By Stephen Downes
December 19, 2003
A Voice in The Void
A compilation
of some posts to the CC-Education mailing list in which I
propose a mechanism for integrating open content with open
source applications. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web,
December 15, 2003
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
We-Learning: Social Software and E-Learning
Nice survey article that tracks many of the
threads converging to become what is now being called
social software. The author picks her way through instant
messaging, collaborative workspaces and blogs, drawing upon
good analyses of each technology, to weave a picture where
"stand-alone courseware will eventually be replaced
completely with workflow tools that integrate
knowledge-sharing applications directly into them." I agree
with this assessment, provided that social software can
resist the blight that afflicted knowledge management,
where "knowledge management was hijacked by software
vendors... who created IT infrastructure that was 'woefully
divorced from anything approaching normal human behavior.'"
By Eva Kaplan-Leiserson, Learning Circuits, December 15,
2003
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
Open Source Takes on Hardware
Biz
I've been waiting for an announcement like
this. With the development of proprietary 'trusted'
hardware that enforces digital rights management at the
microprocessor level, open source and open content
advocates faced a wall. With open source hardware, such as
the proposed system-on-chip microprocessor, open source
advocates are not forced to use technology designed to
promote proprietary, not open, software and content. By
Amit Asaravala, Wired News, December 17, 2003
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
CSU Plans to Reject 4,000 Eligible
Students
The thin edge of the wedge grows wider.
As University Business summarizes, "California State
University officials announced Thursday that they plan to
slash enrollment growth to offset unilateral budget cuts
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger intended for university outreach
programs at disadvantaged K-12 schools." The market for
e-learning just grew by 4,000 people. The erosion of the
university system continues. By Carrie Sturrock, Contra
Costa Times, December 19, 2003
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
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