By Stephen Downes
February 6, 2004
OLDaily Archives
For those of you
who have been frustrated by my archives page, I have a new link at the bottom of every
newsletter you can follow. It only goes back to May, 2001,
though, while the link database itself (accessible through
search) goes back to August, 1998. OLWeekly, which is a
conjoining of the five OLDaily editions, is not archived.
By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, February 6, 2004
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Auricle
Just started a couple of
weeks ago, Auricle chronicles the work of the
eLearning@bath team. From the About page: "The e-learning
team have been using a private collaborative Weblog (blog)
for a couple of years as a mechanism for communicating
interesting information or problems and resolutions amongst
the team. This blog, however, is an experimental public
blog which will offer short articles, reflections,
observations, or references on what we've found
interesting, useful, challenging, and sometimes frustrating
in the e-learning world. You'll be able to comment on the
articles. If our blog proves useful as a resource we will
invest more of our time in sorting out the look and feel."
Dig the nifty 'select your own' RSS feed dispenser in the
right hand column. By Various Authors, eLearning@bath,
January, 2004
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John Stone Fitness
I'm not sure
what to make of this site, but it's very inspiring and a
testament to what a little determination and a blog can do.
Having purchased an exercise bicycle just a week ago (those
who have seen my photos can understand why) I feel a little
like 'John Stone 2003'. No, I do not intend to use my blog
as a personal fitness journal (you will no doubt be
relieved to know). But what is really interesting is
that writing OLDaily has been for me on a mental basis the
same as John Stone's blog has been for him on a physical
basis. This probably speaks more to adopting a regular (and
positive) routine and sticking to it (hence my half hour
morning 'cycle' nowadays) than to the power of blogs. But a
bit more: putting yourself 'out there', though not for the
timid, is probably one of the best motivators I can think
of. Anyhow, this was for me a fascinating site, and even if
I'm not about to start eating Glucosamine Complex/1.2g
Chrondroitin Sulfate I still feel motivated just looking at
it. Via Seb and Seb. By John Stone, January, 2003 ff
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E-Learning Grows In and Out of
University
I think that this sort of item is a
helpful reminder, to those who distinguish between
traditional learning and online learning, that the use of
technology within the university walls is making this
distinction smaller daily. By Angela Harrison , BBC,
February 6, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
Open-Source Content Management
Systems
Though the focus of the article is
content management systems, it could be applied to any sort
of software as the author provides an extended discussion
of the benefits and disadvantages of open source. This is a
good discussion and would be an excellent introductory
paper if you are, say, weighing the merits of an upcoming
software purchase. By James Robertson, Step Two Designs,
February 6, 2004
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Campus on a Keyboard
This item
made the rounds on DEOS today, mostly for this one bit:
Mark Smith, director of government relations for the
American Association of University Professors, is
unconvinced.
"In many ways, there is no substitute for the give-and-take
of the classroom," he says. "A good higher education
doesn't require only the transmission of facts, but the
development of critical thinking skills." By Nicholas
Slabbert and Mirlea Saks, Christian Science Monitor,
February 3, 2004
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