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Schulversionen
Millionen von Menschen in Deutschland sind berechtigt, Schulversionen von bekannten Soft- und Hardwareprodukten zu kaufen. Dabei erhalten Sie vollwertige Produkte zu stark reduzierten Preisen. Dazu reicht häufig, wenn man Kinder im schulpflichtigen Alter hat. Die Versionen entsprechen den Vollversionen dürfen aber nicht für kommerzielle Zwecke eingesetzt werden. Ein interessantes Abwicklungsverfahren wird von
EDUCheck geboten. Hierbei melden Sie sich einmal an das System als bezugsberechtigter Nutzer einer Schul From
BildungsBlog on July 21, 2004 at 9:31 a.m..
"Deutschland wird Dissertationsweltmeister"
Der Wissenschaftsstandort USA ist immer noch ungeschlagene Spitze, doch Europa holt auf Im Großen und Ganzen ist das Ergebnis keine Überraschung: Weiterhin sind die USA gemessen an Publikationen, Investitionen und Personal im Wissenschaftssektor internationale Spitze, und zwar mit deutlichem Abstand. Kleiner Trost: Die Europäer haben in den vergangenen Jahren aufgeschlossen. Allen voran Großbritannien, dicht gefolgt von Deutschland. Dies berichtet
David A. King, Leiter des
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Tagungsbericht: 64. Südwestdeutscher...
Der 64. Südwestdeutsche Archivtag 2004, der vom 18. bis 20. Juni in Weingarten bei Ravensburg unter Leitung von Dr. Clemens Rehm (GLA Karlsruhe) stattfand, war dem Thema „Historische Bildungsarbeit - Kompass der Archive“ gewidmet. Schon in der Einführung und den Grußworten wurde betont, dass die historische Bildungsarbeit in Archiven – in ihrer Vielfalt noch oft ungenutzt – Möglichkeiten der historischen und lokalen Identitätsfindung für Bürgerinnen und Bürger böte. Gerade in Zeiten knapper Mittel würde den Archiven dur From
Archivalia on July 21, 2004 at 9:30 a.m..
Sächsischer Archivtag
Vom 1. bis 3. Oktober 2004 findet der 12. Sächsische Archivtag in Plauen statt. Die schriftlichen Einladungen gehen den Mitgliedern des Landesverbandes Sachsen im VdA und den sächsischen Archiven in den nächsten Tagen zu. Aber auch andere Kolleginnen und Kollegen können teilnehmen. Informationen und Anmeldeunterlagen finden sie auf den Seiten des Landesverbandes Sachsen. (
http://www.vda.lvsachsen.archiv.net/archivtage/2004_plauen/lvs_2004_plauen.htm ) Anmeldeschluss ist der 1.9.200 From
Archivalia on July 21, 2004 at 9:30 a.m..
Autographen
Ein '''Autograph''' (aus dem Griechischen: ''auto-'' selbst, eigen, ''graphein'' schreiben) ist die eigenhändige Niederschrift eines Verfassers, meist einer berühmten Persönlichkeit. Als öffentliches und privates Sammelobjekt werden Autographen dann besonders geschätzt, wenn sie eine [[Unterschrift]] tragen. [[Autogramm]]e sind in der Gegenwart Autographen von Prominenten, die in der Regel nur aus der Unterschrift bestehen. Nicht nur bei mittelalterlichen Verfassern ist die Existenz d From
Archivalia on July 21, 2004 at 9:30 a.m..
Urheberrechtsnovelle - Korb...
4.) Urheberrechtsnovelle "2. Korb" - prometheus unterstützt Allianz der Wissenschaften Nach der ersten Anpassung des nationalen Urheberrechts an die EU-Richtlinie zur Regelung des Urheberrechts in der Informationsgesellschaft wird zur Zeit der sog. "2. Korb" vorbereitet. Wichtige, in der Diskussion befindliche Punkte sind die Regelung einer Pauschalabgabe im Rahmen der Verwertung urheberrechtlich geschützter Werke, der Einsatz von technischen Schutzmaßnahmen zum Rechtemanagement - sog. "Digital Rights Management" (DRM)-Systeme - und From
Archivalia on July 21, 2004 at 9:30 a.m..
Internetkreuzworträtsel
Zeitgeschichte spielerisch entdecken Haus der Geschichte präsentiert neuartiges Internet-Kreuzworträtsel "Die Entstehung zweier deutscher Staaten" lautet das Thema eines Internet-Kreuzworträtsels, das die Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland für das Netzwerk Mediatheken entwickelte. Neu ist, dass die Rätselfragen an Originaltöne zur Gründungsgeschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der DDR anknüpfen. Das Kreuzworträtsel stellt 52 Fragen, deren Antworten sich durch From
Archivalia on July 21, 2004 at 9:30 a.m..
WBE 2005 - Grindewald, Switzerland
The 7th IASTED International Conference on Web-based Education - WBE 2005 February 21-23, 2005 in Grindelwald, Switzerland CONFERENCE CHAIR Dr. Vladimir Uskov - Bradley University, USA To submit a paper or for more information visit our website at http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2005/switzerland/wbe.htm?wbe As... From
Rick's Café Canadien on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
Open Source Day
Alec Couros has been leading the local charge (free of charge, of course) for the open source movement for some time. His blog contains many references to Open Source issues, including a recent interview with Richard Stallman. And today Alec... From
Rick's Café Canadien on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
APA document template
Mary Callele pointed me to this very simple, useful tool that was built by Derek Gwinn at the University of Minnesota. Microsoft Word uses document templates that contain customizable styles for headings, text, etc., and this is a template you... From
Rick's Café Canadien on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
ID job bank
The Instructional Design Job Bank This is a site from Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University that lists instructional design positions available throughout the United States and sometimes Canada and other parts of the world.... From
Rick's Café Canadien on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
Rubric machine
I saw this mentioned on Stephen Downes' OLDaily yesterday and thought it was worth passing along on the off chance that you haven't yet subscribed to his site (and why haven't you?). ThinkingGear has developed an online rubric machine that... From
Rick's Café Canadien on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
Blog Readers Survey
eMarketer : Are Blogs Ready for Prime-Time? ...A partial profile of blog readers reveals: * 54% of their news consumption is online * 21% are bloggers themselves * 46% describe themselves as opinion makers ...As Henry Copeland, author of the report and CEO of Blogads, summed up: "86% say that blogs are either useful or extremely useful as sources of news or opinion. 80% say they read blogs for news they can't find elsewhere. 78% read because the perspective is better. 66% value the faster news. 61% say that blogs are more honest. Divided on so much else, blog readers... From
soulsoup on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
Oracle + Macromedia
From Oracles Press Release Oracle Corp.and Macromedia announced a partnership to improve integration between Macromedia products and Oracle's learning management system. The partnership will help make it significantly easier for companies to develop rich training content and publish it across the enterprise for immediate impact and maximum ROI. The announcement was made at the Online Learning Summit at the Oracle Conference Center. Oracle's new Content Resource Center, supported by Macromedia, allows companies to develop, share and publish content using Macromedia products, including From
soulsoup on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
Standards Vs. Sensible Design
Standards Vs. Sensible Design by Christian Heilmann Using Web standards is the right thing to do, but, as with any recommendation, there's no point following them off a cliff... Let's all get a bit less anal about the technicalities of the Web, and look at how to improve the usability and logic of the product before we start to develop it. Once this step is taken, the question of standards compliance will no longer warrant discussion.... From
soulsoup on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
RSS - sporadic info dissemination
What's Next? A Conversation about Web Communication with XML Pioneer, Tim Bray RSS works well in areas where information arrives at irregular intervals, like news and publications, in which you don't want to waste time looking for information. Via : Scripting News... From
soulsoup on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
CSS - Competent Classing
Eric Meyer offers some thoughts on Competent Classing to help you create more efficient Cascading Style Sheets. Via: digital media | minute... From
soulsoup on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
Problems Confronting the higher ed distance learning
Four Families of Multi-variant Issues in Graduate-level Asynchronous Online Courses - By Jaclyn M. Gisburne, Ph.D. & Patricia J. Fairchild, Ed.D. Via : e-Literate Despite its imposingly academic title this article provides an accessible and pragmatic breakdown of problems confronting the development and evaulation of higher ed distance learning programs. Abstract This is the first of several papers developed from a faculty and student perspective describing a new distance learning (DL) model. Integral to the model are four interrelated families of multi-variant issues, referred to here as (a) From
soulsoup on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
BBC Interactives
Ankush pointed out these great learning contents from BBC - Science & Nature : Human Body and Mind.... From
soulsoup on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
But I want double meat!
Ordering pizza in a surveillance society. Connected society or intrusion in privacy? A little diversion from the soul of the soulsoup. Via: MetaFilter... From
soulsoup on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
DIY-IT
In this conversation with host/producer Doug Kaye, Doc explains the vision he's been speaking and writing about since early 2003: do-it-yourself IT (DIY-IT). He suggests that we view the construction industry and its vendors as a model for commodity component-based application development. He says this is a "corner of the market you're not going to see when you look at vendor sports, the supply side...Really powerful things happen when the demand side starts to supply itself." Read and/or Listen Recomended by Jay Cross Doc's Blog... From
soulsoup on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
Why I Teach Online Courses
Why I Teach Online Courses by George P. Schell at elearnmag Why should college faculty teach online courses when there's substantial evidence that it's probably detrimental to their promotion and tenure? That said, I have to admit that I teach online courses. By the time you've finished reading this column I hope that you will become an advocate for online courses.... From
soulsoup on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
Life beyond content
Do we have a content problem? a pinch of uneasiness from Sebastian Fiedler .. loads of people still appear to be obsessed with problems and questions around "content" or "content delivery." Learning objects here, instructional design patterns there... oh, and then let's not forget about ontologies (when and why did the tech folks nick this term from philosophy?). The thing is... I don't think I have a content problem. And if I think about young adults in higher education in the so-called first world, I don't see much of a content problem, either. You want to learn about somethin From
soulsoup on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
Salesforce automation and eLearning
Salesnet Releases E-Learning Tool If the salesforce automation field has learned anything in the past five years, has to be this: You can lead salespeople to software, but you cannot make them use it. Overview of the Salesnet e-learning application with attention to its focus (increasing sales, as opposed to management and administration) and the use of a 'sandbox' to allow applications to be tested before deployment. Via: Stephen's Web Footnote: Salesforce.com implemented contextual eLearning within there CRM dashboard long time back.... From
soulsoup on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
RSS - The Next Big Thing Online
Mediathink Releases White Paper: 'Not Just for Nerds: RSS - The Next Big Thing Online' Via: Stephen's Web Watch out for the hype train in this item, a press release that links ultimately to a useful White Paper on the market position of various RSS aggregators (which is the part worth reading). Also worth noting is the paper's take on the impact of RSS on email. In a sentence: unless email providers solve the spam problem within the next few months, they will lose their entire market to the world of RSS tools and aggregators. The White Paper also has... From
soulsoup on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
HMS Belfast
Tour The HMS Belfast (Flash) This detailed tour of the WWII Battleship, originally designed for a kiosk, interestingly enough. HMS Belfast served throughout the Second World War, playing a leading part in the destruction of the battle cruiser Scharnhorst, and also the Normandy Landings. In service with the Royal Navy until 1965, she was saved for the nation in 1971 as a unique reminder of Britain's naval heritage. Welcome to the web version of the HMS Belfast Virtual Tour, which was originally designed for an information kiosk. This was installed on board to enable visitors with limited m From
soulsoup on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
Redefining Working In The Virtual World
Mike Heck, a reviewer for the weekly trade publication InfoWorld has just published a review of Groove Virtual Office v3.0. It's great to see that we received an overall "Excellent" rating and a score of 8.6 out of a possible 10. Here's what Heck had to say: "In large organizations i... From
Kolabora.com on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Jul 19
Today's highlights: Linspire PhoneGaim; Are phone numbers dead?; Data Connection MeetingServer; admin-on-air; IMWatching; Linspire (previously Lindows) released PhoneGaim, a plug-in that adds voice-over-IP capabilities to the Gaim instant messaging client. Features SIP-based VoIP service. An optiona... From
Kolabora.com on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
Voxwire works well
I've recently been testing the Voxwire service and been very pleased with it's performance. The voice quality is good and the interface reasonably easy to use. I found that a headset microphone provides better output than desktop mic. Text ... From
Kolabora.com on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
Online Dispute Resolution & Groove
Earlier this month, Sanjana Yajitha Hattotuwa, a Rotary World Peace Scholar at the University of Queensland, spoke at the Third Annual Forum on Online Dispute Resolution in Melbourne, Australia. The event was hosted by the International Conflict Resolution Centre at the University of Melbourne in c... From
Kolabora.com on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
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Dan Gillmor of the San Jose Mercury News is doing some interesting blogging from Hawaii, where he's observing a civil/military exercise called Strong Angel II. Dan wrote an excellent column about this endeavor back in May. It's definitely worth a read. Groove is being used by the Strong Angel II p... From
Kolabora.com on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Jul 21
Today's highlights: Near-Time Flow 1.0.1; Macromedia Contribute 3 and the Web Publishing System; META Group on LCS 2005; Parlano and xtendx; Gordano GMS 10; Winfessor SoapBox Framework 1.9; BrokerTalk; Market readiness for collaborative workspaces; Near-Time is working towards the release... From
Kolabora.com on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
SkypeOut beats them all
SkypeOut rates to beat every call-by-call service provider. Excited, I called a few friends. First, I called using Skype (in disguise) - then I told them that I was using SkypeOut and asked them to pick up the phone again, ... From
Kolabora.com on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
The quality of democracy on 9/11/04
Via Steven Cohen, I see that Library Techtonics has pointed to a group attempting to shift a portion of the 9/11 activity this year to the topic of democracy. The September Project seeks to "share and discuss your ideas about democracy, citizenship, and patriotism through public talks, roundtables, and performances" at libraries and other community sites that day. Examples of the events planned include: Open Forums: Coordinate an open forum that encourages active dialogue... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on July 21, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..
Insane or otherwise
I saw Spiderman 2 today, and sitting in front of me was a woman who had brought along a boy who was certainly no older than five. The previews were quite violent, as loud and shocking as usual, but not bloody; the feature, cartoon-like though it was, showed a man struggling with mature problems not softened by the genre or comforted by adult protection. The rating was PG-13, which would seem to predict something more or less like what we got, yet here was the small child being taken to... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on July 21, 2004 at 9:28 a.m..
Attending to the sentences
A year ago or so I noticed that bloggers talk about writing all the time but never talk about sentences, what they are and how they work. That still seems like a mistake. Lance Armstrong talks about gears and tires, doesn't he? From
Weblogs in Higher Education on July 21, 2004 at 9:28 a.m..
The elastic universe
I'm catching on later than most people, I'm sure, but it's been a blast over the last day or two to see how the same text can be transformed by bringing it into contact with a very different style sheet. I've taken one of the off-the-shelf page templates from ExpressionEngine, changed colors and moved some of the blog features this way and that, and then carried on one step further with a printer-friendly page that strips away most of the elements, and the paragraphs are, of course,... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on July 21, 2004 at 9:28 a.m..
More on the UK report
Call for freely available science, BBC, July 20, 2004. An unsigned story on the UK report. Excerpt: "[The report] wants publicly funded research to be made freely available online by means of archived digital information banks. At present, access is limited to those who can afford costly journal fees. These subscriptions have risen dramatically in recent years, and amount to several hundred pounds a year for some titles." If you have Real Player, then listen to
Open Access News on July 21, 2004 at 9:27 a.m..
More on the UK report
Bobby Pickering,
MPs brand scientific publishing 'unsatisfactory', Information World Review, July 20, 2004. Excerpt: "In a report that committee member Paul Farrelly (Labour MP, Newcastle-under-Lyme) described as 'extremely balanced and heavily caveated', the committee recommended that all UK higher education bodies should establish institutional repositories 'on which their published output can be stored and from which it can be read, free of charge, online'. It also recommends that Research Councils and other gov From
Open Access News on July 21, 2004 at 9:27 a.m..
How do we climb the walls... ?
Another interesting posting I'd like to follow is Sebastian's news pertaining to
Linking Course ? . I'm intrigued with the question mark, particularly since in the Northeast, here in the US, this is quite logical yet highly problematic. For instance, when I went down to Emerson College to do a
presentation, we discussed this at great length. The problem is, perhaps as Sebastian all From
Seblogging News on July 21, 2004 at 8:18 a.m..
Blogs for the people
Only yesterday I talked about such a scenario. Obviously innovation emerges at the fringes - as we know. Which community is next - cities, villages, districts, neighborhoods ...? There is even an organisation in France tha... From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on July 21, 2004 at 8:13 a.m..
Gmail's DHTML interface points to the future of "good enough" - BlogTalk 2.0 takeaway Part 3
Another random takeaway. The next generation of web app "good enough" will incorporate the lessons learned from Gmail: leverage cross browser and cross platform DTHML and JavaScript to create a web app that is more dynamic and responsive and therefore is closer to a native application. And since most social software is a web app, this is a lesson for those developers. Don't think this is a profound or new idea but it's been burning in the back of my head since I left Vienna. From
Roland Tanglao's Weblog on July 21, 2004 at 6:59 a.m..
Profile of Highwire Press
Marla Misek,
HighWire Press: Keeping the Scholars in Scholarly Publishing, EContent, July 1, 2004. Excerpt: "The goals of [Highwire Press], which today serves roughly 150 client publishers, were twofold: 'to improve the delivery of scientific research articles through the Web and to help reputable, small- to medium-sized scholarly publishers make the transition to the online environment both efficiently and economically.' Nine years later, the urgency of these goals is palpable. 'The basic pro From
Open Access News on July 21, 2004 at 6:58 a.m..
Barriers to health info are barriers to health
Fiona Godlee, Neil Pakenham-Walsh, Dan Ncayiyana, Barbara Cohen, and Abel Packer,
Can we achieve health information for all by 2015? The Lancet, July 9, 2004. Abstract: "Universal access to information for health professionals is a prerequisite for meeting the Millennium Development Goals and achieving Health for All. However, despite the promises of the information revolution, and some successful initiatives, there is little if any evidence that the majority of health professionals in From
Open Access News on July 21, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..
More on the NIH OA plan
Andrea Foster,
House Committee Tells NIH to Post Research Results Online and Make Them Free, Chronicle of Higher Education, July 19, 2004 (accessible only to subscribers). Excerpt: "In a coup for the open-access movement, the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has recommended that the National Institutes of Health provide the public with free, online access to articles resulting from research it has financed. The recommendation is included in a report that accompanies a spending bill for the Depa From
Open Access News on July 21, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..
More on Google indexing of OAI-compliant archives
Kinley Levack,
A Giant Leap for Academia? Google Ventures into DSpace, EContent, EContent, July/August, 2004. Excerpt: "DSpace is open-source software designed to assist colleges and universities in creating, managing, and maintaining digital repositories. There are currently about 125 schools using this software, but no tool existed that enabled searching across repositories instead of just within them. [PS: Untrue, but these tools are not as popular or comprehensive as Google.] Enter Google into DSpace. From
Open Access News on July 21, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..
On academic publishing costs
Robert E. Filman,
Not Free, But Relatively Inexpensive, IEEE Internet Computing 8(4), 4-6 (July/August 2004). Filman doesn't mention open access as such, but argues that the public perceive web publishing as "naturally free." He points out the value of peer review and editing towards producing a quality publication and that journal publishers "offer certification, which remains one of the few places that people ignore price tags." Democratization and economic efficiency afforded by the internet threaten traditional From
Open Access News on July 21, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..
UK House committee releases its report on open access
About 90 minutes ago, the UK House of Commons
Science and Technology Committee released the long-awaited report on its inquiry into journal prices and open access, Scientific Publications: Free for All? Here's my summary of the major recommendations:
The government should provide funds for all UK universities to launch open-access institutional repositories. Authors of articles based on government-funded research should deposit copies in their institutional repositories. --> From Open Access News on July 21, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..
Pharmaceutical journals from AAPS
AAPS, the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, publishes a couple of free, online journals in the area of pharmaceutical research and development. One of the journals has undergone a title change, with the appropriate assignment of a new ISSN for the new title, in the last couple of months.
AAPS PharmSci From Open Access News on July 21, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..
More on the UK report
Here are three press releases from friends of open access.
From PLoS: "The report released today by the Science and Technology Committee of the United Kingdom's House of Commons, 'Scientific Publications: Free for All?' insists that the 'published output' of UK higher education institutions must be made available such that 'it can be read, free of charge, online,' and provides a practical roadmap for achieving this goal. 'The From
Open Access News on July 21, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..
More on the UK report
Jeremy Warner,
Outlook: Reed Elsevier, The Independent, July 20, 2004. Excerpt: "With more than 35 per cent of the global market for scientific publishing in UK hands (besides Reed Elsevier, there's Taylor & Francis and Blackwell Publishing), Britain doesn't so much lead this industry as dominate it. There is no other global industry where this is the case. You might have thought the body politic would be careful to nurture and encourage such an outstanding British success story. Regrettably, that From
Open Access News on July 21, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..
More on the UK report
David Litterick,
MPs damn profits of scientific publishers, The Telegraph, July 20, 2004. Excerpt: "MPs have launched a stinging attack on the scientific publishing industry and called on the Government to press for change 'as a matter of urgency'....The committee called on publishers to keep profit margins 'at a reasonable and sustainable level'. Reed Elsevier, which has the largest market share in scientific publishing, has an opera From
Open Access News on July 21, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..
More on the UK report
Richard Wray,
MPs back free access to research results, The Guardian, July 20, 2004. Excerpt: "The 118-page report stops short of fully endorsing the open access publishing movement, where authors are charged for their research to be made freely available to everyone on the web, but 'strongly supports' further experimentation with this new business model....But advocates of open access warmly welcomed the report as heralding a dramatic change in the way scientific research is disseminated. 'The repor From
Open Access News on July 21, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..
More on the UK report
Clive Cookson,
Call for shake-up in way scientific journals provided, Financial Times, July 20, 2004. Excerpt: "Researchers and publishers should be encouraged by the government to make a fundamental change in the way scientific journals are provided, the Commons science committee says, so that anyone with a computer can have free, open access to research findings....Ian Gibson, chairman, said the committee decided to investigate scientific publishing because the government - From
Open Access News on July 21, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..
More on the UK report
Stephen Pincock,
UK committee backs open access, The Scientist, July 20, 2004. Excerpt: "Jan Velterop, publisher of BioMedCentral, a for-profit publisher of open-access journals, called the report an important milestone in the open-access movement. (BioMedCentral is a partner with The Scientist.) 'The overall report...is really a ringing endorsement of the whole concept of open access to scientific material,' Velterop said. 'It definitely is a major development. I even think that with hindsight, we may look bac From
Open Access News on July 21, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..
OA to govt docs through P2P
Kim Zetter,
Downloading for Democracy, Wired News, July 19, 2004. Excerpt: "While legislators in Washington work to outlaw peer-to-peer networks, one website is turning the peer-to-peer technology back on Washington to expose its inner, secretive workings. But
outragedmoderates.org isn't offering copyright music and videos for download. The site, launched two weeks ago, has aggregated more than 600 government and court documents to make them available for download throug From
Open Access News on July 21, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..
You are Not Alone
Approximately one-third of adults participate in some kind of education, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Education.... From
Adult/Continuing Education on July 21, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..
BlogTalk 2.0 impressions
I have thrown together a page with some photos from BlogTalk 2.0. This time I am experimenting with
flickr photo service. The Manila page
BlogTalk 2.O impressions simply pulls an RSS feed of all my public flickr photos that are tagged BlogTalk 2. Let's see how that goes... Will publish more photos during the next few days. From
Seblogging News on July 21, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..
Apple 'launches Longhorn' with better search, graphics
... However even Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field began to wobble when he described how the Safari Browser "has always been at the cutting edge." (Only if you've been stuck in a time capsule since 1995, and are still impressed with Netscape 2.0, we reckon). Safari will get Arse-Feed support (both RSS and Atom) in the next version, which the audience met with a stunned silence... Aha... this is how From
Seblogging News on July 21, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..
Call for papers for LOKMOL 2005
1st International Workshop on Learner-Oriented Knowledge Management & KM-Oriented E-Learning (LOKMOL 2005) Workshop affiliated to 3rd Conference on Professional Knowledge Management (WM 2005) 10 April - 13 April 2005, Kaiserslautern, Germany. http://wm2005.iese.fhg.de/workshop3-en.html MOTIVATION AND BACKGROUND An interview based From
Seblogging News on July 21, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..
Do we have a content problem?
Lately I am thinking quite a bit about some impressions that I gathered during my (unhealthy?) conference marathon (Ed-Media 2004, I-Know '04 and BlogTalk 2.0). I cannot help it ... but loads of people still appear to be obsessed with problems and questions around "content" or "content delivery." Learning objects here, instructional design patterns there... oh, and then let's not forget about ontologies (when and why did the tech folks nick this term from philosophy?). The thing is... I don't think I have a content problem. And if I think ab From
Seblogging News on July 21, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..
The Blog as a Meaningful Business Tool
The following survey is a part of a research project with Matthew Lin (MBA Candidate) and Dr. Gregory Fleet at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John. The purpose of this project is to gather information regarding how weblogs are used by business people and to understand the value weblogs provide in the workplace... If you have a few minutes, please take a look at Matthew's survey ... [< From
Seblogging News on July 21, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..
Content Content Everywhere...
Yup, it's not going away, Seb
hears content ... content ... content on his conference marathon and, well, immerse yourself in any Australian context and you're likely to have a similarly depressing experience: digital object managements systems, multimedia repositories, toolboxes, objects... objects... objects... objects :o( Sigh, I recently [informally] heard some results of a pretty extensive survey into what students viewed as important in online learning and, guess what, content is up there too. Th From
James Farmer's Radio Weblog on July 21, 2004 at 6:55 a.m..
Cybernetics, e-learning and the education system - Oleg Liber
[via Seb whose post I link to in the previous posting] Outstanding! "For those concerned about the constraints of the formal education system, VLEs at first seemed to offer new possibilities for learning. They promised to lift the constraints of time and geography, allowing learners to have access from any location at times suited to them, but while still allowing them to part of a learning community in constant contact, and not isolated distance learners. They offered the possibility of realising a range of pedagogical models embracing active, open, collaborative and learner-cen From
James Farmer's Radio Weblog on July 21, 2004 at 6:55 a.m..
CommonSpot Intro
Today I saw a presentation from our marketing department about CommonSpot, the content management software ECU has chosen to use. Looks very promising. Should save us some headaches as we try to revamp our department site. Word has it, since... From
Martindale Matrix on July 21, 2004 at 6:55 a.m..
Content is deposed
Halley retrieves an article from 2001 about content not being king - an idea, by the way, that goes back a ways - and two days later, Content World 2004 folds for lack of interest and the company puts some of its assets up for sale, including contentmanagement.com, content.net and Content Digest. Coincidence or are we all just Halley's puppets?... From
Joho the Blog on July 21, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..
Fun with redirection
Interested in Intel's free source code for loading and saving JPGs? Great! Start here.... ...where you'll find a handy link to here... ...which will redirect you to here... ...which will redirect you to here... ...which will redirect you to here... ... which doesn't have the information you were first looking for. Two questions: 1. Any examples of redirect chains longer than this? 2. How long before all our sites are like that?... From
Joho the Blog on July 21, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..
Down all day
My site has been down all day. I don't know if email got through, but at least this site is back up. Obviously.... From
Joho the Blog on July 21, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..
From TypePad to MT
I'm sitting here at Da Berkman with Rebecca MacKinnon who is trying to move her site from TypePad to Movable Type. The export of data from one to the other went fine, but TypePad has "type lists" - blogrolls or anything else you want to list, including RSS feeds - that don't export easily to MT. Anyone know an elegant way of doing it?... From
Joho the Blog on July 21, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..
Disclosed dislocations
Knight Ridder discloses one of the undisclosed locations the Cheney has been hiding in, a hole in the ground. So, I thought it was Osama who's been reduced to living in caves...... From
Joho the Blog on July 21, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..
I'm not covering the convention
Joe Gandelman responds to the LA Times commentary that takes us Convention bloggers down a couple of pegs. Joe points to the resentment journalists feel towards bloggers because we haven't "paid our dues." True enough. Bloggers who think that just because they got a free account at www.BlogYourAss.com, they can now displace professional journalists are seriously underestimating the skills, dedication and value of real journalists. (Yes, real journalists.) Of course there are bloggers who are as skilled and dedicated as any professional journalist. In fact, some are professional journalist From
Joho the Blog on July 21, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..
Feed2JS Style Tools: Bonsai CSS Zen Garden?
I have just twiddled some new tools to help users of
Feed2JS to create their customized styles for output created by this service/script. In a total and polite rip off of the
css Zen Garden site, I am hoping some designers out there might mess around with the new style tools and submit some new ones to add to our collection. This was initiated by a number of emails from people asking basic questions like "I love what this does, but how do I get rid of the bullets on the listed items?" and "I cannot get any formatting to From
cogdogblog on July 21, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..
How to Stop HTML Thieves
A frequent question we get from our Writing HTML tutorial is: "what code can I use to prevent people from viewing/stealing the source code of my web pages?" and the answer is very similar to what i say to people when they want to protect their images on web pages from being stolen- if you do not want someone out there to "steal" your web images-- keep them off the internet. All of the techniques out there, JavaScript disabling of right mouse clicks is baby stuff to circumvent. But rather than respond with my own tirade, I typically gently suggest t From
cogdogblog on July 21, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..
Take the 'A' Train
Just opened a bottle of red, Chateau de la Negly. La Falaise 1999 . After all this yesterdays hardship I had a very pleasant meeting with a group of 4 from a Viennese Volkshochschule (a kind of community college). We discu... From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on July 21, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..
Tell me
Nothing new but good to repeat it. It's all about innovation. Interesting survey of blog readers by Blogads eMarketer Are Blogs Ready for Prime-Time? June 16, 2004 ...A partial profile of blog readers reveals: * 54% of... From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on July 21, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..
weaving
If you are interested in social networks, visualization and else you should subscribe to Danyel Fisher . He might share (while working on his PhD) some gems with you and others. From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on July 21, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..
Linking
We should do that, Sebastian, regardless of the students ;-) ! Linking courses? Thomas Burg and I are thinking and talking about linking the two courses we are going to teach this coming winter semester. Thomas will of... From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on July 21, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..
Working Drafts: XML Schema 1.1
2004-07-19: The XML Schema Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of XML Schema 1.1 in two parts: Part 1: Structures and Part 2: Datatypes. The drafts include change logs from the XML Schema 1.0 language and are based on version 1.1 requirements. XML schemas define shared markup vocabularies, the structure of XML documents which use those vocabularies, and provide hooks to associate semantics with them. Visit the XML home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on July 21, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..
Microsoft Shareholders Rake It In
The Redmond, Washington, software maker finally figures out what to do with its stash of cash. Microsoft announces plans to pay shareholders up to $75 billion though dividends and stock buybacks. From
Wired News on July 21, 2004 at 6:49 a.m..
Duke Gives IPods to Freshmen
As an experiment in expanding the use of technology in learning, Duke University is giving a free iPod to each of its incoming freshmen. Oh, and the students can use 'em for digital music, too. By Katie Dean. From
Wired News on July 21, 2004 at 6:49 a.m..
Battlefield Tech for Aid Workers
New systems could make it easier for soldiers and relief workers to communicate and work together. Technologists meet in Hawaii to show off the latest breakthroughs. By Ann Harrison. From
Wired News on July 21, 2004 at 6:49 a.m..
Bush's NASA Plan Hits Speed Bump
A House panel votes to slash NASA's budget by $1.1 billion, a move that could delay the president's dreams of putting humans on Mars. Fortunately for him -- and NASA -- some Senate bills could come to the rescue. By Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on July 21, 2004 at 6:49 a.m..
Digital TV With a German Accent
U.S. lawmakers torn over how to get the analog TV spectrum out of the hands of broadcasters may take a cue from Berlin, which went digital without a hitch. Michael Grebb reports from Washington. From
Wired News on July 21, 2004 at 6:49 a.m..
Blogging Against Convention
Traditional media love to look down their nose at bloggers. But at this year's Democratic convention, the 35 bloggers covering the festivities could liven things up. Hell, a couple of them could even become traditional media stars. By Adam L. Penenberg. From
Wired News on July 21, 2004 at 6:49 a.m..
Inside Look at Birth of the IPod
A former manager of the company tasked with making the hit device tells of the glitches that almost killed it, how Apple strained to keep it secret and how Steve Jobs molded it to his liking. By Leander Kahney. From
Wired News on July 21, 2004 at 6:49 a.m..
Small Business Web Site Design in Riverside California: "Web Designer? You Don't Need No Stinkin' Web Designer!"
If you are an entrepreneur living in the Riverside, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Bernardino, Palm Springs, or Orange County area and thinking about creating an internet presence, you may not have to hire a professional web site designer to do that for you. The Web Site Tutor, a web design and training firm in Riverside, can teach you how to design and maintain your web site at a fraction of the cost of professional outsourcing. The company's on-site, hands-on tutorials are conducted at the location of your choice. [PRWEB Jul 21, 2004] From
PR Web on July 21, 2004 at 6:48 a.m..
Mr. Eldred's continuing wars
Eric Eldred is in more trouble. As
this story reports, he's been trying to give away public domain books away. The park service doesn't like it. From
Lessig Blog on July 21, 2004 at 6:48 a.m..
Oracle backs Asian Linux project
The database powerhouse certifies its software to work on Asianux, a version of Linux made by Japan's Miracle Linux and China's Red Flag Software. From
CNET News.com on July 21, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Technology to widen Amber Alerts
Off topic but worth noting (with the hope that this will be forwarded to someone who can make this happen). What I want: a simple line of Javascript that I can insert into my webpage that displays nothing most of the time, but which will display the Amber Alert when it is invoked. From experience, I know that it would be installed on hundreds of thousands of blogs and other websites. The technology is dead simple; all that is needed is a server that can handle several hundred thousand hits a day and a simple JS writing mechanism. Anybody wants, I'll provide the software to do it for free. From
OLDaily on July 21, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Mediathink Releases White Paper: 'Not Just for Nerds: RSS - The Next Big Thing Online'
Watch out for the hype train in this item, a press release that links ultimately to a useful White Paper on the market position of various RSS aggregators (which is the part worth reading). Also worth noting is the paper's take on the impact of RSS on email. In a sentence: unless email providers solve the spam problem within the next few months, they will lose their entire market to the world of RSS tools and aggregators. The White Paper also has some good diagrams of the flow of information in RSS networks; you'll have to use the capture mode of your image editing software to get th From
OLDaily on July 21, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Reading Online Text: A Comparison of Four White Space Layouts
I have always maintained that white space is an important element in web page design (the same dictum extends to things like email messages). While not the last word on the subject, this study lends empirical support to my belief, showing that while people read pages with margins a bit more slowly, they comprehend more. And while leading (the space between lines) does not affect comprehension, readers report dissatisfaction and greater eyestrain with suboptimal leading. I wish the article had looked at more things, such as the length of paragraphs (more than eight lines is pushing it, in my vi From
OLDaily on July 21, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
there is always a way to your files
Today started off as one of the worst in my short history as a Mac-user. A folder, its subfolder and files were completely gone. They weren't invisible and not in the .trash. By 1:00 pm I was in complete despair. 1 year of... From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on July 20, 2004 at 5:30 p.m..
Need some fresh air
Damned spammers, and damned Enetation . I received some 42 comments spams. Trying to delete and ban the IP wasn't possible because I can't access my account. I mean I can access it but I don't see anything as long as I'm l... From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on July 20, 2004 at 5:30 p.m..
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
Why? Because organizations don't "have the ability to conduct candid conversations about internal problems... According to our studies, the most effective way for a leader to realign his company is to facilitate open and honest conversation about any barriers the organization is facing." What? Haven't they heard of weblogs? Anyway, this article lists 4 methods to foster organization-wide conversations:
Advocate, inquire, repeatCut to the chaseBe open a From elearningpost on July 20, 2004 at 5:30 p.m..
Oh, Please
AP: Advocacy groups challenge Fox News slogan. Fox News' use of the slogan "Fair and Balanced" constitutes deceptive advertising, two political advocacy groups claimed today in a petition filed with the Federal Trade Commission. The argument that Fox News' bogus slogan is less protected as free speech because it's commercial -- and commercial speech gets less absolute First Amendment protection than other kinds -- misses the point. Fox News' purpose with the slogan From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 20, 2004 at 5:30 p.m..
Collaboration, Up Close and From Afar
With great regret, I bid my goodbyes yesterday to the folks at the
Strong Angel II demonstration, but I'm staying well-connected to the project in several ways. One is by using software that has become a crucial component to the project,
Groove, the collaboration software that just hit its 3.0 milestone. Groove does so many things, but at its heart is a peer-to-peer networking system, replete with widgets and tools and fully encrypted at every level. In situations like the ones the Strong Angel teams are From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 20, 2004 at 5:30 p.m..
New toy
Why not? I haven't taught summer school in years, and the Shanghai income has been burning a hole. I ordered in-ear headphones, a car cassette adapter and the Belkin portable speakers and microphone adapter too. Time to explore audio realms. From
homoLudens III on July 20, 2004 at 5:29 p.m..
Contractors Expose Taxpayer Data
IRS consultants working on the department's computers violate security rules, putting taxpayer information at risk of disclosure, according to Treasury Department inspectors. An IRS official contests the severity of the danger. From
Wired News on July 20, 2004 at 5:28 p.m..
Apple's Cheaper, Juicier IPod
In a move to fend off competitors in the digital music player field, Apple rolls out a cheaper iPod with an extended battery life. From
Wired News on July 20, 2004 at 5:28 p.m..
Game Companies Reissue Classics
As the 20th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System approaches, Nintendo and Capcom cash in on '80s nostalgia with re-releases of their classics, from Super Mario to Mega Man. But neither retro collection is perfect. By Chris Kohler. From
Wired News on July 20, 2004 at 5:28 p.m..
We Don't Need No Stinkin' Login
Increasingly, Web publishers are demanding that users register to read their sites, and increasingly, readers are getting annoyed and turning to sites like BugMeNot, which offers pre-made login profiles. By Rachel Metz. From
Wired News on July 20, 2004 at 5:28 p.m..
Bruddah Iz Gets Belated Buzz
Thanks to iTunes, Bruddah Iz, a Hawaiian singer who weighed 1,000 pounds at his death seven years ago, is generating as much interest as some of today's hottest pop stars. By Katie Dean. From
Wired News on July 20, 2004 at 5:28 p.m..
Changing the Face of Web Surfing
More and more companies are making up their own rules for websites, spawning a new kind of activist: the guerrilla Web redesigner. Robert Andrews reports from Cardiff, Wales. From
Wired News on July 20, 2004 at 5:28 p.m..
"Smart Moves 1" Music for Tots & Preschoolers is a 2004 Parents' Choice
AbridgeClub.com's newest children's educational music CD wins a spring 2004 Parents' Choice Approved Award. "Smart Moves 1" was recognized because of its creative approach to getting tots and preschoolers up and moving; a big parental concern in this era of childhood obesity. [PRWEB Jul 20, 2004] From
PR Web on July 20, 2004 at 5:28 p.m..
The declining state of diner dining
A rather disheartening article in the week's New York magazine, The Death of the Diner: What's killing the cheeseburger deluxe? Sad but true: The classic New York coffee shop is fading fast. The recession is part of the problem; according to Pan Gregorian Enterprises, a purchasing co-op for coffee shops and diners that has 475 local members, revenues were down 20 percent last year. But there are other forces at work, from skyrocketing rents to Starbucks hegemony, that are forcing coffee-shop owners...into retirement. Some of my favorite Manhattan places to eat are diners: in Tribec From
megnut on July 20, 2004 at 5:28 p.m..
How Has Kuro5hin Changed Your Life?
Has K5 caused you to take up a new hobby? Changed your political views? Awakened you to a new skill, recipe, sport, or activity? Prodded you into learning to write or keeping a diary? Recommended a good book or published an especially pleasing short story? Introduced you to a friend? From
kuro5hin.org on July 20, 2004 at 5:27 p.m..
Have your say about the Government Education Portal
The Government Education Portal points the way to authoritative online resources, news and events about education and training in Australia. The portal has been redesigned with a new look and feel, using technology that enables it to provide the latest information to different audiences and sectors such as parents, policy makers, and adult and community education. Visit the portal and complete our user satisfaction survey to enter the draw to receive a free gift. Seventy-five to be won! Your response to the survey will contribute to improving this service to the Australian community. From
EdNA Online on July 20, 2004 at 5:27 p.m..
NET*Working 2004: Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for the NET*Working 2004 Conference, 'Inspiration and Inclusion', to be held from 8-19 November. This premier national conference features both online and local face-to-face events in all States and Territories and will be the year's most accessible and cost effective professional development opportunity available within VET. It is anticipated that more than 3,000 delegates will participate in NET*Working 2004. Details about the conference, registration and how to subscribe to NET*Working 2004 News Alerts to receive regular email updates about the confer From
EdNA Online on July 20, 2004 at 5:27 p.m..
On-line MBA Course Goes Live
Universitas 21 hasn't gone away. According to this item it is still plugging its flagship MBA program. Note the marketing pitch: "Those behind the course are hoping that flexibility and its low cost of EUR14,900 -- which includes all required texts -- should attract a number of potential students to 340 students already enrolled worldwide." Not exactly the spin we would have expected from the big name universities (who are not even mentioned in this article) that helped launch the initiative and were supposed to give it strong branding. Via Online Learning Update. By Deirdre McArdle, ENN