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Revolution or Remediation? A Study of Electronic Scholarly Editions on the Web
http://www.hb.se/bhs/ith/1-7/lklm.pdf Het Zweedse online tijdschrift Human IT publiceert regelmatig, ook in het Engels, over elektronisch publiceren. In de eerste aflevering van 2004 staat een interessant artikel van Lina Karlsson en Linda Malm, met als titel 'Revolution or Remediation? A Study of Electronic Scholarly Editions on the Web'. Karlsson en Malm onderzoek van een groot aantal vrij beschikbare elektronische edities in hoeverre ze de 'belofte' van het Internet waarmaken. Ze beoordelen daarvoor de edities op de kenmerken hypertekstualiteit, interactiviteit en hyperm From
CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on August 19, 2004 at 5:13 p.m..
Monkeymagic: Feeds & Faces
Monkeymagic has a
simple yet compelling suggestion for improving RSS feeds: Add a photo of the author. Why not put a picture pane in the RSS reader so that you can see who is talking? Beyond creating a sense of intimacy that may, over time, help foster more nad different… From
e-Literate on August 19, 2004 at 5:12 p.m..
Weblogs and Communities of Practice
Here’s a thoughtful post comparing communities of practice to networks of weblogs, apparently distilled from a discussion group at the Blogwalk conference. The short summary:
Weblogs are more respectful of their authors and of their audience Weblogs are better connecting tools Communities are better social structures for problem-solving, knowledge stewarding… From
e-Literate on August 19, 2004 at 5:12 p.m..
New York Times on blogging and education
The New York Times has an article on blogging and education, describing a series of implications and effects. For teachers, blogs are attractive because they require little effort to maintain, unlike more elaborate classroom Web sites, which were once heralded... From
MANE IT Network on August 19, 2004 at 5:12 p.m..
Good points
I almost missed this. Reading stuff like this makes me think we are near the tipping point of something really big. If I wanted to read into this some, IMHO I would say Eric is thinking how he ties his service,
audioblog.com into
OpenMedia.org or something like it. I would say he sees changes/opportunities coming. He's just thinking about what makes the most sense for his service/company to capitalize on the opportunity about ready to present itself. Like blogging, he proba From
unmediated on August 19, 2004 at 5:09 p.m..
MCE Updates QuickStream DV
So MCE Technologies has released
a new version of its QuickStream DV, an external. ruggedized FireWire hard drive with a few tricks up its sleeve that makes it a useful companion to any DV camcorder. In fact, it pretty much removes the need for DV tape entirely by connecting directly to your camera&ap From
unmediated on August 19, 2004 at 5:09 p.m..
Videoblogs on TV
lately I've been obsessing about where videoblogging is going. Then, Peter sent this little piece of insight: "So I just realized this: once videoblogging becomes couchable, politics will follow.
Drazen said politics happens on the couch.
Lucas says videoblogging should happen on the couch."Then I remembered something that Alan from Demand Media wrote:"Lucas' blog post has the From
unmediated on August 19, 2004 at 5:09 p.m..
Most of You Visit Here Weekly (Survey Results, Part 2)
(NOTE: This is part 2 of a series exploring the results of the 2004 CONTENTIOUS
Reader Survey, which was completed by 157 respondents as of Aug. 18, 2004. See the complete
index for more survey results. Additional results will be published in future entries.) On the 2004 CONTENTIOUS Reader Survey, question 2 was: How often do you typically read CONTENTIOUS articles? Here are the results for the 153 respondents who answered th From
Contentious Weblog on August 19, 2004 at 5:09 p.m..
The Olympics Online in Poland
You'd don't have to be able to read Polish to appreciate the Olympics work being done by
Gazeta.pl, a Polish portal with news and thematic channels, e-mail, and communities. Pawel Wujec, director of programming for the Internet division of
Agora SA, told me about it in an e-mail. (I hope others will continue to write to me about their Olympic sites and interactive features.) On Friday, Wujec suggests, "Check out Agata Wrobel, the most flamboyant woman weightlifter i From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 19, 2004 at 5:08 p.m..
When They Announce Layoffs, Are They Hiring?
Kudos to Sasha Talcott and Wendy Lee of the Boston Globe, who wrote the
excellent story today about layoffs by Bank of America Corp. of hundreds of workers at former FleetBoston Financial Corp. offices. Why? They did the smart thing, and checked online to see if the company had any jobs posted. It did. Despite the layoffs, the company is hiring: "Both banks do seem to be in the market for part-time tellers," the story noted. "Of 11 teller jobs posted recently by Fleet on
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Shared Spaces Briefing, Aug 20
Today's highlights: PocketMac BlackBerry Edition; RSS feeds for Exchange Public Folder and Calendar Changes; IGC Brava! Enterprise; Microsoft's messaging strategy; PocketMac released PocketMac BlackBerry Edition, which enables synchronization between a Mac and a BlackBerry using iSync. "ocketMac Bla... From
Kolabora.com on August 19, 2004 at 5:08 p.m..
Student forums at Ed-Media - Montreal
The Ed-Media 2005 Conference is being held in Montreal next spring. They are introducing a student panels thread and some other features to make the conference more attractive to student participants. Read the following letter we received from the person... From
Rick's Café Canadien on August 19, 2004 at 5:07 p.m..
Students posting bibliographies
Or heading in that direction, at least. I'm working with some of our reference librarians on a regular series of bibliographies that address election issues (though they are doing all the research, I should say). The series is posted on ADP/SB, our new daily democracy publication, and there have been two so far, one on stem cell research and one on swing states. The series is an important part of the publication, but I also hope that as it evolves it will stand as a good model... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on August 19, 2004 at 5:06 p.m..
No login required to comment
Thanks to occasional reminders from a reader or two, I've finally taken the time to figure out how to remove the login requirement for commenting here. I think the comments are now working properly without login, but let me know if you find otherwise. Thanks. From
Weblogs in Higher Education on August 19, 2004 at 5:06 p.m..
Power struggle in the computer labs
Today's Times article, "When Gadgets Get in the Way," portrays the lecture hall and computer lab as sites of struggle between teacher and students, with students frequently turning to instant messaging and email or surfing the Internet instead of attending to the task at hand. In response, some teachers threaten to shut down computers before students can save their work or capture inappropriate surfing trails and present them to parents. There is no doubt that a power... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on August 19, 2004 at 5:06 p.m..
An options trader's diary - another Trader Blog
Someday I will understand the market and therefore understand what the h*ck this person is writing about :-) ! From
An option trader's diary: QUOTEThis weblog is my way to objectify my trading activities, to add some dimensionality to my thought processes, to maintain discipline and to keep me honest. I'll be discussing my trades and my rationale behind each of them.UNQUOTE From
Roland Tanglao's Weblog on August 19, 2004 at 5:06 p.m..
On being a geek and TabletPC
Although I still
do not feel comfortable being percieved as a geek, now I start feeling a bit like one. I've got a TabletPC with lots of gadgets one may want :) It was a long time since I wanted a laptop of my own instead of taking one spare at work. I wanted it light and small and always connected. I tried PDA and it didn't work (too small and not functional enough for writing and finishing presentations in trains). There are enough people around to push me for a Mac (and watching
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High Turnover: Should You Care?
Es geht um "Knowledge Nomads" (und da habe ich mich irgendwie angesprochen gefühlt), die - hochmobil und flexibel - regelmäßig Arbeitgeber und Jobs wechseln (auch wenn das nicht oder nur bedingt auf meinen Lebenslauf zutrifft). Arbeitgeber sind jetzt verunsichert: Sie... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on August 19, 2004 at 5:04 p.m..
More on the draft Scottish Declaration on OA
Mark Chillingworth,
Scots declare support for open access, Information World Review, August 19, 2004. Excerpt: "Scotland's academic library community has declared its support for Open Access (OA) journal publishing. The Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (
SCURL), has released a draft declaration describing the current subscription model as unsustainable. 'We believe that the interests of Scotland will be best served by the rapid adoption of open access,' SCURL states in it From
Open Access News on August 19, 2004 at 5:03 p.m..
Profile of Brewster Kahle
Matt Marshall,
Digitize and conquer, The Mercury News, August 19, 2004 (free but annoyingly extensive registration required). Excerpt: "Brewster Kahle, founder of San Francisco's Internet Archive, burns with a mission. He wants to ensure universal access to all human knowledge. And now he thinks that goal is within our grasp. The emergence of cheap data storage technology has made what once seemed a pipe dream distinctly possible -- digitizing and storing the entire Web, the world's 100 million books, 2 From
Open Access News on August 19, 2004 at 5:03 p.m..
OA to much of the back run of Cell Press journals
Starting in January 2005,
Cell Press will provide free online access to the archive of Cell Press journals back to 1995, with a 12-month moving wall to exclude recent issues. From the
press release: "Today's announcement by Cell Press represents an important change that will make a large part of the Cell Press journal archive freely accessible to the worldwide biomedical research community. Cell Press President and CEO Lynne Herndon commented, 'Our main goal is the From
Open Access News on August 19, 2004 at 5:03 p.m..
Planetwork Journal
Welcome to the debut of Planetwork Journal. In this issue we focus on the emerging systems for online social networking, and the new kinds of knowledge and information sharing they make possible. We also look at why the high bandwidth, low byte media terrain on the horizon could effect how news is reported – not to mention how our planet is understood. There is no denying the effect that technology, broadly speaking, has on society. But post dotcom bomb, to speak assertively about the potential of digital communications is often awkward, problematic. At Planetwork, From
Seblogging News on August 19, 2004 at 5:02 p.m..
After receiving my 15th request to be friends at Multiply.com
The feature I'd most like to see in any new social network: Import from some other social network. Get me out of the middle of re-re-re-re-confirming that I am so-and-so's dear friend. These social networks in my experience continue to be all maintenance and no value.... From
Joho the Blog on August 19, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..
Brookline i-neighborhood
Thanks to a recommendation by danah boyd, I've created an i-neighborhood for Brookline. The i-neighborhood site is an interesting experiment in adding a virtual layer to existing real world neighborhoods. (There's an interesting discussion of the nature of neighborhoods over at danah's site.) As of now, I am the only member of the Brookline i-neighborhood, and thus am, at last, lord and sovereign.... From
Joho the Blog on August 19, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..
A web standards checklist
A comprehensive
checklist for web standards-based design. One can use this checklist to:
to show the breadth of web standardsas a handy tool for developers during the production phase of websitesas an aid for developers who are interested in moving towards web standards From
elearningpost on August 19, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..
Republic or Empire
Gary Hart: The New Caesars. The United States cannot be simultaneously republic and empire. For evidence, see Rome (circa 65 B.C.). We salute the flag of the United States of America "and the Republic for which it stands." Since the time of the Greek city-states, republics have shared certain immutable qualities: civic virtue or citizen participation, popular sovereignty, resistance to corruption (by special interests) and a sense of the common good. Empires consolidate power in the hand From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on August 19, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..
Google, Beyond the IPO
(This is also my
column today in the
San Jose Mercury News.) The most over-hyped initial public offering since Netscape is almost over. Google's stock is about to be in public hands, and a bucket of new cash is about to land in the company's bank account and the pockets of insiders. The Mountain View company must now justify the $85-a-share price that its new investors plunked down. It must become a great enterprise, not just a good one. To do that, Google' From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on August 19, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..
Let the Quakes Save Themselves
My newspaper's editorial page wants to keep San Jose's local soccer team, the
Earthquakes, in town. Fine. But my colleagues also seem to want the taxpayers to help the fabulously wealthy owners of the team, the
Anschutz Group, with the cost of a new stadium. Let the Anschutz family pay for its own stadium. From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on August 19, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..
Important Copyright Ruling Favors Freedom
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has upheld the
Grokster decision, in which a peer-to-peer file-sharing service was ruled not to be violating copyright law. In that decision, a federal judge ruled, essentially, that a product that has legitimate uses can't be deemed illegal because some people use it for unlawful purposes. The appeals panel's
ruling (PDF) makes vital From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on August 19, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..
Grokster Wins
Grokster has won MGM v. Grokster. Analysis coming soon.... From
Lessig Blog on August 19, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..
Subway Sandwiches: "Warum sind die Amis so fett?"
That would be "Why are the Yanks so fat?" to you and I. This was the slogan used in Germany for a recent Subway/Super Size Me joint advertising campaign. Accompanying the advert was a rounded looking image (full size) of the Statue of Liberty carrying burgers and fries. Did Subway go too far in this campaign, or were they unfairly vilified for their jest? From
kuro5hin.org on August 19, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..
Charter Schools and Testing Collide
The education policy of the Bush administration is founded on two pillars: standardized testing and charter schools. However, as reported in this New York Times article (see also the audio archive at NPR or nonsubscription coverage at the Boston Globe) , the US Department of Education's own testing data show that nationwide, charter schools are, in aggregate, lagging their public counterparts. From
kuro5hin.org on August 19, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..
Distributed Cooperation?
An
article in the Harvard Business School publication
Working Knowledge (via
elearningpost) reports that the "that the approaches and outcomes of cooperating groups are not just better than those of the average group member, but are better than even the group's best problem solver functioning alone." While this is no surprise, I can't help but wonder about the nature of cooperation in decentralized, distributed communicative From
apcampbell News on August 19, 2004 at 8:43 a.m..
A future google rival? - Tamlin Magee, Inquirer
Yet another search engine has been announced, this one called AnooX, which its creators are promising is "a better search engine than Google or Yahoo." Is that just a crazy claim, with no backing? AnooX seem to think it's got something revolutionary u From
Techno-News Blog on August 19, 2004 at 8:38 a.m..
Wired News: It's Just the 'internet' Now
Wired News a publicat articolul It's Just the 'internet' Now in urma caruia nu va mai scrie cu majuscula Inter... Net, Web; argumentul este acela ca internetul este tot un mijloc de comunicare, ... From
WeBlog.ro feeds on August 19, 2004 at 7:48 a.m..
Blogdigger, Private RSS Feeds, RSS-LOM
Spuneam ieri despre utilitatea Blogdigger in a crea un grup de weblog-uri ale studentilor de la un curs sau ale unor persoane care lucreaza la un proiect comun/ fac parte dintr-o comunitate. In ... From
WeBlog.ro feeds on August 19, 2004 at 7:48 a.m..
Thursday, August 19, 2004
The League's recent discussion about and old college professor reminded me of an instructor who taught Quantitative Business Analysis (a fancy name for a statistics class) at Baylor. From
RHPT.com on August 19, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..
The Last Word on Aqua Buttons
The Ultimate Aqua Button: Brian Edgin has written what he claims to be the very last word on creating aqua buttons in Fireworks. His tutorial gives the clearest explanation of the how and the why of creating a translucent button composition that I've ever seen, and I do believe I've seen them all. Heck, I've written one or two myself. Brian has also thrown down the gauntlet to you Photoshop users out there by the way. He claims that Fireworks is the best production graphics software... From
Brain Frieze on August 19, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..
A Gold Medal for Being Clueless
It's a little late in the year to be playing April Fool's jokes, but you might think that's what the Athens Olympic Committee is doing with its "
hyperlink policy." The Committee would like any Web publisher who plans to link to any of its
Athens2004.com pages to send a request letter to the "Internet Department" stating the reason for linking. "Once the request has been mailed, interested parties can proceed to include th From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 19, 2004 at 7:44 a.m..
Survey questionnaires
For the past while I have been concentrating on devising and constructing questionnaires that I will use to survey undergraduate students using or about to use an e-portfolio. I must admit I am finding this much harder than other survey... From
ERADC Blog on August 19, 2004 at 7:44 a.m..
Flickr's Organizr enables easy grouping of photos
Delicious or as the Germans say, "Total lecker". This is the best way to organize photos into groups and edit them! From
Flickr: Using the Organizr: QUOTEWe're pleased to introduce Organizr, the latest addition to the Flickr toolbox, to help you more easily store, sort, search and share your photos. Organizr is a powerful tool that enables you to quickly find and edit your photos, create sets and add your photos to group pools. Oh yeah - Organizr runs right in your browser. There&apo From
Roland Tanglao's Weblog on August 19, 2004 at 7:41 a.m..
Bildung aus der Fabrik
Ich kann nicht genau erkennen, was der aktuelle Aufhänger des Artikels ist. Das architektonische Kunstwerk oben - der geplante MobileLifeCampus der AutoUni in Wolfsburg - wäre sicher einer, wird aber nur kurz erwähnt. Es geht um die Zukunft der... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on August 19, 2004 at 7:39 a.m..
RSS Feeds for Comments/Trackbacks Per Blog Post
I cannot remember why I started down this MT template path, but it was a fun journey. Somehow I stumbled into
Phil Ringnalda's explanation on how to create RSS feeds for individual entries and comments. This seemed interesting- often when you write a comment to someone else's blog, there is no way to follow a discussion unless you remember to return to the comment (some blogs have email notifiers). Comments end up being tossed like darts with no followup. From
cogdogblog on August 19, 2004 at 7:35 a.m..
Radio-licious
If you're reading this, then Radio appears to be working again, heaven only knows why since we still don't know what was wrong with it in the first place. My hope is that it will keep working until the next version is available in two weeks (see the
Radio Roadmap). I'm thrilled to see that Userland is finally doing something with this software. It's been very frustrating to have upstreaming and aggregator problems recur every few months, to the point where I had given up on it. But here's the problem. I From
The Shifted Librarian on August 19, 2004 at 7:35 a.m..
My Favorite Is the Gateway 2000 Ad
PC World, 1990 "Last night I spent some time reading an issue of PC World magazine from September, 1990.... Just a few of the many interesting things in this issue:
News: Lotus Sues Borland (I was actually hired as an expert witness in that case, but it never went to trial). Microsoft Ad: $50 upgrade to Windows 3.0! Ad for Gateway 2000: Fully loaded 25 Mhz 486, 4 Meg RAM, 150 Meg hard drive, VGA: $5,295. Funk Software ad: Sideways, print your 1-2-3 spreadsheets sideways on your dot From The Shifted Librarian on August 19, 2004 at 7:35 a.m..
Segway Home Chicago
Segway Retailers Zip into Area "The first Segway Human Transporter stores are scheduled to open this weekend in Chicago and LaGrange. The pair will be the only Segway stores in the state and two of just 35 dealerships in the country..... ...The new shops will let consumers practice on the models so they can check them out before buying one." [
Chicago Sun-Times] LaGrange is the next suburb From
The Shifted Librarian on August 19, 2004 at 7:35 a.m..
Cell Phone Jukebox
Downloads on the Move in Europe "The ability to download complete tracks directly over cell-phone networks to mobile phones is becoming a reality in Europe. O2 Music, the music arm of U.K.-based international telecom operator mmO2, has started offering songs for download in Germany and the United Kingdom.... Since Aug. 1, U.K. owners of the new SX1 phones subscribing to O2 Music's Active Music Download service can buy songs from a repertoire of 100,000 titl From
The Shifted Librarian on August 19, 2004 at 7:35 a.m..
Decentralized Intelligence
Brilliant article by Duncan Watts on the advantages of loose connections and decentralized behavior. He cites many examples in which knowledge was created in a bottom-up manner. This follows David Snowden's
third dictum (PDF file) which states that "We only know what we know when we need to know it". From
elearningpost on August 19, 2004 at 7:34 a.m..
The scalability myth
At one time or another, nearly every kind of information technology has been judged and found wanting. The failures are often summed up in that most damning of epithets: "It doesn't scale." The reason, of course, is that at one time or another, for one reason or another, every kind of information technology has failed to scale. Unfortunately for the victims tarred with that brush, scalability is a wildly imprecise term. Applications may be expected to scale up to massive server farms or scale down to handsets. And size is only one axis o From
Jon's Radio on August 19, 2004 at 7:34 a.m..
Why Mozilla (Firefox) is better than Internet Explorer
I forget sometimes that other people that I work with don't use
Firefox or
Mozilla. I think it's critical for any web developer, but also there are fundamental features that are useful to average users too.Some of the distinctive features are listed on the Firefox page, but there are two that I'd like to highlight:My start up page is actually 5 web pages that I need to check on a daily basis. They open in tabs within the one browser window.Built-in p From
Serious Instructional Technology on August 19, 2004 at 7:33 a.m..
Supporting Student Autonomy Online
Supporting Student Autonomy Online: "Content needs social interaction wrapped around it. And since there aren't enough teachers to go around in the world, supporting students' autonomy (alone and in groups) is our only shot at taking all the learning objects in the world and making something like an educational experience from them."I am firmly of the opinion that this is the only way to make online learning "scale" in the way that so many administrators wish it would. We need to establish From
Serious Instructional Technology on August 19, 2004 at 7:33 a.m..
The Journal Press - Career Switcher Article
The Journal Press: "The new statewide VCCS "Career Switcher" program-part of a wider state initiative-of nine programs-to develop and implement strategies to train and retain a new generation of highly qualified teachers-offers individuals with professional experience a unique opportunity to use a bachelor's degree as a springboard to a teaching license. While much of the work can be completed online, six regional sites where the program will be "centered" have been selected. Rappahannock Comm From
Serious Instructional Technology on August 19, 2004 at 7:33 a.m..
Microsoft Embraces Blogs and RSS
Jarrett House North "Following up on the launch last week of the Microsoft.com blog portal and our RSS platform technology, I wanted to point to the first product site to consume the new capabilities"A short piece that has some good jummping off points to showcase how Microsoft is using weblogs and RSS. From
Serious Instructional Technology on August 19, 2004 at 7:33 a.m..
Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment
Sakai Public Software Release - Program RC1: "The Sakai Project today releases its open source Collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE) software to the public. Members of the Sakai Educational Partners Program (SEPP) have been reviewing the beta version of the software since their highly successful conference with 170 attendees in June. This release to the public is Sakai Release Candidate 1 (RC1), and it puts the full code in the hands of any institution that wishes to begin using or understanding the Sakai software.&qu From
Serious Instructional Technology on August 19, 2004 at 7:33 a.m..
Content doesn't matter
Seblogging:: "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."Seb makes a great point in his own words and follows with an eloquent quote from Oleg Liber. The key experience in learning is not in the "stuff". There's tons of quality stuff out there. The key is in the "rich conversational engagement between learners and teachers&quo From
Serious Instructional Technology on August 19, 2004 at 7:33 a.m..
Understanding Wikipedia
Phantom authority: "This paper employs team and club good theory as well as transaction cost economics to analyse the Wikipedia online community, which is devoted to the creation of a free encyclopaedia. An interpretative framework explains the outstanding success of Wikipedia thanks to a novel solution to the problem of graffiti attacks"
Our wiki is here. As I try and persuade faculty and staff that wikis can enhance the way we work, it's sometimes an uphill From
Serious Instructional Technology on August 19, 2004 at 7:33 a.m..
PDA cortex: The Journal of Mobile Informatics
It's always interesting to me the tidbits that get dropped in e-mails on other topics. I've been e-mailing one of my colleagues at one of colleges and they mentioned in passing that they were training their nursing faculty on using PDAs. We've seen more and more of this in our system. It looks like it is one of those technologies that will stay the course. A quick google found this good-looking site:
PDA cortex: The Journal of Mobile Informatics, which included a couple of listservs for nurses. Sure, it looks like there&apo From
Serious Instructional Technology on August 19, 2004 at 7:33 a.m..
Stem Cells Rise in Public Opinion
More Americans know about stem cell research, and more approve of it this year than in 2001, according to a new Harris Poll. By Kristen Philipkoski. From
Wired News on August 19, 2004 at 7:33 a.m..
Campaign Game Mimics Real Life
A new simulated election game that lets you play campaign manager to a presidential candidate is both thrillingly and disturbingly similar to real-world politics. A review by Jason Silverman. From
Wired News on August 19, 2004 at 7:33 a.m..
Finding Nemo by Microchip
Armed with tagging devices and satellite tracking, marine scientists follow hundreds of sea animals around the Pacific Ocean, monitoring everything from location and depth to speed and water temperature. By Randy Dotinga. From
Wired News on August 19, 2004 at 7:33 a.m..
Cell Phone Users Are Finding God
Mobile phone owners are blessed with more than just free weekend minutes, as religious institutions and telcos roll out new services to help the observant practice their faith. By Elizabeth Biddlecombe. From
Wired News on August 19, 2004 at 7:33 a.m..
When a Bridge Becomes a Lifeline
Fifteen years after an earthquake damaged San Francisco's Bay Bridge, engineers are attempting to replace it with a stronger span. The project is said to be the most ambitious in state history. Part 1 of 2. By Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on August 19, 2004 at 7:33 a.m..
JB Entertainment Hits it Big in L.A.
JB Entertainment performers take home six major awards in Los Angeles the weekend of August 13th-16th as many continue on to sign with major record labels, modeling agencies, and talent agencies in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Milan. [PRWEB Aug 19, 2004] From
PR Web on August 19, 2004 at 7:32 a.m..
Stopping School Violence and Bullying - There are Solutions
Learn what a parent can do, finally a solution to the school bus problem, what to do if you're bullied, why people bully others, what if your child is the bully, numerous suggestions for the schools, and so much more. [PRWEB Aug 19, 2004] From
PR Web on August 19, 2004 at 7:32 a.m..
The Connection
So here's how this week's topics connect. In response to the Balkanization point, people in commentary have been writing on the need for a better way to overcome language barriers. As Jeff Licquia put it: "One word: Esperanto." Believe it or not, the P2P VoIP program Skype happens to offer... From
Lessig Blog on August 19, 2004 at 7:32 a.m..
Ouija Boards
Though raised by scientists, I sometimes find Ouija boards hard to explain. The early advertisements claimed the following: OUIJA A WONDERFUL TALKING BOARD Interesting and mysterious; surpasses in its results second sight, mind reading, clairvoyance. Proven at patent office before patent was allowed. Price $1.50. The ad is deceiving. William... From
Lessig Blog on August 19, 2004 at 7:32 a.m..
Google sets its price
Search giant's long-awaited IPO will begin trading Thursday at $85 per share, but where will it go from there? From
CNET News.com on August 19, 2004 at 7:32 a.m..
Warning: Slight Site Weirdness May Occur
OK, it's finally happening – I'm finally freeing CONTENTIOUS from the numerous deficiencies of Movable Type blogging software, and moving this blog over to a new server. ...Well, rather, my husband/sysadmin
Tom Vilot is handling all of that stuff for me. I'm a content pro, not a genuine computer geek. I'm simply not adept at server-side gyrations, but Tom's a whiz. He just hasn't had much time over the last few months to take on this task, but now it's finally happening. Thanks, Tom! The big From
Contentious Weblog on August 18, 2004 at 10:46 p.m..
A Word on Word
We advocates of free software don't have many friends, particularly among those fine people that would likely be our nearest and dearest save for that one fatal point of contention; we "get" open-source, free software, the importance of not only supporting this vital and progressive movement but actually learning to use the damn stuff. Our good neighbors "get" only what they pay for, and not many of our fine and noble administrators who dole out hund From
Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on August 18, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Aug 19
Today's highlights: Softros LAN Messenger 3.3; Email for SMBs; Chatter IMAP Email Client for Treo 600; Exostar and Federation; Softros offers LAN Messenger 3.3, a peer-to-peer instant messaging client for LANs and WANs. "Softros LAN Messenger offers strong encryption options... From
Kolabora.com on August 18, 2004 at 10:44 p.m..
Wednesday: Collaborative E-learning For Results
One of the better articles on collaboration in elearning, a topic I feel myself feeling is the correct approach to be taking. How can we design e-learning programs to overcome the connectivity/isolation paradox? A program that The Otter Group adapted for CDM from a lunch seminar and then reengineered for synchronous online delivery, demonstrates strategies for building connection, interactivity, and relationships via online learning The following design elements were incorporated into the program: Numerous case examples from participants and their co-workers A team project that asked participa From
Shootmouth on August 18, 2004 at 10:43 p.m..
Distributed Cooperation?
An
article in the Harvard Business School publication
Working Knowledge (via
elearningpost) reports that the "that the approaches and outcomes of cooperating groups are not just better than those of the average group member, but are better than even the group's best problem solver functioning alone." While this is no surprise, I can't help but wonder about the nature of cooperation in decentralized, distributed communicative From
apcampbell News on August 18, 2004 at 10:42 p.m..
PC Security? 20 Minutes Is All You Have
Researchers at the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center estimate that an unprotected PC will be compromised within 20 minutes of being connected to the Internet, down from an estimated 40 minutes last year. The estimate is based on observations of... From
Robin Good's Latest News on August 18, 2004 at 10:33 p.m..
New York Times Features K-12 Ed Blogging
Well, I think the title just about says it all: "
In the Classroom, Web Blogs Are the New Bulletin Boards." Um, I beg to differ. You know, it's amazing how often I get asked that question: "Well, how are blogs different from, like, news groups?" Graphics. Collaboration. Shared space. Digital paper. Syndication. And so on, and so on... But for some reason, so many people still look at them and see, well, bulletin boards I guess. Too bad. The good news is that the article does bring to light so From
weblogged News on August 18, 2004 at 10:31 p.m..
Translation
Speaking of balkanization and translations, this is what appears to be a double translation of Lessig blog. From English to Japanese and back again, as in: "If it will not be able to bear to like him, John Perry Barlow is the man who does not separate only in tedious... From
Lessig Blog on August 18, 2004 at 10:27 p.m..
Olympics Theme Page
Students and teachers are monitoring the EdNA Online theme page for the Olympics as it keeps them informed of breaking news and other items of interest. News is updated daily. From
EdNA Online on August 18, 2004 at 10:27 p.m..
Move completed
Well, I've completed the move of wiley.ed.usu.edu over to Plone. I'll make the last entry on my reusability.org blog today and begin blogging here from now on. While I finish tweaking the config a variety of things are certain to be broken; let me know if you find that something is out-of-order. Also, you'll need to create an account to leave comments now, which hopefully will help with the spam problem. Welcome to the new place! From
autounfocus on August 18, 2004 at 10:26 p.m..
Conference Announcement Online
The call for papers for the 16th Annual Instructional Technology Institute is now available online at
http://itinstitute.usu.edu/. This year's program is titled "Reusable media, social software, and openness in education." Keynote speakers include Larry Lessig, Stephen Downes, and Paul Kirschner. If you're faculty or a government employee, registration is only $135 for the three day conference, which includes meals! Please spread the word and I hope to see you at the conference in September! From
autounfocus on August 18, 2004 at 10:26 p.m..
Altilab 2004
Had a great time with the usual suspects at Altilab, and enjoyed meeting several people for the first time as well. Changed my thinking with regard to the Learning Design specification somewhat, but that deserves a longer post. Among the people I met for the first time was fellow edublogger David Davies: David Davies, Raymond Yee, and David Wiley From
autounfocus on August 18, 2004 at 10:26 p.m..
Conference Call for Papers Update
For a number of reasons the Call for Papers for the Instructional Technology Institute has been updated. We're now requesting a title and abstract only (as opposed to the full paper) be submitted by email to
David Wiley by August 6th. Have an idea for a conference presentation, but not sure about it? Drop me an email. From
autounfocus on August 18, 2004 at 10:26 p.m..
Partial Program Published
Titles and abstracts for the first 25 or so papers accepted for the Instructional Technology Institute are
online. More to come in another two weeks. From
autounfocus on August 18, 2004 at 10:26 p.m..
Distance Learning 2004
Here are the
slides I used as part of the SCORM: A Comprehensive Review workshop at Distance Learning 2004 in Madison. Just in case you care. From
autounfocus on August 18, 2004 at 10:26 p.m..
Complete Conference Program Online
The completed version of the Instructional Technology Institute program is now available online in pdf format
here. I am thrilled. It looks like we're going to have a great time. I'm personally looking forward to the open time as much as the sessions; getting all these people in a room at once and seeing what kind of ideas fly is going to be great. If you haven't decided to come yet, I hope the program pushes you over the top. Let's see you in Logan on September 1! =) From
autounfocus on August 18, 2004 at 10:26 p.m..
China, loca por Internet
Hace poco hablábamos de China, a cuenta del nuevo sistema de control que el gobieno chino habÃa implantado para intentar controlar los mensajes SMS que se intercambia su población con cada vez mayor intensidad. Pero mucho nos tememos (en realidad, mucho nos alegramos) que estos esfuerzos del gobierno chino, como los de controlar la interred, son inútiles a medio o largo plazo. Es un nuevo intento de ponerle puertas al campo (es curioso: en China es el partido comunista quien (...) From
martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on August 18, 2004 at 7:38 p.m..
America's Workforce: Ready for the 21st Century
Toni Kistner points out a White House press release from August 5, 2004, America's Workforce: Ready for the 21st Century, which calls for increased family-friendly policies like comp time and flex time. 'Many of the Nation's labor laws were designed a generation ago. Provisions in these ... From
Kolabora.com on August 18, 2004 at 7:33 p.m..
Blogging on TaoRiver
Now blogging on http://taoriver.net/ - RSS: http://lion.taoriver.net/wp-rss2.php. From
Lion's Den on August 18, 2004 at 7:32 p.m..
Pilot Study Paper
The weblog is officially on hiatus now for a bit as I complete my spring semester work, though I will probably make the occasional entry over the summer. The title link to this article takes you to the
final paper for the pilot study for the Interactive Simulations Project (MS Word .doc format). I will be picking up this work again during fall semester. From
Holly's Research Journal on August 18, 2004 at 7:32 p.m..
Workflow Learning is like a Ferrari
They're expensive but if you want to win the race, either is a sound investment. Master craftsmen assemble the Ferrari's components manually. Ferrari doesn't manufacture all the pieces. A car might be constructed with a Brembo brake system, Magnetti Marelli lighting system, Mahle pistons, SKF bearings, ZF Sachs cluch and suspension, NKG sparkplugs, Infineon semiconductors, BBS wheels, CIMA gears, Sabelt seats, Pirelli tires, a Momo steering wheel, and TRW airbags.... From
The Workflow Institute Blog on August 18, 2004 at 7:31 p.m..
Seeking an Educational
Public schools and other educational institutions need to become more familiar with some of the opportunities that are emerging as a result of open source projects. The low cost and flexibility of open source products makes them very attractive, but no less important is the way in which these resources align with some core educational values. This article illustrates this alignment by exploring the promise that open source resources hold in supporting the ideal of an educational commons. From
eLearnopedia on August 18, 2004 at 7:30 p.m..
Aufstand gegen die Hüter des Wissens
Jetzt hat sich auch SPIEGEL ONLINE des Themas angenommen, das seit Tagen durch die internationale Presse wandert (zuletzt: Economist) und auf das ich vor einigen Tagen auch schon hingewiesen hatte (hier): die Abhängigkeit der scientific community von den großen Fachverlagen.... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on August 18, 2004 at 7:26 p.m..
Weblogs as Website Update
I've got three weeks to finish the foundation and put the finishing touches on our new Manila Website and I think I've actually got my brain wrapped around how this is going to work. Thank goodness. Not that I haven't had the big picture all along, but it's only when you start getting into the details that the complete puzzle starts falling into place. Even though there's a lot to do, I'm very psyched about the unveiling on September 8. (No Labor Day weekend for me, however.) Today we worked out the
departmental "te From weblogged News on August 18, 2004 at 7:20 p.m..
Another Reason for Students to Furl
(via
edblog) Now you can export your Furled sites by department in MLA or APA format, among others. The
export page just got updated to include two new features. First, you can now export items from a specific topic (in any of the available formats). And second, you can now export items in various bibliographic citation formats (MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE). The citations only contain the data that we collect (i.e. title, view date, URL), but we will increase the amo From
weblogged News on August 18, 2004 at 7:20 p.m..
The Two FCCs
As my colleague Glen Robinson wrote in the 1990s, the transformation of the FCC from the 1960s-to 1990s was "one of the stunning achievements of modern public policy," accompanied by "the transformation of a staid and stagnant industry into the most dynamic and rapidly growing industry in the modern economy."... From
Lessig Blog on August 18, 2004 at 7:17 p.m..
Olympics Theme Page
Students and teachers are monitoring the EdNA Online theme page for the Olympics as it keeps them informed of breaking news and other items of interest. News is updated daily. From
EdNA Online on August 18, 2004 at 7:16 p.m..
New Format Hastens Textbook Accessibility
From the article: "Students with disabilities can anticipate faster access to curriculum materials now that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has formally endorsed a voluntary national publishing paradigm known as the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS). The standard will make it easier to convert traditional textbooks into formats such as Braille or text-to-speech." By Cara Branigan, eSchool News, August 12, 2004 [
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OLDaily on August 18, 2004 at 7:15 p.m..
Perplexing Problem? Borrow Some Brains
It's not mentioned in this article, listed via elearningpost, but the advice here is very similar to that documented in James Surowiecki's
The Wisdom of Crowds. The premise is that, with some caveats, a group of people will consistently find a better answer than a single person, and often a better answer than even the best individual in the group. The upshot for this article is that managers should not think that they are in the uniquely best position to propose a solution - with some very few exceptions, From
OLDaily on August 18, 2004 at 7:15 p.m..
Play and Learning in The Brain
Maish Nichani summarizes this nicely in elearningpost: "Nice article on the importance of play in learning. Learning is not all about external rewards and punishments, rather "the human brain determines our learning potential, and subjective experience is, clearly, more than just stimuli and responses. Furthermore, it has been shown that even the most intricate system of rewards and punishment cannot change certain species-specific behaviour. In fact humans exhibit much behaviour where the reward is only rarely external, but rather 'natural', as in the children's play with crayo From
OLDaily on August 18, 2004 at 7:15 p.m..