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COPYRIGHT RESOURCES ONLINE
One of the most important things to consider in using someone else's work is its copyright status. To help the user determine if something is covered, Laura Gasaway has prepared "When Works Pass into the Public Domain," a helpful table... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 2, 2004 at 10:54 p.m..

EdNA Online Christmas links
Christmas seems to come upon us very quickly, at a time when teachers have many other things to do to. The aim of EdNA Online's Christmas Page is to give many links, all tested for their active status, suitable for... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 2, 2004 at 10:54 p.m..

Dutch Hospital Practicing Infanticide
In 2001, the Netherlands became the first (only?) country in the west to permit "mercy killings". The law only allows such killings in very particular circumstances - a doctor can terminate the life of a person who was in great pain and had no hope of recovery. In addition, the law requires the informed consent of the patient. A hospital in the Netherlands has asked to dispense with that annoying part about consent - and the equally annoying part about pain. From kuro5hin.org on December 2, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

MSN Spaces - MS, Where Have You Been?
There was a buzz today on the new MSN Spaces blogging service revealed today by Microsoft. I setup my own account, but then quickly dismantled it considering how poor it looked. I noticed Steven Downes wasn't too impressed, and others... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on December 2, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Words You Can't Write on Microsoft Blogs
Microsoft launched its MSN Spaces blogware product today, an event noteworthy only in that it stamps our favorite monopolist's approval on the genre. But the rules of the road for these Web writings are distinctly nanny-ish, as BoingBoing's Xeni Jardin hilariously reports. This will make Microsoft an object of derision in the blogosphere. Better to do it right, and let people say what they want to say. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 2, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..

Socket releases Mobile Power Pack
For users who can never find a power outlet, Socket is now offering 7200 mAh of power in a small, portable package. And it works with almost anything on the market over USB. Comprised of a 2700 mAh Lithium Ion battery encased in a black leather pouch with an attached USB cord, the Mobile Power Pack provides auxiliary battery charging to any mobile device t From unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 8:56 p.m..

Open Source Consortium sets the standard
The Weybridge, UK-based Open Source Consortium has been formed by 60 member companies representing 400 open source software specialists to represent the open source business community. OSC members include consultancies, and service, support, and solution providers specializing in open source software. The consortium will work to promote the deployment of open source software among public sector organizations. It also aims to establish a quality standard certification based on a framework for self-assessment and performance improvem From unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 8:56 p.m..

Collection of links is taken from Dan Gillmor's book, We The Media ISBN: 0-596-00733-7
We The Media: Web Site Directory Kevin McAllister did a nice job!... This collection of links is taken from Dan Gillmor's book, We The Media ISBN: 0-596-00733-7 (http://wethemedia.oreilly.com/). It is a replication of the the appendix titled "Web Site Directory." I have created this derivative work based on my rights under the Creative Common's license under which this text was distributed. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/) because of the terms of From unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 8:56 p.m..

Where to Watch the KaZaA Trial
If, unlike me, you have the (metaphorical) bandwidth: the APC Magazine's KazaaGate blog, which promises "whispers from the court gallery of the world's-biggest-copyright-case for the Internet's most-downloaded-program-in-history...and other hyperbole, nonsense and mischief." From unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 8:56 p.m..

Helen's Online Portfolio Adventure
The self-proclaimed "grandmother" of electronic portfolios, Helen Barrett has likely the most comprehensive set of resources on her main web site plus her E-Portfolios for Learning blog. Not so evident on the front page of site is a fantastic resource where she has taken the same portfolio content and used it in 22 different eportfolio systems-- this is detailed specifically at Versions of my Online Portfoli From cogdogblog on December 2, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..

Minor Enhancements For Feed2JS
I just made an update to our RSS Feed2JS service and free code. This changes will not break any current use, just adds some new options for some of the parameters, including: David Carter-Tod suggested a new line of code that allows the output to use the Atom fields for encoded content. I am not sure what that really is, but can guess it al From cogdogblog on December 2, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..

Newspaper Goes for Reader-Written Blogs
Loic Le Meur: Le Monde puts reader-bloggers at the same level as journalists. Le Monde is one of the first newspapers in the World to offer blogs to their readers, under the Le Monde brand. They have also published a ranking of the 10 top blogs, mixing their journalists blogs and their readers blogs, showing them at the same level, based on blog readers recommendations. Fascinating move. I hope it succeeds. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 2, 2004 at 8:46 p.m..

PA Bill Provides National Exposure to Battle over Municipal Networks
The tech dailies and listservs are burning up the Internet over the recent bill signed by Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell the restricts municipal broadband networks. While this case has received plenty of publicity, it certainly is not the first shot of what is anticipated to be a comprehensive effort by the RBOCs and cable industry to halt municipal networks. (Amazing how foes can set aside their differences to rally around a common cause!) From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on December 2, 2004 at 8:02 p.m..

Gotuit Media
Gotuit holds a broad portfolio of patents in the on demand space, including several landmark awards concerning video metadata. From unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Citizen Journalists Deserve Freedom of the Press Protections
Eugene Volokh, a professor of law at U.C.L.A., who writes the Volokh Conspiracy blog, has a real provocative op-ed in today's New York Times. He writes that bloggers deserve the same first amendment protections the press is entitled to...Because of the Internet, anyone can be a journalist. Some so-called Weblogs - Internet-b From unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Radioactive: We want our mobile TV
Mobile TV is definitely in the news of late. There’s still conflict between those who say mobile TV is the next big thing, those who say it’s the next big WAP, and those who say nobody has any idea what the consumer will actually pay for. This article does a good job of summarizing that, and throws in this interesting observation: “In Korea, mobile TV has been credited with the nation’s 3G uptake far surpassing Japan’s. In fact, 90 per cent of unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Comparing a Citizen Journalist's and Pro Journalist's View of a Story
Yesterday there was a subway fire here in New York City. For an inside look at the future of media, compare and contrast what Newsday wrote about the fire with this first hand account from Dawn Summers, a citizen journalist who was actually on the train! Tip of the hat to PunditGuy for the pointer. From unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Rossi DMCA Takedown Case Affirmed
The 9th Circuit yesterday ruled in Rossi v. MPAA that the DMCA notice and takedown provisions only require the copyright holder to have a "subjective" good faith and do not require analysis of whether the copyright holder made a reasonable investigation subject to an "objective" standard.  (via Techlawadvisor).  Don't have time to blog more now, but the opinion is quite short and worth reading in full. From A Copyfighter's Musings on December 2, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..

MMS Group Chat
Mobile technology company Echovox has launched a cross-network MMS Chat service, which enables users to add pictures, sound and video content to their discussions.'MMS Group Chat' will allow users to interact with multiple participants in a chatroom by sending both SMS and MMS messages. To avoid chatroom abuse, Echovox will constantly moderate all messages and content through a Web-based console. For adult services, Echovox will request age verification and ensure content is compliant with network operator and country regulatio From unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Blograising Campaign for Iraq
Here's my strong endorsement of the Friends of Iraq Blogger Challenge, a fundraising affair with a valuable purpose. It's aimed at helping the estimable Spirit of America organization (I wrote about them earlier this year) in efforts to help Iraq come back to economic and social stability. You can pick which project to support. I've just contribut From unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Pay-per-click journalism
Techdirt has the skinny on pay per click journalism, which sounds a lot like the "transaction journalism" term I coined in the late '90s (which even the New York Times quoted). The danger, of course, is that the most important stories in many newspapers -- such as in-depth, investigative journalism -- rarely get much traffic. From unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Mark Glaser: The Media Company I Want to Work For-- Not Someday, But Now
Guest writer Glaser is a columnist for OJR: "Time for someone to do it, to make the case for a new way of doing journalism, to stop talking about change in decades and start thinking about change in months and days. To stop complaining about the way things are, and the way things don't work, and to start doing it differently..." From unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

The 21st Chaos Communication Congress
I am extremely psyched to have been invited to speak at the Chaos Computer Club's 21st Chaos Communication Congress on December 27th to 29th, 2004 at Berliner Congress Center, Berlin, Germany. I will speaking on day 2. There are lots of really interesting speakers including unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

BitTorrent DDoS Attacks On Trackers.
Well, it was only a matter of time. How do you prevent your torrents from being disrupted by an attack like this? Host them on multiple trackers. I hope the guys over at LokiTorrent publish their findings from the analysis of the DDoS attack. One thing that CNET poked at in their article was decentralized technologies. Decentralization isn't the end all, by all. It does offer a certain amount of insurance against a massive centralized failure. When you have a distributed/decentralized denial of service attack against a decentralized service, it's a pretty fair match up. DDoS From unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Egoless UI Design: Intuitive And Easy
In addition to its listing of the EContent 100, the December issue of EContent Magazine has an interesting column by contributor David Scott titled The Egoless Company. The thesis for the article emanates from a discussion David had with the... From Kolabora.com on December 2, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..

Google Scholar & OpenURL Firefox Extension
http://www.ualberta.ca/~pbinkley/gso/ As soon as Google Scholar hit the streets there was quite a stir in the library community and various ponderings about how to tie it into existing library systems, so it was inevitable that someone would develop this, but this quickly!!! A Firefox extension which, when you perform a Google Scholar query, also sends queries to your institution's OpenURL resolver, and in cases where your University owns a licensed copy of the cited articl From EdTechPost on December 2, 2004 at 6:53 p.m..

Understanding PISA
Ich habe begonnen, meine Erkältung mit einer sanften Dosis Chemie zu bekämpfen. So war ich immerhin in der Lage, diesen Artikel zu lesen, der sich auf eine BBC-News bezieht, die wiederum die Ergebnisse einer detaillierten Auswertung von PISA-Daten zitiert: "Students... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 2, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..

Internet Radio Advertising to Increase Tenfold by 2009
Growth in online listening audience pits traditional broadcasters against major portals. From ClickZ Stats on December 2, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Evolving Literacy HYPHEN Crafting Messages for Senses, Sensibilities, and Sense-making
Literacy is not just about reading: we also expect a literate person to write. But how many people make their own movies? Obviously, the tools aren't there yet. But we can expect that when they arrive, literacy will take a step forward. As the author notes, when Photoshop arrived on the desktop, it put into the hands of the people in general questions about photo manipulation that used to be the preserve of professional photographers. I think that the same effect with respect to video would be good. By Carol Strohecker, Receiver, June, 2004 [OLDaily on December 2, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

MSN Spaces
Microsoft's entry into the world of blogs, MSN Spaces, launches. It's easy enough to create a blog, but not to create a personal profile on the blog - you have to have a Passport ID for that. Updating the blog was a bit tricky, and the photo that I added with my post ended up in a separate photos list. Couldn't add music because it requires a playlist from Windows Media Player. The site was slow. This is a typical Microsoft entry into a new field: nowhere near as good as the market leaders, painfully imitative, but leveraging Microsoft's market position to try to achieve lo From OLDaily on December 2, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Middle East eLearning Forum
Jay Cross gives us a feel (but only a feel) for the Middle East e-learning market with this summary from the Middle Eastern Forum at Online Educa Berlin. The major bit: "Most Arab countries have joint-ventured with Western companies. In fact, Cisco, Microsoft, IBM, WebCT, and others each appear to own the relationship with a particular country." It seems pretty clear that the way to work in the Middle East is from the top down. More coverage from Educa in Cross's Internet Time blog. By Jay Cross, Internet Time, December 1, 2004 [OLDaily on December 2, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

SPARC Open Access Newsletter
In this, the 80th issue of the newsletter, two major developments in open access are highlighted. In what author Peter Suber calls "the largest single step toward free online access in the history of the OA movement," the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plan to support open access was endorsed by the U.S. Congress. But on the other side of the pond, in response to what must have been heavy industry lobbying, the British government decided that it is "not aware of any evidence of a significant problem in meeting the public's needs in respect of access to journals through public librari From OLDaily on December 2, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Thunderbird RC1
Once we've got you all switched from Internet Explorer to Firefox, there's another treat for you. Thunderbird, the open source email client made by the people who make Firebird, is just a hiccup away from its formal release; the RC (release candidate) is the final version before the official release, expected in mid-December. I have been using Thunderbird for about a year now and vastly prefer it over Outlook. Looking further down the road, watch out for Sunbird, the open source cal;endar application that links with the browser and the email client. By Various Authors, MozillaZine, From OLDaily on December 2, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Learning Without Lessons: Supporting Learning in Small Businesses
While the authors suggest that "a clear distinction between formal and informal learning is difficult to define and unhelpful" they also suggest, while defining it a few pages down, that it is "related to business, rather than personal objectives." They should have heeded their early advice. As it is, this perspective flavours this generally useful report focusing on the training needs of small and medium size enterprises. Some advice that should be heeded: "A key issue in small companies is getting access to useful and relevant information. Often this can be done quite simply through trade jo From OLDaily on December 2, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Pierre Berton
When I was young my father and I split a membership in the Book of the Month Club. I read quite a lot about the Second World War (Shirer, Churchill, Speer) and read the complete Sherlock Holmes, among other things. But the books I remember most of all had titles like 'The National Dream' and 'Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush'. I may have studied Canadian history in school, but it was Pierre Berton who made it come alive for me. Berton d From OLDaily on December 2, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

mediageek: Happy 5th Birthday Indymedia
[November 30 was] the 5th anniversary of the Battle of Seattle at the 1999 WTO Ministerial protests, and so is also a fine day to celebrate the birthday of Indymedia. Although Indymedia actually formed over months preceeding the WTO, it was five years ago today that the IMC took center stage as the conduit of information from Seattle. In November 1999 I was just barely aware of the preparations underway in anticipation of the WTO, though I knew it was going to be a big deal. Many people from Champaign-Urbana went to the protests, and in talking to them afterward and hearing about th From unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..

FCC Comments on TV Band Communications
J.H. Snider and Michael Calabrese of the New America Foundation have published FCC Comments: Unlicensed Sharing of TV Band (106 pages). It comments on the proposed rulemaking to use the television band for unlicensed communications using 802.11-like devices. About 10 million households will have an HDTV by the end of 2004, growing to 45 million by the end of 20 From unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..

New Open Source Media Center Released for Windows
"Media Portal turns your PC into a very advanced Multi MediaCenter / HTPC. It allows you to listen to your favorite music & radio, watch your video's and DVD's, view, schedule and record live TV and much more. You get Media Portal for free/nothing/nada/noppes and best of all it is opensource. This means anyone can help developing Media Portal or tweak it for their own needs!" From unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..

Wikimedia Commons
This project provides a central repository for free images, music, sound & video clips and, possibly, texts and spoken texts, used in pages of any Wikimedia project. From unmediated on December 2, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..

Users Want More Recordings of Your Web Events: David Smith Reports
If you want to understand the potential for recorded Web seminars, see the Wainhouse Research white paper called "The Business Case for On-Demand Rich Media (ODRM)". The white paper does not focus specifically on Web seminar recordings, but the ODRM... From Kolabora.com on December 2, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..

eportfolios and reusable learning objects
How's that for a combination? I had some thoughts about these areas and figured I might as well talk them out a bit in a podcast. Very freeform and somewhat rambling, but hey... Download file (5.2MB mp3) Download file From Stand Up Eight on December 2, 2004 at 5:01 p.m..

Great Open Source cost breakdown graphic in 'Elearning Dialogue' article
http://www.campus-technology.com/news_article.asp?id=10299&amptypeid=155 Nothing really that new in the article except a nice graphic to illustrate the cost breakdown of commercial software vs. open source projects. I wish they would have cited where the data was from on which the cost breakdowns are based.- SWL From EdTechPost on December 2, 2004 at 4:52 p.m..

Ethan in Egypt
Ethan Zuckerman is in Egypt. Ok, technically he was in Egypt, but he waited until he left before posting about it. He connects the looseness of cab-ride protocols with the scary human rights environment.... From Joho the Blog on December 2, 2004 at 4:48 p.m..

Late to the moblogging game
After nearly a day's worth of fiddling (and two years worth of delay in getting a mobile with a camera), I've got my phone posting photos to both Flickr and my new sidebar section Photographing. Right now the pictures are just junk shots from around the apartment as I trouble-shot many issues. And here's a weird one for those of you contemplating the Nokia 6600: I was unable to send my photos (as multimedia messages) to anyone until I'd first sent one to myself. Wha? Yup. That's what T-Mobile support told me. I said to the woman, "Well it's good I called. How on From megnut on December 2, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

ibm's toolkit upgrade...
iSeries Network has a short blurb on IBM's latest Autonomic Computing Toolkit version: "...The intent of the toolkit is to help developers build self-managing functions into their applications. In addition to the OS/400 support, V2 adds Eclipse 3.0 support and expanded Eclipse plug-ins. The toolkit From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on December 2, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..

Online Educa opening session
Am at the Online Educa conference in Berlin. I am obviously not alone: there are more than 1700 registered participants, from more than 60 countries here. In the opening session, Tayeb A. Kamali from the higher colleges of technology in... From ErikLog on December 2, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

191 Tools For Tolerance
Hate can only be conquered by resident-activists willing to promote tolerance. You may already be one of them. The ideas in this guide will help foster tolerance in yourself, your family, your schools, your workplace and your community. Some of... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 2, 2004 at 12:56 p.m..

Fact Monster
What a neat website...if you are playing Trivial Pursuit this would be a great site to have book marked. Fact Monster: Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 2, 2004 at 12:56 p.m..

Testers
We are still looking for some people that would like to come in and help with the testing of Elgg - if you are interested please send me your name and an email address. Thanks. David Tosh... From ERADC Blog on December 2, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..

Inexplicable (Nancy White)
I’ve known Sue Thomas online and off for about 5 years. Her contributions to understanding life online are extraordinary for three reasons. She lives fully online meaning that she immerses herself (not that she lives ONLY online). She takes time... From Corante: Social Software on December 2, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

My Portrait Photo You Will Not See on Flickr
Last evening I had a digital photo portrait taken by a local photographer but I doubt it will be flattering enough to land on my flickr collection... I never saw the photographer, but I have been aware of where they set up their studios. Yes, I managed to have a snapshot taken of not only me, but my license plate by photo radar. It was extremely stupid on my part, as I am well aware of their typical set up spots on my drive home... but last night, my mind was a bit distracted while driving down Osborn. This is a pri From cogdogblog on December 2, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..

Benoit the Denver Cabbie
Some recent online discussions on motivation and eportfolios reminded me of an experience back in October at the EDUCAUSE conference.... well actually it had nothing to do with the conference. Towards the conference, I needed to get out to the airport (which seems to be located somewhere in Nebraska) since my wife was flying in on an evening flight as we had plans for some Colorado sightseeing. I managed to misunderstand the concierge's information that airport shuttles ran every fifteen minutes From cogdogblog on December 2, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..

knowledge-sharing BEA style...
What is CodeShare? According to BEA's CodeShare Community page: "...an integrated set of project tools for knowledge sharing, communication and project administration. You can not only download and use your familiar BEA code samples, but now you can actively contribute to these projects and even create projects of your own. Leverage the expertise of other BEA technical experts in the community and develop ideas, examples, components and best practices around BEA technologies in your own project envir From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on December 2, 2004 at 11:57 a.m..

THE DOs AND DON'Ts OF ONLINE LEARNING
I wanted to get many instructors' points of view to include in this chapter, so I posted questions in an informal survey to listservs and online college faculty bulletin boards. I also emailed the entire faculty at one online college.... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 2, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..

Further IDEAS ABOUT "DOs AND DON'Ts OF ONLINE LEARNING"
A recent posting in TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR(SM) MAILING LIST entitled "THE DOs AND DON'Ts OF ONLINE LEARNING" presented a rather grim view of the experience of instructors who are involved in this mode of teaching. This is a discouraging situation when... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 2, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..

Escaping the Comparison Trap: Evaluating Online Learning on Its Own Terms
Online learning programs have been intensely scrutinized and relentlessly compared to traditional, classroom-based education. Are these two formats equal in quality? John Sener argues that the question itself is specious. He outlines the problems inherent in model comparisons and advocates... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 2, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..

Chief Ranting Officer
Would you make someone named RageBoy your Chief Blogging Officer? Look, fellas, you went into this with your eyes open. When the sick bastard turns on you, you'll have no one to blame but yourself. In short, congratulations! The blog is - rather brilliantly - not about HighBeam, the sponsor. It's about Chris burrowing into ideas he's interested in, incorporating information found via HighBeam. So, we get to watch over Chris' shoulder as he works on his next book, which has nothing to do with his sponsor. HighBeam shines the more brightly by being reflected through Chris&apo From Joho the Blog on December 2, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Google numbers
From an article by Matt Loney at ZDNet: * Over four billion Web pages, each an average of 10KB, all fully indexed * Up to 2,000 PCs in a cluster * Over 30 clusters * 104 interface languages including Klingon and Tagalog * One petabyte of data in a cluster -- so much that hard disk error rates of 10-15 begin to be a real issue * Sustained transfer rates of 2Gbps in a cluster * An expectation that two machines will fail every day in each of the larger clusters * No complete system failure since February 2000 And... From Joho the Blog on December 2, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Wikipedia: => Replies to common objections
This is an interesting starting point if you investigate in the dynamics of new technologies (wikis particularily), innovation, and ways to deal with it => Wikipedia:Replies to common objections - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia From thomas n. burg | randgänge on December 2, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Compulsory Thorough Recording Of All Your VoIP Conversations: Paranoia Or Threat?
The guys at SmartMobs report of Pablo Martinez-Almeida who has been thinking and reflecting on the likely future evolution of our digital voice communications. His focus is on highlighting privacy issues and communication skills that will emerge from our pervasive... From Kolabora.com on December 2, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Tales from the data-entry trenches
When a family member underwent a series of minor medical procedures recently, I got a front-row view of the hospital's data entry systems. As I'm sure is also true elsewhere, it wasn't a pretty picture. The ordeal begins at the registration desk where, no matter how many visits you've made recently -- perhaps even on the same day! -- you're required to "verify your information." It's always bugged me to listen to someone read off, from a screen, such facts as date of birth, address, employer, and insurer. But when the proced From Jon's Radio on December 2, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

BlogTalk Downunder
First fork emerged: Blogtalk Downunder a conference for academics and practitioners, May 2005. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on December 2, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Blog is In the Dictionary
The term "blog" topped Meriam-Webster's list of top ten words that have piqued the interest of site visitors this year. After sorting through thousands of user hits from Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, Online Thesaurus, and Merriam-Webster Collegiate.com "blog" was declared the winner. Defined by Meriam Webster - Blog noun (short for Weblog) : a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer From RSS Blog on December 2, 2004 at 7:59 a.m..

Lycos' anti-spam screensaver draws fire - Scarlet Pruitt, IDG News Service
A screensaver developed by Lycos Europe that gives spammers a dose of their own medicine is attracting plenty of attention, but not all of it good. The company officially launched the "Make Love, Not Spam" screensaver Wednesday but a beta version had From Techno-News Blog on December 2, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Screensaver tackles spam websites - BBC
Internet portal Lycos has made a screensaver that endlessly requests data from sites that sell the goods and services mentioned in spam e-mail. Lycos hopes it will make the monthly bandwidth bills of spammers soar by keeping their servers running flat From Techno-News Blog on December 2, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Microsoft rushes out critical IE fix - Robert Lemos, CNET News
Microsoft published a patch for Internet Explorer on Wednesday, aiming to close a month-old hole that has been used by viruses to spread and by an ad banner attack to compromise PCs. The vulnerability, dubbed the Internet Explorer Elements flaw by Micr From Techno-News Blog on December 2, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

FURTHER IDEAS ABOUT "DOs AND DON'Ts OF ONLINE LEARNING" - Amram Eshel, Tomorrow's Professor
A recent posting in TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR(SM) MAILING LIST entitled "THE DOs AND DON'Ts OF ONLINE LEARNING" presented a rather grim view of the experience of instructors who are involved in this mode of teaching. This is a discouraging situation when we From Online Learning Update on December 2, 2004 at 7:49 a.m..

THE DOs AND DON'Ts OF ONLINE LEARNING - Judy Donovan, Tomorrow's Professor
I wanted to get many instructors' points of view to include in this chapter, so I posted questions in an informal survey to listservs and online college faculty bulletin boards. I also emailed the entire faculty at one online college. Over fifty online From Online Learning Update on December 2, 2004 at 7:49 a.m..

Escaping the Comparison Trap: Evaluating Online Learning on Its Own Terms - John Sener, Innovate
Online learning has entered the mainstream of American higher education. Millions of students are taking online courses, and enrollments are projected to triple over the next several years (Symonds 2001). The majority of American college students are n From Online Learning Update on December 2, 2004 at 7:49 a.m..

IIID Expert Forum for Knowledge Presentation
The International Institute for Information Design (IIID) has published a very valuable documentation about the expert meeting on knowledge presentation online. From owrede_log on December 2, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..

My RSS-feeds
=> Blog RSS-feed, in case you are only interested in my blog-posts. => del.icio.us-feed, in case you are only interested in my tagged bookmarks. => Blog RSS-feed plus del.icio.us, in case you want both of it. => Klip just another version of my blog-posts. => Flic From thomas n. burg | randgänge on December 2, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..

Legacy Matters & The Business of Life
Jill Fallon has embarked on an very interesting business venture. Her two weblogs, Legacy Matters and The Business of Life, contain a wide variety of insightful ideas that have a close connection to the question, "How do we learn the... From Experience Designer Network on December 2, 2004 at 6:58 a.m..

UBC conference powerpoints
THe powerpoints are now available from the UBC conference Reflection Is Not a Mirror, It's a Lens. e-Learning at UBC... From ERADC Blog on December 2, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..

Kele's thoughts
Here is Kele Fleming's - the UBC e-portfolio co-ordinator - reflection on their e-portfolio day. e-Portfolios: Through the Looking Glass - UBC's e-Portfolio Conference... From ERADC Blog on December 2, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..

Sex Patch Cools FDA's Ardor
Questions about the effectiveness and long-term safety of a testosterone patch designed to boost a woman's sex drive has federal regulators wondering whether to approve the product at all. From Wired News on December 2, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

They've Got Your Number
Coming soon to a phone near you: spam, scams and viruses galore. Your text messages, address book and calls could be up for grabs. By Annalee Newitz from Wired magazine. From Wired News on December 2, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Her So-Called Digital Life
Internet consultant Mary Hodder spends most of her life online. She has gone almost entirely digital. It may not be long before you do, too. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. From Wired News on December 2, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

A Kinder, Gentler Type of War
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer game, so you should expect some dying, but Blizzard has managed to make even that pleasant. Game review by Lore Sjöberg. From Wired News on December 2, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Gifts to Sate Your Technolust
The holidays may mean food and decorating to some, but for the geek crowd, they're just another excuse to buy gadgets. Here's a collection of cool ones. By Xeni Jardin. From Wired News on December 2, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Gamers Eye Open Virtual Worlds
Fans of open-source programming and multiplayer gaming explore ways to bring the concept of the metaverse -- an infinitely expandable virtual world -- closer to fruition. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on December 2, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Disk space is not free even for MSN Spaces
Mike Torres, MSN Spaces web experience program manager, says in a comment that disk space is not free and therefore Micr*soft couldn't support more than 10MB of space for 150 million people. True enough! But then how does Gmail support 1GB of space? Both Gmail and MSN Spaces are free, ad supported web apps that will be used by millions yet Gmail allows 1GB and MSN Spaces only allows 10MB. Methinks someth From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on December 2, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

ePortfolios: A portal site
Derzeit plagt mich eine schwere Grippe, so dass die Nachrichten etwas kürzer ausfallen müssen. Also: Wer sich für das Thema "ePortfolios" interessiert, findet hier eine Seite mit vielen Ressourcen: zur Definition des Konzepts, seinen Vorteilen und Anwendungsbeispiele (via Stephen Downes)... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 2, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..

School Aid Impasse Sets Stage for Courts to Decide City's Share
A late round of negotiations stalled, opening the door for the courts to decide how many billions of dollars more schools will be owed. From New York Times: Education on December 2, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Crime in Schools Fell Sharply Over Decade, Survey Shows
School crime dropped to an annual rate of 24 violent incidents per 100,000 students from 48 violent incidents, a report found. From New York Times: Education on December 2, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

On Campus, Hanging Out by Logging On
Thefacebook.com, a Web site that began 10 months ago, is now the most popular way to either network or waste time for a million college students. From New York Times: Education on December 2, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Back in His Old Brooklyn School, Selling Hope and a Chance to Apply to Bowdoin
Erby Mitchell, now a recruiter from Bowdoin College, returned to his old high school in Brooklyn to offer some hope. From New York Times: Education on December 2, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Court Panel Says New York Schools Need Billions More
A panel has found that an additional $5.6 billion must be spent on schoolchildren every year to provide a basic education. From New York Times: Education on December 2, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Web Sites Satisfy Late-Night Campus Snack Attacks
College-age entrepreneurs are mixing the Web into businesses like late-night snack delivery. From New York Times: Education on December 2, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Bulgarian IT execs tour US
A delegation of Bulgarian IT executives is currently touring the US, hoping to boost American investment in the country’s tech sector. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 2, 2004 at 3:56 a.m..

Internet giants at work on digital video search engines
Internet powerhouses Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are each busy at work developing digital video search technologies, according to a report on tech news website CNET. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 2, 2004 at 3:56 a.m..

ITU head: Arabic domain names coming to a computer near you
The head of the International Telecommunications Union has said that the organistion is currently working on the implementation of multi-alphabet domain names. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 2, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

VNU sells World Directories for €2bn
Netherlands-based media group VNU has announced it has successfully completed the sale of its World Directories group for €2.075bn. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 2, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Intrusion Prevention System market over €1bn by 2008 – report
The combined market for IPS and Intrusion Detection System (IDS) equipment is poised to reach €1.05bn by 2008, up from €407m in 2003, according to market research group In-Stat/MDR. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 2, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

UK broadband use passes 50% mark
Over half of the UK’s internet users are now accessing the web via a broadband connection, according to figures from audience tracking firm ACNielsen NetRatings From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 2, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

BTC restructures regional divisions
The recently privatised Bulgarian telco has replaced BTC’s eleven regional structures with four new consolidated divisions. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 2, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Telecom Austria wins right to acquire Mobiltel
The incumbent Austrian telco has agreed a memorandum of understanding with the shareholders of Mobiltel to acquire a call right to purchase the Bulgarian mobile operator. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 2, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

BT launches entertainment division
BT Entertainment is to develop, license and bring to market content value-added services such as on-demand music, gaming, TV and movies. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 2, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Telecom Italia, Warner sign broadband movie distribution deal
As part of a two-year agreement, Italian websurfers will be able to download recent Warner Bros. pictures though the Rosso Alice portal. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 2, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

MITOpenCourseware
This a great series of lectures for the physics teachers. MIT OpenCourseWare | Physics | 8.01 Physics I, Fall 1999 | Video Lectures... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 2, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

No MetaWeblog API and no post via IM support yet in MSN Spaces
OK, just watched the demo video and read some more. The MetaWeblogAPI is not supported so I can't post from Marsedit, BlogJet, etc. Please support the MetaWeblogAPI and the MT extensions so that the hundreds of tools that work with these APIs work with MSN Spaces. And although I thought I read that MSN Spaces supported blogging via IM, it doesn't. Pity! It would be c From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on December 2, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

spam spam spam Dec. 9 spam spam spam 1pm spam spam spam
A few weeks ago I attended a two-day workshop on spam sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The workshop was actually called the "Email Authentication Summit", which tells you a lot about how the experts are currently planning to control spam: If you can figure out for certain where the s From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on December 2, 2004 at 3:01 a.m..

Research and Development of Accessible Technologies Webcast
From the NCDAE site... Join us on Wednesday, December 1, 2004, for a live audio webcast entitled, "Research and Development of Accessible Technologies". The webcast will include presentations from national leaders in this area and will focus on research and development processes for accessible technologies, including the motivations for developing accessible products, the costs of including accessibility features, and the marketplace for accessible technologies. Panelists will be announced soon. Participant comments and questions will be welcome via email. The one hour webcast will begin at 2P From Curb Cut Learning on December 2, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

MSN Spaces like all MS products s*cks during beta
Welcome to the blogosphere Microsoft! Check out my MSN Spaces Blog. I am sure it will improve and will be acceptable by 3.0 if MS follows its usual track record (which should be around 2006 :-) !). No thanks. If you want a free blog, use Blogger or LiveJournal, I see no compelling reason to use MSN spaces at this time. Here's a list of things missing or just plain wrong that I found after using it for 10 minutes: No Fire From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on December 2, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

The 900 pound gorilla steps into the blogosphere
Sigh - is blogging now doomed to lose its coolness? Microsoft is now offering their blogging service - see my first attempt at stigmergic microspace. My major annoyance - I can't hack the CSS for the page, and am forced to choose from pre-made themes. Typical for Microsoft, they offer a ... From Just Another Ant on December 2, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..

Malicious Code in Depth
Worms, Viruses and Trojan Horses are some of the more popular Malicious Software out there today. This paper takes an indepth look at malicious software and gives a brief history. From Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on December 2, 2004 at 1:47 a.m..

Bush Visits Canada On Fence-Mending Tour
US President George Bush is visiting Ottawa today, his first stop on a fence-mending tour that takes him to Europe early next year. This is his first official visit to Canada since becoming president four years ago. He skipped Canada in favour of visiting Mexico at the start of his first term in office, and cancelled a state visit to Canada last year, after Canadians got vocal about their opposition to the Iraq conflict. As CBC News reports, the purpose of this visit may be to smooth relations damaged by the war in Iraq and trade disputes over Canadian beef and softwood lumber. Bush is also e From kuro5hin.org on December 2, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..

Awards honour Queensland's leaders in flexible learning
Six Queensland education and training organisations and individuals were honoured for their outstanding achievements at the 2004 Queensland Flexible Learning Awards Breakfast Forum held in Brisbane this morning. The Queensland Flexible Learning Awards recognise innovation and best practice in flexible learning and are a Queensland initiative under the Australia Flexible Learning Framework supported by the Department of Employment and Training. Winners include Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE, Southbank Institute of TAFE, Mackintosh International College, John Paul College Francis Howes, C From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on December 2, 2004 at 12:02 a.m..

Credit professionals train online to improve risk assessment skills
The Australian Institute of Credit Management is achieving an 80% cent completion rate within the accredited online training it offers credit professionals. Ms Del Cseti, the Australian Institute of Credit Management's (AICM) National Training Manager and Marketing Manager says while online training is not as "cheap as chips" to deliver, it is has increased access to the education and training required by credit professionals nationally. From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on December 2, 2004 at 12:02 a.m..

Computer games get serious in Australia
Australia's AUD$3 billion electronic games industry could have a head start in the international race to develop 'serious games' by tapping into more than 10,000 workplace competencies currently available within the vocational education and training system through nationally endorsed Training Packages. According to 2004 Flexible Learning Leader Mr Adrian Denyer, serious games should not be confused with other interactive educational e-learning tools. "Serious games have the same ability as any normal computer game to emotionally immerse people in game play using adventure or str From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on December 2, 2004 at 12:02 a.m..

The Spastic Centre gets an edge on e-learning
Two years ago, the term 'flexible learning' did not feature in The Spastic Centre's vocabulary, but today the highly successful NSW-based non-profit organisation is reaping the benefits of investing in the skills of its employees. The result for the approximately 3,000 people who receive services from The Spastic Centre annually is a higher quality of service. And as for the Centre's 850 staff, they are benefiting from innovative new ways of training and greater access to flexible learning resources. The Centre's Manager for Research and Service Development, Ms Liz Foy From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on December 2, 2004 at 12:02 a.m..

Framework-sponsored award winners named the best training providers in the country
River Murray Training in South Australia and TAFE NSW North Coast Institute took out two major awards sponsored by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework at the Australian Training Awards held in Victoria last week. From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on December 2, 2004 at 12:02 a.m..

AUD$680,000 investment in 'New Practices' in flexible learning to be presented in Melbourne
Nine projects showcasing successful models of flexible learning for Indigenous learners, small businesses, disengaged youth, remote communities and mobile learning will be presented next Thursday 2 December in Melbourne. The project teams received competitive funding and support totalling approximately AUD$680,000 from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework), through its New Practices in Flexible Learning program in 2004. New Practices Program Leader Melanie Sorensen said the 2004 projects were selected because of their strong potential to give lasting benefit to the national VE From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on December 2, 2004 at 12:02 a.m..

Highly anticipated interactive e-learning 'Toolboxes' have arrived
Seven new 'Flexible Learning Toolboxes' will be available within the next few weeks from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework. The new Toolboxes cover a range of industries and qualifications including the Training and Assessment (TAA) Toolbox. From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on December 2, 2004 at 12:02 a.m..

Awards honour Queensland's leaders in flexible learning
Six Queensland education and training organisations and individuals were honoured for their outstanding achievements at the 2004 Queensland Flexible Learning Awards Breakfast Forum held in Brisbane earlier this month. Guest speakers at the Breakfast Forum included Deputy Director General of the Department of Employment and Training, Mr Chris Robinson, legendary coach and former head of the Australian Paralympics team, Mr Chris Nunn, and founder of the volunteer-based national youth media and training organisation VibeWire Youth Services, Mr Tom Dawkins. From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on December 2, 2004 at 12:02 a.m..

Breaking through the cyber-ceiling - online mentoring for women in IT
A new web-based mentoring course Women in IT Mentor Training Program is helping women within the information technology (IT) industry to become cyber-mentors. Robin Miles, Programs for Women Coordinator at TAFE NSW's Gender Equity Unit says, "The Women in IT Mentor Training Program is a resource which can help young women break through the cyber-ceiling in an industry where females constitute only 30% of the workforce." The course is a 'female friendly' strategy which facilitates good working relationships with industry by enabling female staff to increase their capacity to supp From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on December 2, 2004 at 12:01 a.m..

E-Agenda to Present New Guidelines For Cross-Border Education
Exciting new developments between UNESCO and OECD to be previewed at e-Agenda International Summit, December 12-14, 2004, San Diego. From DEC Daily News on December 1, 2004 at 11:52 p.m..

WGU [Western Governors University] introduces nation
SALT LAKE CITY (Dec. 1, 2004) " Western Governors University (WGU) is now enrolling students in two new online competency-based MBA degrees specifically designed for experienced business and information technology professionals seeking upward career mobility (see www.wgu.edu/mba). Competency-based education means students earn degrees by demonstrating what they know and can do rather than by simply accumulating a certain number of credit hours. oeOur challenging MBA programs are for individuals who already possess From DEC Daily News on December 1, 2004 at 11:52 p.m..

Doing More with Less: Obstacle or Opportunity for IT?
Technology has become one of the most appreciated and most scrutinized investments in higher education. From DEC Daily News on December 1, 2004 at 11:52 p.m..

Why do we blog?
Frank asks. A bunch of us answer. It seems to boil down to: What a cool way to hang out together!... From Joho the Blog on December 1, 2004 at 11:49 p.m..