Edu_RSS ~ November 9, 2003

Most recent update: November 9, 2003 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Weiterbildung auf der Kippe GEW und ver.di protestierten gegen Kürzungen bei Fortbildungsmaßnahmen [...] Bundesweit sind die Teilnehmerzahlen in der beruflichen Weiterbildung im Jahresvergleich um ein Drittel gesunken, in den ersten acht Monaten diesen Jahres sogar um 53,9 Prozent. Die Folge: 20 000 Arbeitsplätze, rund 30 Prozent aller festen Arbeitsverhältnisse der Branche, werden im laufenden Jahr abgebaut. Dies sei »ein gesellschaftlicher Skandal allerersten Ranges«, so die GEW-Vorsitzende Eva-Maria Stange in einer Presseerklärung. Dadurch würden »al From BildungsBlog on November 9, 2003 at 8:51 p.m.. (36714) "Autorentools: Content selbst... Unternehmen, die ihre Mitarbeiter via eLearning weiterbilden wollen, legen immer häufiger Wert auf individuell für ihren Bedarf zugeschnittene Software. Doch die Kosten für das Erstellen einer solchen Software erscheint vielen zu teuer. Zu Recht, denn trotz der Argumente der Anbieter, dass sich die Kosten für einen Individualcontent bald amortisieren, ist die Anfangsinvestition sehr hoch. Eine günstige Alternative besteht darin, mit einfachen Autorentools sich seinen Content selbst zu erstellen. Mit deren Hilfe können aus im Unternehmen vorhandenen Office-Do From BildungsBlog on November 9, 2003 at 8:51 p.m.. (36712) Distance education on CDs and multimedia From ScotFEICT on November 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (36711) The Scottish Theatre Archive forms part of the Spe ... The Scottish Theatre Archive forms part of the Special Collections Department of the University of Glasgow. Its role is to help preserve and promote interest in Scotland's theatrical heritage by providing a safe home for archival material and by making it accessible to all those interested in Scottish Theatre From Peter Scott's Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:49 p.m.. (36710) Libraries, and virtual libraries in particular, ar ... Libraries, and virtual libraries in particular, are increasingly faced with the current challenges of globalisation and competition. The workshop: Information Centres appraised using economic indicators as criteria: An evaluation and assessment of trends will focus on the business techniques for attracting users and the most innovative methods for promoting the use of libraries' services and resources From Peter Scott's Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36709) Sirsi Corporation has announced an Alliance Partne ... Sirsi Corporation has announced an Alliance Partnership with Moreover Technologies, a provider of real-time information management solutions, to enhance Sirsi Rooms Context Management Solutions From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36708) Dialog has added three files of epidemiological da ... Dialog has added three files of epidemiological data to its collection of medical information available through its Dialog online service From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36707) The National electronic Library for Health Awarene ... The National electronic Library for Health Awareness Week 24-30 November 2003 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36706) In January EMBO Journal will be transferred from O ... In January EMBO Journal will be transferred from Oxford University Press to Nature Publishing Group, joining its sister publication EMBO reports From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36705) M.G. Vassanji was named the 2003 winner of The Gil ... M.G. Vassanji was named the 2003 winner of The Giller Prize, Canada's premier literary prize for fiction. The winning novel, The In-Between World of Vikram Lall, is published by Doubleday Canada. The largest annual prize for fiction in the country, The Giller Prize awards $25,000 each year to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36704) Serials Reloaded: Cataloging, Management, and Acce ... Serials Reloaded: Cataloging, Management, and Access - November 21, 2003 - College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA - Sponsored by NELINET, Inc From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36703) New in November from Facet Publishing: Metadata Ap ... New in November from Facet Publishing: Metadata Applications and Management - International Yearbook of Library and Information Management 2003-2004 and Libraries and Information Services in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland 2004 - 30th edn From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36702) Four new Collins Bilingual Dictionaries have been ... Four new Collins Bilingual Dictionaries have been added to xreferplus:Collins French Dictionary Plus GrammarCollins Latin Dictionary Plus GrammarCollins Portuguese DictionaryCollins Spanish Dictionary From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36701) E-JASL: The Electronic Journal of Academic and Spe ... E-JASL: The Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship - v.4 no.2-3 Fall 2003 is now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36700) Info@UK - October 2003 newsletter is now available ... Info@UK - October 2003 newsletter is now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36699) Research Opportunities for 2004 - UCLA Library Dep ... Research Opportunities for 2004 - UCLA Library Deptartment of Special Collections:2004 James & Sylvia Thayer Fellowships2004 Mitzi Myers Fellowships From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36698) AIP Publishing Services will announce a relaunch o ... AIP Publishing Services will announce a relaunch of its online publishing services platform during Online Information at the Olympia Grand Hall in London on December 2, 2003 at the AIP Stand 49. The platform relaunch will take place in January 2004 and will be known as Scitation From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36697) DigiCULT Thematic Issue 4 now available - Learning ... DigiCULT Thematic Issue 4 now available - Learning Objects from Cultural and Scientific Heritage Resources - "Heritage institutions need to improve their relevance for the education sector and lifelong learners in attractive, efficient, and sustainable ways. Simply displaying collection objects, considered useful for informal learning in some way or another online, is not enough. What is called for are learning objects: highly interoperable and reusable modular building blocks From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36696) Signs of the Time: Library Architecture as a Signa ... Signs of the Time: Library Architecture as a Signal of Cultural and Educational Policies - 24-25 November 2003 - Vienna, Austria - Organised by The Austrian Library Association in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36695) Under the leadership of the Illinois State Library ... Under the leadership of the Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service, the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center and the Southern Illinois Talking Book Center have announced the opening of InfoEyes, an online information community and virtual reference service for the visually impaired From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36694) This week's Friday brain-teaser from xrefer tests ... This week's Friday brain-teaser from xrefer tests your knowledge of the animal world. Answers here:1. Which animal is defined in the dictionary as "A mature female bovine animal"?2. Which animals are the largest species of the cat family?3. Which animal is the offspring of a female horse and a male donkey?4. Which animal gets its name from a Greek term meaning "river horse"?5. The condor is a kind of vulture: true or false?6. What is th From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36693) Conference on Technology in the Humanities - May 2 ... Conference on Technology in the Humanities - May 24-26, 2004 - Ithaca College, New York From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36692) Content management: so what's that all about then? ... Content management: so what's that all about then? - City Information Group seminar - 24 November 2003 - London, UK From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36691) Collaborative Live Reference Services by Bernie Sl ... Collaborative Live Reference Services by Bernie Sloan - Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Updated November 7, 2003 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36690) Resource writeups from the latest issue of Researc ... Resource writeups from the latest issue of ResearchBuzz, October 30-November 5, are now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36689) Grampian Information Annual Conference 2003: The P ... Grampian Information Annual Conference 2003: The Power of Information - 21 November 2003 - The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36688) The Library Journal editors are seeking nomination ... The Library Journal editors are seeking nominations for the 16th annual Library Journal Librarian of the Year Award to honor a professional librarian for outstanding achievement and accomplishments reflecting the loftiest service goals of the library profession. Deadline is November 17, 2003 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36687) Emerald's Journals of the Week for November 10, 20 ... Emerald's Journals of the Week for November 10, 2003 are Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development and International Journal of Service Industry Management From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on November 9, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36686) How to Weblog: a Set of Very Useful Essays Summary: Once you get past the write-post-read-online level of weblogging, and that can take awhile, there is more that you might want to learn. Where to start? I would recommend that you start by reading several of Dave Pollard's weblogging entries. See, for example, his very visual and useful entry on activities involved in the continuous development of a body of weblog entries that are intended to be increasingly useful to weblog readers who are deliberately pursuing information in a targetted area. For the same diagra From ScotFEICT on November 9, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (36684) JISC RSC Scotland South & West Kar2ouche Event From ScotFEICT on November 9, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (36683) Gates Foundation Access To Learning Award From ScotFEICT on November 9, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (36682) Moving towards fully integrated systems for the Learning Organisation From ScotFEICT on November 9, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (36681) A new course on elearning From ScotFEICT on November 9, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (36680) Virtual Classroom Starter Guide From ScotFEICT on November 9, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (36679) World drowning in oceans of data From ScotFEICT on November 9, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (36678) Federal Government Contributes $7.5 Million for Research on Distance Learning From ScotFEICT on November 9, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (36677) JISC funds free access to Early English Books Online From ScotFEICT on November 9, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (36676) PowerPoint Is Evil From ScotFEICT on November 9, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (36675) La Comunidad Valenciana será la primera región que aparecerá en temarios de agencias de viajes La Comunidad Valenciana será la primera región española que se incluirá en un temario de formación por internet, presentado en la página de la revista profesional de turismo "Travel Weekly", según inf... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on November 9, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (36674) Australian Government Endorsed Supplier I'm very pleased to announce that Step Two Designs is now an Australian Government Endorsed Supplier, under the arrangement managed by the Department of Finance and Administration (more information). This indicates our commitment to working with the Australian government, on... From Column Two on November 9, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (36673) Wishlist Ich hätte gerne ein Plugin für Antville , welches mit dem K-Collector , also Frontier spricht. An anderer Stelle wird RSS ... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on November 9, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (36672) College presidents seek to close minority gap How well are colleges teaching minorities once they are admitted? From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on November 9, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (36671) Linkstruktur Mit einem kleinen Applet wird die Linkstruktur von gängigen Suchmaschinen und Browsern (z.B. Google und dem WikiBrowser) sichtbar gemacht. Das... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 9, 2003 at 5:49 p.m.. (36670) The Tweezer's Edge v3: Radio Userland comments: Capture/Export The Tweezer's Edge v3: Radio Userland comments: Capture/Export Keep an eye out for Tweezer's new program.... From Movable Type on November 9, 2003 at 5:49 p.m.. (36669) Shrek2 kommt! Für alle "Shrek"-Fans: Teil 2 ("Not So Far Far Away") kommt am 21.05.2004 in die Kinos! Ein Trailer steht seit... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 9, 2003 at 4:49 p.m.. (36668) Library in the Sky Library in the Sky - Educational Web Resourceshttp://www.nwrel.org/sky/The Library in the Sky is a database of interesting and useful educational Web sites for those involved in education. Find the information you want through the Search, User Tabs, by Department, or Materials. Currently there are 1546 educational Web sites listed in the Library in the Sky. Search the entire database of resource links, or narrow your search to those Web sites that will most likely be of interest to you. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on November 9, 2003 at 4:49 p.m.. (36667) Commonly Confused Words Commonly Confused Wordshttp://www.pnl.gov/ag/usage/confuse.htmlThe following terms are frequently used (and sometimes misused) in Battelle publications. Several source books are available to provide more comprehensive lists and explanations. The two that were consulted most heavily in preparing this list were Harry Shaw's Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions (McGraw-Hill 1975) and William A. Sabin's The Gregg Reference Manual, 6th ed. (McGraw-Hill 1985) and 9th ed. (McGraw-Hill 1999). The From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on November 9, 2003 at 3:49 p.m.. (36666) Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)http://www.dlese.org/dds/index.jspThe Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) is a grassroots community effort involving educators, students, and scientists working together to improve the quality, quantity, and efficiency of teaching and learning about the Earth system at all levels. DLESE supports Earth system science education by providing:* Access to high-quality collections of educational resources * Access to Earth data sets an From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on November 9, 2003 at 3:49 p.m.. (36665) GotW: Abbey's Writing Quotes It's been many weeks, maybe months, since I updated the CDB sidebar "Google of the Week (GotW), so today was as good a day as any. Also, I added GotW as a category archive with requisite RSS feed. The GotW appears in the CDB sidebar, using MovableType's built in API to Google, in essence, a syndicated form of a Google search result. Since I have quoted Edward Ab From cogdogblog on November 9, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. (36664) cultural pc-ism Ok, so NBC produces a show about Private Lynch. She says the story is not true. But nonetheless, NBC runs the show. CBS produces a show about Ronald Reagan. The man who Would Save Reagan from TV and others say it is biased against Reagan. CBS cancels the show. Apparently it is ok to bend the truth, but only in one way. From Lessig Blog on November 9, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (36663) Guam nutzt OpenEFM Soweit ersichtlich, nutzt der Supreme Court von Guam als erstes Gericht weltweit den elektronischen Daten-Manager OpenEFM als Open Source, Einzelheiten... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 9, 2003 at 1:49 p.m.. (36662) The Semantic Web and SGML Frank thinks that Clay's fogged the issues around the Semantic Web. Frank points to places where the careful construction of industry metadata has resulted in integrated systems that work well. I don't think Clay is arguing that all metadata is bad. Rather, he's saying that it doesn't scale. Yes, the insurance industry might be able to construct a taxonomy that works for it, but the Semantic Web goes beyond the local. It talks about how local taxonomies can automagically knit themselves together. The problem with the Semantic Web is, from my point of view, that it can' From Joho the Blog on November 9, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (36661) WebCT Opens Doors to OPSI e-portfolio It was bound to happen, once the interest in electronic portfolios has bubbled widely, the big Course Management Monoliths would bring them in under their hoods. I am not at EDCUASE (hardly seems to be any blogging from there? trying a feedster search now- hey who put all those banner ads in there?), and this is just a PR post, but coming soon, to a CMS near you... --> From cogdogblog on November 9, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (36660) thank you, Senator Edwards I'm grateful to Senator Edwards for spending some cycles on my blog. I am particularly grateful given his willingness to say a few things about the sort of things Democrats don't talk about enough -- IP and Free and Open Source Software. As obvious as the issues of balance and choice are to the likes of many who hang around here, I think we should not underestimate just how politically difficult it is to say the obvious. In particular, I read the comment about the importance of a level playing field for software to be a c From Lessig Blog on November 9, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (36659) America's Army 2.0 Released If you are not familiar with it, you should definitely check out America's Army, the videogame produced for and about the US Army. The videogame itself is excellent and the concept, videogames that stress realism as a recruiting tool, is... From The Importance Of on November 9, 2003 at 12:49 p.m.. (36658) The Ultimate Portal for Educators The Ultimate Portal for Educatorshttp://www.teachers-connect.net/edres/portal.htmThe Ultimate Porta; for Educators including Content Area Assets, Teacher Internet Assets, Multimedia Assets, Raw Material Search Engines, Web Page Design, and Copyright. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on November 9, 2003 at 11:49 a.m.. (36657) Web Tools for Learning Web Tools for Learninghttp://wwwtools.cityu.edu.hk/Web Tools for Learning is a one-stop resource for university instructors interested in the World Wide Web as a teaching tool. Here you'll find: * free software tools in support of teaching; * a directory of available course-delivery tools & methods; * an active forum for technology-in-education issues; * a weekly newsletter on tech/ed issues, challenges, tools & resources; * a searchable catalog of our favorite From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on November 9, 2003 at 11:49 a.m.. (36656) Seattle Times on RSS (via JD) Glenn Fleishman does a (I think) a great job of introducing RSS, defining it this way: Web sites publish the latest updates to a formatted file on their Web site, and you use software that automatically checks that file, notifying you of any changes. It's great to see more and more mainstream press introducing this concept, though wouldn't it be nice if we had more user friendly terms for all of this stuff? From weblogged News on November 9, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (36655) Downloading goes upscale - Eric Gwinn, Chicago Tribune The arrival last week of Napster 2.0 means Windows users now have four major for-pay alternatives to the copyright minefield of downloading free music. In comparing three of the services -- iTunes Music Store, Napster and Music Match -- I found that ea From Techno-News Blog on November 9, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (36654) MyRSS Auto-Creates RSS News Feeds If you've ever made use of RSS feeds, perhaps via a news aggregator such as Meerkat, Radio Userland or AmphetaDesk or through a corporate portal powered by software such as Jetspeed or IBM's WebSphere you've probably seen that there are thousands of ch From Techno-News Blog on November 9, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (36653) What's the Story with 64-Bit Chips? - Stephen H. Wildstrom, Business Week If you pay attention to what's happening in personal computing, you're going to be hearing quite a bit in coming months about 64-bit processors. Apple (AAPL ) has made a splash with its PowerMac G5 desktop, based on a new 64-bit G5 processor, while des From Techno-News Blog on November 9, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (36652) Serviceman Punished for Speaking his Mind A United States Serviceman, Sgt Robert Ferriol, wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper that was critical of Bush's policy in the Iraq war. He was then criticized for his liberal views and charged with disloyalty. From kuro5hin.org on November 9, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (36651) SERI " Special Education Resources on the Internet SERI " Special Education Resources on the Internethttp://seriweb.com/Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) is a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This collection exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources more easily and readily available in one location. This site will continually modify, update, and add additional informative links From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on November 9, 2003 at 8:49 a.m.. (36650) Teacher Resource for Instructional Planning (TRIP) Teacher Resource for Instructional Planning (TRIP)http://trip.mcpss.com/Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning (TRIP) - Within this site you will find over 5,000 links to lesson plans and educational resources that support national, state, and local standards for Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Math in the K-12 curriculum. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on November 9, 2003 at 8:49 a.m.. (36649) The Technology Source The Technology Sourcehttp://ts.mivu.org/default.aspThe purpose of The Technology Source (ISSN 1532-0030), a peer-reviewed bimonthly periodical published by the Michigan Virtual University, is to provide thoughtful, illuminating articles that will assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools into teaching and into managing educational organizations. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on November 9, 2003 at 8:49 a.m.. (36648) Wireless Tots - Lee-Allison Scott, THE Journal The first wireless technology program for preschoolers was implemented in January at the Primrose School at Bentwater in Atlanta, Ga., a new corporate school operated by Primrose School Franchising Co. The new school serves as a testing and training fa From Educational Technology on November 9, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (36647) Improving School Performance and Career Preparation With a Wireless Computer Lab - Ronald Styron Jr. and Fan Disher, THE Journal Two years ago, mandeville high school http://mandevillehigh.stpsb.org/index.shtml in Louisiana purchased a mobile wireless computer lab with grant funds from the state. This lab not only helped improve the writing and research skills of the school's ni From Educational Technology on November 9, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (36646) GIs need command approval for distance learning - Jeremy Kirk, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition Soldiers will no longer be allowed to self-enroll in the Army From Online Learning Update on November 9, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (36645) Sloan Consortium, Southern Regional Education Board Join Forces to Improve Quality in Online Learning E-learners in 16 southern states will benefit from a new partnership between the Atlanta-based Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) and the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of nearly 500 institutions and organizations of higher education From Online Learning Update on November 9, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (36644) Dubai eGovernment and Zayed University sign MOU for enhanced cooperation Dubai eGovernment and Zayed University have entered into a strategic partnership to enhance mutual cooperation in raising standards of research and benchmarking and to create content for e-learning programs. The two sides recently signed a Memorandum o From Online Learning Update on November 9, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (36643) "Rawls and the Law" Einer der bedeutendsten "Vordenker" Amerikas des 20. Jh., Prof. John Rawls von der Universität Harvard, ist am 24.11.2002 gestorben. Anlässlich... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 9, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (36642) More Than Wells Are Stuck In The Sand Over Iraqi Oil Iraq has a lot of oil, estimated at 112.5 billion barrels in proven reserves which is the world's second-largest after Saudi Arabia's. As many as 220 billion barrels are considered probable additional Iraqi reserves. Before the current war, Iraq was producing 2.5 million barrels of oil per day, with only 1.7 million of this output authorized under the U.N. imposed "Oil-For-Food" economic sanctions. At an average price of $25 per barrel, Iraq was making $43 million per day in sanctioned sales and $20 million per day in unsanctioned ones. The United States was the biggest importer o From kuro5hin.org on November 9, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (36641) Wash Post Columnist Rips Broadcast Flag Washington Post Fast Forward columnist Rob Pegoraro has written quite an attack on the FCC's Broadcast Flag mandate (FCC Deserves a Digital Thanks for Nothing). This is a reporter who gets it: The Federal Communications Commission has figured out how... From The Importance Of on November 9, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (36640) Madster Seeks Supreme Court Cert Slyck, a P2P news site, reports that Madster (the P2P program formerly known as Aimster) is seeking a Writ of Certiorari to have their case heard before the US Supreme Court (P2P Company Takes Battle to Supreme Court). You can... From The Importance Of on November 9, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (36639) NY Times Looks at Diebold The New York Times (reg. req.) has a decent summary of the many issues, controversies and scandals regarding Diebold's e-voting machines (Machine Politics in the Digital Age).... From The Importance Of on November 9, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (36638) Email lists and message boards Where's the middle ground? Lee LeFever has written a blog entry about the relationship between e-mail lists and message boards. To quote: I think organizations that have people (customers and/or employees) who aren't high-tech, but could benefit from many-to-many online communications need this "middle... From Column Two on November 9, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. (36637) Group initiation and member perceptions Lee LeFever has written a very interesting blog entry on group initiation and member perceptions. To quote: Tom Coates (Everything in Moderation) pointed to a psychological study done in 1959. The bottom line of the study is that people who... From Column Two on November 9, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. (36636) The art of usability benchmarking Scott Berkun has written an excellent article on usability benchmarking. To quote: One common concern raised by managers and engineers alike is this: how usable is enough? This question, and the absence of an easy answer, is often the first... From Column Two on November 9, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. (36635) Metadata and search The results of a recent Dublin Core workshop on metadata and search have been published, and it makes for interesting reading. To quote: The pre-conference workshop "Metadata and Search" addressed the challenges of using metadata to help users find information,... From Column Two on November 9, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. (36634) The interdependence of the structure, information and presentation dimensions Peter J. Bogaards has written an article on the three aspects of documents: structure, information and presentation. To quote: Every paper and digital document shares three basic dimensions: structure, information and presentation. Although these dimensions are always interwoven, some people... From Column Two on November 9, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. (36633) A comic on focus groups The OK/Cancel team have drawn a small comic on focus groups. This definitely matches my experiences with focus groups, and is one of the reasons that I recommend against relying on them as a source of useful information.... From Column Two on November 9, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. (36632) When Campus Violence Flares Incidences of murder, rape, arson and other violent crimes are rattling college campuses across New Jersey. From New York Times: Education on November 9, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (36631) In College and in Despair After a rash of suicides at New York University, some schools are rethinking the enforcement of privacy laws that often leave parents in the dark about their children. From New York Times: Education on November 9, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (36630) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]