Edu_RSS ~ December 12, 2003

Most recent update: December 12, 2003 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)http://www.esrc.ac.uk/The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK's leading research funding and training agency addressing economic and social concerns. We aim to provide high quality research on issues of importance to business, the public sector and government. The issues considered include economic competitiveness, the effectiveness of public services and policy, and our quality of life. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (40838) BioTech Future BioTech Futurehttp://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-biotech12dec12,1,7490704.story?collla-headlines-technologyMerchant banker G. Steven Burrill predicts that 2004 will rank among the biggest ever for biotech IPOs, and that drug development partnerships between small biotechs and established drug firms will be a key source of financing (thereby allowing big drug companies to stock their product development pipelines more cheaply and efficiently t From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (40837) Paper on CMS & Libraries http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/weblogs/martha/ archives/000580.html From Michelle comes reference to both this useful paper and a new blog by her colleague, Martha Whitehead, the Head of Information Services at the University of British Columbia Library. The paper is a brief summary of some of the issues and progress made to date to bring library systems, and From EdTechPost on December 12, 2003 at 7:51 p.m.. (40836) Sentient Discover integration with WebCT or Blackboard http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?the announcement op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=316 As if to confirm some points from Martha Whitehead's paper below, that there is a growing availability of means to integrate library systems with CMS, this press release announces news of integration plans for this U.K.-based "learning resource management system" with From EdTechPost on December 12, 2003 at 7:50 p.m.. (40835) WritingWiki > Blogs Blogs" href="http://writingwiki.org/Wiki.aspx?page=Blogs">WritingWiki > Blogs A Directory of Blog Resources , as well as invitation to their writers to set up blog down in Soutnern Florida University. Joe Moxley is the Pied Piper. A lot of disruptive technology is going on over at SFU. They use a .NET based blog... From EdBlogger Praxis on December 12, 2003 at 7:50 p.m.. (40834) Scoble's CSS (SOURCE:Scobleizer Radio Weblog)- I am going to re-design my blog look and feel soon.  Hopefully using a variation of Scoble's CSS From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on December 12, 2003 at 7:49 p.m.. (40833) Canada to Charge Music Royalties on MP3s (SOURCE:Canada to Charge Music Royalties on MP3s :: AO)- Time to stock up before the prices go up.  Definitely a double dip; pay once for the player and pay twice for the MP3.  This s*cks!  I would support this if the artists got some money from this, rather than the fat cat record companies.  Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. QUOTE The cost of an MP3 player will increase in Canada after the government's From Roland Tanglao&apos;s Weblog on December 12, 2003 at 7:49 p.m.. (40832) Party for the Cause Tomorrow night, the multi-talented Lisa Rein is performing at a concert/holiday bash from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Noe Valley Ministry at 1021 Sanchez St. at 24th here in San Francisco. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted--and Lisa has generously offered to donate half of whatever is collected to EFF. Be there! From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on December 12, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (40831) Haushaltsplan 2004 Alexander Hartmann hat den Haushaltsplan 2004 (2.722 S. PDF) eingestellt. Wer jetzt mit der Lektüre beginnt, dürfte - bei zügigem... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 12, 2003 at 6:51 p.m.. (40830) RSS eNewsletters: Bridging the Gulf (SOURCE:RSS eNewsletters: Bridging the Gulf - Lockergnome's RSS Resource)- Every organization, govenerment or not, should consider using a blog and an RSS feed as a replacement or complement to printed newsletters.  Call me at 604 729 7924 if you are interested in an RSS feed and blog as a newsletter. QUOTE RSS eNewsletters: Bridging the Gulf: Virtually every federal and state government agency ha From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on December 12, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (40829) Buzz Andersen : Project Looking Glass's music UI is not usable (SOURCE:Sci-Fi Hi-Fi: Weblog)- Agreed but the the current GUI windowing interface can't live forever.  There has to be a better way to manage information and user interfaces than the 2-D windows plus mouse interface that we use today.  Where is the Xerox Parc GUI of the 21st century that will take us forward? That's what we are looking for.  Perhaps Sun's Looking Glass is a step on the journey to that destination. QUOTEThe problem with Project Looking Glass i From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on December 12, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (40828) Usability is a just a much a part of software development as programming (SOURCE:Six Log: Software Development and Usability)- Amen! Software development includes usability just as much as programming.  Unusable software is well, unusable!  And unusable software will not be used and therefore will not be improved.  This is obvious to everybody except developers it seems. QUOTE From the article: So Ben, a software developer, built a program that gave Mena everything she was looking for. I'm sure this is somethin From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on December 12, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (40827) How can blogging be adapted to companies with a 'need to know' culture? (SOURCE:The Ferryman: Blogging, wikis, jazz communities and Industry too)- A company with a 'need to know' internal culture is going to lose in the long run.   In the long run, most companies will very transparent internally; external transparency will increase too. QUOTE Together we discussed developments in blogging from the business perspective. I asked how could blogging be adapted to a corporate culture that follows the "need to know" principle. And if we int From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on December 12, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (40826) Netzwissenschaft Knoten Budapest Kurzes Gedächtnisprotokoll zur Konferenz Netzwissenschaft  in Budapest. Zunächst mal Gratulation an das erfolgreiche ... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on December 12, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (40825) More on XHTML Following yesterday's post about XHTML validation and the script tag (which I assumed to be a browser problem, not a code problem) I got an email from megnut reader Maurice saying, Script element should always have an end tag and really can't be considered a singular or "empty" type tag like, say, the Image tag or something. I guess it must be a minor glitch in the validator or something. Since that didn't sound right to me, I decided to go to the source: --> From megnut on December 12, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (40824) Shaping Information Societies for Human Needs This is the Civil Society Declaration to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and consists of a statement of broad principles which are (in my view) worthy of endorsement in general. "We are committed to building information and communication societies that are people-centred, inclusive and equitable. Societies in which everyone can freely create, access, utilise, share and disseminate information and knowledge, so that individuals, communities and peoples are empowered to improve their quality of life and to achieve their full potential. Societies founded on the principles of so From OLDaily on December 12, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (40823) Students Urged to Protect Their Identity The United States Department of Education has launched a new website - http://www.ed.gov/misused - that "includes comprehensive information for students and families, including tips for protecting their identity and advice on how they can detect identity theft." By Press Release, United States Department of Education, December 11, 2003 [Refer][Rese From OLDaily on December 12, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (40822) Asian Journal of Distance Education Just launched, volume 1, number 1 of the Asian Journal of Distance Education contains articles by Fred Lockwood, Tony Bates and Kinshuk, among others. Unfortunately, only abstracts are posted online, which means you have to purchase the dead tree version if you actually want to read any of these words of wisdom. I don't understand why authors continue to support restricted access versions of journals like this. By various Authors, November, 2003 [Refer][ From OLDaily on December 12, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (40821) CTE and Work-Based Learning You will want to get to this one before ERIC is shut down (I wonder whether they did any 'scientific reasearch' before making that decision). According to the author, "Work-based learning represents the integration of workplace experiences and career and technical education (CTE) curriculum." You will therefore want to read this item in conjunction with the work on workflow learning, also listed here this week. The article is a survey, identifying major aspects of work-based learning, and hence, is a good introduction to the concept. By Bettina Lankard Brown, ERIC, December, From OLDaily on December 12, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (40820) Patenting Air or Protecting Property? While some people cling to the idea that progress and innovation can be measured in erms of the numbers of patents granted, it is becoming clear that the rapid proliferation of the technology monopolies are having the opposite result. "More patents in more industries and with greater breadth are not always the best ways to maximize consumer welfare," said a a report released in October by the U.S. the Federal Trade Commission. "Many panelists and participants expressed the view that software and Internet patents are impeding innovation." By Jonathan Krim, Washington Post, December 11, 2003 [< From OLDaily on December 12, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (40819) Open Access Journals in the Field of Education Long and from what I can tell (I tested a bunch) accurate list to open access online journals in the field of education. This is a tremendous resource. I think I should spend some time with this list and think about how to make the contents even more accessable... By Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, AERA SIG: Communication of Research, November 21, 2003 [Refer][Research][From OLDaily on December 12, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (40818) Copyright Board Freezes Music-Media Levies The Copyright Board of Canada opted for the status quo in a ruling today, maintaining (but not doubling, as the music publishing industry had asked) levies on music recording media. In Canada, individuals may use such media to copy songs for their personal use, and the levy is paid as a royalty to music publishers (who are supposed to, in theory, pass the money on to musicians). The industry had also requested levies on most forms of digital media, such as DVds and hard drives, but this was rejected by the board, which concluded that most people do not use these for music. The Board also ruled From OLDaily on December 12, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (40817) Luftbild ja, Weg nein Der BGH hat am 09.12.2003 in zwei Verfahren die Klagen der bekannten Fernsehjournalistinnen Christiansen und Gundlach u.a. "wegen zu geringen... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 12, 2003 at 4:52 p.m.. (40816) The Internet Topic Exchange The Internet Topic Exchangehttp://www.topicexchange.com/The Internet Topic Exchange hosts topic channels, public archives of weblog posts on defined topics. Here are some popular channels:* Topic Exchange <-- ping this if talking about the site* Test channel <-- do what you like here* Social Software <-- blogging and the like* The Matrix <-- the film, the religion, ...* Austin Blog <-- Austin politics* Wi-Fi* Montreal, Quebec, Canada* Directorio Blogs Hispanos <- From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 4:52 p.m.. (40815) Understanding WSIS Understanding WSIS: An Institutional Perspective on the UN World Summit on the Information Societyhttp://www.ip3.gatech.edu/research/research.htm#WSISNew events and institutions present opportunities for groups to advance their agendas. This research examines the concrete achievements made by groups at UN world summits over the last ten years and uses those insights to assess the opportunities in the on-going WSIS. This research is being conducted in partnership with CPSR's Civil Society From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (40814) IP3 IP3http://www.ip3.gatech.edu/IP3 provides a framework to coordinate Internet policy-related research in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. It promotes dialogue between researchers within and outside of the Institute, offering forums for debate and discussion. It invites researchers to Georgia Tech from outside the community, sponsoring guest speakers, workshops, and conferences. It connects the academic research community with policy-makers in the larger society. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (40813) Open Access (Journal) Collections Open Access (Journal) Collectionshttp://www.joanconger.net/ERIL/list_issues_openaccess.htmlA listing of Open Access Journal Collections available over the Internet from ERIL ( Electronic Resources in Libraries ) that is an ongoing work in progress. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (40812) The Word on Text Mining The Word on Text Mining by Seth Grimeshttp://www.intelligententerprise.com/031210/619decision1_1.shtmlText analytics provide concept discovery, automated classification, and innovative displays for volumes of unstructured documents. This article written by Seth Grimes for Intelligent Enterprise gives the latest and most current happenings on text mining From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (40811) Architecture of the World Wide Web Architecture of the World Wide Webhttp://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-webarch-20031209/http://www.w3.org/2003/12/tag-pressreleasehttp://www.w3.org/2001/tag/ The W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) has released a Last Call Working Draft of the "Architecture of the World Wide Web, First Edition." The document is written for Web developers, implementers, content authors and publishers. It describe From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (40810) Statistics, Measures and Quality Standards for Assessing Digital Reference Library Services: Guidelines and Procedures Statistics, Measures and Quality Standards for Assessing Digital Reference Library Services: Guidelines and Procedures"Statistics, Measures and Quality Standards for Assessing Digital Reference Library Services: Guidelines and Procedures" is now available full text online. This manual is the result of a study developed at the 2nd Annual Virtual Reference Desk conference and funded by the library community. The study was conducted by Charles McClure, David Lankes, Melissa Gross and Beverly Choltco-Devlin of the Information Institute of Syracuse and the Information U From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (40809) Adobe® Intelligent Document Platform Adobe® Intelligent Document Platformhttp://www.adobe.com/events/splash.jsp?eventID=1262To comply with Section 508, your agency must deliver information that is accessible to people with disabilities such as blindness. The Adobe® Intelligent Document Platform helps you create documents and forms that incorporate navigational aids, include text that can be interpreted by assistive technology such as screen readers, and add information that explains images in documents and fields in forms. View th From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (40808) China Works Out e-Paper Prototype China Works Out e-Paper Prototypehttp://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-12/07/content_1217789.htmA different wallpaper every day in your house? It may soon be a possibility, as electronic paper and ink will soon make it easier and cheaper, just like the way you change the wallpaper on your desktop. Researchers with the Southwest China Normal University announced earlier this week their success in building the country's first e-paper prototype, which combined organic transistor From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (40807) Beyond Simple Search Beyond Simple Searchhttp://www.intelligententerprise.com/031210/619decision1_1.shtmlAs anybody who has used one knows, the text search capability offered by commercial search engines can be frustratingly limited. Instead of getting you to the right information source easily, writes Seth Grimes, "text-search results sometimes seem like the generic wisdom you get randomly from a Magic 8 Ball: They're so lacking in contextual relevance that they may answer many questions other th From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (40806) Searching the Invisible Tabs Searching the Invisible Tabshttp://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3115131 Tired of wading through thousands -- possibly millions -- of results to your Web searches? How would it be if search engines offered lists of category tabs -- so you could confine your search to relevant Web sites? Too restrictive, too cumbersome (after all, how many categories would there need to be)? Well then, how about invisible tabs -- behind-the-scenes functions that would automatically categoriz From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (40805) ISBN Free Database ISBN Free Databasehttp://www.isbndb.com/The goal of the project is to create a multilingual database of books with well defined remote access protocols and free individual access. This database and site is under constant development. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (40804) all.info all.infohttp://www.all.info/All.info is a searchable directory of topics focused on web site credibility. Our directory provides searchers with additional info provided by the site From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (40803) Disability Database for Museums, Archives and Libraries Disability Database for Museums, Archives and Librarieshttp://www.resource.gov.uk/action/learnacc/00access_03.aspIn a United Kingdom plan to reduce access barriers in museums, archives and libraries, an organization called Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries has created a database of 200 trainers, auditors and consultants specializing in disability issues. The database offers support and advice on all disability issues. Marcus Weisen, Resources Disability Officer, s From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (40802) MetaSuite MetaSuitehttp://www.dstc.edu.au/Products/metaSuiteMetaSuite is DSTC's toolset for creating and managing high quality Dublin Core style metadata for information holdings. Key components include a metadata repository and query engine, metadata indexers, a web crawler, a metadata entry tool and a metadata schema compiler. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 12, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (40801) Electoral maps A bit off topic, yes, but I want to continue my side interest in mapping as a resource for students and teachers and mention that map-lovers and politicos alike will enjoy Robert David Sullivan's article on The Ten Regions of U. S. Politics. From CommonWealth, a site devoted to "politics, ideas, and civic life in Massachusetts," the article is a statistical study, with brief prose passages describing the recent presidential election voting trends in Sullivan's 10... From Weblogs in Higher Education on December 12, 2003 at 4:50 p.m.. (40800) News Briefs: DRM and P2P Networks Merge to Create ''eBay'' of Digital Goods New technology allows individuals or businesses of all sizes to easily package, distribute, protect and monetize digital goods, and Oracle Corp. this week announced a partnership with nonprofit organization PEOPLink to power a free e-commerce platform for small and medium enterprises in emerging economies. From E-Commerce Guide on December 12, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (40799) Streik-Weblog der Uni Weimar Auch die Uni Weimar streikt gegen Bildungsabbau und hat ein Streik-Weblog. Sehr schön auch der Aufruf eines Weimarer Bürgers zur Steuerverweigerung: Als Gewerbesteuerpflichtiger überreiche ich ihnen beiligend den symbolischen Betrag von 100 Euro. Das Geld ist ausschließlich für die Verbesserung der Studienbedingungen einzusetzen. Ich ziehe dies meinem nächsten fälligen Steuerbetrag ab. Damit erreiche ich eine prozentuale Erhöhung des Steuera From EdBlogger Praxis on December 12, 2003 at 3:51 p.m.. (40797) Steve Jobs: Television is corrosive (SOURCE:RollingStone.com)- As Steve says in this interview, television is both corrosive and magnificent but unfortunately it's mostly the former rather than the latter. QUOTE: You're well-known as being a technological optimist. Do you still feel as hopeful about what technology has done for us as a culture as you did, say, twenty years ago? Oh, yeah. I think it's brought the world a lot clos From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on December 12, 2003 at 3:51 p.m.. (40796) Voting for Fair Use My EFF colleague Ren Bucholz, in today's 321 Studios newsletter: "A 19th century voting expert said that voting machines should 'protect the voter from rascaldom and make the process of casting a ballot perfectly plain, simple and secret.' But what if the rascal is the voting machine?" From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on December 12, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (40795) Blended Learning is Hot Stuff (Entrepreneur Magazine says) It's the end of the year, so everybody is coming out with predictions and trends. Ray Schroeder of Online Learning Update points to an article in Entrepreneur Magazine that pegs "Blended Learning" as "Hot Stuff" for 2004: Hot Stuff for 2004 "Take online learning, mix in some video, audio and other offline methods, and you have the latest wave in the booming Web-based instruction trend: blended learning" The article has some quotes from From e-Learning Eclectic on December 12, 2003 at 2:51 p.m.. (40794) "Es weihnachtet sehr" .... unter diesem Motto laden Studierende der JLU Giessen, gemeinsam mit dem Frauenhaus Giessen e.V., am Sonntag, den 15.12.03, von 14-19 Uhr, zu ihrem Stand auf dem Giessener Weihnachtsmarkt in Höhe der drei Schwätzer herzlich ein. Für das leibliche Wohl ist ebenso gesorgt wie für ein Rahmenprogramm mit Musik, Harry-Potter-Lesung und weiteren Überraschungsaktionen für "Jung und Alt". Der Erlös aus dem Verkauf von Getränken und Speisen wird dem Frauenhaus Giessen e.V. als Spende zukommen. Mit dieser Aktion möchten die Studierenden auf die, auc From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on December 12, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (40792) Federated Identity Management Looking into techniques to allow us to decentralize user management in cross-institutional (and non-institutional) software, such as APOLLO. Here are some links I've come across on the topic: Towards Federated Identity Management - Andre Durand Federated identity, PingID and standards cartels - Dan Farber Federated Identity Face-Off - Interview by Stuart J. Johnston and Dan Ruby SourceID Wiki - open source identity management Topology of Federation - Ping Identity Corporation What's Federated Identity Management? - eWeek Magazine Novell Explains Federated Identity - NetworkWorldFusio From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on December 12, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (40791) 12/08/03 12/08/03 From CyberAtlas on December 12, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (40790) Social Social Networks: Deodorant for the Soul? As the world gets more commoditized, as content proliferates and loses distinctiveness, as anything you want can be syndicated anywhere (eBay, Amazon.com and Google are converging), you can still count on individual people to be special and unique. The killer app for people online is. . .other people online. But conveying or embodying the uniqueness of people and their relationships may be too much for marketers or for the Net. We have to wonder whether social networking as a purported tool for human connection is just a kind of deodorant for the soul - wherein marketers create a need and then From Release 1.0 on December 12, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (40789) UI Worst Practice #1065: Company-Centric Metadata When you install a program in Windows, it will (with rare exception) install itself into the Program Files directory. Many programs first create a folder for themselves named after the company that developed the application, so "The Blow Up the Baddies Game" game gets installed into a folder called "Universal Gaming Corporation." Similarly, grocery stores cluster cereals by manufacturer, not by type: Post Corn Flakes is many boxes removed from General Mills Corn Flakes. Not only does this make it hard to find some flavors — where exactly are the Post Toastie Apple Swirl Cluster Bombettes From Joho the Blog on December 12, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. (40788) Mobile webcasting redux The XML 2003 conference was the first I've attended with an iSight camera, and with a plan to use it. Part one of the plan was to try bouncing a live stream off my home server, just as a test, but I was too busy to try that. Part two was to use video quotes in the blog entries I posted. This worked fairly well, though in the future I'll want a more time-efficient tool for capturing clips than QuickTime Pro. ... From Jon's Radio on December 12, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (40787) Missing Freshman Comp? This year is the first time in years that I have not had a freshman composition class on my teaching load, as part of a one-time development and renewal release from the class. As a writer and an English professor, naturally this is a course I enjoy and would dare... From PEDABLOGUE on December 12, 2003 at 11:50 a.m.. (40786) Blaser on Morris on Lydon on Dean Here's Britt's pithy summary of Dick Morris' interview with Chris Lydon: He's saying that the Dean campaign is Netscape and the Republicans are Microsoft. Done deal. Next question. The rest of Britt's analysis of Morris is well worth reading, too.... From Joho the Blog on December 12, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (40785) MT Wiki et al New MT Wiki to serve as a knowledge base for MT-related things. (Link via CogDogBlog.) Speaking of Alan at CogDogBlog, I finally caved in, took his lead on MT spam management and installed the MT-Blacklist plug-in. I also started using... From Ten Reasons Why on December 12, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (40784) Learning the audio software I spent some more time with the audio software -- it's a lot of fun to read something as well written as the piece I chose for today's audio selection. I might, though, want to rerecord it with a better microphone and in a room where I could try for something more like a stage delivery -- I didn't feel I could properly declaim Lincoln's words in my office. If you listen closely, you'll hear occasional clues that I'm using an inexpensive headset that catches a bit of sound when the... From Weblogs in Higher Education on December 12, 2003 at 10:50 a.m.. (40783) Tom Peters live Tom Peters was in town to talk about his new book, Re-Imagine, that "walks the walk" when it comes to arguing that business ought to be in technicolor, not black and white. I've been a fan of his since I first entered the business world with the academic's prejudice that business must be boring and the people must be not as smart as the ones in academics. Hah! As I used to say, what academics believe about businesspeople is false about businesspeople but true of academics. Peters' books, starting with In Search of Excellence, helped open my eyes to... From Joho the Blog on December 12, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. (40782) "The Long After Life of Simulation Software: Hidden Agenda" Some folks are rather big on the use of games and simulations for learning. So were we.. back in 1995. Here is another article from our Fall 2003 issue of the mcli Forum. In "The Long After Life of Simulation Software: Hidden Agenda", we interviewed Jim Gasperini who had created in the late 1980s a role=playing computer game based on the politics of Ce From cogdogblog on December 12, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (40781) How NOT to Market WiFi in Libraries Marketing Wireless in Libraries "Someone on Web4Lib asked about posting symbols or signage to identify wireless access in libraries. This is a slightly revised version of my reply on the list, sent after several folks referred the original poster to the wireless warchalking symbols popular among the digerati. Essentially, this is basic library marketing 101. If you're planning to market wireless services From The Shifted Librarian on December 12, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (40780) Hi, This Is Jenny and My Office Is Currently Out of the Office Blackberry News "From Cathy S. in Calendar/Courts:I just read a blurb in Corporate Counsel that will resonate with many attorneys here: 'Wireless E-mail Improves Productivity: A new report from The Radicati Group Inc., Enterprise Wir From The Shifted Librarian on December 12, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (40779) We Need a Test Case Soon Free music at LegalTorrents "LegalTorrents is a new site offering 5Gb of electronic music from a variety of labels, all licensed under Creative Commons. What makes this site unique is the large downloads are shared among everyone downloading, thanks to the P2P technology of BitTorrent. Once you download a clie From The Shifted Librarian on December 12, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (40778) Download speeds It's not often that this happens, but 1240 kb/sec is kinda nice. From Serious Instructional Technology on December 12, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (40777) Blog of the Month, or what? I've been notified that Joho has received The Blog Site's first Blog of the Month award. I assume that it's a joke, a scam or a typo, but well, here's the plaque:... From Joho the Blog on December 12, 2003 at 9:48 a.m.. (40776) Poor Choices This is totally un-Web log related, but just too funny to not share. The following is a piece of an e-mail that our principal received yesterday: "Dear Ms. Brady, I discovered that I could receive an accounting of what my son was purchasing for lunch each day. When I received it I was very disappointed to learn that of $200 on his account he spent approx. $17 on Little Debbie cakes, $20 on French Fries, $49 on Soda (Gatorade), $12 on ice cream, $27 on pizza, $10 on pretzels & candy and $57 on lunch. As a result he owes me $143 for his poor choices..." From weblogged News on December 12, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (40775) Neue Abmahnwelle Erich Kästner würde sich vermutlich im Grabe umdrehen, wenn er wüsste, was seine Erben in den letzten Wochen mit seinem... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 12, 2003 at 8:50 a.m.. (40774) Spinning the Semantic Web - Reviewed by Carl Bedingfield, Ubiquity Are you looking for a method for managing Web data in a useful and orderly format? Your search is over. This handbook is both a good introduction for the metadata neophyte and a useful reference for the semantically hip. Spinning the Semantic Web: Bri From Techno-News Blog on December 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (40773) U.S. Gov't Computers Get Barely Passing Grade - Robyn Greenspan, CyberAtlas Acknowledging that there is considerable work to be done, Adam H. Putnam (R-Fl), chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, reported that the federal gover From Techno-News Blog on December 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (40772) Fighting 'Phish': New Group to Combat Online Scams Seeking Personal Data - Sebastian Rupley, PC Magazine Phishing, e-mail and Web-based efforts by online scammers to hijack personal information from unsuspecting users, faces a new obstacle. A group of global banks and technology companies have joined forces to fight the scams. The group is running a Web From Techno-News Blog on December 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (40771) Hot Stuff - Want to know what's hot for 2004? - Entrepreneur magazine While much about the future will always be uncertain, one thing is crystal clear: There's still plenty of money to be made by smart entrepreneurs with a knack for predicting what's next. And even if you don't have a nose for what's new, our annual pred From Online Learning Update on December 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (40770) End-of-semester pressure can lead to plagiarism - Krystle Kopacz, Penn State Collegian As the semester ends, many students feel pressured to finish final papers. The time constraints students feel may cause some to purchase papers from the Internet and turn them in. A study conducted by Rutgers University in 2001 showed 41 percent of stu From Online Learning Update on December 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (40769) The University of DVD - Avi Rushinek and Sara Rushinek, Ubiquity The topics of DVD copying, distributing, Web-casting, publishing, ecommerce and peer-to-peer file sharing bring to mind illegal copying of the entertainment industry's proprietary digital contents. Often overlooked is the other side of the coin, origin From Online Learning Update on December 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (40768) Fight the Broadcast Flag - Give TiVos as Holiday Presents This Year Using a TiVo is a conversion experience. It transforms the way you interact with broadcast media and creates entirely new expectations regarding entertainment, even more so, in many ways, than MP3 players. This is why I am excited by a... From The Importance Of on December 12, 2003 at 7:50 a.m.. (40767) Scientology kein Wirtschaftsbetrieb Der Verein "Scientology Gemeinde Baden-Württemberg e.V." behält seine Rechtsfähigkeit, da er keinen wirtschaftlichen Geschäftsbetrieb verfolgt. Das hat der VGH Baden-Württemberg... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 12, 2003 at 7:50 a.m.. (40766) Anwaltsmarketing und Internet Rechtsanwälte verkaufen kein greifbares Produkt, das sich im Internet einfach abbilden und beschreiben lässt. Kanzlei-Websites sind daher eine besondere Herausforderung... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 12, 2003 at 7:50 a.m.. (40765) Wissenschaftsministerium weist Kritik des Giessener... In einer Pressemitteilung schreibt das Hessische Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst folgendes: Wissenschaftsministerium weist Kritik des Giessener Unipräsidenten zurück Sprecherin: „Verfahren zur Umsetzung des Studienguthabengesetzes mit Verwaltungsbediensteten abgesprochen“ Wiesbaden. – Mit Erstaunen hat das Hessische Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst Äußerungen des Präsidenten der Justus-Liebig-Universität in Gießen, Prof.... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on December 12, 2003 at 7:48 a.m.. (40764) Cubing the Power Mac G5 Recently, many in the Mac community have been discussing the possibility of a G5-based Cube design, similar to Apple's Power Mac G4 Cube. I don't think this will happen, as the thing that killed the original G4 Cube, and that would damn the G5 cube to the same fate eventually, is the lack of market for the thing. Yes, I would like to have one, but being a Mac geek is not a characteristic most Mac users share. Let me explain the lack of market for the Cube and why it's destined to fail. From kuro5hin.org on December 12, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (40763) Ãœberkreuz-Organspenden Das BSG hat den Weg für Ãœberkreuz-Lebendspenden von Nieren wieder geöffnet. Mit ihrem Grundsatzurteil hoben die Richter eine Entscheidung des... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 12, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (40762) Philly.com RSS Feeds (via Dan Gillmor) "Philly.com is pleased to make RSS files of our content available to users, to facilitate reading the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News in news aggregators." This is what it's going to take for RSS to grow roots. I'm going to have to start a page of nothing but newspaper feeds. (Or maybe someone already has...) From weblogged News on December 12, 2003 at 6:47 a.m.. (40761) Global Warming Killing Thousands Climate change, linked by scientists to human emissions of gases such as carbon dioxide from cars and factories, caused 150,000 deaths in 2000, the World Health Organization says, and that number is rising. From Wired News on December 12, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (40760) Virginia Nabs Two Big Spammers Two prolific spammers from North Carolina are facing four felony charges for sending thousands of unsolicited e-mail pitches. Each count under Virginia's tough antispam law carries up to five years in prison and fines of up to $2,500. From Wired News on December 12, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (40759) Tech Transformation Not All Good Delegates to a U.N. tech summit warn that the push to overcome the digital divide may have unforeseen consequences. Westerners fret about security issues, while developing countries say the English-dominated Internet can reduce diversity. From Wired News on December 12, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (40758) Reaping Profit From Peer-to-Peer A consortium of music and software companies hopes to find ways to make money from Internet file sharing. The Content Reference Forum formed in March to develop a universal way to distribute digital content. From Wired News on December 12, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (40757) A Royal Pain in the Internet The heir to the Spanish throne is set to wed a popular TV anchorwoman, and the country is in a tizzy. So are the cybersquatters, who have been snagging domain names related to the royal couple. The government steps in. Ana Bedia reports from Madrid. From Wired News on December 12, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (40756) Greenpeace: We're No Mongerers! Greenpeace lawyers will ask a court to drop federal criminal charges stemming from a protest aboard a mahogany importer's ship. The group says it is being unfairly targeted under an obscure 1872 statute that prohibits 'sailor mongering.' By Niall McKay. From Wired News on December 12, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (40755) How Mac OS X Can Shed Its Skin In the mid 1990s, Kaleidoscope led to an explosion of funky custom skins for the Mac desktop. Now, Unsanity's ShapeShifter hopes to do the same thing for OS X. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on December 12, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (40754) VoIP: Here, There, Everywhere The battle for dial tones is heating up as traditional phone companies, cable firms and Internet telephony providers roll out rival VoIP, or voice over Internet protocol, services. Look for falling prices ahead. By Mark McClusky. From Wired News on December 12, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (40753) Profiling System Takeoff Delayed CAPPS II, the proposed system to profile airline passengers in the United States and weed out potential terrorists, is facing delays thanks to heightened scrutiny and criticism at home and abroad. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on December 12, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (40752) Online Learning and the ROI of Training High-Tech Wizards Das ist einer der Artikel, die ich eigentlich nur schnell überfliegen will, um dann doch bei einigen Formulierungen hängenzubleiben. Im wesentlichen enthält er kurze Statements zu der Situation von IT Professionals und den e-Learning-Angeboten, die ihnen zur Verfügúng stehen. "Hängengeblieben"... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 12, 2003 at 5:50 a.m.. (40751) No arrangement this weekend on free talkings. Ada ... No arrangement this weekend on free talkings. Adam Gao's meeting could be scheduled to next Wed. along with Jeremy's team meeting. So I can catch up the schedule of article writing, as well some other programming tasks(half day it's enough to some bug fixing works). From on December 12, 2003 at 5:49 a.m.. (40750) Proteste zur Amtseinführung von OB Haumann Ca. 300 StudentInnen haben gestern abend die Amtseinführung des Gießener Oberbürgermeisters zum Anlass genommen, um gegen Bildungs- und Sozialabbau zu protestieren. Auf der Gästeliste für die Feierlichkeiten standen u.a. auch Roland Koch und Volker Bouffier, deren tatsächliche Anwesenheit allerdings unklar war. Nachdem man sich vor der Kongresshalle versammelt hatte, zog man mit Pfeifen, Kochtöpfen und Transparenten vor das Gießener Stadthaus. Rund 30 StudentInnen... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on December 12, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (40749) MENC: The National Association for Music Education Earns Crystal Award of Excellence Prestigious Award Recognizes Benchmarks In Action:A Guide to Standards-Based Assessment In Music [PRWEB Dec 12, 2003] From PR Web on December 12, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (40748) Help Health LLC Proprietary Extraction From Certified Sea Sources Ensures Purest Mineral Base to Product Line Health-related benefits includes reducing sudden cardiac death, reduction in weight loss and muscle deterioration for people with advanced cancer (cachexia), protection against the development of atherosclerosis and heart disease and current research shows prevention of vascular disease in diabetics. [PRWEB Dec 12, 2003] From PR Web on December 12, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (40747) Curious Castle Curious Castle Curious Castle is high school teacher's blog. You are greeted with a warm holiday banner. The blog is a part personal diary and part reflection regarding her classroom journey.... From EdBlogger Praxis on December 12, 2003 at 3:50 a.m.. (40746) Zec Online Zec Online Dnevnik A Croatian Blog with a definate interest in educational blogging. See his blogroll. Wishing the edblogger success with his blog.... From EdBlogger Praxis on December 12, 2003 at 3:50 a.m.. (40745) FeedDemon 1.0 going Gold! At the stroke of midnight tonight (CST), I'm "officially" locking the FeedDemon code in preparation for its final release. It's... From Disruptive Technology on December 12, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (40744) Investorideas.com Offers New Research Reports for Investors and Business Followi From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on December 12, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (40743) City to offer wireless Web for all From Distance-Educator.com&apos;s Daily News on December 12, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (40742) University of Alabama Chooses Click2learn's Toolbook to From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 12, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (40741) CYBERCHASE is on! From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 12, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (40740) How Educating America's Students Can Be Based on Science From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 12, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (40739) China's Project Hope finances 2.5 million poor rural students From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 12, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (40738) European Online Academy Starts (12/04/2003) From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 12, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (40737) Harvard Business School Publishing Names Chief Marketing Officer; Former Time-Warner Exec to Lead Marketing Strategy for all HBSP Products From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 12, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (40736) Access to virtual college courses could expand in S. Korea From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 12, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (40735) The Challenge of Teaching Educational Technology Courses Online From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 12, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (40734) Cost of Rutgers Merger Is Put at $1.25 Billion Over a Decade Gov. James E. McGreevey's plan to merge the state's top three research universities would cost $1.25 billion in the first 10 years, a consultant on the matter said. From New York Times: Education on December 12, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (40733) Bottlenecks Are Delaying Suspensions of Students High school principals and deans say the city's system for suspending violent students is in dissaray. From New York Times: Education on December 12, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (40732) Arrests at Yale Protest About 100 Yale University graduate students and hospital workers were arrested as they protested what they said are inadequate wages for women. From New York Times: Education on December 12, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (40731) Schools Report Gun Incidents and Assaults Wednesday's wave of violence in schools came just as the city education department was moving to deploy 230 newly graduated school safety agents. From New York Times: Education on December 12, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (40730) School System Performance Getting New Measuring Sticks Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein said that the new accountability system would offer a far more sophisticated analysis than is currently gleaned from standardized test results. From New York Times: Education on December 12, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (40729) Testing Expert to Leave Post at Turbulent Time for Regents The expert in charge of developing and administering the New York State Regents exams is leaving his post just as the state is trying to stabilize the testing program. From New York Times: Education on December 12, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (40728) Away at College, but Not Quite Away From Home So long, dorm room. These days, a growing number of parents around the country are buying property for their college-age children to live in. From New York Times: Education on December 12, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (40727) E Qualifications From SQA Latest Update From ScotFEICT on December 12, 2003 at 2:50 a.m.. (40726) New/Old Music, DRM, & P2P Model There are a couple of interesting elements in this LA Times article (via biplog) (see also News.com) about the Content Reference Forum. 1.  This sounds like mediAgora with a couple of limbs chopped off. In mediAgora, there's no DR From A Copyfighter's Musings on December 12, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. (40725) Diebold Report on KPFT I think I'm very briefly quoted in a report by Pacifica Radio's Houston affiliate, KPFT, regarding Diebold.  I say I think because I haven't actually been able to download the damn thing.  If you'd like to try to do so,  just click this link. From A Copyfighter&apos;s Musings on December 12, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. (40724) Ignore Susan Crawford ...at your peril. On the broadcast flag mandate: "No court should defer to FCC's decision about its jurisdiction in this regard, particularly in the absence of any explicit statute, and particularly because FCC has said many times over the years that it has no jurisdiction over copyrights. The fact that FCC changed the title of its rule from 'copy protection' to 'content protection' at the very last moment speaks volumes. This is really about copyrights." --> From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on December 12, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (40723) National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership - issues paper available [PDF] The Australian Government has commenced working towards the establishment of a National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership (NIQTSL). An Issues Paper and Response Document have now been placed on the Allen Consulting website. Written submissions in response to the Issues Paper are now being called for. To inform the wider community, and seek their input, an advertisement containing the text below will be placed in The Weekend Australian newspaper on Saturday 13 December 2003 and in The Australian on Wednesday 17 December 2003. Source: DEST 12 December From EdNA Online on December 12, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (40722) Gender and style I rarely quote another blog's entry in its entirety, but this one needed to appear whole. It's from Dorothea Salo, reacting to Edd Dumbill's report, on XML.com, about something I said in my Tuesday keynote: ... From Jon&apos;s Radio on December 12, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. (40721) From Nova Spivak From a Nova email:   Please see these articles -- we are trying to give the next evolution of the Web a name...   The Metaweb is a pervasive web of semantic microcontent -- RSS and weblogs are leading the way, but that is just the first step...   The Birth of the Metaweb --> From Jeremy Allaire's Radio on December 12, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. (40720) Hosted Services and Identity Networks An interesting area that could benefit from identity federation technology is the world of hosted applications.  Increasingly, companies are relying on outsourced applications to support their business, including in areas such as CRM, HR, Supply-Chain management, etc.  Corporations want to ensure that when their employees access these remote applications, that they are simply using their local security credentials (e.g. their Windows or LDAP Network login) rather than having to create and self-manage dozens or more remote Web applications.  Ri From Jeremy Allaire&apos;s Radio on December 12, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. (40719) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]