By Stephen Downes
January 2, 2004
The Edinburgh Scenarios
Some
interesting content now posted on the Learning Circuits
blog outlining four scenarios describing e-learning in the
next decade. This is all in preparation for an event
launched by Scottish Enterprise and Global Business
Network, who have been asking experts about eLearning for
their projectsions. According to the survey, two clusters
of uncertainty have emerged (resulting in the four
scenarios): the source of power, influence and new idea;
and the role of technology in society. By Jay Cross,
Learning Circuits Blog, January 1, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
LOCKSS
Interesting. Lots of Copies
Keep Stuff Safe (LOCKSS) is software that distributes
copies of digital publications across an institution, then
through a process of rolling integrity checks ensures that
the copies have not degraded. By Various Authors, Stanford
University, January, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
2003 in Review: DRM
Technology
Good summary of the current state of
digital rights management (DRM) technology with a look
forward to the future. After a year that characterized a
few tentative steps forward (and a lot of file sharing) the
author expects DRM in person to person (P2P) networks next
year. Also worth reading, by the same author, is this
overview of digital content. By Bill Rosenblatt, DRM
Watch, December 31, 2003
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
What the Net Did Next
The father
of the internet, Vint Cerf, projects the use of Internet
Protocol for all forms of communication, beginning with the
telephone system. "You are going to see a fairly dramatic
increase in services riding on top of basic internet
infrastructure," he said, "You will see more and more
layers of functionality showing up in the net." By Mark
Ward, BBC News, January 1, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
The Future is Now
Good set of tech
predictions. Most interesting is the ietm about the iPod -
Apple has really outflanked Microsoft with a slim, portable
device that doesn't cater to the Windows proprietary music
format. Millions of people will discover the memory stick
this year, and the suggestion that there will be memory
stick applications is a great call. By Charles Arthur, The
Independent, January 1, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
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