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Factors affecting the pre-disposition of adoption of knowledge management
At the request of Sabrina Fu (a student at the City University of Hong Kong), I'm passing on details about her KM survey. To quote: This survey is used for an academic research which attempts to identify factors affecting the... From Column Two on July 6, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

Sydney IA Hour - Thursday July 15th
Forwarding details from Eric Scheid: Sydney IA folks are once again invited to the monthly IA Hour.Who: IAs and like-minded folksWhen: Thursday July 15th @ 7:00pmWhere: Out of India Restaurant, Victoria St, Potts PointRSVP: eric@ironclad.net.auThis is an informal event with... From Column Two on July 6, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

Using personas in intranet projects
Martin White has written a blog entry about the use of personas during intranet projects. Most usefully, he links to a number of good articles on developing personas. To quote: Just occasionally I have a 'Eureka' moment. At the end... From Column Two on July 6, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

Designed for authorship
Mark Bernstein posts a thumbnail of the way he takes notes on conferences. I was at last years BlogTalk trying to use my weblog to report. It didn't really work: there was too much hassle fiddling with the software and not thinking about the words. I am using Tinderbox for some time now and it has changed the way I blog: I try to get more out of my blogging in the long run: Tinderbox is about relations. Sporadically I try to link to other posts. -- From owrede_log on July 6, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

contentEditable in Safari 2.0
Dave Hyatt - the core developer for Apples WebCore that drives the HTML rendering engine of Safari - is leaking some details: The new WebCore also supports HTML editing. You can specify editable regions in a page using the contenteditable attribute (which maps to a CSS property behind the scenes, so you can even set that property in your user stylesheets if you want to get crazy). ... The support for the contenteditable attribute was available in Internet Explorer for Windows since version 5. From owrede_log on July 6, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

Notebook conferences
I remember when there was a discussion about "Notebook universities" in and around some universities in my area. They were supposed to conceptualize how they would utilize notebooks. These concepts were evaluated to decide which universities get funding for WLAN and Laptop equipment. If I remember correctly the concepts were usually not very inspired. Few people actually had ideas beyond a more mobile access to learning management systems a.s.o. Now with that in mind read this report by Flemming Funch from the BlogTowrede_log on July 6, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..

Instructoart
Some of Matthew Vescovo's instructional clips are hilarious. Check them out under the Archives link. Also available in book form. From elearningpost on July 6, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..

(My) Three Priniciples of Effective Online Pedagogy
An in-depth article showing many examples of effective online learning. The three principles that form the basis of this paper are:

Let the students do (most of) the work

Interactivity is the heart and soul of effective asynchronous learning

Strive for presence

The last point has some connections to persistent conversations that Denham Grey talked about yesterday. From elearningpost on July 6, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..

ACLU Comes to Silicon Valley
The organization that helps protect the Bill of Rights is looking for some good people in Silicon Valley. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 6, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..

Senate Behind Stem-Cell Research?
Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Republican supporter of embryonic stem-cell research, said Sunday there is wide support in the Senate to ease the Bush administration's restrictive policy on the scientific work. From Wired News on July 6, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Phone Suppliers Consolidate
The technologies that make it possible for phone companies to offer next-generation networks are being rolled out by fewer, but healthier, companies. Customers could be the big winners. From Wired News on July 6, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Brain Cells: Alzheimer's Clues
The genetic mutations behind most cases of Alzheimer's disease may be found inside cell mitochondria, according to a U.S. study. The findings could shed light on the disease affecting more than 4 million people in the United States. From Wired News on July 6, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Crime Fighters Use Digital Video
A few police departments across the country are trying out Tivo-style video systems to record criminal activity and avoid lawsuits. Officers especially like the 'pre-event' feature. From Wired News on July 6, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

The Cogs of the Armstrong Machine
Lance Armstrong is vying for his sixth Tour de France title. Here's the hardware that makes Armstrong an unstoppable cycling machine. By Ben Hewitt from Wired magazine. From Wired News on July 6, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Software Makes a Tiger of Panther
Apple won't add nifty features like systemwide search to Mac OS X until 2005. But who needs the newest version of its operating system when we've got third-party software that transforms Panther into Tiger? By Chris Oakes. From Wired News on July 6, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

A Terrible Thing to Waste a Mind
In Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy, you control a special agent who uses telekinetic powers to kill soldiers with the power of his mind alone. Unfortunately, your own brain won't get nearly as much of a workout. By Chris Kohler. From Wired News on July 6, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Fertility Tech Yet to Come of Age
Women who want to conceive later in life have more options nowadays, but it still ain't easy for those who want to get pregnant after 35. Some women are freezing their eggs for future use. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on July 6, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

House to Tackle Internet Calls
Congress will hold hearings this week to determine what to do about voice-over-IP phone services. Customers love the cheap services, but government officials fret over lost tax revenue and wiretapping issues. Jacob Ogles reports from Washington. From Wired News on July 6, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Court Creates Snoopers' Heaven
A recent federal ruling clearing a rare-book dealer could make it legal for just about anyone to read e-mail or listen to voicemail as it moves through a network. News analysis by Kim Zetter. From Wired News on July 6, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

A Wretched Hive of Fan Films
Star Wars fans armed with camcorders are preparing entries for the 2004 George Lucas Selects Award. Some of the short tribute films need a bit more work, but others are -- as Darth Vader might say -- impressive, most impressive. By Jason Silverman. From Wired News on July 6, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Sun licenses search software for desktop push - Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com
As part of its push to boost Java on personal computers, Sun Microsystems has licensed software called Watson that's used to find and present information from the Internet. Sun licensed the software from a small company in Alameda, Calif., c From Techno-News Blog on July 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Paid Inclusion Losing Charm? - Chris Ulbrich, Wired
Microsoft and Ask Jeeves have thrown paid inclusion links out of their search engines in recent moves that could bring new pressure on Yahoo to reconsider its fee-based indexing policies. Microsoft on Thursday said its redesigned MSN Search site would From Techno-News Blog on July 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Group seeks to overturn 10 patents - Ian Austen, The New York Times
A coalition of lawyers, researchers and software experts formed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation will try to overturn 10 Internet and software-related patents that the group says are so sweeping they threaten innovation. While most of the pat From Techno-News Blog on July 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

High Court strikes down web porn law - eSchool News
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that a law aimed at curbing children's access to online pornography is too broad and probably impedes upon the rights of adults to see and buy what they want on the internet. The high court divided 5-to-4 over the Ch From Educational Technology on July 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Technology grants benefit Boulder Valley classrooms - Amy Bounds, Daily Camera
Students at six Boulder Valley schools next year will use a device that looks like a television remote control to give their teachers immediate feedback on whether they understand a concept. "The power of it is to get data on individual students during From Educational Technology on July 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

What do Employees Really Think About E-Learning? - Kevin Young, Training Zone
Between July 2003 and January 2004 SkillSoft interviewed employees in 14 countries across EMEA. Sixteen organisations using e-learning as a critical component of their training delivery agreed to contribute. The range of expertise and knowledge being From Online Learning Update on July 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

'Test Central' responds to EFF charges - p2pnet.net News
One of the firms targetted in the EFF's 10 Most Wanted Patents campaign is Test Central. Its "Overbroad patent threatens to chill market for distance learning, online books that include tests, online certification tests, and software testing done via From Online Learning Update on July 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Establishing a Community of Learners: A Case Study of a University Graduate Orientation Program for Online Learners - Laura Zieger and Joe Pulichino;
Abstract: Following the theory that a community of practice must be comprised of three elements: domain, community, and practice (Wenger, 2001), this case study examines the extent to which a university was successful in establishing a community of lea From Online Learning Update on July 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Wordkitchen to launch "Anticheat" at International Conference of English Teachers
Educational software house Wordkitchen will launch its teacher tool "Anticheat" at the International Conference of English Teachers in Jerusalem on July 12th. Anticheat allows teachers to shuffle the quesions in exams with multiple-choice and open-ended type questions generating an unlimited number of versions. Anticheat works with every subject, using standard Windows programs and is sold to individual teachers as well as colleges and schools. [PRWEB Jul 6, 2004] From PR Web on July 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Scandal: Catholic Publisher Designs 666 on Missal; Distributes Them to U.S. Churches
Satan’s Signature Featured in Cartoon-like Cover Art: Demonic Imagery Found Throughout the Pews of American Catholic Churches [PRWEB Jul 6, 2004] From PR Web on July 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

A Passion for Pizza
I have decided that pizza is the perfect food, loved the world over. Done correctly, it includes most of the food groups according to Apache Pizza; cheese, meat, veggies and bread. Someone once said of pizza, "Pizza is a lot like sex. When it's good, it's really good. When it's bad, it's still pretty good." Being USian , I'm without time to create my own dough, squash my own tomatoes, or kill my own cow to create a truly mad pizza. There are alternatives in the quest for the pizza of world domination, though. From kuro5hin.org on July 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Windows NT/2K/XP/2K3 manual removal of the Administrator account
Or, how to remove the power of the builtin Administrator account without deleting it (delete it if you like ;-). From kuro5hin.org on July 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Elguapo's Guide to Routing - Part 4, OSPF
Chapter 1 was an introduction. Chapter 2 was RIP. Chapter 3 was BGP. Chapter 5 will be the Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP). Chapter 6 will be the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP). Chapter 7 will be the Intermediate System to Intermediate System protocol. From kuro5hin.org on July 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Performance-based Teacher Compensation
The teaching profession has one fundamental problem: good performance is not rewarded. If we want to change this, the crucial point is how to measure the quality of teachers. I will propose a scheme for doing so below. From kuro5hin.org on July 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Trying out GMail
Not sure if I'll end up using it as my email address, but dlnorman@gmail... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on July 6, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Browser Wars: Insurrection?
When Dave Hyatt announced some of the cool new additions to WebCore to support Dashboard etc... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on July 6, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Do the Recombo. In Brazil. Now.
Ronaldo Lemos, project lead extraordinaire of Creative Commons Brazil, reports: Mombojó is one of the most interesting new bands in Brazil. They mix traditional Brazilian music like samba and bossa nova with electronic beats and rock. Their album, "Nadadenovo" (meaning: "nothing new"), is available online at w From Creative Commons: weblog on July 6, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Miscegenation Remixed
J. LeRoy noticed two hours of audio arguments from Loving v. Virginia (a 1967 U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned an anti-interracial marriage law in Virginia) at Oyez, available under a CC license. A couple days ago LeRoy released a remix of the argCreative Commons: weblog on July 6, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Standing up for students with disabilities
It is important for people like me to advocate for others who have disabilities. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on July 6, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

At parklands, one way to get closer to nature
Can't find the wildlife? National Parks offer courses taught by experienced guides. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on July 6, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Students ride the waves for credit
Schools embrace board sports because they motivate students and promote self-discipline. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on July 6, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Starting from scratch
A young principal spends her summer searching for students to fill her new school. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on July 6, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Eyes on enterprise
Talks between SAP and Microsoft underscore the harsh realities in the enterprise software market. From CNET News.com on July 6, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Professor gives Cisco manual away for free
Rebuffed by networking giant, instructor Matt Basham goes to the Net and offers his book at no cost. From CNET News.com on July 6, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Reheated Bagle comes with side of source code
Use of assembly language indicates worm's author is no novice, but it won't take an expert programmer to breed new variants. From CNET News.com on July 6, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Veritas to miss earnings mark
Company blames weak U.S. sales for lowered earning expectations, and its stock falls nearly 25 percent. From CNET News.com on July 6, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Congress mulls new Net phone rules
Bill would bar states from regulating VoIP, turning it over to FCC instead. But this could still mean higher costs for Net phone calls. From CNET News.com on July 6, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

The Common Sense Assault on a Liberal Education
Speaking before a group of engineers, former Ontario Premier Mike Harris asked, "where would you be if you had studied philosophy and Latin?" Not unemployed, probably; my own formal education in philosophy turns out to be uniquely useful for an internet career. No, but the danger of a liberal education - and the reason, possibly, why some oppose funding it - is that a certain large percentage of the graduates turn out to be liberals, or worse, "the hip radical insurgent of varying Marxist, Feminist, Queer and post-colonial stripes awaiting the new dawn." By Kim Fedderson, College Quarterly, From OLDaily on July 6, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

BlogTalk
Blogtalk is now on in Vienna and a number of bloggers are there (go figure), including several aggregated by Edu_RSS, such as Roland Tanglao and Lilia Efimova. So I've set up another Edu_RSS Continuing Coverage page, a fairly simple version. I am having issues with Edu_RSS these days (the database loses connection part way through my data harvest and results are lost) so the links won't be in order and some may take a bit to get entered - but in the end, everything should be captured. By Various Authors, Stephen's From OLDaily on July 6, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

Intellectual Property Ownership: A Minefield for Creative Academics
This article is in many ways flawed - it needs to go into more depth and be more solidly researched (to avoid errors like missing the origin of copyright law by a couple of centuuries). But it raises an issue not usually seen in similar articles, the role of copyright with respect to Aboriginal perceptions of what may be owned by individuals, as individual copyright does not (or should not - the article is unclear) extend to work based on religion, language and traditions. Of course, a similar provision should exist for the protection of all cultures; how often have we seen the common and ever From OLDaily on July 6, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

The College Quarterly
I got a note from Valerie today advising me that the latest issue of the College Quarterly is online. I link to one article from the currenmt issue and one from last fall's (their first online edition). The College Quarterly is seeking submissions. By Various Authors, July 5, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on July 6, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

Universal Data Element Framework (UDEF)
A nice comment in today's Semantic Web discussion group pointing to an underlying problem: "If we want RDF-based formats to be interoperable, they can't be extensible, because inevitably some mutually incompatible extensions or vocabularies will arise, or they can't be decentralized since some authority will have to maintain this interoperability." The author, Adam Atlas (?), lays out three approaches: (1) hardcode these similarities in function into parsers, (2) create new ontologies for the expr From OLDaily on July 6, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

Implementing Moodle at Bromley College
Case study of the implementation of Moodle, an open source learning management system, at Bromley College. "For the many positive reasons stated as well as ease of installation, configuration, reliability, saleability, functionality and the opportunities for integration with systems and services give me confidence in recommending Moodle." Via Seb Schmoller. By Barry Spencer, Ferl, June 22, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on July 6, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

(My) Three Principles of Effective Online Pedagogy
When the first principle is, "Let students do most of the work," you know you've hit a good guide. This is not tongue-in-cheek: the only way to manage an online course is to delegate many common tasks to students, such as leading web discussions, finding and discussing resources, answering each others' questions, grading and case study analysis. Other principles focus on the importance of interactivity and the importance of presence (and how to do it). Good article with a fair amount of discussion and examples complete with screen shots. Via Seb Schmoller. Other articles from the sam From OLDaily on July 6, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..