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Donald MacLeod and Liz Ford - On the Brink of a Revolution - The Guardian
According to this article, Britain's Manchester University and the Open University have agreed to collaborate in yet another large overseas e-learning initiative. The authors, not surprisingly, linger over the failures of similar attempts in the past. But they cite university officials as responding to such scepticism as "old-fashioned". [Link] [Tags: Online Learning] [Comment] From OLDaily on March 1, 2006 at 11:45 p.m..

Press Release - Blackboard Unveils Blackboard Beyond Initiative - Blackboard
Well I guess it's official now - Blackboard has embraced e-learning 2.0. Proposals include "personalizing the e-Learning environment," facilitation of social networking, "Network Learning Environments," and workplace learning. It's pretty clear that I think they are moving in the right direction with this. But it would have been nice to see the support available (for we certainly have the knowledge) to develop this in Canada. [Link] [Tags: Online Learning, OLDaily on March 1, 2006 at 11:45 p.m..

Simon Hayes - Copyright Makes Web a Turn-off - Australian IT
The lead tells the story: "Schools (in Australia) have warned they will have to turn off the internet if a move by the nation's copyright collection society forces them to pay a fee every time a teacher instructs students to browse a website." I guess I don't really need to comment. What I wonder is, if this is implemented, will I start getting royalty cheques from Australia? Thought not. Why not just give these companies public money directly, and leave the schools out of it? [Link] [Tags: OLDaily on March 1, 2006 at 11:45 p.m..