Mammalian Gene Collection Program. From FOS News on May 5, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..

After the chicken, before the egg Mark Dionne, in an email, asks an excellent question: We were eating a chicken tonite, and wondering where the ovaries were. I speculated that one ought to sometimes find an egg inside a chicken one was eating, if the chicken were slaughtered just before it was ready to lay one. The Web being the Web, Mark found his answer here.... From Joho the Blog on May 5, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..

Auctorial is such a good word Powered by such RESTian wizardry as does rock the world, viz the All Consuming and Amazon Web Services, I've whipped up an Auctorial Ego Search widget. Here's Cory Doctorow, and here's Damian Barr, for whom I built the thing. Obviously,... From Ben Hammersley.com on May 5, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

Internet Resources Newsletter - Issue 116 - May 2004 - edited by Roddy MacLeod, Heriot-Watt Universi ... Internet Resources Newsletter - Issue 116 - May 2004 - edited by Roddy MacLeod, Heriot-Watt University From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 5, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Question time: a vendor/user debate - Users of information know what they want from their suppliers ... Question time: a vendor/user debate - Users of information know what they want from their suppliers and strive to build good relationships with them. Vendors of information understand their customers needs and deliver exactly what they require. True? Maybe, maybe not. This "Question Time" style debate will cover 5 key topics that get to the root of helping users and vendors to understand each other - City Information Group, London - 19 May 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 5, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada - April 2004, number 1 - a ... Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada - April 2004, number 1 - a free publication from Statistics Canada From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 5, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Public Libraries Briefcase, a quarterly column written by members of the BRASS Business Reference in ... Public Libraries Briefcase, a quarterly column written by members of the BRASS Business Reference in Public Libraries Committee - No. 8, 2nd Quarter 2004 now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 5, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Library Research Seminar III - Learning and Growing: Inquiry into Librarianship - Call for Participa ... Library Research Seminar III - Learning and Growing: Inquiry into Librarianship - Call for Participation - The Third Library Research Seminar will be held in Kansas City, MO on October 14-16, 2004. Join colleagues to share research and scholarship on all aspects of librarianship. Proposals on services, access to information, facilities and technology, organizations, personnel, and the foundations of our profession are welcome From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 5, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

The exhibition Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings focuses on how the boo ... The exhibition Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings focuses on how the book burnings became a potent symbol during World War II in America's battle against Nazism, and concludes by examining their continued impact on our public discourse - Available November 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 5, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

The truth of the image Philip Kennicott of the Washington Post writes about what the images of torture mean to the world and mean about us. Look at these images closely and you realize that they can't just be the random accidents of war, or the strange, inexplicable perversity of a few bad seeds. First of all, they exist. Soldiers who allow themselves to be photographed humiliating prisoners clearly don't believe this behavior is unpalatable. Second, the soldiers didn't just reach into a grab bag of things they thought would humiliate young Iraqi men. They chose sexual humiliation, which may recall to From Joho the Blog on May 5, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

Offshoring: Companies guarding 'secret sauce' Digital Agenda Many U.S. tech businesses say they are adamant about keeping IP at home for now, even if they are considering some form of foreign outsourcing. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

The Net's gettin' messy Ping Identity VP Eric Norlin warns that sundry schemes, scams and shams are dragging us toward a future where the Net as we know it is basically unusable. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

TextAmerica offers Moblog Enterprise platform I'd like one of these to go :-) please! From Moblog Enterprise Solutions | textamerica 2004: QUOTETextamerica built its first moblog platform in 2002, making it available to the public worldwide in the first quarter of 2003. Since that time textamerica has gained a unique understanding of what both the public &#38; commercial enterprises want and can gain from a moblog service and moblogging in general. We have also come to understand and subsequently develop the formula a From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on May 5, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..

What Good is a GED? Lisa Tabachnick Hotta reports on how the GED high school equivalency credential is regarded by colleges and employers.... From Adult/Continuing Education on May 5, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..

Design hypothesis vs. Scientific hypothesis As a comment to the Rotman Management design issue (pdf) magazine Victor Lombardi comments and quotes Jeanne Liedtka from page 12: The most fundamental difference between the two, they argue, is that design thinking deals primarily with what does not yet exist; while scientists deal with explaining what is. That scientists discover the laws that govern today's reality, while designers invent From owrede_log on May 5, 2004 at 6:48 a.m..

Babies Born With a Mission A Chicago lab helps parents create five healthy babies to provide stem-cell therapy for their diseased older siblings. The burgeoning practice raises concerns about the ethics of pre-implantation genetic screening. From Wired News on May 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Sasser Plays Havoc Worldwide The latest worm to rip a hole in Windows has affected nearly a million computers, disrupting banks, travel agencies and even Britain's coast guard. Sasser differs from its predecessors in that no e-mail attachment need be opened. From Wired News on May 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Blogs Counter Political Plottings Most political consultants work to suppress people from voting -- at least those who might vote against their candidate. But activists are using the Web to counter those conventions, say panelists at a conference about virtual communities. By Kim Zetter. From Wired News on May 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Frank Gehry's Geek Palace It's eye-popping! It's brand-building! It's a boundary-busting intellectual free-trade zone! Come inside the research center that could remake MIT, if they can just get those damn researchers in line. By Spencer Reiss from Wired magazine. From Wired News on May 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Record Industry Wants Still More It's not enough for the music industry that legal music downloads are gaining popularity. Company honchos want to raise song prices, gain more control of distribution and collect higher royalties. Michael Grebb reports from the Future of Music conference in Washington, D.C. From Wired News on May 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Mo' Better Blogging With Newton Moblogs are the latest in cutting-edge personal publishing. To partake, users tend to require a pricey smartphone or fancy handheld, but several are using ancient technology -- Apple's orphaned Newton. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on May 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Bunker Holds a Mountain of Movies A secret hideaway designed to protect American currency in the event of a nuclear attack is being transformed into an archive that will protect cultural treasures. Original music and films will be stored in the vault. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on May 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Business Buys Into Fuel Cells California businesses are taking advantage of government incentive programs to use renewable energy sources like fuel cells and solar panels, but independence is still a way off. By John Gartner. From Wired News on May 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Apple to Unleash Tiger - Ian Betteridge, eWeek Apple will offer developers an early look at the next version of Mac OS X at June's Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco, the company has announced. Apple CEO Steve Jobs will show off the new Mac OS X"presumably Version 10.4"for the first t From Techno-News Blog on May 5, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

Viruses Target IM - Liane Cassavoy, PC World When it comes to viruses and worms, e-mail gets all the attention--but now that instant messaging has infiltrated both home and office, it too has become an attractive and easy target for virus writers. From 2002 to 2003, worms and viruses that spread From Techno-News Blog on May 5, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

Atlanta lays out WiFi plans - Brian Robinson, FCW Atlanta will offer citywide wireless Internet service within three years if recently approved plans to build a for-pay network come to fruition. The Atlanta city council passed legislation allowing city officials to go ahead with Atlanta FastPass, the From Techno-News Blog on May 5, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

Report: U.S. Schools Lead World in Computer Access But Lag Behind in Internet Availability & Computer Use The United States is among the leaders in the world in providing access to school computers, but it lags behind other countries in frequency of school computer use and Internet availability at school, according to Education Week's seventh annual report From Educational Technology on May 5, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

Professional Development Anytime, Anywhere - Keith Restine, Martha Peet, John Rice and Louise Keeton; techLearning Teachers can now engage in anytime, anywhere technology-related professional development with Texas STARgate, an online professional development portal that delivers a variety of courses, resources, and tools for teachers in several different ways. Tex From Educational Technology on May 5, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

Kerry Calls for More Money to Cut School Dropout Rate Senator John Kerry unveiled a plan to help 200,000 more students graduate from high school each year. From New York Times: Education on May 5, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

City Made Deal Without Bids for Training of Teachers The City Department of Education did not go through the bidding normally required before awarding a $12.5 million contract for training to a North Carolina nonprofit. From New York Times: Education on May 5, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

A New Concept for Britain: Summer Camp If some officials have their way, a week or two at sleep-away camp may soon become as much a part of a British upbringing as baked beans on toast and schoolyard cricket. From New York Times: Education on May 5, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

Charter School Transfer Plans Draw Protest Children who attend the John A. Reisenbach Charter School in Harlem, which is closing at the end of this academic year, will have to move to other schools. From New York Times: Education on May 5, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

12 Nations, 14 Scholars and One Big House Scholars from 12 countries get a chance to spend a year in Montreal, and delve into social and political issues. From New York Times: Education on May 5, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

University Named for Reagan Is Planned Organizers in Denver have begun raising money to establish a Ronald Reagan University in Colorado. From New York Times: Education on May 5, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

Officials Vote for the Closet at Hunt High When a student at a North Carolina high school ran for student government president, the principal ripped down two of his posters for their references to his orientation. From New York Times: Education on May 5, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

To an Architect of Desegregation, Divided We Stand In an earlier life, Judge Robert L. Carters was a chief architect and litigator in the Brown v. Board of Education decision. From New York Times: Education on May 5, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

Premera Blue Cross Deploys SumTotal to Streamline Regulatory Compliance and Healthcare Accreditation From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 5, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

CyberLearning Labs Teams with German Distributor to Deliver ANGEL From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 5, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

NetDay and BellSouth Host Online Survey for Teachers to 'Speak Up' About Technology From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 5, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Chicago State University creates new honors program From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 5, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Workshop On E-learning Objects and Systems From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 5, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Exam coursework marked online From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 5, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Virtual schools, real concerns From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 5, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Pfeiffer University First to Offer Certified Business Manager (CBM) Exam Review Course Online to Serve Nationwide Market for Management Education From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 5, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Thomson Prometric and the UK National Pharmaceutical Association Provide Online Assessment for Medicine Counter Assistants From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 5, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..

Guest Editorial: Low Cost Distance Education Strategies: the use of appropriate information and communication technologies From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 5, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..

RSS News Ticker Do you know what would make my day... if I was able to use something like Alan's RSS Feeds by JavaScript to create an 'RSS Ticker'... basically: 1. I pop in the feeds I want (so for an edutech one I might have the ones down the side of this blog (or a selection)2. I select how many most recent items I want (probably 2 or 3... seems like that's as much as people usually post in a short period)3. This is then fed into a new-ticker-type thing which I can grab the code for and pop on my blog / course etc. From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on May 5, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..

Australian content management systems gain traction I've written an article for Information Age (the journal of the Australian Computer Society) on the state of the Australian CMS marketplace. To quote: The good news: this is one area where locally-produced IT products are winning market share, and... From Column Two on May 5, 2004 at 4:48 a.m..

ICEO Media Ltd., Announces Strategic Alliance in India with SGMeyer Group: The International Consortium for Education Opportunities Media Ltd., (ICEO Media Ltd), creators of "Imagine USA From PR Web on May 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

New Publication by MENC: The National Association for Music Education Offers Links between Music and Reading The Music and Literacy Connection Promotes Relationships between Music and Reading Study [PRWEB May 5, 2004] From PR Web on May 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Upper Room Works to Prevent Teen Pregnancy The Upper Room, a family resource center located in Derry, New Hampshire is working with national powerhouses, Teen People magazine and the organization, TeenPregnancy.org to raise awareness and educate teens and their parents about teen pregnancy and prevention. [PRWEB May 5, 2004] From PR Web on May 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Atlanta Spanish Conversation Group Keeps 'Em Talking The Latin American Association offers affordable Spanish conversation groups at the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. [PRWEB May 5, 2004] From PR Web on May 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Mike Powell, Long Jump World Record-Holder, Resigns Coaching Position at Cal State Fullerton Mike Powell, the world record-holder for the long jump tenders resignation as Coach at Cal State Fullerton. Powell to focus on long jump training for Olympic hopefuls. [PRWEB May 5, 2004] From PR Web on May 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

New CD based training course on Hazardous Area Instrumentation launched Abhisam Software Pvt Ltd has released a new CD based training course on Hazardous Area Instrumentation. This first- of - its- kind course teaches the learner about basic concepts, hazardous areas, classification, methods of explosion protection like explosionproofing and intrinsic safety. This will be very useful to instrumentation , automation and chemical engineering professionals & practioners working in the areas of hydrocarbon processing, chemicals manufacturing, refining, gas plants and similar facilities having hazardous areas. [PRWEB May 5, 2004] From PR Web on May 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Coin of the Month Club, geographic adventure in a fun and collectible gift subscription for kids! Educational product in gift form from Coin of the Month Club offering monthly subscriptions of world coins and geography text with an animated "spokeskid" as website character. [PRWEB May 5, 2004] From PR Web on May 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

CarbAware Expo & Conference Announced for September 2004 With the growth of an entire segment of the food industry, the low-carb sector, an Expo & Conference is planned to showcase products and services while offering educational opportunities to consumers, healthcare professionals and the low-carb industry for September 2004. [PRWEB May 5, 2004] From PR Web on May 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Pangean Technologies to Launch an Enterprise-based Instant Voice Communications Platform at the CeBIT Conference in New York Pangean Technologies, an emerging software company specializing in enterprise VoIP solutions, invites you to the CeBIT America conference, to be held on May 25th at the Jacob Javits Center in New York, where we will be officially launching our product insta-REACT! (Real-Time Enablement for Advanced Communications Technologies). [PRWEB May 5, 2004] From PR Web on May 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Leader in CEO Advisory Boards Changes Name, Management, Headquarters The Let's Talk Business Network is now known as SoundBoard. The new corporate brand coincides with the appointment of a new CEO and the transition to a new Headquarters. [PRWEB May 5, 2004] From PR Web on May 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

IvolutionCMS Announces Winning Office.com as a New Customer - Office.com Selects IvolutionCMS Content Management System for its New Website NEW YORK, -- May 3, 2004 HYPHEN IvolutionCMS, (www.ivolutioncms.com), a next generation provider of content management solutions for the SME (Small & Medium Enterprise), announced today that OFFICE.COM, (www.office.com) one of the top ten B2B destination on the Internet, has become a customer to implement IvolutionCMS content management solution for its flagship website. [PRWEB May 5, 2004] From PR Web on May 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Los Angeles Business Consulting Agency Launches Improved Internet Presence: Clear Pixel Communications Celebrates Cinco de Mayo and Upcoming Fifth Anniversary with Version 5.0 of its Website When 2,000 poorly supplied but dedicated Mexican troops defeated three times as many French soldiers in the May 5, 1862 Battle of Puebla, they proved size does not ensure success. While the victory was insignificant militarily, it was priceless patriotically: the event rallied Mexican resolve and France withdrew from Mexico six years later. For Clear Pixel Communications, a Los Angeles-based consulting agency, this historical example serves as a reminder to small businesses that they can successfully compete with much larger competitors. Therefore, to better serve entrepreneurial organization From PR Web on May 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

More on our internal knowledge management Jeff Potts has posted an excellent comment to my internal blogging post, which asks some questions, and points out some potential issues to consider. I'll try and answer some of these: Internal blogging This has been setup for just our... From Column Two on May 5, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..

Flying Early, Talking Much, Blogging Late I will be on a flight to Phoenix on Wednesday morning. So I will not blog much early. In the evening I will be addressing a great audience, the Off-Campus Library Services Conference. Librarians are the best audiences.... From Lessig Blog on May 5, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

National Industry Skills Report - April 2004 ANTA's second National Industry Skills Report puts a 'skilling lens' across the issues that Australia faces in the future. The report was released earlier this month at the second national industry skills forum in Sydney where leaders from business and employment met with vocational education and training (VET) decision-makers to discuss the workforce skills base required for internationally competitive companies and enterprises. ANTA News 5 May 2004 From EdNA Online on May 5, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

HP touts customers, new products The computing giant says new customers are putting its "adaptive enterprise" vision into practice. HP also is announcing new server, storage and services products. From CNET News.com on May 5, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

Free Culture and the Future of Music, Part 1: Ad Hominem, Ad Nauseum How influential is the Free Culture Movement and the book that gives it its name? One way to judge is by measuring the ferocity of the opposition. Those who have pushed for copyright maximization over the past decade or so have been able to do so unfettered by inconveniences like... From Lessig Blog on May 4, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..

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