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Telecommute CT
State supports telecommuting initiative By:State Rep. Ruth Fahrbach, Special to the Journal (Windsor Journal, 08/19/2004) Anyone who has commuted moderate or long distances to work has likely pondered the possibility of telecommuting. Connecticut's Department of Transportation funds Telecommute CT&n... From
Kolabora.com on August 20, 2004 at 7:34 p.m..
Telework an option for compliance with federal clean air rules
Options to clean up air studied By Bob Driehaus (Cincinnati Post, August 19, 2004) 'Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky must cut air pollution by an estimated 15 percent by 2008 to comply with more stringent federal rules, according to Ohio officials grappling with the problem in conjunction ... From
Kolabora.com on August 20, 2004 at 7:33 p.m..
Portals
A META Group survey of 380 organizations finds that enterprise portals are hot. Within a couple of years, portal frameworks "will become a key delivery point for process automation involving human-oriented workflow." Of course, it's just this sort of portal that is the front-end to Workflow Learning. These are not your father's portals. In the early days of the web, portal meant front-end. A list of links was a portal. Yahoo! and Excite were portals. Today's portal is still a front-end, but it dynamically selects and presents many different applications on a single screen. It&ap From
The Workflow Institute Blog on August 20, 2004 at 7:32 p.m..
Online Learning: Ways to Make Tasks Interactive
It is now generally accepted that the interactivity of online tasks is an important determinant of learning. A variety of examples of interactive programs available on the web are shown. A description of the way an online Psychology lab is used illustrates how interactivity can enhance the understanding of concepts. From
eLearnopedia on August 20, 2004 at 7:32 p.m..
Pully, not pushy
Better than any book. Check this
animated description of the Olympics. A great example of motion graphics. Noted in
elearnpost.Which reminds me. After years learning from the links Maish points out, I'm cancelling my email subscription to elearnpost. Not that I'm giving it up. This week I'm dumping email subscriptions because I will be tracking their webfeeds with Blo From
Internet Time Blog on August 20, 2004 at 7:32 p.m..
IOC bans free speech by banning blogs
So much for freedom of speech and expression. I predict that this will not last and this kind of blanket prohibition will be history by the next Olympics, indeed probably sooner! From
Olympic blog ban: QUOTEInterestingly, The International Olympic Committee has barred athletes, coaches and nearly everyone associated with a team from writing about their experiences for a newspaper or Web site - blogs included. According to USA Today: "The IOC's rationale for the re From
Roland Tanglao's Weblog on August 20, 2004 at 7:31 p.m..
Tiny drive imager
The drives can be large, but this drive imager, Snap shot, is only 130K. It comes highly recommended by Miles at TinyApps, which is a very good sign. I'm trying it out now, and if it all goes as it seems like it will, I'll be plunking down my 40 euros for the unrestricted version. (The restriction is that after 30 days, you can't read the backups. [Correction: Nope. You can read the backup, but can't make any new ones after 30 days. Sorry.])... From
Joho the Blog on August 20, 2004 at 7:26 p.m..
RIAA CDs Start Landing at MLS
Our
CDs from the RIAA settlement have started coming in. We received 367 boxes yesterday and 503 more today. We're not sure if there will be more, but it seems likely since someone said we're supposed to get 30,000 CDs. We're still debating the best way to distribute them to our 86 public libraries, so I took the opportunity to browse through some of the boxes. For the BMG boxes, I didn't have to open them at all. Each one has a label on the outside with the titles of the contents on the outside, 30 CDs to a box. From
The Shifted Librarian on August 20, 2004 at 7:25 p.m..
Fasttracking Induce
So will MGM v. Grokster fasttrack the Induce Act, as many (here Seth F.) think? Hard to say, but there are some reasons, both from theory and history, to think that it won't. First, the Grokster decision, by creating a Circuit split, actually creates legal uncertainty that may slow down... From
Lessig Blog on August 20, 2004 at 7:23 p.m..
Constantine and the rise of Christianity
The history of how Christianity became an accepted mainstream religion is an interesting one. If you have never heard the story of the Roman Emperor Constantine and his effect on the world's current religious landscape, read on to learn how one mans actions during his rise to power changed the world forever. From
kuro5hin.org on August 20, 2004 at 7:23 p.m..
Language Barriers
When I was a child I learned that there were six colours in the spectrum. I even learned a little rhyme to help me remember. Red and orange, green and blue, shining yellow, purple too, all the colours that we know, live up in the rainbow. Somewhere along the line, someone added a colour: indigo. Ask me today what colour something is and I'll probably use one of the words in my rhyme. Indigo? Never use it, never even see it. Do I need the word for the colour to exist? Do I need to have learned the concept to distinguish indigo objects from others? This short article, unattributed bu From
OLDaily on August 20, 2004 at 7:22 p.m..
Boxing and the Cool Halls of Academe
Hockey is a lot like boxing - close enough that some wags say the two are indistinguishable - and if there are lessons to be learned in boxing, the same lessons are available to be learned in hockey. At any rate, like the author, many of my own life experiences were shaped in the arena, and while my hockey career was completely undistinguished, I would never have traded it for anything. We read from various writers that online leaning is deficient because it never puts the self at risk, because cause and consequence are inextricably tied to the body. Maybe (though I doubt it). But I have never From
OLDaily on August 20, 2004 at 7:22 p.m..
P2P Services in the Clear
A huge victory for file sharing. "Peer-to-peer file-sharing services Morpheus and Grokster are legal, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday." The article continues, "The decision is a blow for record labels and movie studios which sued the peer-to-peer operators claiming that the services should be held liable for the copyright infringement of their users." It is refreshing to see a court finally line up with reason. "History has shown that time and market forces often provide equilibrium in balancing interests, whether the new technology be a player piano, a copier, a tape recorder, a video From
OLDaily on August 20, 2004 at 7:22 p.m..
The Systemic-Structural Theory of Activity (SSTA)
Overview of this variant of Activity Theory with an explanation, diagrams, and links to a large number of academic papers. "During task performance, the object-oriented and subject-oriented aspects of activity continuously transform into one another. The object is that which is modified and explored by a subject according to the goal of activity." This page is part of a larger research site maintained by
Steve Harris (who should have a blog). By Steve Harris, CASE - The Centre for Astronomy & Science Educ From
OLDaily on August 20, 2004 at 7:22 p.m..
Moodle Meanderings
Overview of Moodle, the open source learning management system. The author liked the importance assigned to discussion, the constructivist design approach, and the support for syndication. Criticisms included the observation that "All Moodle sites tend to look the same," lack of support for IMS, and the scarcity of documentation. By Derek Morrison, Auricle, August 20, 2004 [
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OLDaily on August 20, 2004 at 7:22 p.m..
Welcome to VideoPaper Builder 2
This interesting item came through DLORN from MERLOT (I would observe that the definition of learning objects being collected by these systems is very loose indeed). "VPB2 imports hypertext (HTML text), image, and video files, and assists the user in synchronizing these files as a sing le user-navigated multimedia web document. VideoPaper Builder 2 generates menus, links, framesets and slide shows, and organizes the imported files as an HTML coded document viewable in a web browser. Videopapers can be published in CD-ROM or posted on the Internet." I tried viewing some of the results, a From
OLDaily on August 20, 2004 at 7:22 p.m..
A Pedagogical Design Strategy for Effective Technology-Based Learning: iLEARN Model
I like this approach: "Constructing learning space is like architecture. Building knowledge foundation, networking for energy and motivation, facilitating designs according to educational landscapes, selecting the best quality materials, drawing blueprints of guidelines, extending the use of space with a pedagogical scaffolding process, and applying the art of design are what the successful education architect must be prepared to do." The iLEARN model, described in this paper, is composed of the instrument (the role, the design, and the use of technology), the lead, the environment, the activi From
OLDaily on August 20, 2004 at 7:22 p.m..
Distinctive Features of Computer-Mediated Bulletin Board Discussions
Reports on a study of online communications in university courses. "Five distinctive features of the asynchronous discussions were identified as a result of analysis of the discussion transcripts: references to personal experience, interaction, logical argument, multiple perspectives, and the expression of opinion." Consequently, argue the authors, "to take full advantage of this convergence of oral disputation and linear argument on the bulletin board, it is recommended that controversial topics be deliberately introduced into the discussion." By Peter A. Theodore and Wayne A. Nelson, Intern From
OLDaily on August 20, 2004 at 7:22 p.m..
Some Clarifications About the Commonwealth List
Glenn O. Brown responds to the criticisms of the Creative Commonwealth proposal highlighted in this space (and
echoed by a number of commentators) last Wednesday. His first point is that "It is never a foregone conclusion that a project in discussion will be adopted by Creative Commons." This gives me some hope. Moreover, he argues, commercialization in Creative Commons will "never extend beyond facilitating what, say, the folks at Magnatune are doing: helping authors declare 'some rights reserved,' then to char From
OLDaily on August 20, 2004 at 7:22 p.m..
EU Survey
Survey on "Use and Distribution of Quality Approaches in e-learning" h... of august From
WeBlog.ro feeds on August 20, 2004 at 3:30 p.m..
A call for designers (OpenMedia.org)
The Open Media project is off to an amazing start. Since we publicly unveiled the initiative 10 days ago, we've been deluged with offers of support and cooperation from advocates of open standards and open source software, from videographers, amateur bands, grassroots film producers, and others in the tech, creative and library communities.... (
Go to JD's New Media Musings for more and contact info.) From
unmediated on August 20, 2004 at 3:27 p.m..
How-to: iMovie to mpeg4
Im going to make all videos into mpeg4. Supposedly, this is a good standard that most people can play. Plus it helps
Lucas Gonze and his playlists. So how do I do it? Adrian Miles made a super cool video:
iMovie to mpeg4 I can learn anything if I can see it. From
unmediated on August 20, 2004 at 3:27 p.m..
My Blog and Your Career (Survey Results, Part 3)
(NOTE: This is part 3 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.) Question 3 of my reader survey asked: Why do you read CONTENTIOUS? Here's what the 156 people who chose to answer this question said:
64.3%: Professional interest From Contentious Weblog on August 20, 2004 at 3:26 p.m..
Moodle meanderings
Now that Moodle, the open-source course management system, is fast approaching its 1.4 release we've started to give it a serious look over. So here is the first of what might become a series of impressions. From
Auricle on August 20, 2004 at 3:24 p.m..
The Next Generation of Educational Engagement
Games are no longer just for fun; they offer potentially powerful learning environments. Today's students have grown up with computer games. In addition, their constant exposure to the Internet and other digital media has shaped how they receive information and how they learn. There are many attributes of games that make them pedagogically sound learning environments. An increasing number of faculty are using games as enhancements to the traditional learning environment with encouraging results. While the interactivity and engagement of games are highly positive a number of questions rema From
eLearnopedia on August 20, 2004 at 3:24 p.m..
Briefly: Gmail delivered to desktops
roundup Plus: Maker of disposable RFID tags gets millions...Mitsubishi expands solar production...KDE updates Linux desktop...EA to take World Cup soccer to Xbox. From
CNET News.com on August 20, 2004 at 3:14 p.m..
Australia’s success in e-learning highlighted for a global audience
Speaking at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum held in Korea last month, the Department of Education, Science and Training Flexible Learning Advisory Group member, Murray Judd, named the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework) as a major force in driving the uptake of flexible learning in vocational education and training (VET) in Australia. “Australia has been active in recognising that the application of information communication technologies (ICT) in training requires some stimulus to ensure that its use will quickly become part of mainstream activities. The Fram From
Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on August 20, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
TAFE Tasmania’s FlexiTrain initiative a hit with students
Australia’s smallest State, Tasmania, has taken a big step forward by introducing its successful FlexiTrain initiative, that offers students more flexible ways of learning, to three Campuses of its one and only TAFE Institute. Institute of TAFE Tasmania Learning Project Manager, Kirsty Sharp, is among 64 Flexible Learning Leaders selected by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework’s (Framework) this year. “The integration of flexible learning and work has become a major feature of the contemporary Tasmanian workplace, not only because of geographic isolation but because of other work- From
Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on August 20, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
E-learning on fire within Queensland schools
More than 40 teachers and principals recognised as key drivers in promoting the uptake of flexible learning in Queensland schools were brought together at a recent two-day Education Queensland Forum. It is the first time ever in Queensland or Australia that the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework) has united professionals from the schools sector in a strategic state forum to make them aware of the Framework’s products, resources and support networks, and to tie them into to the State’s flexible learning agenda. From
Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on August 20, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
The Framework’s achievements highlighted at the TAFE frontiers’ Flexible Learning Week Conference
The positive impact of the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework) on the take up of flexible learning by Victorian training providers was highlighted at the TAFE frontiers’ Flexible Learning Week conference. 300 vocational education and training (VET) professionals attended the 2004 Flexible Learning Week Conference held 16 August at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre in Victoria. The conference is a part of Flexible Learning Week which is continuing until 27 August. Victorian Flexible Learning Advisory Group (FLAG) member, Rodney Spark Mr Spark also urged conference delegates to be From
Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on August 20, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
VET innovation a revolution in shared access to education and training resources
As any teacher or trainer knows only too well, the almost daily task of sourcing and developing learning materials to support lesson plans that will interest even the most disengaged students is often the most time-consuming – and isolating – part of the job. Trials currently being carried out by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework) are set to revolutionise the way teachers and trainers within the vocational education and training (VET) system gather and use learning resources, by providing them with single portal access to vast, linked repositories containing high qualit From
Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on August 20, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
Community Engagement: Interaction Design
The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Bureau of Rural Sciences has released Towards Whole of Community Engagement: A Practical Toolkit. It offers some interesting insights into design processes that foster community engagement and are therefore of interest to... From
Experience Designer Network on August 20, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
Knowledge Management Summer Camp
Gabr... Avram - Gabrielia - anunta Know... Management Summer Camp, care urmeaza sa se desfasoare din 5 pana in 12 septembrie la Oeiras langa Lisabona, in Portugalia. Se poate ... From
WeBlog.ro feeds on August 20, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
Wheels of hope bring Internet to villagers
Wheels of hope bring Internet to villagers from CNN 12-year-old Anju Sharma, hope for a better life arrives in her poor farming village three days a week on a bicycle rickshaw that carries a computer with a high-speed, wireless Internet connection. Schoolchildren gather around a mobile Internet classroom in Bithoor village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Designed like temple carriages that bear Hindu deities during festivals, the brightly painted pedal-cart rolls into her village in India's most populous state, accompanied by a computer instructor who gives classes to young From
MANE IT Network on August 20, 2004 at 12:54 p.m..
Apply now for 3D Workshop in January
Mt. Holyoke College will host a five-day workshop on 3D Modeling with Maya, January 10-14, The deadline for applications is September 15. This workshop launches a broader effort to help MANE faculty and technologists integrate three-dimensional models and animation into... From
MANE IT Network on August 20, 2004 at 12:54 p.m..
Friday, August 20, 2004
I have been following the Olympic swimming events, and I am now certain that Michael Phelps is actually Aqualad. From
RHPT.com on August 20, 2004 at 12:53 p.m..
Goodbye Groove
Great post by Martin Terre Blanche: Although I have mixed feelings about it, I have uninstalled my trial version of Groove. Groove has the right idea about collaborative work: It makes it super-easy to create shared workspaces, to invite people to join, a From
Kolabora.com on August 20, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..
Synchronising online and offline personal data
Martin
picks up my
yesterday's note about the need to change my usual "everything web-based" working style since I got TabletPC and explains his struggles and solutions for synchronising online and offline data. Given lots of interests we share it's not surprising that Martin reframes it as more general question:I wonder how Personal Information Management Software will develop in the future. How are w From
Mathemagenic on August 20, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..
Archival browsing to increase serendipity
Anne Eisenberg,
How can a Web browser become more like a bookshelf browser? International Herald Tribune, August 19, 2004. Excerpt: "At the Berkeley campus of the University of California, a professor and her students have created a search program called Flamenco that lets users browse a digitized collection in ways that are similar to a stroll among the shelves of a library. 'It's for when you are not quite sure what you want,' said Marti Hearst, an associate professor at the School of Information Management and Systems, w From
Open Access News on August 20, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
More on the draft Scottish Declaration
Richard Wray,
Commercial publishers face Scottish open access challenge, The Guardian, August 20, 2004. Excerpt: "Scottish librarians are considering making it compulsory for academic research generated in Scotland to be made freely available to all over the internet in the latest move towards the open access model that presents a challenge to traditional commercial publishers such as Reed Elsevier....In its draft declaration, the group says the traditional way of disseminating research through subscription-based j From
Open Access News on August 20, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
Going wireless
By the end of next week all seven of our elementary schools will be completely wireless campuses. This project is part of our district one-to-one computing pilot project that I mentioned previously. Creating a wireless campus presents all sorts of... [The Savvy Technologist] Tim Wilson discusses his district's effort to provide students and teachers with access to laptops on a one to one basis. Quite an ambitious initiative. It should be fun to watch. This week at my school, Lewis Elementary, we are installing wireless access points that should basically produce a wireless cloud that will From
DEC Daily News on August 20, 2004 at 12:44 p.m..
opensourceCMS
Via
Stephen this looks like a pretty neat site: "This site was created with one goal in mind. To give you the opportunity to "try out" some of the best php/mysql based free and open source software systems in the world. You are welcome to be the administrator of any site here, allowing you to decide which system best suits your needs" [
opensourceCMS] Think I'll post it on the
GCH From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on August 20, 2004 at 12:44 p.m..
Better times for techies? - Ed Frauenheim, CNET News.com
Unemployment is down and optimism is up for some tech professionals, according to federal statistics and a recent independent survey. But the numbers may be hiding ongoing troubles for U.S. techies. Just ask computer programmer Mark Roth, who got a pi From
Techno-News Blog on August 20, 2004 at 12:44 p.m..
Test scores fuel laptop debate - eSchool News
Eighth-graders' scores on Maine's most recent annual achievement test are refueling the debate over that state's groundbreaking effort to give laptop computers to students. Middle-school students who used laptops for two years performed about the same From
Educational Technology on August 20, 2004 at 12:43 p.m..
Tom on Charley & FEMA
Tom Matrullo gives us a perspective on Charley we simply don't get through the media. Finding the office was not a simple matter. Once there, I found several FEMA people milling about, avoiding eye contact with us, and 15 or so phones, some of which worked. The FEMA agents did not try to take questions or offer information. They simply told us to dial an 800 number. It was 7:30 a.m., and the room was already filling with people who had somehow found out where the FEMA center was located. Apparently in George W. Bush's Washington, disasters may only occur... From
Joho the Blog on August 20, 2004 at 12:42 p.m..
Thingamablog
This java-based blog-software looks fine (it is gpl btw) especially since it is a desktop application like
Radio Userland. What I don't like from a first check is that it has to rely on third parties for comments and trackbacks. You wouldn't like that after some time using it I can tell you. But there is no real solution to this - because you need dynamic pieces for that function - though
Radio Userland i From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on August 20, 2004 at 12:40 p.m..
Messenger taps social nets
This looks very interesting --
finding expertise using instant messaging tools. "To search for information, a user sends a question to his own referral agent, which broadcasts the query to all of the user's buddies' agents. A referral agent in the buddy's messenger searches its information identity profile to see if that person is likely to be able to answer the question. If not, the agent either returns empty results or forwards the query to its buddies, depending on how th From
elearningpost on August 20, 2004 at 12:40 p.m..
The Swift Boat Garbage Haulers
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has disassociated himself from a much milder MoveOn.org ad that talks about Bush's Vietnam-era military "service," a questionable period for the president at best. Josh Marshall notes the tight connections, politically and financially, between the anti-Kerry "Swift boat veterans for truth" and Bush and his associates, and wonders why Bush isn't man enough to disclaim the sleaze. Marshall notes:"In any real world sense, this is a front for From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on August 20, 2004 at 12:40 p.m..
Ignore Second-Guessers: Google IPO Was Huge Success
(This is also my
column today in the
San Jose Mercury News.) Early this year, back before Google Mania grew to bubble-era proportions, some optimists were speculating that the company's prospective initial public offering might produce an overall market value north of $20 billion. That sounded, in those days, like an amazing number for such a young outfit, and it was an affirmation of Silicon Valley's ability to reinvent itself. Yet today, having bettered that From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on August 20, 2004 at 12:40 p.m..
Google Stock's Wacky Debut
After a false start that makes the search giant's stock appear to soar, the company's IPO on the Nasdaq settles down to a more reasonable price, just north of $100 per share. From
Wired News on August 20, 2004 at 12:39 p.m..
Game Mixes Racing and Role Play
In Street Racing Syndicate, a video game scheduled for release at the end of the month, players can test their role-playing mettle in the illegal street-racing scene without the nasty risk of going to jail. A review by Chris Kohler. From
Wired News on August 20, 2004 at 12:39 p.m..
The War Room
Inside the fully immersive proving ground where tomorrow's soldiers are being trained by coalition forces of the Pentagon, Hollywood and Silicon Valley. By Steve Silberman from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on August 20, 2004 at 12:39 p.m..
Swap Your PC, or Your President
The producer of ads featuring PC users who switched to Macs is applying the same tactic to political commercials. This time, he'll focus on former backers of President Bush, recruited online, who've changed their political allegiance. By Louise Witt. From
Wired News on August 20, 2004 at 12:39 p.m..
Techies Praised for E-Vote Work
At a meeting of technologists developing new standards for e-voting systems, the head of the nation's new elections commission lauds computer scientists for the work they're doing on the nation's behalf. By Kim Zetter. From
Wired News on August 20, 2004 at 12:39 p.m..
A Bridge Suspended in Controversy
When an earthquake knocked down a section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, engineers vowed to make a stronger span. But years later, that plan is still mired in controversy. Part 2 of 2. By Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on August 20, 2004 at 12:39 p.m..
P2P Services in the Clear
In a major setback for the music and movie industries, a federal appeals court upholds a lower court's decision in the infamous Grokster case, ruling peer-to-peer services Morpheus and Grokster are not liable for the copyright infringement of their users. By Katie Dean. From
Wired News on August 20, 2004 at 12:39 p.m..
National Martial Arts Champion to Instruct in Madison, WI
National martial arts champion, Mike Welch has found his home in Madison, Wisconsin with Kicks Unlimited. Welch will be teaching karate to kids and adults of all ages in the Madison, Wisconsin area. [PRWEB Aug 20, 2004] From
PR Web on August 20, 2004 at 12:39 p.m..
Stephen Oliver's Mile High Karate"Karate for Kids"
Teach your child martial arts, karate, judo, jujitsu, Tae kwo do, kenpo, kempo, kung fu. in Lafayette Louisvill, Superiour, Erie, Longmont, Colorado, it is the best thing for your child [PRWEB Aug 20, 2004] From
PR Web on August 20, 2004 at 12:39 p.m..
Unveiling Ceremony for The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: Luminaria, Harmony of Light, To Celebrate the Unlimited Power of One
A solemn procession of 3,000+, starting at sundown and led by Luminaria, Harmony of Light, will open the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in a tableau of light HYPHEN much like the original beacons of abolition called to freedom seekers crossing the Ohio River. The Luminaria's goal is building better, stronger communities using the best in each of us. Volunteers are still needed for this historic, international event that will feature famous faces from across the country. [PRWEB Aug 20, 2004] From
PR Web on August 20, 2004 at 12:39 p.m..
TouchSmart Publishing Featured in eSchool News Story
A featured article was published in the eSchool News by Cara Branigan on Wednesday, August 19, 2004. The article covered the movement to introduce wireless textbooks that connect all students to digital content. [PRWEB Aug 20, 2004] From
PR Web on August 20, 2004 at 12:39 p.m..
Robot-savant or digital children?
So the big question all the critics were asking about Alex Proyas’ latest effort was “Does it betray Asimov?”, which is a silly question since Asimov was a bit of a hack himself. More pertinent might be the question “Did Asimov betray robots?”, which is also something of a silly question, but one that probably leads to more interesting thoughts than the critics’ dissection of tired robotic plotlines. The Great Man’s Three Laws of Robotics (which might usefully be replaced with three laws about the use of capitalisation in grand statements) have cause From
kuro5hin.org on August 20, 2004 at 12:38 p.m..
$1 Million to Support International Science School
The Australian Government will make a $1 million capital contribution to the Professor Harry Messel International Science SchoolÂ’s source of operating funds, the Messel Endowment. This exceptional science school is held every two years. The next school will be held in July 2005. For two weeks, 140 students from Australia and overseas will gather at the University of Sydney to experience a programme of lectures and activities arranged by some of the world's leading scientists. The experience for both scientists and students is unique and highly rewarding.DEST Media release, 16 August 2 From
EdNA Online on August 20, 2004 at 12:38 p.m..
EdNA Goes Mobile
EdNA Online has created a demonstrator service to enable EdNA Online News Headlines to be accessible through handheld devices. The service has been designed for handheld devices that have a web capable browser, for example a Pocket PC using Pocket Internet Explorer. The standards-compliant design is in a format compatible with the small screen display of handheld devices. From
EdNA Online on August 20, 2004 at 12:38 p.m..
An ear for downloads
For Audible CEO Donald Katz, there's money to be made in offering the sounds of "history in the making." From
CNET News.com on August 20, 2004 at 12:38 p.m..
Hallelujah! The 9th Circuit Court Gets It Right
EFF/Grokster successfully defend themselves against big media, and the Court "gets it." There is coverage of this all over; just Google. Quoting from the final decision:"The Copyright Owners urge a re-examination of the law in the light of what they believe to be proper public policy, expanding exponentially the reach of the doctrines of contributory and vicarious copyright infringement. Not only would such a renovation conflict with binding precedent, it would be unwise. Doubtless, taking that step would satisfy the Copyright Owners From
autounfocus on August 20, 2004 at 12:38 p.m..
The Information Commons - Public Policy Report
http://www.brennancenter.org/resources/fepp/ Het Free Expression Policy Project publiceerde onlangs The Information Commons, een rapport van de hand van Nancy Kranich. Kranich beschrijft in haar rapport de beweging die zich aan het vormen is rond het idee van een 'Information Commons', een informatieruimte die niet wordt gemonopoliseerd door commerciële giganten als uitgevers, mediaconcerns en softwarebedrijven. Het rapport behandelt de oorspronkelijke betekenis van 'commons', tussen dorpelingen gedeelde weidegronden. Veel van die gedeelde gronden raakten in de loop van d From
CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on August 20, 2004 at 12:42 a.m..
A Successful Blog - PartII
A Successful Blog 2 from Asterisk A Successful Blog Makes… * Friends. I tend to look at my readers as friends and I think many others do as well. I’ve also made quite a few offline pals via my blog. Who doesn’t need more friends? * Industry contacts. Similar to friends, these are people who can help you further your career. * Knowledge. I can’t tell you how much my blog has helped me learn. I can ask questions and discuss things I otherwise wound have never had the opportunity to talk about with people I’d have never been able... From
soulsoup on August 20, 2004 at 12:41 a.m..
The profession formerly known as ID
The profession formerly known as ID from Dusk and Dawn Don't you think "Instruction" is a rude word in learning environment, especially when yuu are talking about corpotrate adult learners? That makes Instructional Designer also a ego-based profession! It's actually carring the leagcy of I teach you learn metaphor. I've never been entirely comfortable with the term Instructional Design with its connotations of doing something to passive individuals (we WILL instruct you). I also don't like the somewhat cold, technical feel of the name. However, it does have some advantages: From
soulsoup on August 20, 2004 at 12:41 a.m..
Network Learning Environments
Design Strategy: Network Learning Environments from Experience Designer Network "A network learning environment focuses learning on the creation and strategic use of connections and relationships. It is a coordinated set of situations and circumstances for learning that empower the learner to create and evolve a range of experiences across people, places and things. In other words, the learner is intimately involved in shaping the learning environment to support his or her own motivation for learning. The means to coordinate a network learning environment is called interaction design." (The Ex From
soulsoup on August 20, 2004 at 12:41 a.m..
One Hour to Improve A Web Site
Bokardo.com - One Hour to Improve A Web Site Many web designers get paid by the hour to do their work. Imagine, though, being given only 1 hour to come up with a way to improve a web site. What would be the best way to spend that hour? Here's how it might go: Via : UI Designer... From
soulsoup on August 20, 2004 at 12:41 a.m..
Online Course Development: What Does It Cost?
Online Course Development: What Does It Cost? By Judith V. Boettcher Does it cost less to design and develop online teaching and learning today than it did a few years ago? Are the categories of cost different today from the past and from what the costs might be in the future? The costs of developing online programs are significant, yet there are few resources to help planners. Here, Judith Boettcher proposes a few guidelines for predicting the costs involved in the design and development of online instruction. Comment from elearnspace: LMS' are most useful for an organization to monitor From
soulsoup on August 20, 2004 at 12:40 a.m..
1142 Leeches
I was wondering when I read the NY Times article about Phish's
last show this past weekend in Coventry Vermont, if the subsequent Bittorent wave would be a record breaker. Well, over at
bt.etree.org there is one seed that currently has 1142 leeches. Not sure if that is big or not, but it is defi From
unmediated on August 20, 2004 at 12:37 a.m..
For the game...oh yeah and the money
The Canadian Olympics Committee is pretty hardnosed about their brand. They're even complaining about sports-themed advertisements run by companies that are not Olympic sponsors. Bell Canada, as a bonafide Olympic sponsor itself, has one amusing rule governing the Olympic rings logo. The COC logo (Olympic rings with a red maple leaf) cannot be shown in any public advert that prominently features a cellular phone not manufactured by Samsung, who is also a registered Olympics sponsor. If the image of said non-Samsung phone is small and has its company logo removed, it's okay. As Boing From
silentblue | Quantified on August 20, 2004 at 12:37 a.m..
A Bit of Rest
I spent a much needed week of rest in Bali last month with my family - highly recommended for those looking for a SE Asian escape. Here are a
handful of pics. From
apcampbell News on August 20, 2004 at 12:35 a.m..
The Future of Democracy
In
Erich Fromm's classic 1941 work,
Escape from Freedom, he argues that the future of democracy depends on the realization of true individualism. He writes: The victory of freedom is possible only if democracy develops into a society in which the individual, his growth and happiness, is the aim and purpose of a culture, in which life does not need any justification in success or anything else, and in which the individual is not subord From
apcampbell News on August 20, 2004 at 12:35 a.m..
Markets are (unpaid) conversations
Blogversations matches bloggers with advertisers. As far as I can tell from the not-enough-informational site, the blogger writes about some topic the advertiser suggests and gets paid for it. It's clear from the site's defensive writing, however, that Blogversations knows its project is in danger of being misunderstood ... or, perhaps, understood. Unclear from the site: Is the fact that the bloggers are getting paid made apparent? And where do these "conversation" occur? Unfortunately, there's no obvious way to get more information about what Blogversations is proposing except From
Joho the Blog on August 20, 2004 at 12:29 a.m..
Conversational Vigilance
The free speech crowd ought to extend its concern for preserving the right of individuals to speak their minds. We ought to be just as zealous protecting our right to speak together. We ought to promote the ability of people to talk with others, across all our divides. We ought to fight the degradation of conversation by commercial forces. Someone wake up Mario Savio, print up some buttons, and set up tables at UC Berkeley. Free the Conversations! Free the Conversations!... From
Joho the Blog on August 20, 2004 at 12:29 a.m..
Grokster Leftovers
By now, you've probably heard the wonderful news about the
Grokster victory and that you've read the litany of posts (
catalogued by Ernest). I'll assume you've already done so and touch on a few leftover points: 1. The opinion is remarkably clear and straightforward. It builds on the already solid district court opinion and clarifies a few of the details regarding incidental elements of centralization. My From
A Copyfighter's Musings on August 20, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..
NY Times on Edblogging--Take 2
So my Feedster
search feed for "classroom weblogs" kicked out a few interesting reviews/reactions to the story yesterday. Here are a few snippets... From
editorsweblog.org: Not directly related to the newspapers industry but a trend which will have effects on our future readers: the New York Times reports that "webblogs will eventually become a more successful teaching tool than Web sites... Yea From
weblogged News on August 20, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..
Fitts' Law
Dave Shea has written a blog entry on Fitts' Law, using his own site as an example. To quote: First introduced to me by Kevin Cheng, Fitts’ Law states: The time to acquire a target is a function of the... From
Column Two on August 20, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..
Cert.?
So the question on Grokster-watchers' minds: Cert? (For non-lawyers: will the Supreme Court hear this case?) My guess is yes, for 7 reasons, ranging from the more to less legal: 1. These is a stated legal conflict on the Sony standard as between the 7th and 9th Circuits; 2. The... From
Lessig Blog on August 20, 2004 at 12:26 a.m..
opensourceCMS
This site allows readers to evaluate open source content management systems (CMS). What's nice about this site is that an administration userid and password are provided so people can see how the system functions behind the scenes (the systems are reinitialized every two hours). The site only offers evaluations of systems written in PHP and using mySQL, and only systems that do not require administrator access to install. Via the EDTECH mailing list. By Various Authors, August, 2004 [
Refe From OLDaily on August 20, 2004 at 12:25 a.m..
In the Classroom, Web Logs Are the New Bulletin Boards
Surface-level article describing the use of weblogs in the classroom. With a new school year approaching in the northern hemisphere the blog phenomenon is about to go mainstream with not thousands but tens of thousands of teachers using them in their classes. New experts will be annoited by the press, academic studies will be conducted, and the inevitable backlash will be in full force as writers will complain about the poor grammar and trivial topic selection of the average student blog. Via MANE IT Network. By Jeffrey Selingo, New York Times, August 19, 2004 [
OLDaily on August 20, 2004 at 12:25 a.m..