Edu_RSS
The person has become the portal
Howard Rheingold in
TheFeature on research at the University of Toronto's
NetLab, where
Barry Wellman and colleagues say:"Changes in the nature of computer-mediated communication both reflect and foster the development of networked individualism in networked societies. Internet and mobile phone connectivity is to persons and not to jacked-in telephones that ring in a fixed place for anyone From
unmediated on December 16, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..
Blinkx unveils search engine for TV
Just came across this
press release announcing the beta launch of
Blinkx.tv, a search engine that scans video clips from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, BBC News and more. "Ground breaking automatic transcription technology, which transcribes content straight from the cable box on the fly or from video already store From
unmediated on December 16, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..
Three Steps to Teaching Decisionmaking Online
Here's another line of thought spurred by my ongoing cross-blog conversation with Maish R. Nichani of elearningpost HYPHEN which I'm enjoying immensely. In his Dec. 16 article It's all about rich e-learning experiences, Nichani wrote: "Amy Gahran points out that... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on December 16, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..
It's all about rich e-learning experiences
Here are my thoughts on the current discussion between focusing on tasks and focusing on information in an e-learning course. Amy Gahran points out that a task-oriented approach is more effective in most e-learning than an information oriented approach. My... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on December 16, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..
Copyright, Fair Use and the Public Interest
It has become extremely fashionable these days to suggest that copyright protection has outlived its usefulness, and that the "public's" interests should triumph over the "private" and exclusionary interests of copyright owners. When expressions of this false dichotomy began appearing... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on December 16, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..
Copyscape: Online Plagiarism Protection
Copyscape is dedicated to protecting your rights online, helping you fight against online plagiarism and content theft. Copyscape finds copies of your content on the Web. You can use Copyscape to identify sites that have copied your content without permission,... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on December 16, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..
Amy Gahran on narratives and decision-making
Amy Gahran has followed up with two detailed articles
here and
here on my previous post using e-learning as a narrative technique. Wonderful stuff. "If you want to treat e-learners as human beings, give them narrative. Save the exposition for backgrounders in your library." "Effective e-learning can HYPHEN and should HYPHEN tell stories. Or at least be part of a narra From
elearningpost on December 16, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..
Open Publish 2005
This is an early announcement about Open Publish 2005, to be held in Sydney on 27-29 June 2005. For the first time, there will be a full stream devoted entire to web content management. I will be the co-chair for... From
Column Two on December 16, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..
A reminder to myself
I find it currently somewhat hard to construct a satisfying level of coherence within my research. Maybe the following paragraph from a text that I recently put together with Priya Sharma helps in that respect:We are most concerned with the representation of knowledge structures in this type of organic, individually defined learning, as opposed to the more delineated, structured learning that is common to formal educational settings. Thus, instead of focusing on how individuals represent structures for discrete content knowledge, we are concerned with strategies and artifact From
Seblogging News on December 16, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..
Indexing TV
From a Bilnkx press release: blinkx is the first search engine to make such TV programs fully searchable on demand. Because blinkx captures and indexes the entire video stream directly from the television, consumers can get straight to the exact clip they want. blinkx TV can be accessed at http://www.blinkx.tv/ Blinkx says it "captures and indexes video streams across news, sports and entertainment programming from 22 channels, including Fox News, ESPN and Biography." I haven't had a chance to try it, and I'm in the air all day (= 24 hours from takeoff till final landing) today...... From
Joho the Blog on December 16, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..
Copyright, Fair Use and the Public Interest
This opinion column by Neil Turkewitz, Executive Vice President of Recording Industry Association of America, expresses the view that protetcion of copyright is in the public interest. "We base our entire system of protection on the public's interest in promoting the creation and distribution of creative materials," he writes. Most to the column is dedicated to refuting generally misrepresentative versions of Lawrence Lessig's arguments about fair use and freedom of speech. But my main interest in in the first statement: for if the purpose of copyright is to promote creativity, then From
OLDaily on December 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Library and Archives Canada
I won't link to the article in a certain Canadian newspaper because of its registration requirements, but via the blogosphere comes a good point: while people are gushing with praise over Google's deal to scan and digitize archival materials from some major universities, some other organizations have been doing this for some time - in particular, "Library and Archives Canada, which combines the former National Library of Canada and National Archives of Canada, has been especially active, scanning millions of pages of documents a year. It has now put all of the publications, including From
OLDaily on December 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Copyscape
So today's Google Alert came with a big notice about this service, which scans the web to see who, as it says, has plagiarized your work. So I tried it out and the results were as expected: the service takes no notice of my Creative Commons license, and does not even differentiate between legitimate quotations - such as
this hit on Jeremy Hiebert's site, which is flagged as plagiarism. By Various Authors, December 15, 2004 [
Refer][
OLDaily on December 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Speegle
A search engine that reads the results out loud to you. A nice demonstration of the technology, but it's a little hard to click on the links. Via Curb Cut Design. By Various Authors, December 16, 2004 [
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Research][
Reflect] From
OLDaily on December 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
ePortfolios
George Siemens is on a roll. He weighs in today with an article on e-portfolios, giving the definition and origin of the concept and tying it clearly to previous work in prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR). The article looks at some issues surrounding portfolios - such as standardization, about which he asserts "interoperability is built into the sharing structure, not the content itself." The article wraps up with a brief look at trends and implementation. By George Siemens, elearnspacee, December 16, 2004 [
OLDaily on December 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Podcasting
If you've just recently heard of Podcasting, this item will bring you up to date. By Sabine Kirstein, odd-lot thoughts, December 16, 2004 [
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OLDaily on December 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Blogging in Education
Slides and
MP3 audio (10 megabytes or so) from my talk today at Mount Saint Vincent University. The talk itself is a presentation of the use of blogging in learning, blogging technologies and aggregators, and some discussion of RSS. The interesting bit comes after the talk, as audience members remained for almost an hour to continue with questions and comments, including thoughts on the ethics of research and blogging along with my thoughts on emerging trends. Today's newsletter comes from Wolfville, where I will speak at Acadia tomo
OLDaily on December 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Heads Up: I’ll Be on Croncast Tomorrow
Just a quick announcement: Tomorrow (Friday, Dec. 17, 2004) I'll be a guest on Kristopher Smith's podcast show "Croncast." Kris and I have been having an interesting conversation about editorial considerations for text and audio. Last night we spoke by phone and he invited me to be a guest on his show... From
Contentious Weblog on December 16, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..
Furl as Classroom Tool
George Siemens at
elearnspace says: One of the complaints often directed at blogging is that not everyone is a blogger - not everyone has the interest, time or the skills to write for others. While glancing through
Furl's Popular List , I realized how effective it could be as a learning tool. Anyone can use Furl (it simply stores a copy of a webpage in your user folder, so pages aren't lost or links broken). Making connections is a knowledge era skill. Imagine a gro From
weblogged News on December 16, 2004 at 5:47 p.m..
Pulling Sense Out of Todayís Informational Chaos
This paper is grounded on the fundamental(?) difference of information and knowledge (subjectivity vs. objectivity, qualitativeness vs. quantitativeness, usefulness vs. truth, you know). Blogging is supposed to pop up as a saviour. And LiveJournal is the place where it happens. Stop! Not meant to sound cynical but nothing new so far in this article for me except the pointer to the book of
Scott Lash. The remainder: assumptions without analysis, step-dancing between Brown/Duguid, Gladwell, and LiveJournal. From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on December 16, 2004 at 5:47 p.m..
Merry CSS-Christmas from Community MX
Community MX has released a new JumpStart page extension today called North Pole. (Disclaimer: I am a partner at Community MX and share in the proceeds with the other 30 or so authors and experts in our merry band of whatever we are.) The North Pole extension is free as our group's gift to you out there in the web development community. If you're not familiar with the JumpStart series, these extensions for Dreamweaver allow you to build fully CSS-positioned pages that are WAI compliant... From
Brain Frieze on December 16, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..
E-Learning as a Narrative Technique: Yeah!
Between our two blogs, Maish R Nichani and I are having an intriguing conversation about e-learning. Yesterday in "elearningpost" he zeroed in on a concept that strikes a strong chord in me: e-learning as a narrative technique. See his article, "It From
Contentious Weblog on December 16, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
Dead Tree Spam
Heute habe ich einen Papier-Spam aus meinem Briefkasten gezogen: Tobias Wolters (
wolters-web) wirbt für seine Dienste als "Webdesigner" und verkauft Hardware. Die Website sowie die Referenzen sprechen für sich. ;-) Nur was schreibe ich ihm am besten zurück? From
PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on December 16, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..
TinyP2P - Very cool hack in 15 lines of code
Cool hack! From
TinyP2P.: QUOTETinyP2P is a functional peer-to-peer file sharing application, written in fifteen lines of code, in the Python programming language. I wrote TinyP2P to illustrate the difficulty of regulating peer-to-peer applications. Peer-to-peer apps can be very simple, and any moderately skilled programmer can write one, so attempts to ban their creation would be fruitless.UNQUOTE From
Roland Tanglao's Weblog on December 16, 2004 at 2:52 p.m..
On the glory of Brussels sprouts
I have been on a Brussels sprouts tear lately (see You do learn something new every day from earlier this month), eating them as much as possible. As is my way when I find something I love, I eat it non-stop until I almost grow sick of it. Luckily the season for the item usually passes before the damage is complete, and then I have nearly a year to recover. Case in point: bread salad. But I digress! Back to the sprouts... I've been preparing them at home in my skillet with brown butter, and I've thought them quite delicious. Imagine my surprise when I was out dining earlier this wee From
megnut on December 16, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Stellingen
Stellingen are propositions that go with a PhD thesis according to the Dutch academic traditions. Those propositions are not a summary of a dissertation, but (I think :) rather a set of statements characterising a PhD-to-be and his or her values/thinking/reflections in relation to the work done. Of course, it's a bit early for
my own PhD (still 2 years to go), but I feel like starting to work on my own stellingen. At this moment it's not about personal KM at all, it's about my relation with my PhD re From
Mathemagenic on December 16, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
Skype Goes Social (Ross Mayfield)
Skype opened up the beta for their new Multi-party Chat. I had a chance to meet its developers in Estonia and have been playing with it for a little while. It is pretty slick in its early form and will... From
Corante: Social Software on December 16, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..
For all you hip-pained athletes
From the American Academy of Family Physicians comes this detailed publication on Hip Pain in Athletes. While it's obviously written for medical professionals (ones who recognize words like 'acetabulum' and 'femoral head'), I found it useful in preparing for my trip to the orthopedic specialist. I've had a nagging pain since before the marathon, nothing too severe so I just ran through it. Now that I've been back in NYC and sitting much more than before, the pain's gotten worse. So I finally broke down and went to the doctor. I've been laying off th From
megnut on December 16, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
The PIMP system
Phone posting for Indymedia Australia: The PIMP allows anyone with access to a telephone to submit reports to indymedia. It was originally developed to allow up-to-the-minute reports to be made from actions such as Mayday and Woomera, where computers are in short supply, or not easily accessible to the 'people on the ground.' Reports are submitted to indymedia as audio files, and indymedia followers not physically involved in the action are encouraged to transcribe these. From
unmediated on December 16, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
Firefox Ad Runs
The Firefox ad paid for by contributors to the "
spread Firefox" campaign ran in today's New York Times, featuring the names of all 10,000 contributors, with the Firefox logo superimposed over the top (ad in
pdf format). 11 million users have downloaded the browser since the Mozilla foundation launched the campaign, Broadband Reports is the
third largest affiliate. From
unmediated on December 16, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
Media RSS
Media RSS extends enclosures to handle other media types, such as short films or TV, as well as provide additional metadata with the media. "Media RSS" is a new RSS module that supplements the enclosure capabilties of RSS 2.0. RSS enclosures are already being used to syndicate audio files and images. Media RSS extends enclosures to handle other media types, such as short films or TV, as well as provide additional metadata with the media. Media RSS enables content publishers and bloggers to syndicate multimedia content such as TV and video clips, movies, images, and audio. From
unmediated on December 16, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
Solar panels to be sewn in textiles
H-Alpha Solar, a research by a pool of European scientists, is investigating how flexible solar panels can be sewn into textiles so electrical equipment can be recharged without being connected to a mains supply. Bendy solar panels little thicker than photographic film could be bonded to fabrics and be on the market in three years. Possible application could be a tent whose flysheet charges batteries all day so campers can have light all night, or a r From
unmediated on December 16, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
Net-edited television
TribeTV is an extension of the Tribe Web site, which features ratings and reviews of local hot spots, eateries and bands, as well as classified ads and networking groups. TribeTV's focus is on local musicians that have been highly rated by Tribe members, performing at businesses favored by the Tribe. "We may be the only truly Internet-edited TV show," says Wade Lagrone, Tribe's VP of marketing and executive producer. "We look at how many votes a band got, and we go straight from the votes." For now, the low-budget program can be seen on cable access TV in San Fr From
unmediated on December 16, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
MediaBloggers Association
Media Bloggers Association (MBA) is a non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting MBA members and their blogs, encouraging the continued education of members, and supporting the emerging citizen journalism movement. From
unmediated on December 16, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
Seminar "Knowledge Worker Productivity"
Früher, also vor drei oder vier Jahren, wäre diese Veranstaltung sicher noch unter dem schlichten Titel "Knowledge Management" gelaufen. Wäre das Themenspektrum ähnlich gewesen? Da darf jetzt jeder selbst spekulieren, denn die Folien der Referenten (u.a. VW, Commerzbank und Siemens)... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 16, 2004 at 12:51 p.m..
Distributing A Powerpoint Presentation: Output Alternatives
Several alternatives are available to presenters to deliver their PowerPoint presentations to different and varied audiences. New media technologies allow us to "export" a PowerPoint presentation to the following media formats:... From
MasterViews on December 16, 2004 at 12:51 p.m..
A Telco Does Something Smart
SBC is taking a creative approach to engaging the hard-to-satisfy youth audience: a free, branded
RSS reader dubbed "
Project D.U." (for Digital Universe). I haven't tested the reader. And in fact, I have yet to find a feed reader that offers me enough functionality to be worth installing another application. At the moment, I am experimenting with the browser-based
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 16, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..
My del.icio.us tags
Doesn't look so clean, but my mind is not neatly ordered either :-) Each number indicates how many links I classified under the tag that follows. You can subscribe to any of these substreams: look for the orange RSS button at the bottom of the corresponding page. 65
academia -- 14
academia/cfp -- 1
aggregator -- 6
amateur -- 1
Seb's Open Research on December 16, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..
Oded Noy: PATH Application Manager
Today's screencast features Oded Noy, CTO of
PATH Communications, who demonstrates the PATH Application Manager (P.A.M) -- a tool that instruments and analyzes the behavior of large Java (or C/C++) applications. The label most folks would attach to this product is application performance management, but Oded favors the te From
Jon's Radio on December 16, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..
Oops On That Billboard
Found while trolling some of the graphic design gems over at Cameron Moll's
Authentic Boredom Billboard Backside Blunder Only pure coincidence could create a scenario like this. Posted along I-15 in Provo, Utah, this billboard stand demonstrates what happens when an advertiser fails to consider what might be posted on the back of his billboard: You have to
see it yourself... From
cogdogblog on December 16, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..
Feedroll Pro Makes it Easy to Syndicate RSS Feeds
FeedRoll Pro leverages your RSS feed to make it extremely simple to offer content available for syndication by other websites. Content syndication in this way increases exposure to a wider audience, drives more traffic to your site, and can can improve your search engine rank. From
RSS Blog on December 16, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..
James Farmer: Difficult
James Farmer has written an inspired entry called Difficult. It is also a courageous entry that dares to expose the soft underbelly of ignorance within a University system. Here is the stunningly arrogant and ignorant context he is forced to... From
Experience Designer Network on December 16, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..
Posicionamiento y optimización para buscadores
Enlaces de apoyo a la sesión sobre Estrategias de marketing de sitios web: GuÃas GuÃa básica para PYMES por César MartÃn Manual de promoción de webs por Miguel Angel Alvarez Posicionamiento en buscadores por Fran Fernández Posicionamiento en buscadores por... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 16, 2004 at 7:52 a.m..
Thursday in Singapore
I spent from 9-5 leading a workshop on "conversational marketing." Forty-three participants from a variety of industries. And, because irony is the basic law of the universe, I went on so long that I cut into the time we slated to spend in an Open Space exercise, facilitated by Edgar Tan, with Patrick Lambe in the wings. The Open Space went very, very well: Strangers engaged in open-ended, organically directed conversations. As for my long talky part, lord knows how it went. Now I'm going to meet James Seng for dinner. We've only met in the bit sense, so I'm... From
Joho the Blog on December 16, 2004 at 7:48 a.m..
Personal touch
Although only a small point I must say one aspect of the Elgg weblog - and any others that include this feature - I am really enjoying is the inclusion of a picture of the person making the entry. For... From
ERADC Blog on December 16, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..
Prepping to Pull the Plug on GPS
Tucked into the Bush administration's space policy is a plan to take the global positioning system offline temporarily during a national emergency. The goal: preventing terrorists from using the navigational technology. From
Wired News on December 16, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Another Viewtiful Day
Capcom's Viewtiful Joe 2 offers a graphically impressive old-school beat-'em-up experience with unmatched stylistic flair. Game review by Chris Kohler. From
Wired News on December 16, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Connecting With Cell Users
Handset design is evolving as more features are added to phones, but one crucial element seems to be left behind -- the user. By Elizabeth Biddlecombe. From
Wired News on December 16, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Media Wish List for 2005
Our columnist Adam L. Penenberg wishes he could snap his fingers and change the media landscape for the better. Among his 2005 wishes: getting bloggers to actually break news, abolishing the FCC and making news organizations watchdogs again. From
Wired News on December 16, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Give Your Home a Brain for X-mas
X10's ActiveHome Pro modules let you turn your ordinary household lamps and appliances into smart devices that go on and off according to your habits. Product review by Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on December 16, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Turning the Holidays Green
Looking for an eco-friendly gift for that special tree-hugger in your life? This guide has you covered, right down to the wrapping paper. By Lewis Wallace. From
Wired News on December 16, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Inside the Mac Revolution
Twenty years on, one of the engineers who helped create the Mac writes his memoirs. But programmer Andy Hertzfeld's account is no dry paean to code: It's funny, engaging and deeply human. Wired News interview by Leander Kahney. From
Wired News on December 16, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
P2P Battle Reaches FTC
The trade commission hears what's right and wrong with file sharing, but there's no guarantee it will institute regulations. Michael Grebb reports from Washington. From
Wired News on December 16, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
11M: lo que piden las vÃctimas
Extracto de la intervención de Pilar Manjón, representante de la Asociación 11M Afectados del Terrorismo ante la Comisión de Investigación del 11M: Les recordamos, pedimos, exigimos, lucharemos por lograr: 1. Una comisión de investigación independiente de los partidos polÃticos que... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 16, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..
RSS Submissions
http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-submission.htm Here's another list for blog and RSS... [[ This is a content summary only. ]] From
RSS Latest News on December 16, 2004 at 3:58 a.m..
Better MT-ing 1: Naming Files To Your Advantage
What's in a file name? Well it is the URL that you will publish, so make the most of it. You can make room for flexibility in your blogs if you set things so all content created is published as *.php rather than *.html. What is
PHP? A long forgotten acronym, but it is a powerful server side language for mixing in some script like commands that can make web pages be much more dynamic than static HTML. Even if you never use one iota of PHP code, your blog site can still spit ou From
cogdogblog on December 16, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..
Good Morning Silicon Valley
One of my favorite sources for tech news these days is
Good Morning Silicon Valley, published by
SiliconValley.com. GMSV says of itself: First launched in July of 1996, Good Morning Silicon Valley is one of the longest running technology Web logs around. Written by John Paczkowski, it looks askance at the technology news of the day with an authoritative From
EDUCAUSE Blogs - on December 16, 2004 at 12:55 a.m..