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Bill Coppinger - VET and Sustainable Regional Communities - Central Ranges
Summary and link to the NVCER report, Building learning communities: Partnerships, social capital and VET performance, by Janelle Alison, Scott Gorringe and Justine Lacey. Among other findings, "There is a need for a more holistic approach to training, giving consideration to the continuing learning pathway along which an individual may travel, as opposed to focusing on discrete packages and modules." [Link] [Tags: From OLDaily on July 20, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Christopher D. Sessums - Knowing Me, Knowing You - Christopher D. Sessums : Weblog
According to this essay, "Social software has two key attributes that could be considered meaningful to educators: Permits communication between groups and individuals [and] Enables the aggregation and sharing of resources." The people working and living in such a community become producers of knowledge and not just sharers of knowledge. "In this sense, social software allows for a certain level of knowledge co-creation that can be drawn from, reflected upon, and further refined." I think this paper would be stronger were it not so rooted in its references. I wish it looked more widely, more g From OLDaily on July 20, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Unattributed - Windows Principles: Twelve Tenets to Promote Competition - Microsoft
Microsoft lists twelve principles it will follow from now on to enable competition in the software industry. Several of these principles were required by anti-trust court rulings. And others are still somewhat, well, weaselly. Like point 8, for example: "Microsoft will design and license Windows so that it does not block access to any lawful Web site or impose any fee for reaching any non-Microsoft Web site or using any non-Microsoft Web service." Well fine. But what Microsoft has been doing (and will apparently continue to do) is slow down these sites and make them work less From OLDaily on July 20, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Stephen Downes - E-Learning 2.0 - Why the New Tools - Stephen's Web
PowerPoint slides and MP3 Audio of my online presentation today. My talk, scheduled for one hour, went (with a willing audience) closer to two hours, which was nice, because I was able to develop the topic the way I wanted. After sketching the progression of Web 2.0 tools (from personal publishing to webtops) I outlined (drawing heavily on Konrad Glogowski) how it enables new forms of learning. From this, I outlined some o From OLDaily on July 20, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Yahoo Offers MP3 Sans DRM
Jessica Simpson's new single is available from Yahoo with no strings attached. Is this a sign of what's to come or just a one-time deal? By Eli Milchman. From Wired News on July 20, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Meet the Remote-Control Self
Thanks to his amazingly lifelike android clone, Hiroshi Ishiguro can now be in two places at the same time. Tim Hornyak reports from Kyoto, Japan. From Wired News on July 20, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Funny, Multi-Channel Campaigns Reach College Students
Students and recent grads are more likely to respond to entertaining and humorous campaigns that run on multiple media. From ClickZ Stats on July 20, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

The Wisdom of Robots
Artificial intelligence makes it possible for robots to play cards, drive cars and spend all day browsing the web. David Cohn reports from the big AI conference in Boston. From Wired News on July 20, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..

Potty Mouth Yaps in the Crapper
The Wizmark "interactive urinal communicator" might bring commercial messages to the men's room. In Gear Factor. From Wired News on July 20, 2006 at 1:46 p.m..

EBay to Boost Online Store Fees
The online auction house pleases investors by announcing they'll charge higher merchant fees for stores operating on the site. The idea is to return focus and traffic to the auctions. From Wired News on July 20, 2006 at 12:45 p.m..

Amnesty Charges Web Companies
Promoting the web as a free-speech zone, Amnesty International accuses Yahoo, Microsoft and Google of violating human rights principles by cooperating with China's web censorship. From Wired News on July 20, 2006 at 12:45 p.m..

Gadget Lab: Sidelining a Sidekick
T-Mobile's new digital assistant doesn't get a call back, the Inno Portable packs oodles of XM in your pocket, and Pac-Man gets small in a big way. In Gadget Lab. From Wired News on July 20, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Congress' Top 10 Stem Cell Flubs
Sometimes legislators make stuff up when they're not sure about the facts -- especially when it comes to complicated science like stem cell research. Here are the worst offenses heard in Congress this week. Commentary by Steven Edwards. From Wired News on July 20, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Is Lady in the Water a Floater?
M. Night Shyamalan's latest movie drowns in a pool of cheap colors, one-dimensional characters and wooden dialogue. By Jason Silverman. From Wired News on July 20, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Living Well Is the Best Revenge
If you've ever dreamed of spending your days in the happiest place on Earth, we've found it. Commentary by Tony Long. From Wired News on July 20, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

3-D Imaging Goes Ballistic
Government-funded research produces new gun-fingerprinting technology that can analyze and compare 3-D images of spent rounds. Luke O'Brien reports from Washington. From Wired News on July 20, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Cam Catches Bears in the Wild
A wireless camera concealed in a boulder puts nature lovers within spitting distance of Alaskan brown bears as they frolic in a river. From Wired News on July 19, 2006 at 11:46 p.m..