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Shuttle Heads Back to Earth
Discovery backs away from the International Space Station to begin its journey home. It's scheduled to land Monday at Kennedy Space Center. From Wired News on July 15, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

La fascinante aventura de bloguear
Juliana Boersner: Reflexiones dominicales (y colectivas) sobre esta fascinante aventura de bloguear From eCuaderno v.2.0 on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

En Alicante
Llegué ayer por la tarde a Alicante bajo un sol de justicia, y hoy hemos tenido el módulo sobre cibermedios. Mañana hablaré con la prensa local sobre el libro y aprovecharé para descansar un poco. Buena parte de la audiencia del módulo han sido estudiantes de Traducción, que han tenido su ... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

Tesis doctoral sobre websites de facultades de comunicación
Hugo Pardo publica en línea su tesis doctoral Un modelo de aplicación web institucional universitaria. El caso de los webcom: webs de facultades de comunicación de Iberoamérica [vía] From eCuaderno v.2.0 on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

SFEU Secondments
There are some interesting secondment opportunites at the SFEU (Scottish Further Education Unit), to help maintain their Virtual Learning Centre. From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

Teaching and Learning Online with wikis
In the US Online learning is becoming more and more mainstream. This article looks at the experience of some online learners and teachers. From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

Mi Lab Es Su Lab
"A bleary eyed Massachusetts Institute of Technology student roaming the ground floor of Building 1 in the wee hours might hear a rumbling coming from the "shake table" lab, where researchers simulate earthquakes. But a peek into the lab would reveal that nobody is there." From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

Wikipedia study 'fatally flawed'
Encyclopaedia Britannica has hit back on a study on the accuracy of the free online resource Wikipedia by the prestigious journal Nature, describing it as "fatally flawed" From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

UKeU legacy hampers growth in online learning
The legacy of failed online learning scheme UKeU is preventing collaboration and content sharing in higher education, according to the man in charge of a leading-edge elearning project at the Open University (OU). From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

Elearning body strengthens commercial footing
The University for Industry (Ufi) is to use ecommerce to cut its reliance on the public purse. From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

IT Tralee launches e-learning initiative
The Institute of Technology in Tralee, Ireland, has launched a new MSc in Educational Technologies which will be partly delivered via the internet. From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

Adult Learners Week: Open Week for Online Learners
Open Week at The New Curiosity Shop At the New Curiosity Shop we are hosting a virtual Open Week for online learners as part of Adult Learners' Week and Silver Surfer Week (20th - 26th May 2006). As far as we know, this is the first event of its kind HYPHEN and it's free! From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

Unbolting the Chairs: Making Learning Management Systems More Flexible
Great title! "In the physical world, it goes without saying that not all classrooms look the same. A room that is appropriate for teaching physics is in no way set up for teaching art history." From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

Future Learning: Exploring the digital opportunities for adult learners
Tuesday 13 June 2006, Nottingham The Government has identified the need to provide the whole of society with the skills they need to benefit from the information age. However, there is a significant risk that people without information and digital skills will not be able to take advantage of the benefits offered by new technology - employment, lifelong learning opportunities, access to information, competitive prices and opportunities to get involved with democracy. From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

Always-on learning
The 24/7 learning society is an exciting prospect, but poses some interesting challenges. This article from the TES looks at the implications that our 'always on' culture have in education. From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

Online Journalism Training Course for Female Journalists
The Yemen Female Media Forum (YFMF) have linked with the BBC World Services Trust to organize a training course on the i-Learn program, an online training course for female reporters. From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

Transforming Learning Blog
This site has been set up by Ian Harford, who is enthusiastic about using new technologies for supporting adult learning and for introducing innovation for the benefit of local communities. From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

There's No Such Thing as a Learning Object
"We learn by doing. We consider. We compare. We measure, discuss, debate, critique, test, and explore. We try, fail, and try again. Learning is an activity. It's a process. Given this undeniable fact, the term "learning object" can only be an oxymoron. An object is a thing. We don't learn from things. We learn from doing things." From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

e-Learning: Is it for me?
India: "Prof Kanishth has only one very demanding pupil, the television camera. It sits perched between two rows in his classroom. Around 20 people sit here, most of them middle-aged professionals..... " From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

Virtual Open Week for Online Learners - an Invitation
The New Curiosity Shop is running a Virtual Virtual Open Week for Online Learners as part of Adult Learners' Week (20th May HYPHEN 26th May). From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

Getting to grips with Moodle
Julia Duggleby, of Sheffield College talks about her experiences with Moodle. From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

The Wonders of Interactive Whiteboards
An article from T.H.E in the USA about the benefits of whiteboards. From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

ETNA 2006 Goes Live - Vote Early Vote Often!
In 2003 the two Scottish Regional Support Centres carried out an Enhanced Online Training Needs Analysis which ran under the name of ETNA. This was a very successful exercise bringing in results from every college in Scotland and providing a substantial body of evidence to underpin the ETNA report which was published in September of 2003. That report proved to be very influential and was a major shaping influence on the Funding Council's staff development strategy in the field of ICT. Out of this grew the eMerge programme, which in turn funded highly innovative staff development initiativ From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

Learning Light begins a systematic literature review
Learning Light is undertaking a large scale review of evidence-based research into the use and effectiveness of learning technologies. From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

BTL Power first Scottish onscreen Higher and Standard Grade Exams
In a significant milestone for e-assessment, BTL this month powered the first onscreen National Higher examination for the Scottish Qualifications Authority. From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

Robots stand in for bedridden students
Science Fiction becomes reality - A US program called Providing Education By Bringing Learning Environments to Students (PEBBLES) uses robots to give students who are confined to hospitals a physical presence in their schools. From ScotFEICT on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

PhD supervision: a bit of trust, a bit of imagination
This Japaneese ad video that came from Alex makes me thinking of other cases where the big picture is not visible instantly... PhD research for example :) How can you encourage your PhD student?A bit of trust, a bit of imagination From Mathemagenic on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

Blogging as boundary practice
I've been thinking for a while on weblogs as boundary objects (and bloggers as boundary subjects :). I don't think I'm 100% on classical definitions here, but don't be angry - I need to play with the idea to see what comes out of it. Also: you may want to read Denham on boundary objects here and here My interest in blogging pretty much defined by From Mathemagenic on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

My pattern-recognition techniques
Just a quick reflection on what I (often not thinking about it) do to increase chances of recognising patterns in a mess. Not scientific at all :) I try to experience the field prior to the whole pattern-recognition excersice (or I get into pattern-recognising for the fields I'm familiar with). Knowledge (often tacit) of how things are/could be creates a bigger picture where new messy data have to fit - contrasting "prior" and "new" helps to see patterns. I increase the mess by adding variety, more sourc From Mathemagenic on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

When they read what we write: respondent identification
While reading a research report for the study where I was one of the respondents I realised that even while my quotes were identified with a nickname there would be quite some number of people who could figure out it was me if they get to read the whole thing... This is something I has been struggling in my own research as well. Simple: when I report on interviews with bloggers shall I add a (nick)name to every quote/fact? On one hand, it dramatically improves readability of the research results - readers could reconstruct what different characters were saying From Mathemagenic on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

The coat that has a human story behind it
Via Hugh MacLeod I come to English Cut, a weblog of Thomas Mahon, "bespoke Savile Row tailor", which is a facsinating window onto a very specific practice. Apart from lots of insight on good suits and work of people who make them there are a couple of quotes that caught my attention. On gut feeling in drafting patterns:...we all prefer to have figures and defined points to work with From Mathemagenic on July 15, 2006 at 1:59 p.m..

UMW's Bluehost/Fantastico Experiment
If posts by the cogdog, blamb AND Jon Udell weren't enough to convince you, then take MY word too and run, don't walk, over to Gardner Campbell's blog to listen to a 45 minute recording from their latest faculty academy on using a 3rd party hosting solution and application 'c EdTechPost on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Dynamically Wikipedia-fying Text: Drawdoc and Wikiproxy Greasemonkey script
http://nagle.u1i.net/drawdoc/autolinker.php and http://wikiproxy.whitelabel.org/greasemonkey.html Both of these accomplish pretty similar things - take an existing web page, and turn proper nouns/key terms into links to wikipedia automatically. Drawdoc is currently a web-based app (but not hard to see how it could be a service in From EdTechPost on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Worth Reading - The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism and its Discussions
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/lanier06/ lanier06_index.html Apologies if you've seen this too many times now, but it is really worth the read. Actually, the important bit is not just the initial article by Jaron Lanier ("DIGITAL MAOISM: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism", though you do have to read it for the rest to mak From EdTechPost on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

alt-i-lab 2006 presentations available
http://www.imsglobal.org/altilab2006/ If you're an elearning standards geek then there's lots to sift through in this collection of presentations from the recent Alt-i-lab 2006 sessions in Indiana. And if you're not, then be warned that forcing yourself to go through these is likely to aggrevate any masochistic tendencies you may already harbour. Part of me really wants some of these developments to come true, to deliver the promised 'plug and play& From EdTechPost on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

PROWE (Personal Repositories Online Wiki Environment) Project
http://www.prowe.ac.uk/index.htm JISC-funded project that sets out to examine "in what ways could wiki and wiki-type environments be useful and useable as personal and informal repositories to support professional development within part-time tutor communities of practice?" While I think a lot of us already participating in the edublogosphere might think the answers self-evident, I am definitely looking forward to the results when they come out latter this year, especially if they come up with any useful insight into foste From EdTechPost on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Futurelab paper on Social software and learning
http://www.futurelab.org.uk/research/ opening_education/social_software_01.htm I wanted to like this paper but was frustrated with the first 12 pages or so, mostly because it is just review of the 'social software' field and forrays into how knowledge and learning are changing &ampagrave; la Downes and S From EdTechPost on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Map of Sakai Stakeholders
http://www.dr-chuck.com/sakai-map/index.php Want to know where Sakai is in production and who the other partners are? Check out this map from Chuck Severance, recently named the head of the Sakai Foundation. An interesting point that Dr. Severance points out in this short video is that 46% of From EdTechPost on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

"A House Half Built" - Happy Canada Day
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/ article.pl?sid=06/05/16/0247214 If you've never read it before, I highly recommend The Walrus as one of the best Canadian "general interest" print mags out there (they post back issues online). In the June issue they published a piece by former Saskatchewan premier Roy Romanow titled "A House Half Built< From EdTechPost on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Must Read - LMS Governance Project Report
http://www.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/ telars/talmet/melbmonash/ media/LMSGovernanceFinalReport.pdf Stephen's already recommended it, but I'll second that recommendation - this is an "interesting and well-informed" report and another one you should try to get in front of as many decision makers' faces as possible. I'm really grateful t From EdTechPost on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

YourSpins.Com - Online Music Remixxing Tool
http://www.yourspins.com/ So this is pretty nifty, both because of the tool and because of the apparent business model. YouSpins.com allows you to remix tracks from 40 or so artists with a simple to use Flash-based interface. Once remixed, the new track can be saved back into the community space (which is very much 'social software') potentially serving as remix fodder for other users, posted on your blog or saved as a ringtone (which is where the business model seems to come in). The artists retain the copyrigh From EdTechPost on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Google TechTalk Videos
http://video.google.com/ videosearch?q=type%3Agoogle%20engEDU &amppage=1&amplv=0&ampso=1 Bruce pointed me to a video of a talk by Barry Schwartz to staff at Google on "The Paradox of Choice - Why More is Less." (Worth a view - examines the idea that facing a plethora of choices, people act less, not more, that From EdTechPost on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

"Map" of Moodle Deployments
http://moodle.org/sites/index.php?country=all Michael Penney wrote in to let me know that the map of Moodle deployments world-wide that I pined for earlier already exists. While I'm pretty sure this map is not an exact representation of the state of affairs (otherwise Alice Springs is surely the hotbed of all Moodle deployments, with New Orleans a close second) it does give you a sense From EdTechPost on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Article - "A Graduate's View of the Course Management System"
http://www.campus-technology.com/ news_article.asp?id=18864&amptypeid=155 This article is a follow up to one written 2 years ago by Frank Tansey's son, now a recent graduate of the University of Puget Sound. It is of course purely anecdotal so its unfair to draw broad conclusions from it, but for me it provides a refreshing perspective on the issue. The situation described seems to be very much a 'blended learni From EdTechPost on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Gone to the Beach
Off to the beach until August 8 for 3 weeks holidays (hooray!) See y'all soon, Scott From EdTechPost on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Knowing before doing?
Mit dem Konzept der Communities of Practice, wie es mir regelmäßig auf Konferenzen und in Artikeln begegnet, habe ich meine Schwierigkeiten: Es wirkt oft statisch und versucht, in Regeln und Ratschlägen, Routinen und Strukturen zu packen, was ich als angenehm... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Digitale Nihilisten. Die Blogosphäre unterminiert den Medienmainstream
Spannender ist vielleicht der Text über die Kommandoaktion zur Befreiung der US-Geiseln in Teheran 1980 ("Wüstendebakel"). Aber was Geert Lovink im aktuellen Lettre International über Weblogs schreibt, habe ich in dieser Form auch noch nicht gelesen. Eine sozialpsychologische Studie... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Robert Gernhardt 1937-2006
"Lieber Gott, gib doch zu, daß ich klüger bin als du. Und nun nimm doch endlich hin, daß ich was Besondres bin. So, nun preise meinen Namen, denn sonst setzt es etwas. Amen."... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Uses and Potentials of Wikis in the Classroom
Die Autoren identifizieren drei verschiedene Lernmodelle (Paradigmen): den "one-to-one oral teaching style", das "literacy-based model of teaching" und dann das, was sie "secondary orality" nennen und das im Idealfall die Vorteile seiner Vorgänger vereint: "Secondary orality is uniquely a product... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

LMS Governance Final Report
Dieser Report bezieht sich vor allem auf die Erfahrungen australischer Universitäten (Melbourne, Monash), aber er beschäftigt sich ausführlich mit der Frage, wie Learning Management Systeme und e-Learning 2.0 zueinander stehen bzw. finden. Und das ist eine Frage, die in den... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Strategies for developing sustainable open access scholarly journals
Dieser Artikel gehört zu einer Konferenz, die First Monday, das "peer-reviewed journal on the internet", im Mai zum Thema "Openness: Code, Science, and Content" durchgeführt hat. Er beschreibt kurz die verschiedenen Formen von Open Access-Publikationen - von der "golden" bis... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Designing Learning in the Conceptual Age
Suzanne Roberts, e-Learning-Spezialistin bei IBM, wirbt hier für ein "new paradigm in learning". Sie hat Daniel Pink gelesen und ist (wie ich) begeistert. Was sie aus ihrer Lektüre und ihren Erfahrungen ableitet, ist die Forderung nach "significance": "design which engages... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Die Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft als Lernzumutung
Eine nette Idee: Der Autor, Professor für Erziehungswissenschaften an der Universität Frankfurt, beschreibt die Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft als pädagogisches Lehrstück, genauer: wie ihre Durchführung "zu einem großen, die gesamte Bevölkerung erfassenden Lernprogramm" wurde. Die Kurzfassung könnte lauten: Vieles ist passiert, alle... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

His Space
In jüngster Zeit kommt auf Konferenzen häufiger der Punkt, an dem ich nach Geschäftsmodellen für Web 2.0-Dienste, für Blogs, Wikis oder Communities gefragt werde. Meine aktuelle Antwort geht etwa in folgende Richtung: Es sind derzeit weniger Web 2.0-Anbieter, die... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

E-Learning einfach und schnell im Customer Care Verbund von T-Online
Bei allem Nachdenken über "e-Learning 2.0": Der Artikel beschreibt sehr anschaulich, unter welchen Bedingungen heute über den Einsatz von e-Learning entschieden wird. Die Stichworte sind: "knappe Ressourcen Zeit und Geld"; "4-8 Wochen für den Aufbau von Kompetenzen"; Training "am laufenden... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Überblick über die Erwachsenenbildung/Weiterbildung (EB/WB) in Deutschland
Das Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung (DIE) hat eine Seite mit Short Facts zusammengestellt. Hier gibt es kurze Antworten z.B. auf folgende Fragen: - Wer ist politisch verantwortlich für die Weiterbildung? - Wie sind die Institutionen der Erwachsenenbildung/ Weiterbildung strukturiert? -... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 15, 2006 at 1:58 p.m..

Kopiertes Wissen: Das Verschwinden der Bildung im Zeitalter von Copy & Paste
Hmm - vielleicht fange ich damit an, dass ich die Botschaft dieses Essays nicht verstanden habe. So sehr wirbelt der Autor mit den Begriffen "Massenmedien", "Bildungsmedien" und "Bildung" (sowie einigen weiteren). Vielleicht liegt es aber auch einfach an der Hitze!... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 15, 2006 at 1:57 p.m..

Globalisierungsmotor Bildung
Bevor ich in einigen Wochen verzweifelt einen solchen Aufhänger suche, sei er an dieser Stelle festgehalten! Also: Folgendermaßen startet ein Artikel im Handelsblatt über den "Megatrend" Lebenslanges Lernen: "Wenn der Soziologe John W. Meyer gerade nicht über ,,Die globale Institutionalisierung... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 15, 2006 at 1:57 p.m..

Das Internet als Stütze sozialer Bindungen
Es ist erst sechs Jahre her, dass Norman Nie und Lutz Erbing den ersten Internet and Society-Report der Stanford University publizierten. Aufsehen erregte dieser Report, weil die Autoren behaupteten, das Internet würde seine Nutzer isolieren. Dort hieß es: Um so... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 15, 2006 at 1:57 p.m..

Trendradar E-Learning
Über 90 Entwicklungen auf dem e-Learning-Sektor listet dieser Trendradar auf, beschreibt sie und bewertet, ob es sich um einen kontinuierlichen, akzelerierenden oder disruptiven Trend handelt. Diese knappe kursorische Form lädt zum Stöbern ein, und obwohl dieser Report bereits über ein... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 15, 2006 at 1:57 p.m..

New Media Picks Of The Week: Sharewood Picnic 60
Photo credit: Milan Richter Get paid for publishing your best video clips and images to this user-generated content Mobile blogging service provides ability to easily publish to the web your best shots Server-based open-source free online collaboration space to share, comment, interact, revise, collaborate, and collaborate Hosted online service support creative work projects collaboration by providing audio commenting, alerts, IM integration and more to distributed design teams. Podcast directory and social networking venue allows you to listen to podcasts in an cool integrated pop-up Flash pl From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on July 15, 2006 at 1:57 p.m..

Global Warming: An Inconvenient Truth - The Movie Is Here
Our ability to safely live on this planet is what is at stake. Celebrated by independent film critics, communication gurus and environmental researchers and activists everywhere, this inspiring new full-featured documentary, which has opened two-weeks ago in selected theaters in North America, dramatically highlights the very delicate moment in which our planet is in, and showcases facts, figures and information often not readily available when trying to look at the whole global warming picture. The director, Davis Guggenheim, uses words, images and Gore's concise litany of facts to build From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on July 15, 2006 at 1:57 p.m..

The Future of Online Collaboration: Stuart Henshall
What does the future of online collaboration have in store for us? In these fast changing times how are you going to work, communicate, exchange and show documents, ideas, pressing needs and information requests to your peers, when they are all working at a distance? Why web conferencing and online collaboration development companies are missing out in understanding how critical and vital to their marketing success is the true enhancement of the real time experiences they enable? Stuart Henshall Photo courtesy of newmediamusings.com After a hiatus of a couple of years, I am back at looking at From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on July 15, 2006 at 1:57 p.m..

Intellectual Property vs. Knowledge Sharing: Who Gains?
"Professionals" in any field come in two flavors: Knowledge Sharers and Knowledge Hoarders. The hoarders believe in the value of their "Intellectual Property" (IP). The products of their mind must be carefully guarded lest anyone steal their precious ideas. Photo credit: Linda Bucklin But let's face it -- if our only "strategic advantage" is our ideas, we're probably screwed. Or as CDBaby's Derek Sivers put in in this post: "It's so funny when I hear people being so protective of ideas. (People who want me to sign an NDA to tell me the sim From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on July 15, 2006 at 1:57 p.m..

News Aggregation Is Online Independent Publishers Natural Next Step
If you have mastered the blogging paradigm, have made your blog an authority and a reliable source of information, commentary or news in your selected field(/s) of interest, it is about time to "scale yourself up" - Work Less and Look More At The Bigger Picture (= See the Future). Photo credit: Peter Gnuskin Haven't you noticed how your effort to keep trying to follow each and all the new things happening out there is less and less successful? There are already way too many new products and services popping up on a daily basis for you to follow with any real-depth and understand From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on July 15, 2006 at 1:57 p.m..

Future Of Media Report Released: Highlights And Commentary
The Future of Media Report has just been released, a few days in advance of the Future of Media event taking place next week in San Francisco and Sidney. Ross Dawson, one of the two key organizers of this event, has just sent me a short email informing me of this and providing me permission to share with you both the highlights and the detailed information contained in this 15-page PDF report. Photo credit: Future of Media Report - PDF (15 pages) Global media market highlights. In 32 years media will have doubled its share of the global economy. Newspaper revenue is stagnant, but television, d From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on July 15, 2006 at 1:57 p.m..

What Is A Blog? More Video Remixes And How-To
What is a blog? Video Remixes from TheWeblogProject - remixes edited on Jumpcut.com What is a blog? Here is a new mini-compilation (see previous one) of great video remixes that I and my micro video-editing team have created for TheWeblogProject. These have all been edited and produced collaboratively by me, Alessandro Luccardi and Nico Canali De Rossi while using the great features and facilities offered by one of our two preferred online video editing facilities: Jumpcut. But as my young interns have discovered themselves, the process by which we are able to create this videos is nothing int From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on July 15, 2006 at 1:57 p.m..

AIMME ofrece cursos de e-learning para el sector metalmecánico
El Instituto Tecnológico Metalmecánico (AIMME), asociación privada sin ánimo de lucro de ámbito nacional, integrada actualmente por 657 empresas del sec... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on July 15, 2006 at 1:57 p.m..

Integración Moodle-Elgg
Está disponible la integración Moodle-Elgg que permite, entre otras cosas, exportar las tareas evaluadas por el profesor en Moodle, hasta el e-portfolio personal del alumno en Elgg. Requiere utilizar ... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on July 15, 2006 at 1:57 p.m..

El Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica actualiza los conocimientos de sus colegiados a través de e-learning
El Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica es el primer colegio profesional que ofrece un servicio de capacitación y actualización en la modalidad e-Learning para sus colegiados, médicos de la re... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on July 15, 2006 at 1:57 p.m..

Alex Halavais on How to cheat good
Recently we had a presentation from Turnitin.com, a company that markets an online service that claims to detect possible plagiarism in student works. While there was some interest in the service here, I think we came away with more questions than answers, at least from that particular session (which was led by a representative from the company who did not seem to really know very much about the products he was hawking). But several of the faculty did comment at that presentation that cheating is a real problem. Now Alex Halavais, who did his graduate work here at the UW and served From Oren Sreebny's Weblog on July 15, 2006 at 1:18 p.m..

Windows Vista beta 2 first impressions
So it took several hours to download and install beta 2 of Windows Vista on a brand new Dell Optiplex GX 620. When Vista finally boots, the first thing I get is a message telling me that an unknown program (netfx?) is trying to access the network, and asking if I want it to have that access or not. I tell Windows no, even though I have no idea what that program is. Next it tells me that I'm successfully connected to Network, and asks me to choose between a public network ("Use for networks in public places where you don't want people to access your computer") or a From Oren Sreebny's Weblog on July 15, 2006 at 1:18 p.m..

BIll Gates stepping down
I think Dan Gillmor has the best (and shortest) take on Bill Gates' announcement that he'll be focusing on the work of the Gates Foundation rather than Microsoft. I also admire the great work that the Gates Foundation has been doing. I also think that Ray OzzieOren Sreebny's Weblog on July 15, 2006 at 1:18 p.m..

Too much good music!
Lately it feels like I'm awash in good music coming in from all sides - more than I can even absorb! The KEXP Blog continues to offer downloads (many in straight MP3 format) and all sorts of insight into great new music. Thanks to Kevin for turning me on to Under Byen and to Andrew for Velella Velella! Someday I'll have the time to catch up with the latest on the blog. I also recently became a cus From Oren Sreebny's Weblog on July 15, 2006 at 1:18 p.m..

Vista doesn't recognize the publisher of the Office Beta
I'm installing beta 2 of Office on my new Vista machine, and when I download the file and go to run it I get a Security Warning that says: The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software? Name: OPPLUS-EN.EXE Publisher: Unknown Publisher Right hand, meet left hand. Technorati Tags: Microsoft, vista