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Is the Internet about to be disintegrated?
Network neutrality is a principle of network design. It asserts that, in order to promote innovation, network service providers such as telephone and cable internet companies should not be permitted to dictate how those networks are used (i.e., not permitted to ban certain types of programs, to ban certain types of devices connecting to the network, or to favor carriage of traffic to certain web sites over others). The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation
owrede_log on April 30, 2006 at 6:47 p.m..
AjaxOS
AjaxOS is a concept that allows an OS to use remote AJAX-based applications to be treated as if they were local. Michael Robertson
presents his view of AjaxOS. He claims that moving software into services is going to be successful and a way to compete with Microsoft. Besides he admits that they never will clone Office completely. I don't agree with that claim. I think the principle idea o From
owrede_log on April 30, 2006 at 6:47 p.m..
Not Reading…Why?
So I’m finding it really, really difficult to read much of the edblogloshpere these days. I’ve gotten out of synch…too much traveling. Too much to do at work. Too much of everything. But here’s the kind of weird thing which is scary at the same time. I’m kind of liking the silence. And I’m not sure [...] From
weblogged News on April 30, 2006 at 2:48 p.m..
Faith = Illness.
Why I've had it with religious tolerance.
So what's a nice Jewish boy like me writing such a seemingly sacreligious comic book for Vertigo? My last column in Arthur magazine may cast some light on this issue.Okay, so let's get into this God game. I think it's time to get serious about the role God plays in human affairs, and evaluate whether it's appropriate to let everyone in on the bad news: God doesn't exist, never did, and the closest thing we'll ever see to God will emerge from our own collective efforts at making meaning. Maybe I'm just getting old, bu From
rushkoff.blog on April 30, 2006 at 2:45 p.m..
Chinese Man Buys eBay Fighter Jet
You can get anything online -- even a MiG-21f fighter plane. A Chinese businessman purchases one from a U.S. eBay seller on for nearly $25,000 because he has the buying power, but it's unclear if it can be shipped to China. From
Wired News on April 30, 2006 at 1:46 p.m..
Google Map Maker
Richard Stephenson has created a very nice little tool, Google Map Maker, for generating Google Maps. The interface is very simple to use and you can easily add placemarks to a map, add popup content, and generate the code, all from a single page. From
Viral-learning.net on April 30, 2006 at 12:55 p.m..
Google Calendar data API
I can imagine all kinds of interesting hooks being developed to gather and publish content from Google Calendar.... Enter the Google Calendar data API, which can be used to write external applications that query, create, and update Google Calendar events, so they're available to Google Calendar users or other API-enabled applications. From
Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on April 30, 2006 at 12:55 p.m..
Earth Day at Lewis Elementary
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Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on April 30, 2006 at 12:54 p.m..
Celebrating Earth Day: Scholastic & Google Earth Hook Up
Using Google Earth, teachers can fly their students around the world to talk to them about issues like climate change and how it has affected places like Glacier National Park, the Chesapeake Bay and Los Angeles.... Using Google Earth, teachers can show their students placemarks of the towns where outreach projects are taking place and students can get involved in cleaning up their own environment. From
Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on April 30, 2006 at 12:54 p.m..
Wikipedia-places.KML
Google Earth Community: Wikipedia-places This Google Earth KML file shows the 80 best described landmarks in Wikipedia currently in the field of vision on Google Earth. For example, load the KML file into Google Earth, travel to a location and the file pulls in links/placemarks to associated articles in Wikipedia . From
Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on April 30, 2006 at 12:54 p.m..
Podcasts at the UW - experiences so far
Scott Leslie, who writes the generally insightful EdTechPost blog up in BC, wrote a post the other day entitled
The only post you'll ever see me write about podcasts, where he derides podcasts in education as a fad of the moment. What has really annoyed me, though, about podcasts as a phenomenom and as hype, especially in the context of podcasting 'lectures' or other 'knowledge transfers,' is that it replicates what is already not a very good model of how to distribute information/le From
Oren Sreebny's Weblog on April 30, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..
Microsoft Says Malware Recovery Becoming Impossible
Mark McNair points this one out from Eweek. Not news to computing support people, but worth pointing out, especially when you couple it with how much time it actually takes to rebuild a Windows machine from scratch (assuming it's not one you can just build from a stock image). I recently spent an entire day (like eight hours) rebuilding my dad's Windows XP laptop after he got infected from clicking on a link in an email that claimed to have been from McAfee - and he had the original disks. And I still don't think all the right drivers are reinstalled. That's not From
Oren Sreebny's Weblog on April 30, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..
HigherEdBlogCon happening now on the web
The
Edubloggers link feed points out the online conference
HigherEdBlogCon, which is now in its third day (it will be going on all during April). The conference is "an online event focused on how new online communications technologies and social tools are changing Higher Education." So far the schedule has included: >>Monday, April 3, 2006: Podcasting and Screencasting >>Tuesday, April 4, 2006: Blogging Examples >>Wednesday, April 5, 2006: Blogging StudiesOren Sreebny's Weblog on April 30, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..
David Morton's Cyber Security blog
My colleague David Morton, who is the Director of Security Solutions here at UW Computing & Communications, is now writing
a blog focusing on Cyber Security. David's one of those rare creatures - a digital security expert with a lot of experience, and even more important, a whole lot of common sense. I know I'll be adding his blog to my list of feeds. Technorati Tags:
blogs, From
Oren Sreebny's Weblog on April 30, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..
Jazz guitar clinic with John Stowell
I spent Sunday afternoon at a jazz guitar clinic conducted by
John Stowell, a Portland (Oregon) based guitarist. The clinic was sponsored by the Seattle Jazz Guitar Society (a new group who don't have a web site just yet). John's a wonderful player and a good teacher, with a real knack for analyzing and talking about how he approaches his playing. After taking some general questions and loosening up the group of about 10 guitarists and me, the lone bassist, with Jobim's "If You Never Come To Me", he spent most of the afternoon From
Oren Sreebny's Weblog on April 30, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..
Google Calendar and Google Page Creator
I've been playing a bit with both
Google Calendar and
Google Page Creator. The calendar is easy to use - it allows you to set up multiple calendars, display them in a browser, and has both iCalendar export and Atom feeds of events. Public calendar sharing is supported by exposing public URLs for the iCalendar and Atom data feeds. More granular sharing of permissions for editing and creating events or just seeing free/busy schedules can be granted to other Google Calendar user accounts. You can import ev From
Oren Sreebny's Weblog on April 30, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..
NY Times Mag article on Google in China
There's a
good article online (it will appear in this coming Sunday's New York Times Magazine) about Google's operations in China and the decisions they made on how to deal with the Chinese government's censorship of controversial topics. It shows some of the issues that Internet companies wanting to do business have to deal with, and how Google came up with some creative solutions. Brin From
Oren Sreebny's Weblog on April 30, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..
MSFT hires former ask.com CEO to head online business
All sorts of sources are reporting that Steve Berkowitz, former head of
ask.com, has been hired to be Senior Vice-President of the Online Business group, which includes include MSN.com, MSNTV and MSN Internet Access programming, advertising sales, business development, and marketing for Live Platforms, MSN and Windows Live. There have generally been some signs of life in some of the recent activities in the Windows Live/MSN sphere, like
MSN Spaces (if not
Oren Sreebny's Weblog on April 30, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..
MSFT hires former ask.com CEO to head online business
All sorts of sources are reporting that Steve Berkowitz, former head of
ask.com, has been hired to be Senior Vice-President of the Online Business group, which includes include MSN.com, MSNTV and MSN Internet Access programming, advertising sales, business development, and marketing for Live Platforms, MSN and Windows Live. There have generally been some signs of life in some of the recent activities in the Windows Live/MSN sphere, like
MSN Spaces (if not
Oren Sreebny's Weblog on April 30, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..
My first adventure with programming Google Maps
I've been eyeing the Google Maps API for some time, but hadn't had any time to play with it. Having come down this week with some sort of bug that's going around, I've been spending a lot of time laying around with the laptop, so I decided to give it a try. My
first attempt is a satellite image of where Mary Gates Hall (the building my office is in) is on the UW campus. Everything went very smoothly, using the
Google documentation. The From
Oren Sreebny's Weblog on April 30, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..
Mobile Calendaring Questionnaire from CalConnect
The folks from the Mobile Technical Committee within the
CalConnect Calendaring Consortium want to
find out how you would like to use your mobile device (phone, PDA, whatever) for calendaring. Please give 'em a hand when you have a few minutes. Chris and Dave write: Benefits to Participants: Direct input from individual users of mobile devices to the vendor community Background: The Calendaring & Scheduling ConsortiumTMs Mob From
Oren Sreebny's Weblog on April 30, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..
Paul Thurrott on Windows Vista User Account Protection (this is not good news)
In
his review of the February Community Technology Preview release of Microsoft Windows Vista, Paul Thurrott had some discouraging news of how User Account Protection had been implemented. Modern operating systems like Linux and Mac OS X operate under a security model where even administrative users don't get full access to certain features unless they provide an in-place logon before performing any task that might harm the system. This type of security model protects users from themselves, and it is som From
Oren Sreebny's Weblog on April 30, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..
Nokia to open US retail stores
I've been using the same Nokia 3620 phone for almost two years now - it's been great, but I've been hankering to upgrade to something new. I keep eyeing the latest models coming from Nokia, like the
E61 Smartphone or those hot new
N-Series phones. The US carriers never seem to offer the advanced Nokia devices, which makes it difficult to acquire them here. Now Gizmodo
Oren Sreebny's Weblog on April 30, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..
Albright on "Communication, Information and Negotiation"
[notes from article in CIO magazine, January 15, 2005] Remember two things when negotiating: You have to know what it is you want. "You can't go into a negotiation without clarity about what your objective is." You must understand what the other person wants. You must try "to get into the other person's shoes." "If you don't understand what they have to get out of it, you can't figure out what steps they can take to give you what you want." Go into any negotiation as well-prepared as possible. If for some reason you don't have From
Stand Up Eight on April 30, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..
Checkout Podtropolis
Have you seen
Podtropolis yet? Welcome to Podtropolis, we are the first, best, and only tracker for iPod content. Our streets are filled with loads of high quality content for your iPod including movies, television programs, music videos and of course music. All video is encoded in iPod compatible formats (H.264, MP4, M4V) so you do not need to bother with conversion. From
Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on April 30, 2006 at 3:13 a.m..
Safari Tech Books Online
If you have not been to the
databases area on the library website you're missing out on some great materials available to you. In particular, you should check out
Safari Tech Books Online. This is a group of tech e-books. There are books about many software titles found in the studio at this location. You can search by topic. For instance, if you need to learn about cropping video in final cut pro or how to take red-eye out of a From
Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on April 30, 2006 at 3:13 a.m..
Second Annual Free Range Video Contest
The Studio is pleased to announce our Second Annual Free Range Video Contest to be held during the Spring Semester 2006. The theme this year is Perspectives. The contest is open to all UT Knoxville students, faculty and staff. Registration ends March 6. A festival night will complete the contest in April and prizes will be awarded. For event details and registration, please see our
website. From
Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on April 30, 2006 at 3:13 a.m..
Studio Camera Certifications now online
News Flash: Our camera certification course is now available online! The Studio offers digital cameras, video cameras and other equipment for checkout to UT students, faculty and staff. Before you can check out our equipment you must be certified and sign our loan agreement. You can now complete the camera certification online. Many thanks to all the staff who have worked on this project and everyone who has watched and tested it to provide feedback.
Click here for more information. From
Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on April 30, 2006 at 3:13 a.m..
Video Conference this Friday
Katie Livingston Vale, the Director of the MIT New Media Center, will speak live via videoconference on Friday, February 17, at 12:30 pm in Hodges Auditorium. Her topic is "An Instructional Designer Looks at World of Warcraft." This is the second in a five-part series on games and game design in higher education presented by ITC and SunSITE. The event is free and open to the public. World of Warcraft is an online multiplayer game known for its immersive and engaging qualities. Within the game environment, players can explore geography, comme From
Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on April 30, 2006 at 3:13 a.m..
Games in Higher Education
ITC and
SunSITE will present the third in its series of talks on games and game design in higher education this Friday, March 3, at 12:30pm. Chris Swain from the Interactive Media Division at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television will speak live via videoconference on Play-centric Games Education. The event is free and open to the public. PLEASE NOTE: THE TALK THIS WEEK WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE UC AUDITORIUM. The Electronic Arts Interactive Entertain From
Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on April 30, 2006 at 3:13 a.m..
Wipro's Azim Premji: "The Old Boys' Club Is on the Way Out"
In the second of a two-part interview, Azim Premji, who owns more than 80% of Bangalore-based Wipro, India's third largest software exporter, discusses why that country's IT companies have done a better job at delivering services than developing products. Speaking with Wharton professor Ravi Aron, he points out that customers are beginning to unbundle prices, with the result that established IT and consulting firms are starting to see premiums disappear. "Customers are trying to optimize value," Premji says. "The old boys' club of closed tennis court r From
Knowledge@Wharton on April 30, 2006 at 3:12 a.m..
How the Offer of 'Free Shipping' Affects On-line Shopping
The phrase "free shipping" is like a siren song to many who shop on the Internet. For whatever reason, a free shipping offer that saves a customer $6.99 is more appealing to many than a discount that cuts the purchase price by $10, says Wharton marketing professor David Bell. Bell noticed this phenomenon a few years ago while doing research for an online grocery store, and the observation prompted him to look more closely at the ways Internet retailers use shipping charges -- or the lack thereof -- as a promotional tool. The result is a recent paper titled, "Free Shi From
Knowledge@Wharton on April 30, 2006 at 3:12 a.m..
The Ins and Outs of Buyouts: Should Companies Offer Them? Should Employees Accept Them?
When General Motors last month offered buyouts and early retirement packages to 113,000 hourly workers, the move focused new attention on a key aspect of the continually evolving relationship between employers and employees. Buyouts often signal management's decision to strategically change the company's direction and start easing out those workers who are part of what is now considered the old regime. Meanwhile, employees who stay behind suddenly recognize that they are replaceable parts, with little job security and no long-term commitment from the company. What messages do buyouts From
Knowledge@Wharton on April 30, 2006 at 3:12 a.m..
How Successful People Remain Successful
When James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras wrote their hugely popular 1994 book, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, they began by stating clearly that they did not mean to write about visionary leaders. Their goal was to find visionary companies -- the crown jewels of their industries -- and discover what made them extraordinary. Then questions arose about the extent to which the principles of Built to Last might apply to individuals. That sparked another investigation that has now led to a follow-up book, Success Built to Last, which will be published by Wharton School Pu From
Knowledge@Wharton on April 30, 2006 at 3:12 a.m..
The Coffee Wars Heat Up: New Strategies to Jolt the Caffeine-Conscious Consumer
Consumers' love affair with expensive, customized cups of coffee shows no signs of abating, even though most orders consist of little more than a cup of water, a splash of milk, a spoonful of coffee grinds and 30 seconds of labor. Indeed, Starbucks has managed to turn its customers' craving for caffeine into a $6.4 billion a year business, with close to 6,000 company-owned coffeehouses already up and running, and five new ones opening each day. All of which explains why so many coffee sellers seem intent on taking away some of Starbucks' highly profitable market share. Yet accor From
Knowledge@Wharton on April 30, 2006 at 3:12 a.m..
Siemens CEO Klaus Kleinfeld: "Nobody's Perfect, but a Team Can Be"
Corporate leaders must build international organizations to compete in today's economy and be prepared to defend globalization at home, according to Klaus Kleinfeld, chief executive of the German electrical and engineering conglomerate Siemens AG. Speaking at a recent Wharton Leadership Lecture, Kleinfeld said U.S. concerns about the sale of port assets to a Dubai-based firm, and French resistance to the sale of yogurt-maker Danone -- which French officials called a "national treasure" -- highlight growing fears that globalization comes at the cost of jobs in developed c From
Knowledge@Wharton on April 30, 2006 at 3:12 a.m..
Foreign Stocks Are In, And So Is Indexing
Foreign stocks are soaring and Americans are pouring money into them. But although overseas equities have captured investors' fancy before, there's a twist this time: More investors are embracing passive, index-style investing, ignoring the long-held belief that active managers can beat indexers by uncovering bargains in inefficient foreign markets. Have conditions really changed enough to make indexing pay off as well in foreign markets as it has in the U.S.? It may be too soon to know for sure. But international equity markets and American investor behavior are clearly evolving, ac From
Knowledge@Wharton on April 30, 2006 at 3:12 a.m..
Google Alerts
Some handy uses of Google Alerts include: monitoring a developing news story keeping current on a competitor or industry getting the latest on a celebrity or event keeping tabs on your favorite sports teams Google Alerts... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 30, 2006 at 3:06 a.m..
Virus Warnings...
This gave me a chuckle. If you receive an email entitled "Bedtimes" delete it IMMEDIATELY. Do not open it. Apparently this one is pretty nasty. It will not only erase everything on your hard drive, but it will also delete... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 30, 2006 at 3:06 a.m..
Word Document Cleaner
"We must put all our Word documents online." Eight words that strike fear into the hearts of web professionals everywhere. Why MS Word generates bad HTML. A free tool that fixes Word's bad HTML. Word Cleaner... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 30, 2006 at 3:06 a.m..
Crash Course in Learning Theory
One formula (of many) for a successful blog is to create a "learning blog". A blog that shares what you know, to help others. Even--or especially--if that means giving away your "secrets". Teaching people to do what you do is... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 30, 2006 at 3:06 a.m..
Quote of the Day
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France French novelist (1844 - 1924)... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 30, 2006 at 3:06 a.m..
Blog Usage
"The blogosphere continues to grow at a quickening pace." wrote, Technorati CEO Dave Sifry, almost three months ago, when his leading blog search engine, Technorati, reported to be tracking over 27.2 Million weblogs. Blog Usage Statistics And Trends: State Of... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 30, 2006 at 3:06 a.m..
Tablet PC for every student
The uphill battle that tablet computing continues to face in winning favor with consumers hasn't dampened Bill Gates' enthusiasm for the technology. Microsoft's chairman and chief software architect said Friday that someday tablet PCs will replace textbooks for all students.... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 30, 2006 at 3:06 a.m..
Living in 2006
YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2006 when... 1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave. 2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 30, 2006 at 3:06 a.m..
A Play on Words
1. Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent. 2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you,but don't start anything."... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 30, 2006 at 3:06 a.m..
Web Surfers in the U.S.
The latest report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project is now available, and in the latest survey the non-profit organization reports that 73% of all Americans are now using the Web in some fashion or the other, an... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 30, 2006 at 3:06 a.m..
ECAR Study of Students and Information Technology
This study focuses on what kinds of information technologies today's students are using, with what levels of skill they are using them, how IT use contributes to the undergraduate experience, and what value the use of IT adds in terms of learning. It incorporates data from almost 18,000 students. From
eLearnopedia on April 30, 2006 at 3:01 a.m..
Student Induction and Support for Online Learners
This paper describes an evaluation of an online Student Induction and Support Package used to prepare both face-to-face and fully online students for learning online. Key findings suggest that using the same online Induction and Support Package for both face-to-face and fully online students is effective. Results also suggest that even those who self-report high levels of IT literacy prior to commencing a course of online study, can still benefit from completing such a Package. From
eLearnopedia on April 30, 2006 at 3:01 a.m..
Change Management Strategies for Embedding Online Learning
Significant investment in the delivery and support of new learning technologies can not lead to major improvements unless strategic transformation occurs within institutions. A clear vision must be in place at the most senior level for successful change to occur. From
eLearnopedia on April 30, 2006 at 3:01 a.m..
Learning Circuits Blog
ASTD's Learning Circuits publishes a website and email newsletter featuring articles, discussions and resources focusing on e-Learning. This blog features Learning Circuits contributors in a blog format. From
eLearnopedia on April 30, 2006 at 3:01 a.m..
Blended Learning: Why Everything Old Is New Again ¬ But Better
Blended learning is a powerful training solution that combines e-learning with a variety of other delivery methods for a superior learning experience. This article reveals what makes blended learning so powerful, and how to choose the right mix of delivery methods for the best blend of skill enhancement and sustainability to ensure a company's long-term competitive advantage. From
eLearnopedia on April 30, 2006 at 3:01 a.m..
SREB's SCORE initiative
SCORE is a project of the Southern Regional Educational Board to share digital learning content among member schools. The SREB website includes a description of the SCORE project plus several downloadable documents, including the "SCORE Users' Guide to Learning Object Metadata" and "Technical Guidelines for Digital Learning Content." From
eLearnopedia on April 30, 2006 at 3:01 a.m..
Accessibility Metadata and Learning Objects
Learners may face barriers to their learning experience as a result of accessibility issues presented by a multimedia learning object. These barriers can potentially be identified in advance and accommodated, by evaluating, analysing and exchanging accessibility information using metadata. From
eLearnopedia on April 30, 2006 at 3:01 a.m..
ADL-R: The First Instance of a CORDRA Registry
The Advanced Distributed Learning Registry (ADL-R) is a registration system for distributed e-learning content. It is the first instance of a registry-based approach to repository federation resulting from the Content Object Repository Discovery and Registration/Resolution Architecture (CORDRA) project. This article provides a brief overview of CORDRA and detailed information on ADL-R. From
eLearnopedia on April 30, 2006 at 3:01 a.m..
Use of Digital Resources in the Humanities and Social Sciences
A "build it and they will come" approach to many university digitization initiatives has precluded systematic investigations of the demand for these resources. Those who fund and develop digital resources have identified the general lack of knowledge about the level and quality of their use in educational settings as pressing concerns. The purpose of this research at UC Berkeley's Center for Studies in Higher Education was to map the universe of digital resources available to undergraduate educators in a subset of users in the humanities and social sciences (H/SS), and to examine how unde From
eLearnopedia on April 30, 2006 at 3:01 a.m..
Cost of textbooks
More from David Wiley about the rising cost of college textbooks, and what the alternatives may be. It is such an entrenched business in higher ed., and yet one can see some changes coming through the Wikibooks project, for example. Open textbooks Technorati Tags: free, textbook, wiki From
Martindale Matrix on April 30, 2006 at 2:55 a.m..
Guest speakers in my course
I’m thoroughly enjoying teaching this course on authoring tools and social software. It’s about to get even better, as I invite some experts for short presentation/interview sessions. Brian Lamb, David Wiley, Stephen Downes, and Rick Van Eck, among others. Thank you A-listers for talking with me and my students for a few minutes. I think [...] From
Martindale Matrix on April 30, 2006 at 2:55 a.m..
Wiley on Open Educational Resources
I gave a talk a few days ago to a cognitive science group here at the University of Memphis. One of the things I tried gamely (or lamely) to explain was the OpenCourseware initiative from MIT (and others). Here David Wiley gives a nice overview of open resources in general. The Current State of Open Educational [...] From
Martindale Matrix on April 30, 2006 at 2:55 a.m..
Why email is so often misinterpreted
From Wired new, this report on how flame wars, lawsuits, and other bad things occur due to misinterpreted email messages. Here’s the actual study (as PDF). Secret Cause of Flame Wars Technorati Tags: email From
Martindale Matrix on April 30, 2006 at 2:55 a.m..
Brian Lamb informs and enlightens
Thanks to Brian Lamb for visiting my course for a guest interview. As usual he was generous, insightful, and self-effacing. The students and I appreciated his comments. He talked about what it is like working as an instructional technologist at a large university. I directed the students to his articles on wikis. Skype performed fairly well. [...] From
Martindale Matrix on April 30, 2006 at 2:55 a.m..
How do we improve AECT Conference session quality?
Our AECT D&D division is seeking comments on how to improve session quality at AECT. Others have posted comments, and my thoughts are here: When I’m choosing how to spend my time at an AECT convention, I’m aware that a good paper does not always mean a good presentation. Some people are good presenters, and some [...] From
Martindale Matrix on April 30, 2006 at 2:55 a.m..
History of Instructional Design and Technology
Some links and notes about the history of instructional design and technology. Bob Reiser’s History of ID Part II (PDF) Bob Reiser’s reading list on IT history A hypertext history of ID Brief History of ISD, by Don Clark Saettler’s History of ID, by Don Clark Reiser, R.A. (2002). History of instructional design and technology. In R.A. Reiser & J.A. Dempsey [...] From
Martindale Matrix on April 30, 2006 at 2:55 a.m..
Social Bookmarking
Here’s a short article I wrote for our new IDT website at the University of Memphis. Social Bookmarking—Everybody’s Doing It Technorati Tags: delicious, bookmarking, software From
Martindale Matrix on April 30, 2006 at 2:55 a.m..
What is RSS, and What’s in it for Me?
(This is a column I recently wrote for our new IDT website at idt.memphis.edu). That’s an excellent question, and I’m so glad you asked. RSS resists a simple explanation, but once you’ve tried it, you’ll see why it has become a widely used tool. Essentially, it is a new way to get information. It is an [...] From
Martindale Matrix on April 30, 2006 at 2:55 a.m..
My Virtual Life - Business Week
A journey into a place in cyberspace where thousands of people have imaginary lives. Some even make a good living. Big advertisers are taking notice. As I step onto the polished wood floor of the peaceful Chinese country house, a fountain gurgles softly a From
Techno-News Blog on April 30, 2006 at 2:55 a.m..
Attack of the Viral Campaign Ads - Steve Friess, Wired
In Nevada's gubernatorial race, Democratic Party candidate Jim Gibson has been hampered by a sonorous personal style that many see as dull. But last week, he livened up that staid image by issuing an animated attack ad lampooning his opponent for once tak From
Techno-News Blog on April 30, 2006 at 2:55 a.m..
RFID 'Til the Cows Come Home - Wired
The national ID system is going to the dogs -- and the pigs, and the sheep and the cows and the chickens. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns this month released a government road map that would see most farmers voluntarily tag their animals with wireless From
Techno-News Blog on April 30, 2006 at 2:55 a.m..
Study: World's digital divide is narrowing - Reuters
The digital divide is narrowing as citizens in emerging markets get online via computers and mobile phones, with some regions now on a par with developed nations, a ranking of Web-savvy countries showed Wednesday. "Encouraging is the apparent narrowing o From
Techno-News Blog on April 30, 2006 at 2:54 a.m..
Nokia pushes hard on multimedia phones - Reuters
Handset giant Nokia, which said Tuesday that it has sold more than 5 million N-series multimedia phones since last year, plans to launch three new models this summer. Anssi Vanjoki, the head of Nokia's multimedia unit, said the Finnish company expects the From
Techno-News Blog on April 30, 2006 at 2:54 a.m..
Samsung plans Origami PC launch - Ina Fried, CNET News
Samsung has scheduled an event for next month to mark the U.S. release of its Q1 ultramobile PC, the first brand-name device to launch using Microsoft's Origami concept. The Korean electronics giant did not offer any new details on the product in its e-ma From
Techno-News Blog on April 30, 2006 at 2:54 a.m..
Philips Patents DRM To Stop Commercial Skipping, Changing Channels
According to DesignTechnica, Philips has patented a "technology ... [that] would prevent users from changing channels to avoid watching television commercials as well as prevent viewers from fast-forwarding through recorded advertisements."Why would Philips invent such an absurd restriction when it will never be voluntarily licensed? After all, in a competitive market, technology companies who adopt Philips' patented system will be shunned by customers; no one wants a device that says, "Now improved -- blocks changin From
A Copyfighter's Musings on April 30, 2006 at 2:51 a.m..