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Project Management for online content
Once upon a time, when I was formally trained for project management, all I learned was about - managing timeline, tools like MS project etc. When I actually started project managing I realized it's not about tools or timeline management - it's all about people management, both internal and external. Here goes some recent usefull articles in this field -
Dealing With Creative Conflict and Clients and
soulsoup on September 15, 2004 at 11:01 p.m..
Intranet Roadmap from Step Two
Steptwo
launched: Intranet Roadmap A wallchart and a 54 page booklet providing the methodology that describes all the activities required to develop (or redevelop) an intranet. Beyond just implementing software or redesigning the site, the Intranet Roadmap covers activities in five key streams: strategy designcontentchange & communicationstechnology The wallchart lists the key activities required in each of the project streams. It also highlights which activ From
soulsoup on September 15, 2004 at 11:01 p.m..
Blogs or LMS?
Jeremy Hiebert makes an interesting comparison between blogs and LMS in higher education:But then I really cringed when I hit the conluding sentence: "A blogging tool would be a valuable addition, therefore, to any LMS." No, no, no, no, NO. In spirit, blogs are the opposite of a Learning Management System like WebC From
jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on September 15, 2004 at 10:58 p.m..
What Should Be In the Left Column?
The majority of news websites put homepage navigation in the left column; it has long been thus. But does that really make the most sense?From the perspective of having people come to a site for the first time, having a list of navigation links on the left side makes it instantly readable; visitors will quickly know how to find main sections of the site.On the other hand, the left column is "prime real estate" -- it's where people tend to cast their gaze (along with the top of the page) most often and first, according to observations from Poynter's new (...)
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 15, 2004 at 8:58 p.m..
Digital Street Game (danah boyd)
Digital Street Game is a mobile social gaming project conceived by two graduated of NYU’s ITP program - Michele Chang and Elizabeth Goodman: Digital Street Game is a hybrid game of misadventure set on the streets of New York. It’s... From
Corante: Social Software on September 15, 2004 at 8:50 p.m..
Tasmania's First ACE Policy Launched
Tasmania has recently launched its first adult and community education policy. Key points of the new policy are: an environmental scan of ACE provision; the establisment of the Tasmanian Learning and Skills Authority; the promotion of successful leaders, learners and other role models from the Aboriginal community and other culturally and linguistically diverse groups; flexible program delivery; and the development of elarning pathways. The policy was developed after collaboration with stakeholders, including ACE providers, other education and training providers, and community partnerships. From
EdNA Online on September 15, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Staying on at School - Improving Student Retention Rates
The Queensland Department of Education and the Arts, with funding from the National Fund for Educational Research, commissioned research into the factors that influence student retention and the policy implications. The research project included a major literature review, survey of 24 schools, interviews with policy staff in each jurisdiction, and sophisticated statistical analysis. The report contains models of student retention to measure the impact of factors shaping student retention and differences across States and Territories, and discussion of the policy implications and policy options From
EdNA Online on September 15, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
New WA College of Teaching
Teachers in Western Australia have their own professional body following the official launch of the Western Australian College of Teaching. The new College is unique in Australia in that it is autonomous and operates independently of Government, unions and employers. Its main roles will be to register all teachers in WA schools, ensure on-going professional learning for all teachers and promote the status of the teaching profession by ensuring quality standards in teaching. 15 Sept 2004. From
EdNA Online on September 15, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Political Expression and Copyright
Today Robert Greenwald announced the release of footage from his controversial film
Outfoxed under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus license. (The release of his earlier film, Uncovered, will follow soon. Says Greenwald: In making Outfoxed and Uncovered, I learned how cumbersome and expensive it can be to license footage from news organizations. Creative Commons licenses allow me as a filmmaker to know immediately how I can use a From
Creative Commons: weblog on September 15, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Creative Commons releases license for the developing world
The Creative Commons alternative copyright project has released a new license this week, aimed at intellectual property creators in the developing world. The Developing Nations license allows, for the first time, any copyright holder in the world to participate first-hand... From
MANE IT Network on September 15, 2004 at 7:02 p.m..
ibm stinger due september 17th...
Barbara Darrow, for CRN, reports--
IBM To Unleash Stinger Next Week. Barbara says that "Stinger is here--almost," and that this next release of DB2 (v. 8.2) will be generally available Sept. 17. The "autonomic" perks in this version include: IBM's Learning Optimizer or LEO, which promises to expedite searches, and a Design Advisor that automatically optimizes the database and improves its performance. From
judith meskill's knowledge notes... on September 15, 2004 at 1:59 p.m..
Amazon to Take Searches on Web to a New Depth
Technology > Amazon to Take Searches on Web to a New Depth" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/15/technology/15search.html?ex=1252900800&en=9e0ac8135b26be97&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt">The New York Times > Technology > Amazon to Take Searches on Web to a New Depth... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 15, 2004 at 1:59 p.m..
Save Betamax
The good folks at Downhill Battle have organized a call-in campaign re the Induce Act. Check it out
here. From
Lessig Blog on September 15, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
Tuning up for HDTV
Future of television is coming into focus, revealing new vistas for the industry--but also some zits. From
CNET News.com on September 15, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
HP grabs defense deal
The deal with the Defense Logistics Agency could be worth as much as $290 million for the computing giant. From
CNET News.com on September 15, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
JPEG Image Files Newest Threat
Even savvy computer users have assumed that some kinds of files, like image files, are innocuous. Now, it turns out, that the ubiquitous and seemingly benign JPEG file format can pose a security threat. This newly discovered vulnerability is yet... From
Indiana IT on September 15, 2004 at 1:01 p.m..
Recent developments at CrossRef
Edward Pentz,
Recent developments at CrossRef, Interlending & Document Supply, 32, 3 (2004) pp. 183-185. Only this abstract is online, at least
so far: "Provides an update on the latest CrossRef developments. CrossRef is now four years old and has reached critical mass in terms of members, digital object identifiers (DOIs) deposited and use of DOIs in reference links in scholarly journals. Cross From
Open Access News on September 15, 2004 at 12:53 p.m..
Financial Aid 101
What you need to know about grants, scholarships, college work-study and student loans for students of American colleges and universities by "Mr. Degree."... From
Adult/Continuing Education on September 15, 2004 at 12:53 p.m..
How to rip from vinyl or tape
So, you have five hundred tapes and albums of the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and the like, and want then on your computer? Well, you could spend hundreds of dollars replacing music you already paid for once with CDs. Or, instead of paying twenty bucks per album, you could spend twenty cents per album to convert your tapes and vinyl to CD and rip those. Read more for how. Also, the instructions below will allow you to defeat any copy protection. Period. Just substitute "cheap CD walkman" for "stereo." Caution- doing this in the United Statesor other parts of the world may be a felony. Those in l From
kuro5hin.org on September 15, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
Firefox 1.0 preview and RSS–yippee!
It looks like the Mozilla foundation is really taking steps to integrate RSS into its products. From an eWeek article: With the Firefox 1.0 preview, Mozilla also has targeted some of the new features at everyday users. The new RSS reader, called Live Bookmarks, is focused on helping users discover and ... From
Big IDEA on September 15, 2004 at 12:02 p.m..
More Ad Money Going Online
Dutch consumer electronics manufacturer
Philips just announced its new marketing slogan: "
Sense and simplicity" is what the Philips brand wishes to evoke. In Q4 of this year, some US$97 million are going to be spent on this campaign, of which 90 percent will go to print and television.Andrea Ragnetti, responsible for Philips' global marketing activities, stated that 10 percent of the media budget will be spent online, and that this percentage is growing. (Some of t From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 15, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..
elearning-reviews.org
Das Swiss Centre for Innovations in Learning (SCIL) in St.Gallen hat einen neuen Review-Service gestartet: "elearning-reviews.org provides those interested in research on elearning with concise and thoughtful reviews of relevant publications. The most important goal is a well-balanced selection... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 15, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..
NLM launches the NLM Catalog
The U.S.
National Library of Medicine has
launched the
NLM Catalog, a new, searchable, OA database of bibliographic data on "over 1.2 million journals, books, audiovisuals, computer software, electronic resources, and other materials via the NCBI Entrez retrieval system". For more details, see the NLM Catalog
help page. From
Open Access News on September 15, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..
Web Collaborator
A couple of posts ago I briefly touched on the idea of developing a pattern language of educational conversations and building tools that support particular patterns.
Web Collaborator is a good example of what this might look like. Basically, it’s a single discussion thread tied to a single wiki page.… From
e-Literate on September 15, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..
Picking lint from the learning object’s belly button
cogdog is confused, and so am I. But academics relish using buzzwords and redefining them for their own purpose. How long have learning objects been discussed? How many formal specifications lay dormant? How many variations on a theme are there to help education seem like ... From
Open Artifact on September 15, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..
BlogWalk 4.0 in London
Looks like everything is in place for
BlogWalk 4.0 in London this Friday. The focus of this gathering is "The future of work under influence of social software, e.g. blogging within the firewall". Unfortunately, I just got back from Thailand and will most probably not make it to London. Well, well, well... Nevertheless I am really happy to see that our original intention of establishing a series of these BlogWalk Salons is actually materializing. I guess we will even see BlogWalk 5.0 and 6.0 in 2004. [< From
Seblogging News on September 15, 2004 at 10:51 a.m..
Convention blogging reconsidered
Brian Reich at Campaign Web Review is researching what will be a series of posts about convention blogging. To that end, he's posted some questions for convention bloggers. As a credentialed blogger at the Democratic National Convention, here's my take on some of them: What did you think of the Convention? What does David Letterman's couch think of David Letterman? We were all just props for the TV. I ended up staying home the night of Kerry's speech so I could watch it on TV to see how it really was. That aside, the convention was both exhausting and exhilirating.... From
Joho the Blog on September 15, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..
Remix Outfoxed
Robert Greenwald has released the interviews from
Outfoxed under a
Creative Commons license, inviting others to remix the interviews to tell their own story about Fox. Robert had wanted to release the full film for remix, but fears about enabling the reuse of original Fox materials got that idea stopped. But you can download and rework the interviews from
archive.org Lessig Blog on September 15, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..
meanwhile, in the world of real issues
Making Torture Legal, a story by Anthony Lewis about an issue that ought to be an issue in this issueless campaign, is the best of its kind that I've seen. It was referred to me by an Israeli friend. As he said to me, "of course there is torture in Israeli prisons, but there is nothing remotely as bad as this." Truth, and justice. May it again be the American way. From
Lessig Blog on September 15, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..
New Scientist (almost) gets it
There's a great article in the
New Scientist about the dangers in IP extremism. As it rightly notes, THERE are some things in life we take for granted. Among them are the ability to lend each other books, record TV programmes, back up expensive computer programs, and sell on our old CDs when we've got tired of them. ... That could change. New technologies are giving copyright owners the power to control the time and place we can view or play digital versions of music, films and text so tightly that we run the risk of losing these From
Lessig Blog on September 15, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..
Gilmore v. Ashcroft
John Gilmore's battle to force the government to explain the basis upon which it demands that airlines verify an ID before permitting someone on a plane got a small victory last week. The government had asked to file its brief, defending a rule that is itself secret, in secret. The 9th Circuit
said no. From
Lessig Blog on September 15, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..
Open Source Portfolio
Came across a reference to an open source portfolio software being developed. There's a pilot version up now that can be tested. The Open Source Portfolio Initiative (OSPI) is a community of individuals and organizations collaborating on the development of the leading non-proprietary, open source electronic portfolio software available. This has ... From
Open Artifact on September 15, 2004 at 10:01 a.m..
RSS Wave: Good Ideas For Business And Marketing Applications
Rok Hrastnik has recently engaged me in a short tour de force around some major questions on the future of email, RSS, and RSS possible uses for business and marketing goals. He is the man behind MarketingStudies, an online resource dedicated to explore many of the new strategies offered today by new media technologies. He authors good articles for business entrepreneurs and engages his preferred online journalists to fascinating online debates, like the one he elegantly directed last fall on the death of email as a marketing medium. I have decided to call this topic-theme he drove me into, RS From
Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on September 15, 2004 at 9:52 a.m..
New Cites & Insights
The
October issue of Walt Crawford's Cites & Insights is now online. The OA-related pieces in this issue are (1) a lengthy review of Wikipedia, with special attention to the effectiveness of its communal form of peer review, and (2) a section on Copyright Currents looking at the INDUCE act, the database bill, the DMCRA, the Grokster decision, DRM, and broadcast flags. From
Open Access News on September 15, 2004 at 9:51 a.m..
Keith Henson Needs Help
For those who don't know him, Keith Henson co-founded the L5 Society, was President of Xanadu Corporation and was a featured character in The Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over the Edge. He's about to be deported from Canada to the United States where he faces time in the infamous California prison system. From
kuro5hin.org on September 15, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..
ALT-C: GroupLog, a Tool for Group Work with Large Cohorts
The presentation I gave described the processes and outcomes of an e-learning initiative involving collaboration between the University of Bath's Centre for the Development of New Technologies in Learning (CDNTL), and the university's Department of Social and Policy Sciences. The collaboration tested one online solution to a very practical problem; the teaching of large cohorts (~200) of students, which leads to reduced opportunities for interaction and feedback, especially with regards... From
Auricle on September 15, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..
MoodleMoot Spain 2004
El
CENT, Centro de Educación y Nuevas TecnologÃas de la Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, organiza la
MoodleMoot Spain 2004, primera reunión de usuarios de Moodle de España.
Moodle es uno de los principales EVE/A (Entorno Virtual de Enseñanza/Aprendizaje) de código fuente abierto. El programa de activitades de la MoodleMoot Spain 2004 incluye dos conferencias (la de Martin Dougiamas, creador de Moodle, por videoconferencia), asà como presentaciones de comunicaciones y demost From
Octeto - Tecnología educativa on September 15, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..
RSS Wave: Good Ideas For Business And Marketing Applications
Rok Hrastnik has recently engaged me in a short tour de force around some major questions on the future of email, RSS, and RSS possible uses for business and marketing goals. He is the man behind MarketingStudies, an online resource dedicated to explore many of the new strategies offered today by new media technologies. He authors good articles for business entrepreneurs and engages his preferred online journalists to fascinating online debates, like the one he elegantly directed last fall on the death of email as a marketing medium. I have decided to call this topic-theme he drove me into, RS From
Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on September 15, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..
Controlling 'The Sims'
Mental breakdowns and warped childhoods add to the fun in "The Sims 2," creator Will Wright explains. From
CNET News.com on September 15, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Bloggers Earning Income
An interesting appeared in USA Today. While bloggers appearance at the political conventions increased awareness, it hasn't apparently lined the pockets of the innovative correspondents. A small fraction of those blogging make an income from their craft. From
RSS Blog on September 15, 2004 at 8:02 a.m..
Satellite Service Battles Lag - Elliot Borin, Wired
The American "outback" is still about 92,000 miles away from broadband internet service, but September's launch of the first true consumer/SOHO satellite service to achieve DSL-level speeds has made the trek a little faster. While the 1-Mbps-plus down From
Techno-News Blog on September 15, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..
Simple Search Lightens Net Load - Technology Review
Researchers working on finding better ways to search the Internet are increasingly turning to methods that require individual nodes, or servers, to know a little bit about nearby servers, but don't require servers to look much beyond their own neighbor From
Techno-News Blog on September 15, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..
Yahoo Flexes Its Music Muscle
The internet's most heavily trafficked site is muscling in on the online music sector through its acquisition of Musicmatch in a $160 million deal announced Tuesday. From
Wired News on September 15, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Job Woes Plague High Tech
Researchers say the industry bled 403,000 jobs between March 2001 and April 2004, and the high-tech market continues to shrink. From
Wired News on September 15, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Bush Requests NASA Storm Aid
The president asks Congress for $126 million to help NASA recover from hurricane damage. The money could help the agency get its space shuttle overhaul back on track. By Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on September 15, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
George Lucas Does Dystopia, Too
The Star Wars director's first film, THX 1138, is no masterpiece. But it shows glimpses of the storytelling skill and imagination that became evident in his later movies. Jason Silverman reviews the re-released film. From
Wired News on September 15, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Don't Mess With Librarians
The timid media won't do it, so 'radical' librarians are standing up against the government to protect free speech and fight censorship. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. From
Wired News on September 15, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Satellites Track Turtle Trouble
A group of satellites captures evidence of what scientists believe is the killing of a rare sea turtle. But little can be done about it, they say. By Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on September 15, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Freedom Tower Will Be Green Giant
The new tower planned for the World Trade Center site has a lot more going for it than its 1,776-foot height -- it will include an array of environmentally friendly power sources. By John Gartner. From
Wired News on September 15, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Better Health Through Play
Health care experts are convinced that games can help people get and stay well, but they don't agree on what's the best approach. By Noah Shachtman. From
Wired News on September 15, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Wordcircle CMS
"A collaborative learning tool / course management product (PHP) for teachers, students and those looking to create and conduct online web courses. Wordcircle is open-source, commercial free and available at no cost." Wordcircle CMS Students and teachers: Once you are registered you can begin creating or enrolling in online courses. Listed on Open source course management systems... From
What's New at the e-Learning Centre on September 15, 2004 at 6:02 a.m..
Comienzan
Walter Kobylanski de HTML Life inaugura un blog más personal: Walterk.info. Oriol de Estamosdeacuerdo puso en marcha un blog gastronómico: Buenoparacomer. Wila de Alternativa ha comenzado el blog didáctico Apoyo docente, en la lÃnea de Interactivos. Hernán Casciari de Orsai... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 15, 2004 at 5:53 a.m..
Rediseño de fernandezcoca.com
El diseñador y autor multimedia Antonio Fernández Coca ha rediseñado su sitio web bajo el concepto de NO HOME. Espero que también se anime a seguir adelante con su blog Bitácoca.... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 15, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..
War Of Words Erupt Over Government PSA
Magna Medical Screening Services and the Director of the National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign, Robert W. Denniston, are at odds over a particular PSA that is currently playing across the country. Magna Medical has challenged the Office of National Drug Control Policy use of a radio public service announcement titled "I Hate You," citing the ad as a complication to an already-delicate situation. [PRWEB Sep 15, 2004] From
PR Web on September 15, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
New Sports Fundraising for a New Era in Health
In an era of increasing obesity, sports teams need to look to other options for raising money than candy bars and pizza. Cookbooks are a surprising and successful solution, and can be coupled with various marketing options. [PRWEB Sep 15, 2004] From
PR Web on September 15, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Beautiful, Textbook Instructional Design... I Yawned All the Way to the Post Test
Our system recently issued a policy that to drive any vehicles for school purposes, one would have to pass an online Defensive Driving course. I logged on recently to take care of this requirement but also to look at the design factors. It was very well done instructional design, following the
ADDIE formula to a "T". There were objectives, and a table of contents, and practice, and a cute character to lead us through the content (crash test dummy), it had some Flash animations, and pop up win From
cogdogblog on September 15, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..
Launched: Intranet Roadmap
I'm extremely excited to announce the launch of our new product: the Intranet Roadmap. This provides the first methodology that describes all the activities required to develop (or redevelop) an intranet. Beyond just implementing software or redesigning the site, the... From
Column Two on September 15, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..
CogDogSpielberg
Hardly Hollywood, but I've been focussed this week in the MCLI movie studio (e.g. my G4 TiBook). We are preparing an online opening for our
Ocotillo Action Groups that will include some video welcome messages from our faculty co-chairs... as an introduction of their efforts this year and a teaser to invite people from Maricopa to join in some asynchronous discussion board activity. This meant setting up not only the video sessions with 8 faculty, but we decided to add greetings from our chancellor, 2 vice c From
cogdogblog on September 15, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Before Counselor, before The League, before RHPT.com, before blogging was all the rage, there was "My London Journal". From
RHPT.com on September 15, 2004 at 1:59 a.m..
CFP on Virtual Communities (Clay Shirky)
ACMs SIGGROUP has a call for papers on novel approaches to virtual community (Due date: Jan 15, 2005), with the charming title of Less of You, More of Us: The Political Economy of Power in Virtual Communities, explicitly trying to... From
Corante: Social Software on September 15, 2004 at 12:49 a.m..
Help the Anna Amalia Library!
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE! American Friends of the Anna Amalia Library The Dutchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar, Germany is one of the world's great cultural treasures. Founded in 1691, it holds over a million books and significant rare book and manuscript collections, including medieval manuscripts, Martin Luther's Bible, the world's largest collection of Goethe's Faust, and other treasures. It has been named a UNESCO world heritage site. On September 2, 2004 the library suffered a terrible fire, and over 30,000 irreplaceable books were From
Archivalia on September 14, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..