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Blogs and e-learning
People have always felt the need to express themselves and cave paintings are arguably the earliest blogs. We now have tens of millions of blogs on what is the biggest, most exciting, expanding cave we have ever seen HYPHEN the web. Donald Clark,formerly of Epic has written a fine paper on the subject of Blogs and e-learning. From ScotFEICT on February 2, 2006 at 10:51 p.m..

Epiphanie des Bildungs-Glücks
Wer den Titel ohne Verletzungen überstanden hat, dem sei gesagt, dass hier Roger Willemsen im Interview "über durstige Lerner und traurige Weise" philosophieren darf. Beide Gesprächspartner sind sich einig, dass Bildung mehr ist als der Erwerb eines Abschlusses. Und... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on February 2, 2006 at 10:50 p.m..

The network delivers the goods
Es ist erst einige Tage her, dass Brian Lamb auf seiner Webseite bekannte: "I'll admit, I'm nervous." Brian, beschäftigt am Office of Learning Technology an der Universität von British Columbia, hatte noch genau eine Woche, um sich auf eine wichtige... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on February 2, 2006 at 10:50 p.m..

Lernen und Widerstände
Ein wichtiger und lesenswerter Beitrag! Es geht um das "lebenslange Lernen", ja, das Lernen überhaupt und die Frage, warum viele Menschen trotz täglicher Appelle und reichhaltiger Angebote nicht mitspielen. "Lernwiderstände" lautet die Diagnose. Doch wie entstehen sie? Und wie... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on February 2, 2006 at 10:50 p.m..

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Iraq and Bolivia bloggy roundups
Global Voices has a blithely written, pessimistic roundup of Iraqi bloggers and a report on the first week in office of Bolivian president Evo Morales. [Tags: global_voices iraq bolivia]... From Joho the Blog on February 2, 2006 at 10:48 p.m..

No, Joho wasn't hijacked
This morning if you came to this site, you may have been redirected to someone else's site. Not to worry. There was an error in a config file. That other site belongs to a friend. It's all well now. Sorry for the confusion...... From Joho the Blog on February 2, 2006 at 10:48 p.m..

Bloglines Issues Fixed
It turns out, my host flipped the wrong switch and was blocking the Bloglines crawlers from the site. Thanks to the many of you who took the time to send me copies of what you were getting from your own inquiries at Bloglines, which actually led to the solution. I'm awed by the scope and sincerety of your assistance. Have I mentioned lately how lucky I feel to be a part of this community? Ok...time to get back to our regularly scheduled blogging topics. From weblogged News on February 2, 2006 at 10:47 p.m..

Blogpower
(This is the last title in the theme, I promise.) So I just have to point to "my" bloggers at Seton Hall once again as they are really getting pretty inspired and inspiring. One of them is now suggesting they try to collaboratively write an article for Educational Leadership magazine about their blogging experiences. In a few days we will have been bloggers for three months! As I look back over this From weblogged News on February 2, 2006 at 10:47 p.m..

Ning--Too Much Fun
I actually had a spare 15 minutes this morning, and after reading the latest review of Ning on Tech Crunch, I decided to go back and see what was new. The result? If you're ever passing through my town, you can now find a good place to eat. I can't believe how absolutely simple that was, and how much potential there is in being able create things like this s From weblogged News on February 2, 2006 at 10:47 p.m..

Why vision documents stink
Scott Berkun has written a short article on why vision documents stink. To quote: At a talk yesterday I asked an audience of program managers how many of them had read a vision document. Most of the 100+ in the... From Column Two on February 2, 2006 at 10:47 p.m..

The value of online writing style guides
Nick Besseling has written an article on the value of online writing style guides. To quote: I have never come across a successfully managed website or intranet of at least a reasonable size (2,500 pages +) that didn't have at... From Column Two on February 2, 2006 at 10:47 p.m..

Eye tracking as silver bullet for usability evaluations?
Mark (don't know his last name) has written an article exploring the strengths and weaknesses of eyetracking. To quote: When reading articles on usability evaluation, talking to other usability professionals and clients, one can get the impression that eye tracking... From Column Two on February 2, 2006 at 10:47 p.m..

Board Accepts Resignation of Medical University Leader
Dr. John J. Petillo agreed that his severance package could be revoked if a federal investigation of the university finds evidence that he should have been fired. From New York Times: Education on February 2, 2006 at 10:45 p.m..

36 More Small Schools Due in September, Mayor Says
Many of the schools will feature specialties ranging from mathematics and technology to hospitality and tourism. From New York Times: Education on February 2, 2006 at 10:45 p.m..

Education: More Training Is Seen as Key to Improving Math Levels
President Bush's proposal to increase the ranks of advanced teachers in math and science does not envision hiring new teachers. From New York Times: Education on February 2, 2006 at 10:45 p.m..

How to Get to Princeton? Just Grab Onto Its Name
Merrill Lynch & Company said this week that it intended to put the Princeton name on its mutual funds to gain wider acceptance among investors. From New York Times: Education on February 2, 2006 at 10:45 p.m..

Budget Measure Increases College Loans and Rates
Students and their parents will be able to borrow more money to pay for higher education, but will face higher interest rates on these federal loans. From New York Times: Education on February 2, 2006 at 10:45 p.m..

Robert Roy Britt - Era Ends: Western Union Stops Sending Telegrams - LiveScience
A headline from fifty years ago? No, it's from last week. The Western Union telegraph has a long and storied history but it's odd to think of people still sending telegrams in 2006, illustrative of the time it takes one technology to replace another. Still, I never sent a telegram in my life. Now, I guess, I never will. [Link] [Tags: ] [Comment] From OLDaily on February 2, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Harold Jarche - Failure of Online Communities - Jarche Consulting
Harold Jarche cites Jay Cross, who remarks en passant, "After the session, several people told me they really appreciated Bill telling it like it is. Early on, he said that while he thought he was pretty good at fostering online communities, 90% of the communities he sets up fail." Bill probably is good at setting up online communities. But I wonder whether a community that has been set up is doomed to fail. I wonder whether, instead, what we should be looking at as community is the interactions b From OLDaily on February 2, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Ray Grieselhuber - How to Make Wikipedia Better (and Why We Should) - Online Journalism Review
Personally, I don't think the author gets the point. The suggestions he offers - forcing editors to register, demanding references and reasons for changes, clearing copyrights for all materials prior to posting - would only marginally reduce the number of errors (after all, Britannica has almost as many errors) and would create significant barriers to input. Had any of these been in place at the start, Wikipedia would not exist. The point of something like Wikipedia is that it is easy to contribute, and errors are cleared up after the fact by the community. This means that readers will ne From OLDaily on February 2, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Announcement - EdNA Communities Closing Down - EdNA
Not as bad as it sounds, as communities are encoyraged to move to EdNA Groups, the service that was launched last year. "Each Group receives a space in which they can choose from a range of tools to facilitate communication and collaboration. For example, you can set up web forums and live chats; share web-links, files and images; create web pages and wikis; poll or survey members, and add RSS newsfeeds from EdNA Online. Groups can be public (open to all) or private (invitation only)." [Link] [Tags: OLDaily on February 2, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Vicki A. Davis - Why blaze lonely and unpopular trails that will become highways of tomorrow? - Cool Cat Teacher Blog
Nancy White recommended the Cool Cat Teacher Blog, which in turn impressed me with the first post I read. Excerpted in this post: "'Dr Brand...do you really think it is worth it?' No! The word sprang to Paul's lips. He almost spoke it. But something silenced it. Perhaps it was the memory of reawakening life in the eyes of Krishnamurthy. [His first patient.] Or an older memory of three figures turning hopelessly back down a steep mountain p From OLDaily on February 2, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Jolande Leinenbach - "10 Golden Rules Manifesto" to develop the European Digital Content Industry - Elearningeuropa
Though there are some good bits, mostly around the area of broadband access, the document described is a mostly backward-looking and regressive proposal. The authors argue that there should be more licensing of commercial e-learning, that strong DRM is "an enabler", that there should be "a Common Core of Content," and that publishers already supply a sufficient amount of personalization and customization of materials. [Link] [Tags: Books and eBooks, OLDaily on February 2, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Terry Freedman - Free Market - Information&Communication Technology in Education
Terry Freedman comments at length on my remark about "doing something good, not greedy." He writes, "why is selling content deemed to be not ok, whilst selling or, more accurately, renting your expertise to an employer is ok?... Why use such patronising and disparaging language about people whose only 'crime' is to try and earn an honest living in a different way than you do?" I respond at some length in the comments. [Link] [Tags: ] [Comment] From OLDaily on February 2, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Rob Reynolds - The Relevance of Textbooks - XplanaZine
So I'm just about to leave for a short stop in London and a longer one in Malmo, Sweden (if the weather allows me here in blizzard-ridden eastern Canada). Wish me luck! Hence, no issue of OLDaily tomorrow, and the weekly is a day early this week. On that note, we begin this week with this item questioning whether it makes sense to publish textbooks online. [Link] [Tags: Canada] [Comment] From OLDaily on February 2, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Among Mobile Portals, Yahoo! Wins
As mobile consumers adopt data solutions, portals and content brands reach for wireless community market share. From ClickZ Stats on February 2, 2006 at 2:45 p.m..

Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil was the opening act at ASTD TechKnowledge this morning. His message is awesome. Once you grasp his Law of Acelerating Returns, you canTMt help but change your view of the world. In a nutshell, not only is progress advancing exponentially, the rate of change itself is exploding exponentially, too. Ray plots the time between [...] From New York Times: Education on February 2, 2006 at 12:45 a.m..