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Friday, July 02, 2004
A couple of notes about the new King Arthur movie.The Monty Python version is better. Big battle scenes do not work unless there are Hobbits, Elves, Uruk-hai, a creature crawling around going by the name of "Gollum", a wizard (preferably a White Wizard), and rings of power involved. From
RHPT.com on July 7, 2004 at 8:30 a.m..
The Cyclysm
That’s what
OLN is calling this year’s
Tour de France coverage. Their site has some pretty cool Flash videos, as well as screensavers and posters to download.
¶ The TdF started today with the Prologue, an individual From
Open Artifact on July 7, 2004 at 8:29 a.m..
Scriptometer
This page compares the writing of some basic functions in more than a dozen computer langauges, tests them for efficiency and speed, and more.
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Open Artifact on July 7, 2004 at 8:29 a.m..
Who Calls It Information Overload?
Marc Prensky has an interesting take on the whole 'information overload problem'... He contends, as do I, that the problem is not too much information (or too much choice, as I have written before), but rather a problem with people's ability to process information. Digital natives have been ... From
Relevancy on July 7, 2004 at 8:28 a.m..
New Zealand Game Developers Conference
This last week I went to the first ever New Zealand Game Developers Conference in Dunedin, a lovely city on the South Island with gorgeous views and amazing Victorian architecture. It was a really great conference: interesting speakers, good food (served in an awesome Harry Potter-esque dining room), ... From
Relevancy on July 7, 2004 at 8:28 a.m..
They Stole My Idea!
Those crafty Starbucks people must have snuck into my brain while I was sleeping and stolen my idea about destination music/drinking stores! I swear I outlined this very idea to my boss at TowerRecords.com a few years ago, after having spent many an hour on listening stations in Tower ... From
Relevancy on July 7, 2004 at 8:28 a.m..
Non Conventional Virus Attack
Cyber-attack by means of 'non-conventional' virus or worms adapted to the telecom world could render unusable all major telecommunication networks of a country, paralyzing activity in critical sectors. This paper looks at the risks and weaknesses of such critical infrastructure and its possible disastrous impact on Homeland Security. From
Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on July 7, 2004 at 8:28 a.m..
Search Engine Results Manipulated?
In a new article, Search Tangles, PC World notes that commercial competition for search results is causing the quality of search results to decline. They note that "pay for inclusion" is allowing advertisers to get pages into the "free" search... From
Indiana IT on July 7, 2004 at 8:27 a.m..
1834: fin de la inquisición española
El 15 de julio de 1834, un decreto de la reina María Cristina suprime la Inquisición, el tribunal creado en 1476 y cuya revisión histórica se encuentra en su punto más álgido al desclasificar el Vaticano los archivos del Santo Oficio. La principal diferencia entre la Inquisición española y el resto de tribunales (el más antiguo data de 1231) fue su vinculación al poder político, ya que se trata del único caso en el que los reyes y no el Papa contaban con las facultades para nombrar y (...) From
martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on July 7, 2004 at 8:27 a.m..
1969: El hombre llega a la luna
Cuando los terráqueos decidieron explorar fuera de los límites del planeta, la Luna fue la primera parada obvia. Siendo el vecino más cercano de la Tierra, la Luna se convirtió en el objeto más estudiado en el cielo nocturno, mucho antes de que el primer cohete pudiera despegar. Es un símbolo para los amantes, un emblema para los soñadores y un amigo conocido para los astrónomos. Finalmente, el 20 de julio de 1969, la Tierra recibió del Apolo 11 la primera transmisión desde otro cuerpo (...) From
martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on July 7, 2004 at 8:27 a.m..
1976: amnistía para los presos políticos en España
El Real Decreto-Ley de 30 de julio de 1976 suponía la libertad para los aproximadamentes 500 presos políticos que había en aquel entonces en España. Este fue uno de los principales hitos de la transición española desde la dictadura franquista hasta la monarquía parlamentaria. En palabras del entonces presidente del Gobierno, Adolfo Suárez, "el proyecto político de la transición tuvo como meta ese gran objetivo que, en julio de 1976, describí como la devolución de la soberanía al pueblo (...) From
martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on July 7, 2004 at 8:27 a.m..
MIS Spain presenta en Barcelona el "Balanced Scorecard" según la visión de Horvath & Partner
MIS Spain celebra el día 7 de Julio en sus oficinas de Barcelona la presentación del Balanced Scorecard según la visión de la consultora alemana "Horvath & Partner". MIS Spain, empresa filial de la firma alemana de Business Intelligence MIS AG, se estableció en Barcelona en junio de 2000, y actualmente cuenta con delegaciones en Madrid y Valencia. La casa matriz, fundada en 1988 está presente en Italia, Inglaterra, Suiza, Austria, República Checa, España, Estados Unidos, Brasil, (...) From
martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on July 7, 2004 at 8:27 a.m..
¿Pero de verdad hay que pagar por los contenidos?
El debate sobre si se debe o no cobrar por los contenidos en la interred es ya viejo y casi diría que aburre. Algunas empresas insistieron en que había que abandonar el principio del "gratis total" y se decidieron a cobrar por sus contenidos. Con mayor o menor éxito, pero con todo el derecho del mundo a hacerlo, claro está. Unas empresas decidieron cobrar dinero por sus contenidos (suscripciones, cuotas, por descargas...) y otra decidieron cobrar tan solo información sobre el (...) From
martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on July 7, 2004 at 8:26 a.m..
CLIRnews new issue
CLIR's Issues for July/August 2004 has articles of interest, including topics such as audio collections, the Frye Institute, and scholarly cyberinfrastructure.... From
MANE IT Network on July 7, 2004 at 8:26 a.m..
Turnitin joins with Blackboard
Antiplagiarism tool Turnitin has allied with leading course management application vendor Blackboard, planning some joint developments. For example, in one envisioned scenario: "Clients who use Blackboard(R) software will be able to use Turnitin to perform plagiarism checks without ever leaving... From
MANE IT Network on July 7, 2004 at 8:26 a.m..
Persecuted for Truth
The Prayer Book Society of the USA today notes a news article: "Swedish pastor sentenced to one month's jail for offending homosexuals." The pastor has been sentenced to prison because he preached against homosexuality. Why am I not surprised? Why are none of us surprised? How long until this ... From
Life, Liberty, Happiness on July 7, 2004 at 8:26 a.m..
Non nobis, Domine (Psalm 115)
Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your Name give glory; because of your love and because of your faithfulness. Why should the heathen say, "Where then is their God?" Our God is in heaven; whatever he wills ... From
Life, Liberty, Happiness on July 7, 2004 at 8:26 a.m..
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal ... From
Life, Liberty, Happiness on July 7, 2004 at 8:26 a.m..
“Letters from War”
The US Army has teamed with contemporary Christian music's Mark Schultz in a soldier safety campaign. Schultz's song "Letters from War" is the inspiration for this effort. The campaign's theme is "Be Safe--Make it Home." It's great to see an arm of the federal government working with Christians in ... From
Life, Liberty, Happiness on July 7, 2004 at 8:26 a.m..
To Darkling
Forum: Gamer's Lounge Posted By: Sparklechick Post Time: 07-06-2004 at 09:06 PM From
nzboards Forums on July 7, 2004 at 8:26 a.m..
Another Reason to Dump IE
Yahoo News reports that the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team has advised consumers to quit using Microsoft's Internet Explorer due to its security vulnerabilities. Of course, security is not the only reasons to stop using IE and... From
Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on July 7, 2004 at 8:26 a.m..
Health: Nutrition vs. Corporate Obesity
I recently purchased The Complete Guide to Nutritional Health by Pierre Jean Cousin and Kirsten Hartvig (n.b. - I don't see a listing for this on Amazon, but Vitality Foods for Health & Fitness by the same authors looks very... From
Experience Designer Network on July 7, 2004 at 8:26 a.m..
Reference: W3Schools Web Building Tutorials
W3Schools: An excellent (and free) resources for web building: "At W3Schools you will find all the Web-building tutorials you need, from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, XSL, Multimedia and WAP. W3Schools - The Largest Web Developers Site On... From
Experience Designer Network on July 7, 2004 at 8:26 a.m..
Why young people don't watch local news
What follows is a memo written by a young friend of mine to a TV station. The station and the community shall remain anonymous. My friend got rid of her TV five years ago, so this was her first experience watching local news in a half a decade. It's vulgar and sarcastic, so enter at your own risk. It is, however, truthful -- from an intelligent young viewer's perspective, and it reflects many of the concerns expressed in the St. Louis Post Dispatch
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Adam Curry's Video Aggregator
Adam's
video aggregator is really coming together! "My video aggregator 'trapped' Michael Moore on Conan's late night talk show. So cool to have stuff just appear on my desktop, ready to play. This is what I've been
dreaming of for the past 5 years." "I've reposted the torrent file to my Personal TV Network, you can subscribe to the rss feed
--> From unmediated on July 7, 2004 at 8:25 a.m..
Chalk one up for citizens media
While the New York Post was busy getting it wrong during the night,
this was posted on a bulletin board of USaviation.com at 9:44pm. John Kerry's 757 was in hgr 4 pit tonight John Edwards vp decals were being put on engine cowlings and upper fuselage. This is the kind of stuff that drives crazy those who cling to beliefs in the rightness of traditional media while rejecting the notion that citizens can play an important role too. Of course, the poster could have been lying, but that&apos From
unmediated on July 7, 2004 at 8:25 a.m..
data into knowledge?...
William Welsh writes for Washington Technology--
KeyLogic captures two EPA contracts. Mr. Welsh writes: "KeyLogic Systems Inc. has won two contracts totaling $6.1 million from the Environmental Protection Agency, the company announced today. ...Under a two-year, $2 million contract, KeyLogic will continue to transform data into knowledge with the eFacts Knowledge Management System. ...Previously, the agency could produce only 12 reports per mon From
judith meskill's knowledge notes... on July 7, 2004 at 8:25 a.m..
gross national happiness...
Kuensel Online Thimphu : 3 July, 2004 - 82 National Assembly Presenting the annual report of the government to the 82nd session of the National Assembly on June 29, the prime minister, Lyonpo Jigmi Y Thinley, said that the past year had been an exceptionally eventful period that has left a defining impact on the future course of the nation. ..."His Majesty the King has put Bhutan on the path of a unique process of development based on the belief that the primary purpose of development is From
judith meskill's knowledge notes... on July 7, 2004 at 8:25 a.m..
integration and autonomic computing...
An article by Yankee Group analyst, Jamie Gruener, appears in Computerworld Malaysia today--
A vision of togetherness. Jamie Gruener talks about the eventual convergence of 'virtual' server and storage technology--or 'fully virtualised data centre'. A brief ending excerpt: "having an integrated server and storage virtualisation strategy could realise the concept of autonomic computing. This From
judith meskill's knowledge notes... on July 7, 2004 at 8:25 a.m..
Not always about the benjamins
Who do you think sleeps better at night, Bill Gates or Linus Torvalds? We'll never know for sure unless they ever shack up together like a 21st century Odd Couple, but BusinessWeek argues that sometimes passion and pride outperforms money, like how thousands of developers have contributed their blood and tears to the Linux operating system for no apparent reason. It's not like Linus is a pauper. The Linux kernel became his resume, and he was quickly hired by hot startup Transmeta when he graduated from the University of Helsinki. The RedHat IPO left him a millionaire; he drives a Mer From
silentblue | Quantified on July 7, 2004 at 8:24 a.m..
Tori Spelling Ties the Knot!
Tori Spelling Ties the Knot! Beverly Hills, 90210 grad Tori Spelling, whose virginal Donna tied the knot with long-suffering boyfriend David in 90210's series finale, traded "I dos" in real-life Saturday with actor-writer Charlie Shanian in the ZIP code she helped make famous. From
Internet Teen Network : Online Teen Community on July 7, 2004 at 8:24 a.m..
Must Know Facts About Getting Pierced
Must Know Facts About Getting Pierced! It's that midrift baring time of year again and for many girls the idea of getting a belly ring seems like a good one. Should you or shouldn't you? What can you expect if you take the plunge? Some essential information you must have before going under the needle. From
Internet Teen Network : Online Teen Community on July 7, 2004 at 8:24 a.m..
The Power of Rhetoric: Declaration of Independence
This morning, National Public Radio's Morning Edition continued its 2+ decade tradition of reading the US
Declaration of Independence on the air – the complete text. It's a stirring document, meant to be read aloud. It was written in a time when rhetorical skills were used to communicate passion and vision, not just PR. It uses clear and bold terms like "tyranny" and "happiness." It's well worth a complete listen. And in 2004, to me, it's starting to so From
Contentious Weblog on July 7, 2004 at 8:23 a.m..
Ads in Webfeeds: Good or Bad?
As the new communication of webfeeds (RSS and Atom format) continues to grow, online publishers and advertisers are growing increasingly interested in finding ways to make money from webfeeds. On June 29, Jeff Jarvis wrote a piece in
Buzzmachine that strongly favored increased webfeed advertising. He noted that in order for webfeeds to become a more appealing medium for advertisers, they must become more accountable.... (
Read mo From Contentious Weblog on July 7, 2004 at 8:23 a.m..
Writing Learning Objectives? Fill Out this Form
Right now I'm in the midst of my first major e-learning course development project. It's quite a psychological switch to go from writing informational, weblog, or journalistic content to creating a learning experience. One discipline I've found very useful is focusing on writing precise learning objectives. It's a new skill for me. They didn't teach this in journalism school – but they probably should. E-learning and journalism are two fields with a lot of natural overlap. I put considerable effort into writing and honing my learning object From
Contentious Weblog on July 7, 2004 at 8:23 a.m..
More Misc. Cool Stuff to Check Out
Once again, here's a quick roundup of some interesting items I've recently stumbled upon that I'd like to share. They're all well worth checking out. TOP OF THIS WEEK'S LIST: This Feb. 2004 Inc.com article,
Writing Well on the Web, by Ann Stuart. It's very basic and short, but that's exactly why I like this article. People are forever asking me how Web writing differs from print writing, and frankly I get rather sick of running over the same basic tips repea From
Contentious Weblog on July 7, 2004 at 8:23 a.m..
The Blog: Todays resume
I remember reading a year or so ago several articles warning job seekers to be careful what they say online HYPHEN because employers now routinely surf the Web to check up on applicants. One off-color comment in a discussion group... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on July 7, 2004 at 8:23 a.m..
Online Course Caps: A Survey
As online courses continue to permeate the curricula of many higher education institutions, administrators often raise the issue of a maximum number of students in a course--the "course cap"--as a factor that directly contributes to profitability and sustainability of online... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on July 7, 2004 at 8:23 a.m..
Life in the (Digital Content) Vault--Economist.com
Life in the Vault: Intel, Microsoft, TiVo, Apple--They're all trying to get a handle on, and capture early market share, in the creation of digital content hubs in the home. There seems to b a much more compelling argument for this kind of technology as opposed to the Web-TV movement of a few years ago. The one thing that all companies seem to agree on is that households will be connected to the internet via a broadband link that is always on, and that content will be shared... From
Brain Frieze on July 7, 2004 at 8:23 a.m..
The Politics of Web Design--The New York Times
Knowing Their Politics by the Software They Use: The Democrats run their web site for John Kerry on Apache servers and employs advocates of open-source software. The Republicans use Windows servers and stick with Microsoft products on theirs. Significant? Probably not, but interesting in a "I'm geeky but still interested in politics" kind of way. From
Brain Frieze on July 7, 2004 at 8:23 a.m..
The 4 Stages of Professional Development
The Four Stages of Professional Development: Thanks to my buddy Beth for passing this link along. If you've ever endured a mind-numbing day-long professional development session you'll recognize the things that go on. The English teacher grading essays, the PE teacher fast asleep, the oohs and ahhs over flashy PowerPoint transitions, and the gradual decay into a grueling exercise in patience. From
Brain Frieze on July 7, 2004 at 8:23 a.m..
The Old New-Media Crowd
How can this be? Peter M. Zollman, new-media and classifieds consultant and contributor to this weblog, writes in his
Newspapers & Technology column this month about attending the Editor & Publisher/Mediaweek Interactive Media conference in May: "Most frightening thing at the conference: Only a handful of people under 40. Most of us were FOWMs -- fat old white males (and as a FOWM myself, I'm allowed that characterization). The median age was probably mid-40s. From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on July 7, 2004 at 8:23 a.m..
Real-Life Impact of Interactive Advertising
The Internet is for interaction, right? And mobile phones are interactive devices, too? And advertising is most efficient if people get involved? Well,
Gardena, international manufacturer of gardening equipment, has taken these lessons very seriously. At the Dortmund main train station in Germany the company has installed a huge interactive outdoor poster. Either by sending an SMS (phone text message) or by pulling the trigger at
the poster's website, you can activate a giant sprinkler and surp From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on July 7, 2004 at 8:23 a.m..
My Data Everywhere, Not My PC
Rebecca Lieb of
ClickZ has a provocative
column about the evolution of web-based storage and applications, and the implications of these for online marketing. As web-connected devices proliferate, she notes, people want their data available wherever they are, and device-based storage becomes very inconvenient. "Increasingly, the digital information that matters most is disengaged from the browser," she writes. This resonated with me, because I've been struggling with this From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on July 7, 2004 at 8:23 a.m..
Blogging Conference in Vienna
Yesterday and today it would be nice to be in Vienna. The second international blogging conference
Blogtalk2 is up and running, a good opportunity to discuss trends like blog-tweaking, videoblogs, mobile blogging, blogging and journalism, and much more. And if you are tired of all that, you can have a look at the
new interactive map of Vienna and find another place to go -- or, even better, you can add a place yourself. The map is organized like a
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on July 7, 2004 at 8:23 a.m..
From Print to Screen
The Flemish minister for e-government, Patricia Ceysens, has
announced that the official state newspaper
Staatsblad, which is used to publish official information such as law changes, government tenders, and the like, is going digital. Earlier the courts had decided that the present publication does not reach enough citizens. What is special is the channel that has been chosen: The newspaper, toge From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on July 7, 2004 at 8:23 a.m..
BBC Will Close Some Websites
Well, if you run 20,000 websites, it won't hurt too badly to close a few, right? An independent report criticized some Internet ventures of the BBC as being beyond the public-service engagement of the BBC. (
The full report is in the Telegraph.) Private sites for years have moaned and groaned as they considered the BBC's deep pockets an unfair advantage. Understandably. However, in the interest of developing a medium and a public for that medium, From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on July 7, 2004 at 8:23 a.m..
Soccer Championship Draws a Web Crowd
Soccer/football mania is driving many visitors to media websites to see what's new at
Copa America, a South American national teams championship, which opens today in Lima, Peru, for its 41st edition. Most of the sites are in Spanish, of course. Even the one that could be in English (
Soccernet.com from ESPN) points you to the Spanish-language
Espndeportes.com website. The differen From
ERADC Blog on July 7, 2004 at 8:22 a.m..
BlogWalk 3.0
Some brief thoughts on my too brief visit to Vienna to BlogWalk 3.0 From
Monkeymagic on July 7, 2004 at 8:22 a.m..
Linspire Email
Right now
Linspire (my favourite desktop Linux distro) does not come with any form of web services. I know they are working on this but with the launch later this year of Linspire version 5 they are rather busy. I have now set up a small site so that interested people can get an email address in the form of myname@mylinspire.com Hopefully people will come to the site after seeing the email addresses, find out a bit more about Linspire and maybe even try it for themselves. If you want to help support Li From
phoward.com on July 7, 2004 at 8:22 a.m..
DMOZ DSL category
Can you believe that the DSL category of
dmoz.org still does not have its own editor? No wonder it takes so long for sites to get added to some of the categories. A site I submitted weeks ago still has not been added. Come on someone! Get with it and sign up as an editor! From
phoward.com on July 7, 2004 at 8:22 a.m..
Broken Laptop
Last week I did a silly thing and went and dropped my 2nd laptop. This is the machine I use for all my testing. The insurance company has been notified and I am sending it away tomorrow to see if it can be repaired or has to be replaced. It's been down for a week now. When you start it the hard drive makes a sound like a 747 taking off and it gets half way through
POST and reboots. I am just hoping they don't keep it too From
phoward.com on July 7, 2004 at 8:22 a.m..
Gmail down!
Gmail seems to be not working at all. Apparently this has been happening to a number of people for the last day or so. Whenever you try and log in you get the following message: ------------------------------------------------ Server Error Gmail is temporarily unavailable. Cross your fingers and try again in a few minutes. We're sorry for the inconvenience. ------------------------------------------------ From
phoward.com on July 7, 2004 at 8:22 a.m..
Gmail Back up
Gmail seems to be working again. No hint of an excuse / explanation yet. Hopefully it wont go down again! From
phoward.com on July 7, 2004 at 8:22 a.m..
Yet another great conference; great weblog!
To everyone, thank you so much for contributing to the NECC 2004 Weblog. Our goal was to capture the conference as it unfolded, with commentary, ideas, discussion, suggestions, and reviews of sessions, workshops and news from exhibit floor. It was... From
Edweblogs.org: NECC 2004 on July 7, 2004 at 8:21 a.m..
Where do we go from here?
Though the conference is over, the weblog lives on. Now that the dust is settling and folks are finally getting a chance to review what they took away from the conference, and try out some of those tips and tricks,... From
Edweblogs.org: NECC 2004 on July 7, 2004 at 8:21 a.m..
BlogWalk
I'm somewhere in between - feel like writing down things and at the same time not wanting to spend time on it since life interactions are so much fun :)
BlogWalk 3.0 went well: lots of new people, good conversations and walking around Vienna make a great mix. It's too late to write a summary, so just notes for myself (sorry for being cryptic):
more thinking on community discovery conversations bounded to a community: --> From Mathemagenic on July 7, 2004 at 8:21 a.m..
BlogTalk 2.0: Panel 5
Jane Perrone:
Blog to work? Blogging and journalism Quote from Simon Waldman: "My overall feeling is that any journalist doing this is probably learning more about how the web works than any amount of professional training could provide..." Much about drawing the line between blogging for work and blogging for passion Thinking how blogging fits as an integral part of covering any major new story More transparency: giving an insights about jou From Mathemagenic on July 7, 2004 at 8:19 a.m..
Prezentari la Baia Mare
Prima zi a Conferintei La Centrul de training al CCI, o deschidere coordonata de neobosita organizatoare, d-na Mariana Hudrea, cu multi invitati straini si romani de marca, elevi si studenti ... From
WeBlog.ro feeds on July 7, 2004 at 8:19 a.m..
See Fellow Flash Simulation Geeks at FlashForward!
Making my way to New York for my session on Secrets of Successful Online Simulations (Ask the Experts). If you don't get a chance to come to my session, hopefully we can connect at the book signing afterwards! From
FlashSim on July 7, 2004 at 8:18 a.m..
Faculty Self-Study Research Project: Examining the Online Worload
Concerns about faculty workload in the online environment are a reported deterrent to participation in online teaching. To date, such concerns have been based primarily on anecdotal evidence rather than empirical research. This paper describes a project in which six faculty members teaching courses through the Penn State World Campus conducted studies of the comparative workload in the online environment. Results of the studies indicated that faculty workload for teaching these online courses, as measured by time on task, was comparable to or somewhat less than that for face-to-face courses.eLearnopedia on July 7, 2004 at 8:18 a.m..
CETIS Quarterly Newsletter
CETIS, the Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards, has begun a newsletter reviewing elearning and elearning standards. With an increasingly diverse and rapidly developing elearning technology field, there is an equally expanding need for more people to keep abreast of developments without being bogged down in detail. That need is what this newsletter is designed to address. To accommodate most people, the letter is divided into nine broad elearning areas. From
eLearnopedia on July 7, 2004 at 8:18 a.m..
Learning Objects in a P2P Cross Institutional Framework
The process for developing courseware for online learning, is not differerent from any other development process. Institutes work with practitioners who create content. However, the lack of adaptable information exchanges leads to a duplication of effort. This paper describes a solution to that problem, properly describing the ontology of learning objects, and exposing metadata and content in a service-oriented approach. From
eLearnopedia on July 7, 2004 at 8:18 a.m..
E-learning - the 21st century path to success
E-learning ¬ it's a term you may have heard, but did you know that over one million people in the UK have already used it to transform their lives? Britain has seen a massive growth in the popularity of internet-based adult education over the last decade, to the extent that it is currently revolutionising the way the country's population learns. From
eLearnopedia on July 7, 2004 at 8:18 a.m..
WWW Tolls for Education
wwwtools is designed to keep you informed and to save valuable time in tracking down information and resources on the World Wide Web. Each article is on a particular topic or issue related to Web-based teaching and learning. The articles take a skilled researcher between 10 and 20 hours to research and prepare. From
eLearnopedia on July 7, 2004 at 8:18 a.m..
Cost-Effective Distributed Learning With Electronics Labs
Online learners can study at convenient times and collaborate with others online, but usually can not come to physical labs. This paper investigates the use of simulated electronics laboratories to increase access and decrease trips to a physical lab. Students were assigned to either physical labs or to a combination of simulated and physical labs. Students using combined virtual and physical labs performed as well as those using only physical labs on both written and physical lab tests. This evidence supports the use of virtual labs to replace some physical labs, including the use of virtual From
eLearnopedia on July 7, 2004 at 8:18 a.m..
Rapid E-Learning: Groundbreaking New Research
"In our research, we find that a revolutionary change is taking place. ... It is a whole new approach to Internet-based training." Wer jetzt eine elegante Überleitung zum Thema "Blended Learning" oder "Mobile Learning" erwartet, wird überrascht sein: "Rapid E-Learning"... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 7, 2004 at 8:18 a.m..
Top Human Resource Trends Revealed
Die Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), die weltweit größte HR Standesorganisation, hat HR Professionals nach den Faktoren gefragt, die ihrer Meinung nach zukünftig amerikanische Arbeitsplätze und -prozesse besonders beeinflussen werden. Die Liste der Top Ten Trends wird angeführt von... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 7, 2004 at 8:17 a.m..
Capturing the Value of "Generation Tech" Employees
Nun ist das nicht der erste Artikel, der sich mit der Generation der "digital natives" beschäftigt, also der Generation, die mit Videospielen, e-mail und SMS groß wird. Aber er bringt einige "Verständigungsprobleme" sympathisch auf den Punkt: "Have you ever noticed... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 7, 2004 at 8:17 a.m..
Intranets and knowledge sharing
Ich weiss gar nicht, warum dieses Papier einige Tage unbeachtet auf meinem Schreibtisch gelegen hat. Denn der Artikel hält voll und ganz, was der Titel verspricht: Überlegungen, wie man das unternehmenseigene Intranet nutzen kann, um den Informations- und KnowHow-Transfer zu... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 7, 2004 at 8:17 a.m..
Controlling von Weiterbildung
Ein weiterer Beitrag zum Thema "Bildungscontrolling" liegt vor, dieses Mal herausgegeben von der imc aus Saarbrücken. Während der Arbeitsbericht des Learning Center St. Gallen, von dem ich jüngst an dieser Stelle erzählte, sich ausschließlich der Balanced Scorecard widmete, gibt... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 7, 2004 at 8:17 a.m..
What Is Your Best Definition Of Training?
I happened to fall onto an interesting exchange among trainers, instructional designers and educational specialists and the issue of defining training in a more precise way was brought up by one of the participants. Photo Credit: Cristian Galletti (29) Casalgrande, (RE), Italy Though your and mine opinion may diverge a great deal from some of the reference statements made here, I find this piece a valuable starting point for reflection and questioning about one of those things we give too easily for granted. I invite you to challenge yourself with the same question and to try to contribute you From
Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on July 7, 2004 at 8:17 a.m..
BMBF: Neue Förderung...
Das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) hat heute die neue Förderrunde für Neue Medien in der Hochschullehre bekanntgegeben. Die Förderung läuft unter dem Titel "Systematischer Auf- und Ausbau von eLearning-Diensten": Das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) setzt seine erfolgreiche Förderung der Nutzung von Bildungssoftware in der Hochschullehre fort. In den kommenden drei Jahren stellt das BMBF für den Auf- und Ausbau von eLearning-Diensten insgesamt bis zu 40 Millionen Euro zur Verfügung. Hochschule From
BildungsBlog on July 7, 2004 at 8:17 a.m..
The Regina Declaration
This article is a compilation of my contributions to the Commonwealth of Learning conference on copyright From
Pitch Journal on July 7, 2004 at 8:17 a.m..
Hochstuhl führt Südbadens...
Der 28. Verbandstag des Südbadischen Handballverbandes (SHV) stand ganz im Zeichen der Verabschiedung des langjährigen Präsidenten Klaus Kokemüller, der Wahl seines Nachfolgers, Dr. Kurt Hochstuhl [...] Kurt Hochstuhl (50 Jahre) wohnhaft in Baden-Baden, ist von Beruf Historiker und Archivar, derzeit Leiter des Staatsarchivs Freiburg. Er hat viele Jahre in Sandweier Handball gespielt, anschließend war er dort Abteilungs-Leiter, Schiedsrichter und Trainer. Seit 1991 ist er Bezirks-Vorsitzender in Rastatt. Sein Motto lautet: »Frage nicht, was From
Archivalia on July 7, 2004 at 8:16 a.m..
Schlechte Berufsaussichten
http://www.ostseezeitung.de/po/start_167827_1260905.html Steffen Arndt ist promovierter Historiker, staatlich geprüfter Archivar und seit Mai arbeitslos. Einer von derzeit 6177 arbeitslosen Akademikern in M-V. Eigentlich hat der junge Mann aus Pölchow (Landkreis Bad Doberan) alles richtig gemacht. Magister-Studium in Rostock mit sehr gut. Doktortitel mit 28 Jahren. Die Chancen für eine wissenschaftliche Laufbahn standen gut. „Da hat sich die Ausbildung zum Archivar angeboten From
Archivalia on July 7, 2004 at 8:16 a.m..
Zeitungs-Digitalisierung ...
http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/artikel.asp?id=620540 Kommunen und Firmen im Müglitztal wollen 61 Jahre Heimatgeschichte auf 27 000 Zeitungsseiten – so umfangreich ist der Erinnerungsschatz, neu entdecken. Die historischen „Müglitztal-Nachrichten“, die im Glashütter Stadtarchiv bisher nur auf vergilbtem Papier existierten, sind seit vorgestern leichter zugänglich: Es gibt die Zeitung, die von 1884 bis 1945 erschien, nunmehr auf CD; die komplette Archivsammlung pass From
Archivalia on July 7, 2004 at 8:16 a.m..
Abgabe amtlicher Druckschriften...
Wenn ein Archiv eine Veröffentlichung herausgibt, muss es dann Bibliothekspflichtexemplare abliefern? Behörden (also auch Archive) haben mit ihren Veröffentlichungen einige Bibliotheken unentgeltlich zu beliefern. Sehr ausführliche Informationen zu Amtsdrucksachen bietet die SB zu Berlin auf ihren Seiten. Sie hat auch die Abgabeerlasse, in denen die Einzelheiten geregelt sind, im Wortlaut dokumentiert:
http://amtsdruckschriften.staatsbibliothek-berlin.d From Archivalia on July 7, 2004 at 8:16 a.m..
Nachlasserschliessung
From: Gerd Brinkhus <gerd.brinkhus@UB.UNI-TUEBINGEN.DE> Sender: Bearbeitung von Inkunabeln in Bibliotheken <INCUNABULA-L@LISTSERV.DFN.DE> Subject: Fortbildungsveranstaltung Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 15:12:15 +0200 To: INCUNABULA-L@LISTSERV.DFN.DE Liebe Listenteilnehmer, vom 25. bis 27. Oktober 2004 findet das 6. Tübinger Symposium "Handschriften, Alte Drucke" veranstaltet von der Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen in Verbindung mit dem Verein deutscher Bibliothekare (VDB) in Blaubeuren statt. From
Archivalia on July 7, 2004 at 8:16 a.m..
Autographensammlung Dr. Georg...
http://www.milautograph.ch/ Als die Töchter von Georg Heberlein am 1. Mai 1995 dem damaligen Bundespräsidenten Kaspar Villiger die Sammlung zu Handen der Eidg. Militärbibliothek übergaben, wünschten sie, dass die Dokumente auch der Öffentlichkeit zur Verfügung stehen sollten. Die Eidg. Militärbibliothek versuchte dieser Verpflichtung nachzukommen, indem sie einem ersten - bescheidenen - Katalog eine stark überarbeitete Fassung mit einer Fülle von Angaben zu den Dokumenten u From
Archivalia on July 7, 2004 at 8:16 a.m..
Vor 250 Jahren promovierte...
Am 12. Juni 1754 promovierte Dorothea Erxleben aus Quedlinburg als erste Frau im deutschsprachigen Raum an der Uni Halle zum Doktor der Medizin. Das in heutigen Ohren etwas ungelenk klingende Thema ihrer Arbeit "Abhandlung von der gar zu geschwinden und angenehmen, aber deswegen öfters unsicheren Heilung der Krankheiten" verteidigte sie erfolgreich und arbeitete anschließend bis zu ihrem Tod als praktische Ärztin in ihrer Heimatstadt. "Ihre Promotion war eigentlich illegal", sagt Ralf-Torsten Speler, Kustos der Uni Halle. Schließlich wurde in Preu& From
Archivalia on July 7, 2004 at 8:16 a.m..
ICET 2004 - Singapore
Conference announcement, from the organizers of ICET 2004 in Singapore, directly to you! Greetings from the Organisers for ICET 2004! We would like to inform you of our upcoming event - ICET 2004: International Conference on Educational Technology - which will... From
Rick's Café Canadien on July 7, 2004 at 8:16 a.m..
Three Principles of Effective Online Pedagogy
(My) Three Principles of Effective Online Pedagogy by Bill Pelz, CAS Via: Stephen's Web To Quote- This may seem a strange way to begin, but I want to admit that my ever-emerging philosophy of education increasingly diminishes the role of "the teacher" in the teaching/learning equation. It took over 30 years of college teaching experience for me to realize that the learner is, for the most part, in charge of what gets learned. Implementing this point of view online has, for me, blurred, somewhat, the distinction between effective teaching and pedagogically sound instructional design. If I From
soulsoup on July 7, 2004 at 8:15 a.m..
Wisdom and Collective Intelligence
Thoughts on Wisdom and Collective Intelligence - a thought provoking post by George Por. To Quote HYPHEN One of the most intriguing aspects of collective intelligence is its relative independence from individual intelligence. It is clear to most students of the field that a group of intelligent people will not necessarily manifest group intelligence. Nor will a coalition of intelligent groups necessarily add up to an intelligent coalition. Nor will making all organizations intelligent, by itself, produce a collectively intelligent society. The intelligence of the parts/individuals varies indep From
soulsoup on July 7, 2004 at 8:15 a.m..
Personas HYPHEN a great primer
Personas: Setting the Stage for Building Usable Information Sites by Alison J. Head Via: Column Two, Via: Intranet Focus Ltd A great introduction to Persona in plain English. Some quick facts about Persona to quote from the article HYPHEN What Are Personas? Personas are hypothetical archetypes, or "stand-ins" for actual users that drive the decision making for interface design projects. Personas are not real people, but they represent real people throughout the design process. Personas are not "made up"; they are discovered as a by-product of the investigative process. Although personas are im From
soulsoup on July 7, 2004 at 8:15 a.m..
Best Practices in eLearning
Best Practices in eLearning by Rob Edmonds from SRI Consulting Business Services Via Jay's new Blogger Blog Nice and handy report with a tabular a summary view of the eLearning best practices. Practices divide into the four key areas--strategy, organization and process, content, and infrastructure--that companies need to have right in order to create successful learning programs. From this table one can immediately see that the complexity and success factors in a successful eLearning implementation are about far more than dealing with technology and finding the right content. Half of the From
soulsoup on July 7, 2004 at 8:15 a.m..
Blog tools HYPHEN a Comparative Analysis
The Weblog Tool Roundup by Joshua Allen from webmonkey Are you a seasoned blogger looking for a change? Just getting started? Either way, Josh's rundown of the different weblog apps makes it falling-off-a-blog easy to choose the right one for you.... From
soulsoup on July 7, 2004 at 8:15 a.m..
Inc. Magazine Spotlights Groove Customers
The July issue of Inc. magazine is on newsstands with an excellent story beginning on page 44 on a new breed of collaboration software that lets far-flung employees work as though they're face to face. The story highlights two Groove Networks customers: Alaska Indoor Sports Distributing Ltd., a dis... From
Kolabora.com on July 7, 2004 at 8:15 a.m..
Groove V3.0 Is Fast Approaching
If you don't subscribe to our monthly email bulletin, you should. Here is how you can. It's a great way to stay up to date on what's new at Groove. Here's an item from the issue that should have arrived in your inbox on Friday: The launch of Groove v3.0 is fast approaching. For the past few months... From
Kolabora.com on July 7, 2004 at 8:15 a.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Jul 6
Today's highlights: Magic4 and Colibria; Bentley ProjectWise; IMlogic IM Manager Review; Search in Longhorn; Is BlackBerry Connect working? Magic4 and Colibria announced that their wireless IM products work together based on the IMPS standard from the Open Mobile Alliance. Magic4... From
Kolabora.com on July 7, 2004 at 8:15 a.m..
V3.0 Folder Synchronization
One of the exciting new capabilities within the soon-to-ship version 3.0 is Groove folder synchronization. Hugh Pyle, a Groove Networks developer, provides some background. From
Kolabora.com on July 7, 2004 at 8:15 a.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Jul 7
Today's highlights: Action Technologies TeamWorks; Near-Time Flow; Nextel Partners Adopts SharePoint Portal Server; SINA buys Davidhill Capital for UC IM; BlackBerry in Chinese; Insight into Microsoft in Australia; Action Technologies released ActionWorks TeamWorks, a suite of collaborative and admi... From
Kolabora.com on July 7, 2004 at 8:15 a.m..
Broadband over power lines (BPL) Surprises
Deborah Asbrand's July 6, 2004 article in MIT's Technology Review is Broadband Power Surge. It's subtitle is "Electric utilities are beginning to offer Internet service. But some see static in the plans." Two exerpts tell one aspect of the story: "Earlier this year, broadband ... From
Kolabora.com on July 7, 2004 at 8:15 a.m..
Is my blog burning, part 6
The food bloggers carry on their tradition of distributed blogging with the upcoming July 18 grilling and barbecue event, this time hosted at Too Many Chefs. The rules are simple: cook something that fits the day's theme, blog about it on the 18th, and email TMC to be included in the final listing. Many of the participants include beautiful photographs of their work, too. From
Weblogs in Higher Education on July 7, 2004 at 8:15 a.m..
Collaboration and common sense
Will Richardson recently wrote, The more I think about it, the more I wonder if collaborative construction of content won't be the rule instead of the exception in the future. # His comment reminds me that I've found myself saying over and over again lately to colleagues that most classwork we assign is meant to be thrown away when it's done, and this must surely be a source of a good portion of students' alienation in school. Yet most courses could be redesigned so that some of... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on July 7, 2004 at 8:15 a.m..
Library standards as rating guide
Will Richardson points out the relevance for educational uses of blogging of many of the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education offered by the American Library Association. He distills the list for his post, but I don't think he points out that the ALA breaks down these items further, giving an even more substantial set of guidelines than you might guess from Will's good post. Occasionally you see someone ask students to evaluate or review a weblog, and this... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on July 7, 2004 at 8:15 a.m..
Michael Moore the blogger
Yesterday's news was that Michael Moore has a weblog, but where is the RSS? Who's advising him about tech matters and creating this sharp looking site and still leaving off the syndication? Still, it's good to see the voter registration links he provides. From
Weblogs in Higher Education on July 7, 2004 at 8:15 a.m..
Electioneering? Guardian:A rightwing US pressure g ...
Electioneering?
Guardian:A rightwing US pressure group is calling for a ban on television advertising for Michael Moore's controversial film Fahrenheit 9/11, claiming it amounts to "electioneering". People outside US all knows the content and links in the movie, except common people in US. So whether it's for electioneering or not, American should take a look at it. From
on July 7, 2004 at 8:14 a.m..
Electioneering? Guardian:A rightwing US pressure g ...
Electioneering?
Guardian:A rightwing US pressure group is calling for a ban on television advertising for Michael Moore's controversial film Fahrenheit 9/11, claiming it amounts to "electioneering". People outside US all knows the content and links in the movie, except common people in US. So whether it's for electioneering or not, American should take a look at it. From
on July 7, 2004 at 8:14 a.m..
Azeem Azhar / Stefan Glänzer / Max Niederhofer: "Does blogging suck?"
Stefan - founder of 20six - want to move to all 26 countries It sucks when you don't have links, trackbacks and comments - I don't think this is so bad. If you are writing for fame then it's bad, if you writing because you want to then who cares if you have any readers at all. Quantity versus Quality does that really matter? Encourage Newbies -list of new bloggers, non content based lists (faces) -random blog function Encourage Question Marks Retain Champions Incredibly high churn -8.2/10 bloggers leave From
Roland Tanglao's Weblog on July 7, 2004 at 8:14 a.m..
Hot Type
University presses have been under stress for more than a decade, a status quo that appears likely to remain in place for at least a decade. From
Chronicle: free on July 7, 2004 at 8:13 a.m..
Both Sides Now
Academics on the right and the left are concerned about a provision in the federal higher-education bill that would urge colleges to present diverse points of view. From
Chronicle: free on July 7, 2004 at 8:13 a.m..
Another major Australian OA initiative
Australia's National Scholarly Communications Forum (
NSCF) and Department of Education, Science and Training (
DEST) will work together to widen access to scholarly communication in three ways:
"the encouragement of institutional/subject repositories, including the adoption of university-wide policies to collect and archive institutional research output, for example in connection with RAE exercises;" "the adoption of further open access mechanisms, such as open access journals and From Open Access News on July 7, 2004 at 8:12 a.m..
More on public access to drug-trial data
Shankar Vedantam,
Drug Makers Prefer Silence On Test Data, Washington Post, July 6, 2004. Excerpt: "The pharmaceutical industry has repeatedly violated federal law by failing to disclose the existence of large numbers of its clinical trials to a government database, according to the Food and Drug Administration....The 1997 law is so little known that scientific journal editors and professional medical associations have recently debated whether to create a system of private incentives for disclosure of trials. Whe From
Open Access News on July 7, 2004 at 8:12 a.m..
New text-mining tool for PubMed abstracts
"Robert Hoffmann and Alfonso Valencia of the Spanish National Center of Biotechnology (CNB/CSIC) in Madrid have developed a new web-based tool called
iHOP (Information Hyperlinked over Proteins) to help researchers explore scientific literature....Reporting in the Nature Genetics journal (Nature Genetics 36, 664, 01 Jul 2004), the two scientists describe how iHOP...converts the 14 million abstracts in the PubMed (National Library of Medicine) bibliographic database into a network of interlinked references to genes, proteins, mutations, disea From
Open Access News on July 7, 2004 at 8:12 a.m..
Yahoo indexes OCLC WorldCat
Barbara Quint,
Yahoo! Search Joins OCLC Open WorldCat Project, Information Today, July 6, 2004. Excerpt: "
OCLC has expanded its online library locator service for books to Yahoo! Search. Last October, I
reported on a new pilot project between OCLC and Google that opened library holdings information for just under 2 million items in the WorldCat union catalog (extracted from the 55 million items with over 900 million holdings r From
Open Access News on July 7, 2004 at 8:12 a.m..
Is a Master's Worth Pursuing?
Lemansgt writes, "I have contacted the employment agencies around town to see if a Masters Degree would be beneficial but most said what I already knew - which was that you will never make what you pay for the Masters... From
Adult/Continuing Education on July 7, 2004 at 8:12 a.m..
BlogTalk 2.0 underway (Seb Paquet)
The second edition of the European conference on weblogs is underway and, as you can imagine, it’s a total social software geekfest. This blog post by Oliver Wrede provides a good entry point. This is clearly not a group... From
Corante: Social Software on July 7, 2004 at 8:11 a.m..
Two on the Monkey-Mind (Clay Shirky)
Ah, the monkey-mind, that primal and social part of our brains that evolved long before the human species emerged. Carl Zimmer has an interesting post, Machiavellian Monkeys, suggesting that neocortex size of primates increases with the propensity for social deception.... From
Corante: Social Software on July 7, 2004 at 8:11 a.m..
Open Standards: Is "de facto" Good Enough?
Industries leaders re-iterate their well known general resistance to open standards, rightly calling into the issue of the often too slow and bureaucratic process that official standards bodies require. "What's to gain by subjecting already popular technologies to a long,... From
Robin Good's Latest News on July 7, 2004 at 8:09 a.m..
What Does 'Training' Really Mean?
What do you really mean when you say Training? Do we really share a common definition for this much misused word? While official definitions are abundant few are deep enough to be used for critically questioning what is it really... From
Robin Good's Latest News on July 7, 2004 at 8:09 a.m..
Shwirz of Gazm.org back on social software
Jacob Shwirz, formerly of gazm.org (an interesting experiment in social commenting sorta), is back blogging about things social: Well, after spending 6 months getting settled into a new life in Israel I'd like to get back into talking about the fascinating topic of the Internet as a social medium and its potential to bring people (friends and strangers) together. My interest in this area has never waned but now I'd like to be more proactive and not have this blog be just about my immigration to Israel.... From
Joho the Blog on July 7, 2004 at 8:09 a.m..
True Britt
I wrote in my review of Fahrenheit 9/11 that a mother's grief for a dead soldier isn't an argument against a particular war although it may be an argument against all wars. Likewise for grisly photos of the war dead and injured. That there will be horrendous suffering is intrinsic to war, so that doesn't tell you that a particular war is right or wrong; justified and unjustified wars iinevitably produce griving mothers and horrendous suffering. But Britt Blaser speaks with a gravity I cannot. I know Britt through the Dean campaign and came quickly to trust and respect him,... From
Joho the Blog on July 7, 2004 at 8:09 a.m..
Steve Johnson on 9/11
Steve Johnson has a terrific review of F9/11. It's about 3 stars short of a rave. Steve reduces the movie to a silly conspiracy theory and an unreeling of images that we need to see if we are to be morally accountable. I agree that the movie is both those things, but I think it's also more than that. Moore blurts out conspiracy theories with alarming frequency, and I agree with Steve that they generally don't stick. (I do want to read the book about the Bushes' relationships with the Saudis, though.) But I didn't read the intellectual content of... From
Joho the Blog on July 7, 2004 at 8:09 a.m..
Oh yeah, now I remember...
I used to enjoy getting Slate's daily round-up of the newspapers stuffed into my inbox every day. But I somehow fell off the list, so I went to re-subscribe. It's free, but... ...to sign up, Microsoft, the owner of Slate, requires you to set up a Microsoft Passport account. There's no reason why we actually need a Passport account in order to have the stinking newsletter sent to us. It's just Microsoft's velvet-gloved strong-arm tactics. This is how options become requirements. The "free" market tells us that we are free not to sign up for a digital ID scheme or... From
Joho the Blog on July 7, 2004 at 8:09 a.m..
Go Edwards!
The right-wing National Review is already telling itself that Edwards is bad news for the Kerry ticket. Since I've never been right with a single political prediction (All hail presidents Dukakis and Dean!), it doesn't matter that I think Byron York's article is wrong, but I do. York's reasoning is that Edwards made his national bones with his "Two Americas" stump speech that said nothing about terrorism. Edwards polls just ahead of Kucinich on the issue, according to York. And this is election is going to be about terrorism. Hence, Edwards hurts the ticket. IMO, the Democr From
Joho the Blog on July 7, 2004 at 8:09 a.m..
Blogging at the convention
I just received a letter (paper and everything) saying that I've been credentiaed to blog from the Democratic Convention. Woohoo!... From
Joho the Blog on July 7, 2004 at 8:09 a.m..
XPlana Resurrected
A month a go
I barked rather severely about the disappearance of XPlana's blog -- I thought there was a comment but maybe it was a private email from someone there (?? my brain is mush, I cannot recall who it was) that fessed up that links to the new site were absent, and also that they had not gone corporate greed as I insinuated. Let me first to slap myself for being off-base. It happens. So FYI, XPlana's blog is now alive and living at
http From cogdogblog on July 7, 2004 at 8:08 a.m..
Willow Fire Photos
Monday night we drove home to Phoenix skirting the edge of the active
Willow wildfire and was awed/dismayed at how the smoke completely obscured the Mazatzal range-- the front in the photos below was only 1/2 mile from the
Beeline Highway (AZ87) and the radio was reporting that the Beeline was to close the next day so
fire fighters could build defense lines to keep it from crossing over. Check out
cogdogblog on July 7, 2004 at 8:08 a.m..
Tiny Improvement for Feed2JS and New Site Features
Just for fun, I added a rather small feature to the
Feed2JS script/service; Curt Whittaker had emailed requesting: It would be nice if the script could have alternate text if there are no items in the current feed. For example, we are looking to use this for our Calendar of Events - see http://test.sou.edu. Some days there are no events, and I want to say so rather than have just a blank box. It is actually quite easy thing to toss in the mix (just spit out "no items for this feed" if the Magpie parse From
cogdogblog on July 7, 2004 at 8:08 a.m..
Into the Blogosphere--Teaching with Weblogs
"As academics, we might be more comfortable and familiar with notebook weblogs and filter-weblogs, but our students coming out of high school are likely to know the genre as an expressive and social space." Many have pointed to the great collection of writing about Weblogs at
Into the Blogosphere, and I'm looking forward to reading as many of the 20 pieces as I can. The first one I was drawn to, however, was "
--> From weblogged News on July 7, 2004 at 8:07 a.m..
Teens and Blogs...Again
(via
JD Lasica) From yesterday's San Jose Mercury News comes this addition to the teenage blogging craze series of articles that have been coming out lately. Some interesting tidbits that may (or may not) help shed some light on how to use blogs with kids: Many teens say blogging is an outlet they wouldn't have otherwise. Nearly all invite strangers in -- but parents are discouraged from crashing on the scene. Many say their parents are unaware of their blogs. And: From
weblogged News on July 7, 2004 at 8:07 a.m..
China Blog
Following
Pat's lead, one of our teachers is
blogging her visit to China. She seems to be experiencing some connection outages, but just the fact that a) she was inspired to set up this Weblog before she left and b) that we've officially gone global is enough to make this a good day. Today I spent the day with a student who will be coming to the US as an exchange student, and her parents. Her family is clear evidence of the economic opportunities now available From
weblogged News on July 7, 2004 at 8:07 a.m..
Alaska Blog
Stuart Glogoff of the University of Arizona sent along this link to
Alaskablog, a really beautiful and effective class Weblog project that was done this spring. It was done by one of his former students who he had taught using, you guessed it, Weblogs. Very cool! Alaskablog is created to foster conversations between students, theater arts, and the community. At Alaskablog 8th grade students at Colony Middle School will engage in conversations with Valley Performing Arts cast and crew to discover the timeless nature of Steinbeck's novel From
weblogged News on July 7, 2004 at 8:07 a.m..
Weblogs and Literacy
"The information literate student validates understanding and interpretation of the information through discourse with other individuals, subject-area experts, and/or practitioners." --
ALAI've been working through some ideas for a piece about Weblogs and wikis and all these new tools and their impact on "literacy." In a nutshell, the Internet has changed the requirements of what it means to be literate. While just about eve From
weblogged News on July 7, 2004 at 8:07 a.m..
Feeding the RSS Hunger
Accepting Feed Requests "...I've been asked a number of times by now whether I could produce a custom news feed for site XYZ, and until now I've declined most of the times. But today I thought 'heck, why not'. :)Now, I've thought about the how. Hosting feeds costs money, scraping feeds is taking time, and maintaining a feed can take some time as well. So, I'm offering you the following service. First From
The Shifted Librarian on July 7, 2004 at 8:07 a.m..
New Type of "Game Night" at the Library?
Ernest Miller, proprietor of
The Importance of..., received an interesting question from one of his readers. "I've been working on something else I think might be interesting- gaming at public libraries. I've been having some success on both ends- talking to some librarians who have staged successful 'game nights' as a way of getting teens into the library, as well as with people trying to have tournaments and in need of a cheap (or free), available venue.&nbs From
The Shifted Librarian on July 7, 2004 at 8:07 a.m..
Untitled
ala program: top tech trends "Just a couple of notes on the
Top Technology Trends program I went to while at ALA Annual a week or more ago.... As a last note, I believe it was in this program (but I'm not positive) where someone mentioned that instead of managing your library's online presence as a table of contents or an index to the l From
The Shifted Librarian on July 7, 2004 at 8:07 a.m..
Virtual Reference So Virtual We Couldn't Use It
Another virtual reference failure tonight. Kailee was reading about Neti and Ditto, the cloned monkeys, when she asked if we could find a picture of them. After a couple of fruitless attempts on the web, I again suggested she try my System's virtual reference project since we still had 15 minutes before they "closed" for the night. So we fired up the URL and after a couple of confusing attempts to connect, we waited for a librarian to "answer" our call. And we waited. And we waited. And we waited. We finally gave up and submitted the question via email, only to be told From
The Shifted Librarian on July 7, 2004 at 8:07 a.m..
Congratulations, Steven!
Competing in High Gear "Innovative, enthusiastic and excited about their profession, 'the new generation of librarians is really starting to take hold,' said Steven Cohen, a law librarian at Rivkin Radler in Uniondale.... One time he was able to help the firm get a jump on a case when he discovered an article that reported one of its clients was being sued, before either the client or his lawyer knew about it. 'I pri From
The Shifted Librarian on July 7, 2004 at 8:07 a.m..
Introductory Usability Testing (Melbourne, September)
We've just announced a date for the next Introductory Usability Testing workshop, to be held in Melbourne on 1 September 2004. At a glance: This one day workshop will introduce you to usability testing, a technique that allows you to... From
Column Two on July 7, 2004 at 8:07 a.m..
Ask Tony: CMS market metrics
Tony Byrne has written an article on CMS market metrics in the US. To quote: Dear Tony, I'm really interested in the content management space, and am looking for data and statistics about the CMS market in North America. Could... From
Column Two on July 7, 2004 at 8:07 a.m..
EDUCAUSE Review, July /August Issue
The recent issue of the Review contains several valuable and interesting articles. Brad Wheeler discusses open source software, " Institutions are in search of a new model to fund application software. Community source projects--based on open source philosophy and licensing--offer promise for developing sustainable economics and for advancing the frontiers of innovation." Gary Greenberg focuses on digital portfolios, "The digital convergence of text, graphics, sound, and video is extending the portfolio model--a system of organizin From
EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on July 7, 2004 at 8:07 a.m..
Beyond the Buy Button in E-Commerce
Jakob Nielsen on
total user experience: "The concept of total user experience says that you must consider everything that the user encounters -- not just the screen designs. Confirmation email plays a big role in comforting users and calming their anxieties, especially if there's a delay in fulfilling their order. And, even when everything goes right and the shipment will be on time, you gain credibility points when you send customers appropriate confirmation emails to keep them informed. Doing so creates the expectation that yo From
elearningpost on July 7, 2004 at 8:06 a.m..
Kerry's Pick
John Kerry's
naming of John Edwards as his preferred running mate makes sense. It's the safe choice. Whether it's the smart one remains to be seen. Edwards' blatant economic protectionism during the primary campaign is a worry, though. Kerry has been a free trader for the most part. He need to make clear that he won't go for the protectionist stuff his rivals were advocating. From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 7, 2004 at 8:06 a.m..
Stop Using Internet Explorer
Stephen Wildstrom (Business Week): Why I'm Staying Away From Internet Explorer. In late June network security experts saw one of their worst fears realized. Attackers exploited a pair of known but unpatched flaws in Microsoft's (MSFT ) Web server and Internet Explorer browser to compromise seemingly safe Web sites. People who browsed the sites using Windows computers -- without downloading anything -- were infected with malicious code. I've been increasingly concerned about From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 7, 2004 at 8:06 a.m..
Sez Who?
The normally redoubtable Financial Times begins
this story about copyright infringement this way:The urban comedy film Soul Plane, starring rapper Snoop Dogg, flopped when it opened in US cinemas earlier this year. The reason was not any critical panning, but a more troubling phenomenon for the industry - piracy. More than a mon From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 7, 2004 at 8:06 a.m..
Uh, Oh
UPDATED Not sure what's going on, but some of my recent comments have disappeared. We deleted some porn spam, but as far as I know I didn't delete any of my own comments. Weird. Our tech folks will be looking into it. UPDATE: Hmmm, it gets more puzzling. I was temporarily blocked from posting comments myself. Weirder. From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 7, 2004 at 8:06 a.m..
The Basket Case for RFID
Radio-frequency chips are retail nirvana. They're the end of privacy. They're the mark of the beast. Peek inside the tag-and-track supermarket of the future. By Josh McHugh from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on July 7, 2004 at 8:05 a.m..
Superhero Game Is Super Blah
Activision's Spider-Man 2 game tries to capitalize on the popularity of both the movie and the previous games in the series. Unfortunately, at best it's uninspired, and at worst it's too buggy to play. By Lore Sjöberg. From
Wired News on July 7, 2004 at 8:05 a.m..
Building a Better Mozilla
Browsing the Web with Mozilla can be pretty bare-bones, but there are tons of software components available to extend its capabilities. By Michelle Delio. From
Wired News on July 7, 2004 at 8:05 a.m..
America's War With Blogistan
The blog represents free speech in excelsis. Or does it? If the blog accepts advertising or maintains ties to institutions -- like, say, the Democratic Party -- then the freedom to say whatever you like can be sharply curtailed. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. From
Wired News on July 7, 2004 at 8:05 a.m..
Speed Past Pesky Security Checks
Northwest passengers on Wednesday can begin skipping parts of the airport security check in the Twin Cities, but only if they have signed up for fingerprinting and a background check. By Ryan Singel. From
Wired News on July 7, 2004 at 8:05 a.m..
The House That Music Fans Built
Gracenote, maker of the leading tool for identifying music tracks, has become a powerhouse in the digital music biz and is building its reach in consumer electronics. The firm's humble origins, however, began with the sweat of music fans worldwide. By Katie Dean. From
Wired News on July 7, 2004 at 8:05 a.m..
UN takes aim at spam epidemic - Associated Press
The United Nations is aiming to bring a "modern day epidemic" of junk e-mail under control within the next two years by standardizing legislation around the world to make it easier to prosecute, a leading expert said Tuesday."(We have) an epidemic on o From
Techno-News Blog on July 7, 2004 at 8:04 a.m..
Model Inner City Preschool Set to Close;Preschool Funding Crisis Looming
Officials at the Puerto Rican Action Board (PRAB) in New Brunswick, New Jersey announced plans to close their preschool program in the city, serving 225 children, because of insufficient funding and state bureaucratic guidelines that are strangling community preschools. [PRWEB Jul 7, 2004] From
PR Web on July 7, 2004 at 8:04 a.m..
Bold approach to showcase education for Pacific Islanders
A fresh approach to showcasing tertiary education for our Pacific Island youth is coming to Auckland. The FreshEd Pasefik Island Youth Expo held in the Aotea Centre on July 15 2004, will be using inspiration and music to reach pacific island youth, encouraging them to further their education and improve their career prospects. [PRWEB Jul 7, 2004] From
PR Web on July 7, 2004 at 8:04 a.m..
Our Kids Can Now Read the Clock and Learn the Time in a Few Days.
It has finally happened. Of the many things parents and teachers must teach children, how to tell the time is one of the most difficult. This unique invention reduces the confusion and frustration kids, parents and teachers experience while being taught time. This product, MASTERTIME, reduces the total learning time of the clock to a few days from a few years. MASTERTIME is the answer and solution to parent's and teacher's nightmare. Parents and teachers could save money, time and stress. [PRWEB Jul 7, 2004] From
PR Web on July 7, 2004 at 8:04 a.m..
New Browser Companion Brings the Web to Children, Speakers of Foreign Languages, and the Visually Impaired
Infowalker 2.0, released today, is a unique, free browser companion for Internet Explorer, which instantly analyzes web pages and dynamically illustrates, translates, and reads them aloud, displays them in large-type, and links directly to on-line catalogues. [PRWEB Jul 7, 2004] From
PR Web on July 7, 2004 at 8:04 a.m..
Proposed Legislation Could Cost Students Thousands
A petition by Congressman John Boucher (R-Ohio), seeks to eliminate consolidated fixed interest rates entirely. With the federal cap on student loans as high as 8.25%, Rep. Boucher's proposal could equate to higher monthly payments and thousands of dollars in unnecessarily paid interest for student borrowers. [PRWEB Jul 7, 2004] From
PR Web on July 7, 2004 at 8:04 a.m..
Just a truck kind of gal
I don't come from a family of car people, you know, those kind of people that actually car about cars, buy new cars, keep their cars clean, and/or actually name their cars. No, my parents represented that rarest of California demographic during their eight years in the Bay Area: the one car family. Nearly my whole life our four-person family had one solid, dependable car. Nothing too flashy, and rarely anything new. At this very moment, my parents swear their current car (purchased used) is satisfactory, even though they just had the door welded back on because it was rusted through and n From
Lessig Blog on July 7, 2004 at 8:03 a.m..
Tourism Education Centre of Excellence Launched
The $2 million tourism education Centre of Excellence at Griffith University on the Gold Coast was launched. The Centre will showcase Australia's world leading tourism education system. This Centre highlights Australia's tourism expertise and develops international networks that will expand the industry. From
EdNA Online on July 7, 2004 at 8:03 a.m..
New Centre of Excellence in Sports Science and Management
$7.8 million will be provided for a new International Centre of Excellence in Sports Science and Management to help build Australia's skills and capabilities in a broad range of sports-related fields. This new Centre will be based at Sydneys Olympic Park and is a partnership between the University of Sydney, the University of Technology Sydney and the Sydney Olympic Park Authority. Programmes to be offered include sports injury management and prevention; sports performance and athlete development; sports engineering and technology; sports tourism and event management. From
EdNA Online on July 7, 2004 at 8:03 a.m..
IRS eyes Net phone taxes
A tax first enacted in 1898 to pay for the Spanish-American War might be reinterpreted to apply to Internet phone calls. From
CNET News.com on July 7, 2004 at 8:03 a.m..
Professor Gives Cisco Manual Away For Free
So what do the textbook publishers do about this? "Mr. Basham, a professor of information technology and IT security at St. Petersburg College in Clearwater, Fla., wrote his own 800-page Cisco networking textbook and last week made it available for download over the Internet free of charge. More than 2,000 copies were downloaded around the world in the first few days of the book's on-line release, according to Lulu.com, an alternative textbook publisher that agreed to distribute it." By Marguerite Reardon, Globe and Mail, July 6, 2004 [
OLDaily on July 7, 2004 at 8:02 a.m..
Scriptometer Overall Scores
I do most of my programming in a computer language called
Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language). Maybe one day I'll switch; I used to program in C and before that in Basic and never thought I'd put either aside. And people are always urging me to write code in Java. But I detest Java, I really do - the special servers you need to run Java programs (called Runtime Engines, or JRE) are not reliable, and you have to have the right version for the programs you have (which means I have three separate versions now, with another com From
OLDaily on July 7, 2004 at 8:02 a.m..
Speak Up Day for Teachers 2004 Results
Don't know whether this will generate headlines outside our field, but it might. NetDay, a non-profit organization helping "educators meet educational goals through the effective use of technology," ran this survey during
Speak Up Day in May. The survey presents a glowing report; as TechLearning summarized it today, "teachers highly value the importance of technology in their professional lives, with 87% ranking technology as important or very important to their professional responsibilities." Well, sure. The teache From
OLDaily on July 7, 2004 at 8:02 a.m..
Academic Exchange Quarterly
Academic Exchange Quarterly features fiction and the novel this month. But I'm linking because I love this page. Now if it were only in RSS format. Then I could get my articole links and never worry about remembering to go to this page again. But I would want to capture this information in the RSS feed too: "Rankings, updated monthly, reflect accumulated hits from time of posting until the current month. For rankings to be listed, minimum 500 hits is required. Updates recorded in 50 hits increments. Top Ten Articles, number of hits/visitors, in bold." Cooler and cooler. By Various Author 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..
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..
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..
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..
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..
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..
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..
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 [
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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 [
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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..