Picking Up Small Pieces June 17th is here, which means that our presentation for the NMC 2004 Summer Conference, Small Pieces Loosely Joined: Fast, Cheap and Out of Control is only hours away from launch. I don’t want to spend too much time typing away during other people’s presentations, so suffice it to say we’d love it if you swung by at 4:15 PST…... From Object Learning on June 17, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..

11th Cambridge International Conference on Open an ... 11th Cambridge International Conference on Open and Distance Learning: Reflective practice in open and distance learning: how do we improve? Dates: 20-23 September 2005 Venue: Madingley Hall, Cambridge, England EVENTS: September 2005 e-learning conferences From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 17, 2004 at 3:46 p.m..

Learning from disappointment "Learning ... Learning from disappointment "Learning solutions are routinely implemented with the promise of delivering results. Too often, the results are disappointing. While the factors creating the lack of success are varied, they can usually be grouped into 10 familiar categories." Jack J Philips, Chief Learning Officer Magazine, June 2004 Added: 17 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: "These 10 issues may be From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 17, 2004 at 3:46 p.m..

Intel, Proxim team up for WiMax gear Companies plan to develop fixed and portable base stations for wireless broadband Net access. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Cisco offers justification for Procket deal Questions arise over Cisco's routing strategy as it bags start-up Procket Networks for $89 million in cash. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Cisco uproots router rival Much-hyped Procket goes under the hammer to the networking giant after running out of steam. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Intel offers a look at new chips The chipsets will be used in its more stylish "lifestyle PCs" and in its "entertainment PCs," the company says. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Further developments in Open Learning Support for MIT courses I previously commented on OLS - the excellent initiative to provide collaborative learning support for MIT's Open Coursework. When MIT announced some time ago that they would place all their course materials online for free it was very widely reported on, but OLS (which adds a very significant element of interactivity missing from what MIT offers) has received much less publicity so far. In part this is, I think, because the OLS people have opted for an incremental approa From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on June 17, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Elecciones en el Real Madrid: la web de Florentino La agencia Crazy Labs ha desarrollado el sitio Florentino Pérez - Elecciones 2004, desde el que Florentino promueve su candidatura a la presidencia del Real Madrid. Ver: Florentino Pérez crea una web para apoyar su candidatura. [Conste que no se... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on June 17, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Proyecto Red.es prevé implantar internet en Latinoamérica rural El proyecto español Red.es tiene previsto extender a los países de América Latina la conexión de centros escolares vía internet, como ya ha hecho en una prueba piloto e... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on June 17, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..

NMC 2004 Opening Address This conference wouldn't be complete without yet another blurry picture from me! Some inspiring words from Dr. Piper, UBC president: Students love the connectivity. As I always say, barebones bandwidth rules and the UBC ubiquitious wireless network is proof positive! Here's my blurry picture of Cyprien and Uli: --> From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 17, 2004 at 2:53 p.m..

Henry Jenkins of MIT - -bloggers, modders, spoilers and thieves - NMC 2004 Opening Keynote Cyprien's Intro - Henry has a blog - his core value syst From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 17, 2004 at 2:53 p.m..

Open Letter to the Members of ASH The webpage of journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), Blood, includes a letter entitled: An Open Letter to the Members of ASH: Your Membership Dues, Blood, and Open Access to the Scientific Literature. This rather lengthy defense of the journal's current policies (such as free access after 12 months to PDFs, beginning in the 1990s) ends with a link to the Washington DC Principles for Free Access to Science. From Open Access News on June 17, 2004 at 2:53 p.m..

Weblogs And RSS For Marketing And Business: Live Event The business of Weblogs and RSS. How do companies use Weblogs and RSS for their marketing and business activities? How do companies use Weblogs and RSS to speed communication for internal communications? Under the capable coordinating hand of Alex Williams... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 17, 2004 at 2:50 p.m..

Draft Bruce Sign a petition asking The Boss to play a concert on September 1 with proceeds going to defeat Bush. The organizer, Andrew Rasiej, has already put Giants Stadium on hold for that day. Hell, let's draft Bruce for VP...... From Joho the Blog on June 17, 2004 at 2:50 p.m..

Virtual coffee Meetup:"Digital Communities Winners & Concepts" lautet der Titel eines runden Tisches am kommenden Donnerstag [24. Juni, 19.00 Uhr] im ORF KulturCafe [Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien]. Das geschieht anlässlich der ers... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on June 17, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..

Clinton Talks Bill Clinton is pushing his book hard, and appeared in New York last night at a screening of a film about the efforts to remove him from office. Jeff Jarvis has by far the best coverage. Interesting stuff. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 17, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..

Open document formats Last week Tim Bray wrote about his (and Sun's) involvement in the European Commission's investigation into the OpenOffice and Microsoft flavors of XML office documents. The upshot: You can find the Committee's conclusions here; they're short, readable, and defy summarization. [--> From Jon's Radio on June 17, 2004 at 2:47 p.m..

Chief Learning Officer 2004 Fall Symposium ... Chief Learning Officer 2004 Fall Symposium Dates: 29 September - 2 October 2004 Venue: Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa on Coconut Point in Bonita Springs, Florida, USA EVENTS: September 2004 e-learning conferences From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 17, 2004 at 2:46 p.m..

Integrating multiple perspectives on effective lea ... Integrating multiple perspectives on effective learning environments Dates: 23-27 August 2005 Venue: Nicosia, Cyprus EVENTS: August 2005 e-learning conferences From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 17, 2004 at 2:46 p.m..

HP gets in the eBay picture Hewlett-Packard to give online auctioneers some digital-photography advice. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

JDA, QRS to merge retail apps in $100 million deal Retail application developers are hoping that the all-stock merger will save them up to $25 million in costs. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Analysts call on Microsoft to dole out some cash Spending some of that $56 billion cash reserve could raise Microsoft's stock price, analysts say. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Briefly: SCO embraces more open-source software roundup Plus: HP gets in the eBay picture...California releases e-vote guidelines...Bright outlook seen for image sensors. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Voice of a Superpower From Foreign Policy comes a fascinating look at the opinions of the average American come election time. It uses polling statistics to construct a coherent picture of the average American's opinions coming into the election, especially as those opinions relate to their President. And now, a look at how relevant this is, and what it all means. From kuro5hin.org on June 17, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Salesforce.com resets IPO for late June Concerns from the SEC sidelined two earlier dates for its initial public offering. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Online banking skyrockets, study says Increase in phishing attacks doesn't keep bank customers from turning to the Web to manage accounts. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Google Directory: RSS News readers Adde ... Google Directory: RSS News readers Added: 17 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: A comprehensive list of news readers PRODUCTS & SERVICES: RSS tools From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 17, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Macrovision to pick up InstallShield The former hopes to streamline its antipiracy technology with the latter's integration management software. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Salesforce.com resets IPO Concerns from the SEC sidelined two earlier dates for its initial public offering. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

More Americans banking online, study says During the first quarter, consumers used the Internet to pay bills worth $17 billion, ComScore says. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Tech newsletter converts to OA A-E-C Automation Newsletter is converting to open access. Apparently it will charge no upfront processing fees and rely entirely on advertising. It describes itself as "the oldest technology newsletter covering architecture, engineering, and construction." The news is announced in a June 16 Letter to the Readers. From Open Access News on June 17, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Integration between NeLH and Office 2003 Claudio Fiore showed me a working version of integration between Office 2003 and NeLH today. I asked him to take the next step - to integrate Black's medical dictionary. And I asked the team to start shaping this up as a real service for NLH. From Open Access News on June 17, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

More on the Rockefeller University Press Today's Library Journal briefly summarizes the recent OA initiatives from the RUP: "The Rockefeller University Press (RUP), a not-for-profit scientific publisher, announced that it has completed digitizing the entire backfiles for its three research publications, and will make them freely available to all. RUP, based in New York, publishes The Journal of Cell Biology (JCB), The Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM), and The Journal of General Physiology (JGP). RUP&apos From Open Access News on June 17, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

Wet labs I had a long talk with Timothy Falconer yesterday about this, that and the other thing. I'd interviewed him for an article for Wired a few months ago; he's doing some very interesting things with photos and the Semantic Web. This morning he blogs: Yesterday I developed my first "wet-lab" photographic print in more than twenty-five years. What amazes me most is that nearly nothing about it has changed in all that time. The chemicals and equipment all look and work the same, the brand names are the same, the process is the same. This is both surprising and consoling,... From Joho the Blog on June 17, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..

Do I love Egloos? I received a mail-merged message from a manager at the Egloos Korean weblog service (from OnNet) asking me to send a message congratulating them on their first year anniversary. They'd post it on their site. In return, "I expect this opportunity can extend to a further discussion for development of cooperative relationship between us." Ah, the gentle scent of remuneration. I don't know much (= anything) about Egloo. Should I be congratulating them in public?... From Joho the Blog on June 17, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..

RIAA Exceeds Expectations (the Low Ones) CD Settlement to Libraries "http://www.registerguard.com/news/2004/06/08/d5.wa.cds.0608.html'The CD giveaway to schools, colleges and libraries will cost the industry an estimated $76 million. The titles were selected by From The Shifted Librarian on June 17, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Luckily, No Cutter Numbers I believe this is indeed the first blog I've seen that categorizes posts using the Dewey Decimal System. I wonder if OCLC will sue....  ;-) [via Scripting News] From The Shifted Librarian on June 17, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

K5 Meetup - Auckland, New Zealand Following on from this thread I'm organizing a K5 meetup in Auckland, New Zealand - and encouraging other kurons to organise meetups in their cities, too. From kuro5hin.org on June 17, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Munich to stick with open source The German city confirms it will proceed with the biggest Linux migration ever. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Donald Kennedy on OA Daniel Kane, Kennedy sees rising challenges for science journals, AAAS News, May 26, 2004. Kane summarizes a speech by Donald Kennedy, editor of Science, on a variety of topics from the global character of scientific research to scientific fraud. On OA: "Science and its publisher, AAAS, have been tracking early open-access efforts to determine the viability of this business model. They also are seeking to make peer-reviewed scientific information as broadly accessible as possible, by providing free access to scientists i From Open Access News on June 17, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..

iPod as Pirate Radio Station... iPodlounge | All Things iPod Tune into iPod-FM pirate radio Oregon Yesterday we reported that a columnist at engadget.com had written a how-to on creating your own pirate radio station using a modified iTrip mini. Today we noticed on the boing boing blog that a reader was actually doing it from his car with an iTrip and his iPod. "I've been running around for the past several months with this bumper sticker on my car. It's an ink-jet job and as you can see, it's getting a little faded. I figure that anyone that can read the bumper sticker-- on... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on June 17, 2004 at 10:52 a.m..

Links to resource writeups from the latest issue of ResearchBuzz, June 10-16, are now available ... Links to resource writeups from the latest issue of ResearchBuzz, June 10-16, are now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 17, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..

Call for papers: 4th International Web Archiving Workshop to be held in conjunction with the 8th Eur ... Call for papers: 4th International Web Archiving Workshop to be held in conjunction with the 8th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technologies for Digital Libraries - September 16 2004, Bath, UK From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 17, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..

Decisions have been finalized for the DARE (Digital Academic Repositories) tender 2004: five project ... Decisions have been finalized for the DARE (Digital Academic Repositories) tender 2004: five projects have been approved From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 17, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..

Dumb question of the morning Lavasoft's Ad-aware program is one of many that lacks the extra line of programming code that would change its status report from "One new objects" to "One new object." Ad-aware is excellent and free, so I don't mean to carp. I only raise this because it brought to mind the following question: Why in English is it "zero objects have been found" instead of "zero object has been found"? What makes zero plural? Why can't we have the flexibility accorded to "no" as in "No objects have been found" or "No object has been found"? Equal right(s) for zero! (Need... From Joho the Blog on June 17, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..

Virtual Internships for Online Business Classes: A Project Colleges and universities are engaging in virtual projects with developing countries throughout the world. Such projects give faculty an opportunity to collaborate with their peers, to conduct research, and to strengthen their organizations. Students who enroll in virtual internships or... From Xplana on June 17, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Blogging as an Academic Activity (via Colin, via Seb) At the Media Ecology Association conference last week, Alex Halavais spoke about the difference between blogging as an academic activity and blogging as an activity carried out by academics. I think that's a pretty interesting distinction, and it starts me thinking again about blogging as genre and the potential benefits of teaching students (and teachers) how to do it. I consider this an academic acti From weblogged News on June 17, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Marathon training principles From Runner's World, common sense 10 Principles of Marathon Training: A marathon training program can survive any challenge -- as long as your determination remains strong. Here are 10 principles to carry you through your training. From my four and seven-year-old cousins when I told them I was going to run the NYC Marathon: Cousins: How far is a marathon? Meg: How far do you think it is? C: Ten miles? M: Guess again. C: 20 miles? M: More than that, keep guessing. C: 300 miles?! M: Oh no, not 300. Only 26 miles. But still, that's like four hours of running non-stop! C (McKenna): Oh From megnut on June 17, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Cisco snags Procket Procket's sale marks a steep decline from its launch as one of the most highly valued telecom start-ups. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Learning Outside the Cubicle: Innovations in Industrial Strength Workflow Learning Think Workflow Learning is just for desk-bound knowledge workers? Not so. In fact, the coolest innovations are emerging "out there" beyond the cubicle; in the field, on the factory floor, at the construction site. Workflow Learning is expanding rapidly into the so-called blue-collar workplaces. These workplaces include factories, shipyards, oil tankers, warehouses, auto repair shops, construction sites, mines, mills, power plants and even farms. The field-service industries such as equipment repair, transportation, real estate, delivery services, and product support are also increasing product From The Workflow Institute Blog on June 17, 2004 at 8:56 a.m..

Graduate School From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 17, 2004 at 8:55 a.m..

Keine Chance für E-Learning Da habe ich gestern noch über das Fiasko der englischen e-university berichtet, schon gibt's heute die nächste Meldung: Die Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern (VHB) ist zahlungsunfähig, heisst es. Bayerns Finanzminister stellt keine finanziellen Mittel mehr zur Verfügung - das war's. Was... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on June 17, 2004 at 8:55 a.m..

Noticias de la Facultad II Antiguos Alumnos Se pone en marcha la plataforma Fcom Profesionales. Congreso El XIX Congreso Internacional de Comunicación, que abordará el tema La comunicación en situaciones de crisis, extiende hasta el 2 de julio el plazo de presentación de resúmenes de... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on June 17, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..

Newspapers started by Dickens, Coleridge to be digitised From ScotFEICT on June 17, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..

Cyber City Ton's intradependent thoughts on founding a City in Cyberspace. Great post, and some interesting discussions going on there. To quote- What is missing in the current Cyberspace, to be able to turn it into 'real' city-life? The red light district is well established, now even with tools that turn manipulations of another person into physical sensations by letting these tools be remotely controlled through your internet connection. Coffeehouses for conversation (portals, fora), libraries, living rooms /front porches (blogs), neighborhoods emerge (blognetworks), and work shops (wik From soulsoup on June 17, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..

Endeavor Information Systems has announced the formation of an Endeavor Australasian Library Advisor ... Endeavor Information Systems has announced the formation of an Endeavor Australasian Library Advisory Board, to guide the development and future direction of Endeavor's library solutions From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 17, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

90% of all usability testing is useless Lane Becker has written an article that suggests that 90% of all usability testing is useless. To quote: Ninety percent of all usability testing performed on Web sites is useless. This is not to say that it doesn't have a... From Column Two on June 17, 2004 at 8:48 a.m..

Q&A with Saul Carliner Lisa Neal interviews Saul Carliner on e-learning trends and what they mean: 1) As a percentage of the total training portfolio (that is, the total amount of training that an organization provides), e-learning is still a relatively small part, 2) There's a high level of dissatisfaction with e-learning courses... From elearningpost on June 17, 2004 at 8:48 a.m..

Virus attacks mobiles via Bluetooth - John Oates, the Register Some useful citizen has written a virus which targets mobile phones running the Symbian operating system. Anti-virus groups received the worm from its authors but it is not yet "in the wild". The Cabir worm is the first network worm for mobile phones, From Techno-News Blog on June 17, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Big Bang! Digital convergence is finally happening - Business Week What's this, A digital role-playing game? There's Dell Inc. selling flat-screen TVs. Microsoft Corp. execs are unveiling a system to compete with the iPod that plays movies as well as music. And Cisco Systems Inc. is hawking a Wi-Fi boombox you can car From Techno-News Blog on June 17, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

State may issue tests on school computers - CLAUDETTE RILEY, the Tennessean If Tennessee can work out the kinks, all public school students will be taking their mandatory exams on computer by 2010. State education officials plan to try out select online end-of-course exams in about 10 districts during the next school year, mak From Educational Technology on June 17, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Air Force recognizes technology education teacher -Ipswich Chronicle To recognize the important contributions technology education teachers make to their students' future, America's Air Force presented a 2003-2004 Technology Education Outstanding Teacher Award to Richard Merullo, who teaches technology education at Ipsw From Educational Technology on June 17, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Students able to participate in virtual budget Web site - Thomas Bender, IDS In the Federal Budget Allocation Activity, the general public, high school or college students can engage in the allocation of money to different agencies and learn the implications of their decisions for the entire budget. "This gives people a sense From Online Learning Update on June 17, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

President of Kaplan College Highlights Issues Critical to Expanding Access to Postsecondary Education Andrew S. Rosen, President and Chief Operating Officer, Kaplan, Inc. and President, Kaplan College, testified this morning before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, calling for changes in the Higher Education Act that would provide mor From Online Learning Update on June 17, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Michael Newdow rebuffed. Pledge of Allegiance stands. In an opinion that left the legal matter of "under God" undecided, the Supreme Court voted to reverse the decison of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision was based solely on the grounds that Michael Newdow had no legal right to bring the case to court. The Supreme Court chose not to render a decision on whether or not the addition of "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 was constitutional. ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT and DAVID W. GORDON, SUPERINTENDENT, PETITIONERS v. MICHAEL A. NEWDOW et al. [June 14, 2004] The judgment of the Court of Appeals is revers From kuro5hin.org on June 17, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Routing's rock star Tony Li helped develop some of the most sophisticated Internet Protocol routers in the world for Cisco and Juniper. Now he's ready to dish on his ex-employers. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Eroding E-rate Fraud threatens an FCC program for U.S. schools, libraries. House committee hears reform arguments Thursday. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Asleep at the wheel? IT observer Jon Oltsik says a decade's worth of corporate network defenses was set up to protect against the wrong enemy. From CNET News.com on June 17, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Blogging @ MEA Mission accomplished! Despite what was barely a nap this morning, I managed to scrape myself together and made the drive to Rochester this afternoon for the Media Ecology Association conference. And as promised, I had the pleasure of attending a plenary-quality panel on blogging: Liz Lawley, Alex Halavais, Sébastien Paquet, C From Seblogging News on June 17, 2004 at 7:52 a.m..

Free Pint Newsletter 161 - 17 June 2004 - now available ... Free Pint Newsletter 161 - 17 June 2004 - now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

HeinOnline Newsletter - Junes 2004 is now available ... HeinOnline Newsletter - Junes 2004 is now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Library Systems and Services (LSSI) and a group of libraries and library consortia, collectively kno ... Library Systems and Services (LSSI) and a group of libraries and library consortia, collectively known as the Plural Funding Project, have released a new report proposing major improvements in public library funding From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Emerald Management Xtra is the largest, most comprehensive collection of peer reviewed management jo ... Emerald Management Xtra is the largest, most comprehensive collection of peer reviewed management journals and online support for librarians, faculty, researchers, educators and deans in the management field. A beta version is now available, with a live date of November 30 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Remote Control - Ron Duncan, Tech Central The Pacific Island countries frequently complain that their geographical isolation from the major markets of the world is a major reason for their poor economic growth and poverty reduction performance. However, the very low-cost telecommunications now From Techno-News Blog on June 17, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Rappahannock Community College hosts "Career Switcher" program - The Journal The new statewide VCCS "Career Switcher" program-part of a wider state initiative-of nine programs-to develop and implement strategies to train and retain a new generation of highly qualified teachers-offers individuals with professional experience a From Online Learning Update on June 17, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Quantum Leap for Teleportation Scientists say they've transmitted an atom's 'quantum state' to a counterpart, and that will lead to powerful computers, not necessarily quick transportation. From Wired News on June 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Commission: NASA Needs to Change A presidential commission says NASA needs to farm out launches to private companies if the agency is to put humans on the moon and Mars. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on June 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Global Chaos, Just for Fun The flash mob phenomenon -- where people come together quickly to perform random, inane acts before vanishing -- goes global this weekend. The logistics should be interesting. By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on June 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Too Much Fun for Just One Screen The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures requires more hardware, and has less-spectacular graphics, than any other GameCube game. But it's still one of the best multiplayer games for any console. A review by Lore Sjöberg. From Wired News on June 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Word Refuseniks: Never Upgrade The new version of Microsoft's Office has been widely praised, but some say the company will never produce software as good as Word 5.1, which blended power with ease of use. Plenty of fans are still running vintage software on new iron. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on June 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

TechTV Fans Mad as Hell TechTV viewers aren't going to take the network's merger lying down, complaining long and loud across the Net about cancellations, the G4 invasion and botched cable deals. By Staci D. Kramer. From Wired News on June 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Senate Tangles Over VOIP Rules Lawmakers are trying to nurture Internet telephony by limiting its regulation, but the fly in the ointment is law enforcement, which wants to be able to freely listen in on calls. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on June 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

DMCA Foes Find Allies in House Some powerful U.S. representatives are backing a bill that would overturn major portions of the DMCA, allowing people to copy CDs and DVDs more freely. The bill likely won't pass, but proponents take heart. Michael Grebb reports from Washington, D.C. From Wired News on June 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Flexible learning in a digital world ... Flexible learning in a digital world By Betty Collis and Jef Moonen "In our digital age of the Internet and World Wide Web the opportunities to enable truly flexible learning in most educational situations are exciting, challenging and widespread. This book is about learning, teaching and education, and the role that technology plays in bringing about improvements for students, educators From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 17, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

Choosing Platform for e-Learning Platform vs. Strategy in E-Learning from details of a global brain. Practical and holistic approach, a handy checklist too. To Quote - Firstly most decision makers don't have a clear understanding of the difference between "Develop tools" and "not another LMS". Most of them may know one LMS (if at all) and they would regard this system as being a "tool". Secondly this "tool" appears to change the way somone teaches slowly, because while most may begin by digitizing their course materials 1:1 into the learning management system, they may learn from the application of that material in that From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 17, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..

[NMC2004] I don't get iCohere - it seems to be an island/ghetto/closed social networking system Could somebody at NMC 2004, please explain why iCohere is being used and its advantages over a conference Wiki like SocialText, a conference blog using Blogware or over a community site/'super blog' using Drupal? I love the Macromedia Contribute presentations but again creation and use of these presentation is not enhanced by using iCohere. You could just as easily but these presentations on a normal site or blog or wiki, From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 17, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..

Izynews: News, Blogs, and RSS Feeds in your eMail Through a trackback link I was made aware of a new (at least to me) tool called IzyNews that "is built on RSS pull technology (as opposed to traditional eMail push technology), effectively prohibiting the news channels from being polluted... [Experience Designer Network] I am trying this new service (in beta) with Mozilla's email client. Interesting co From Seblogging News on June 17, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

The Tennessee State Conference NAACP will hold its Bi-Monthly Meeting on Saturday, June 26, 2004 at 9:00AM at St. John Baptist Church, Tiny Town Rd, Clarksville, Tennessee 37042. The primary focus of this meeting will be to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision by "Assessing the Price, Identifying the Promise and Mapping the Course of Progress" of Brown 50 years and beyond. [PRWEB Jun 17, 2004] From PR Web on June 17, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Nurses in Punjab have international opportunities Nurses in Punjab have an opportunity to meet with an International Nursing Advisor for international nursing opportunities. [PRWEB Jun 17, 2004] From PR Web on June 17, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Spanish and French Immersion Program in Atlanta Mother's Morning Out/Preschool in Spanish and French, for children 6 months to 5 years old. [PRWEB Jun 17, 2004] From PR Web on June 17, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Pinch Me Films Gives Teens the Power of the Media - Youth Workshop will Help Produce Next Installments of Successful "Silence of Sex" Series Berkeley non-profit Pinch Me Films is calling for youth participants to assist with parts two and three of their documentary series "The Silence of Sex". Part One was featured on CBS Los Angeles and will show at the New York Independent Video and Film Festival in Los Angeles on September 30th. [PRWEB Jun 17, 2004] From PR Web on June 17, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Spanish Classes for Real Estate, Banking and Finance Tabula Rasa School of Foreign Languages has openings at the next round of Spanish classes for Real Estate and banking professionals. Also our Immersion program for children is accepting registrations. [PRWEB Jun 17, 2004] From PR Web on June 17, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Different Strokes If you are a regular reader of SoulSoup you must've noticed for last few days it is acting like a link-blog. I am just pointing out to different resources without wrapping them with my own opinion. Actually I am going through a stress period (both personal and professional) and following Scobieizer's guidance HYPHEN "If your life is in turmoil and/or you're unhappy, don't write." On the other hand blogging (and reading blogs too) is serving as a great stress relief for me. Talk about the great things you get out of a blog. Here goes another example of utilising blog... From soulsoup on June 17, 2004 at 3:54 a.m..

90% of All Usability Testing is Useless From Adaptive Path by Lane Becker "Ninety percent of all usability testing performed on Web sites is useless. This is not to say that it doesn't have a significant role to play in user experience design. When done right, usability testing will improve your Web site and your development process, but the current culture surrounding Web site usability testing is such that it rarely benefits the design. Worse, this misapplication can undermine the acceptance of this important technique throughout an organization." Via: Asterisk* "Usability doesn't have to remain in the hands of the acade From soulsoup on June 17, 2004 at 3:54 a.m..

Klein, for Third Straight Year, Changes Public School Schedule Schools Chancellor Joel Klein announced Wednesday that the school day would be lengthened by 10 minutes. From New York Times: Education on June 17, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Roslyn Schools Paid $56,000 to Diet Doctor of Its Chief According to records, the district made regular payments to a medical doctor who said he treated a superintendent who had weight problems. From New York Times: Education on June 17, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Younger Students Given Top Priority for Summer School The Department of Education plans to shift resources away from high school summer school and toward a new summer program for second and third graders in danger of being held back. From New York Times: Education on June 17, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Waste and Fraud Besiege U.S. Program to Link Poor Schools to Internet A federal effort to help poor schools connect to the Internet, which collects a fee from phone users to distribute $2.25 billion a year, has wasted enormous sums. From New York Times: Education on June 17, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

University of Hawaii Fires Its President The board of the University of Hawaii has fired the university's president, Evan Dobelle, citing a lack of trust and calling his character into question. From New York Times: Education on June 17, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Schools Strategy in Doubt Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's plan to hold out on the state budget till a compromise on school aid was made is periled by an upstate-downstate rift in the Assembly. From New York Times: Education on June 17, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Aid for School Closings' Victims Virginia legislators approved $1 million to finance scholarships for people who were denied an education when public schools were shut down in the late 1950's to avoid racial integration. From New York Times: Education on June 17, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Study Finds Senior Exams Are Too Basic A study of high school graduation exams shows that they largely test material taught in the 9th and 10th grades. From New York Times: Education on June 17, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Democrats Seek Bigger Aid Rise to City Schools New York State Democrats presented their plan to improve New York City's schools, calling for the state to increase spending by $6 billion over the next five years. From New York Times: Education on June 17, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

From the Ivory Tower, Lessons in the Dirt The number of landscape architecture departments nationwide is swelling and a class at the University of Washington is one of a handful to offer hands-on experience. From New York Times: Education on June 17, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Sad Adieu to College, and to Good Old .edu It's graduation season. Along with this rite of passage come significant changes - including, for many, the need to relinquish a college e-mail address. From New York Times: Education on June 17, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Identifying and Measuring Ill-Structured Problem Formulation and Resolution in Online Asynchronous Discussions From DEC Daily News on June 17, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

ManyWorlds blog Naomi Moneypenny, executive editor of ManyWorlds, has a blog where she talks about the latest in management thinking, innovation and learning. Welcome to the blogosphere, Naomi. From elearningpost on June 17, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..

Blaming the alternatives In Considering The Alternative, Matt Jadud discusses what is becoming a growing concern among educators involved in e-learning; closed, proprietary e-learning management systems are not living up to the promises. These systems are costing more, while delivering less functionality than faculty and learners need. --> From Open Artifact on June 17, 2004 at 2:01 a.m..

Report on improving online retention George Siemens mentions a report (pdf) discussing the retention problems of online courses, and provides methods for institutional planning and intervention. ¶ From Open Artifact on June 17, 2004 at 2:01 a.m..

Doing market research for Microsoft “There is all the more reason for startups to write Web-based software now, because writing desktop software has become a lot less fun. If you want to write desktop software now you do it on Microsoft’s terms, calling their APIs and working around their buggy OS. And if you manage to write something that takes off, you may find that you were merely doing market research for Microsoft.”--> From Open Artifact on June 17, 2004 at 2:01 a.m..

Mac OS X Must Have Utilities For those of you priviledged enough to be using Mac OS X, here are a few utilities that I use frequently. All of these utilities are free, and most are open-source. Quicksilver - simply can't live without it. A free replacement for LaunchBar that lets you launch any app ... From Dan Schellenberg on June 17, 2004 at 2:01 a.m..

Webquest Templates Well, after a fair bit of work (more revisions than I would care to describe -- silly IE!), I've finally completed the first round of webquest templates that I've been working on. The idea was to create a set of webquest templates that would be valid XHTML (Transitional 1.0) ... From Dan Schellenberg on June 17, 2004 at 2:01 a.m..

Blogger facelift Well, it certainly is time. Turns out that Blogger has finally gotten around to creating some new templates for use with their free blogging system. The best part of this, beyond ascetics, is the fact that all of the templates now used are fully valid css ... From Dan Schellenberg on June 17, 2004 at 2:01 a.m..

Using Encrypted Mail I was recently having a chat with Alec Couros about using encrypted and signed email, and how it would be really nice if such a thing were possible without the hassle that it seems to be. That conversation lead me to reinvestigate whether or not encrypted mail could be ... From Dan Schellenberg on June 17, 2004 at 2:01 a.m..

Mailinator Are you frustrated by having to give your email address when wanting do download software or to register for a free service? If you are like many people, you have multiple addresses, and keep one as simply a garbage collector that you can use to sign up for online stuff. ... From Dan Schellenberg on June 17, 2004 at 2:01 a.m..

Disabling Unsafe URI Handlers With RCDefaultApp There has been a bit of a rage in the last few days regarding the potential Mac OS X security issue. For those who are paranoid of some malicious person exploiting this bug before Apple gets around to fixing it, take a look at John Gruber's excellent description of ... From Dan Schellenberg on June 17, 2004 at 2:01 a.m..

Blogging with Safari Again! For some odd reason, when I upgraded this Wordpress installation from 1.0 to 1.2, I was unable to log into the WP admin area with Safari. It didn't help that there was a small bug in the WP code (though a quick chat with the developers at their IRC ... From Dan Schellenberg on June 17, 2004 at 2:01 a.m..

Feed2JS I recently stumbled upon the Feed to JavaScript tool created by Alan Levine from the Maricopa Center for Learning & Instruction(mcli). An incredibly useful tool that allows you to aggregate xml feeds (rss, atom, etc.) and call them via a simple JavaScript on your page. This way, you ... From Dan Schellenberg on June 17, 2004 at 2:01 a.m..

Redirecting xyz.blogspot.com After a question was posed to me by Alec Couros, I decided to find out if I could figure out a means of redirecting a site that was formerly hosted on blogspot.com to a new location (presumably where it is now hosted via ftp). The difficulty with this problem ... From Dan Schellenberg on June 17, 2004 at 2:01 a.m..

Feed2JS – Again When asked to create a webpage that will be hosted on a rather primitive webserver, I decided to give the Feed2JS tool created by Alan Levine a real-world whirl. The original thought was to use Wordpress as the backend, and utilize the per-category feed capability of Wordpress to generate ... From Dan Schellenberg on June 17, 2004 at 2:01 a.m..

Been away... I've been to a conference here in New Zealand these last few days... We learned lots of stuff and got to work on developing standards for eLearning... (oh, and I gave a presentation on 'Education and Industry Sector Collaboration'). So now I'm mulling lots over, but will try ... From Relevancy on June 17, 2004 at 2:01 a.m..

Relevancy is the Obvious, Simple Stuff I'm so excited to have found another Fast Company write-up about the guy who implemented the 24-hours-a-day check-in policy at the Peninsula Beverly Hills. This is a guy who figured out what his customers really needed, then creatively engineered a way to give it to them. He didn't ... From Relevancy on June 17, 2004 at 2:01 a.m..

Wikis and learning: responding to pedagogical needs "The Wide World of Wiki: Choosing a wiki for an element of a fully online undergraduate course" looks at eleven current wiki implementations for their pedagogical features. MediaWiki emerges as the best fit for their institution. (via OLDaily)... From MANE IT Network on June 17, 2004 at 1:59 a.m..

EthicalEmail.com - Alternative Approach to Spam EthicalEmail.com describes itself as "the fastest growing anti-spam movement in the world." From the information I gathered from the website, it seems that the free service is compiling a "do not email list" which it plans to deliver to the... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on June 17, 2004 at 1:59 a.m..

Why registration for comments? I welcome intelligent comments on anything I post here. I'll even tolerate comments that insult me and call my family lineage into disrepute. But comment spammers are evil! Spammers decrease the signal to noise ratio in online communications to the... From Just Another Ant on June 17, 2004 at 1:59 a.m..

Retention of Staff a Critical issue The Globe & Mail reported today in the careers section that "managers hold the key to keep staff happy". It also reported on a survey conducted by Career Systems International that showed the top ten reasons why employees stay with an organisation. The number one reason was "exciting and challenging work", but the number two was "career growth, learning and development". Pay was only number four. this is one more b From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on June 17, 2004 at 1:58 a.m..

Why open source & standards are critical to our economic future Mark Federman once again shows the unintended consequences of extending copyright laws, by using McLuhan's Laws of Media. As car manufacturers continue to use proprietary code for their chips, only brand-name mechanics will be able to work on your car, and thus spell the end of independent garages.The U.S. Congress is considering specific legislation that would allow the corner garage to stay in business. So why should our c From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on June 17, 2004 at 1:58 a.m..

WebCT & Blackboard vs Moodle In Considering the Alternative, Matt Jadud makes a strong case for the use of open source learning management systems. Even when the institution has made an investment in proprietary technology (in this case WebCT) there are limitations to what you can do. While trying to integrate the existing WebCT platform with a Java application, Jadud found that the only viable options were to upgrade to WebCT Vista, for an additional >$65,000 investmen From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on June 17, 2004 at 1:58 a.m..

Bad Product Name #2 Zim's Crack Creme, the Natural, Herbal Choice for Dry, Cracked Skin. From Brain Frieze on June 17, 2004 at 1:58 a.m..

Time takes a look at blogging Time Magazine takes a look at blogging this week. A pretty good article, but why no mention of RSS and the readers that you need to keep up with blogs? I suppose the article is more about the "phenomenon" than the nuts and bolts, but it seems a little sketchy on how to read these things. After all, if they're challenging the traditional media how exactly is that being done? From Brain Frieze on June 17, 2004 at 1:58 a.m..

One Year of Digital Journalism Periodista Online, a Spanish language website about digital journalism based in Argentina, is celebrating its first birthday. In the last edition, Ricardo Braginski writes about features of cell phones as a news-gathering tool: it gives instant access to the latest news; it's always on; it has multimedia support; you can get customized information; and it is a two-way communication, allowing the owner to become a reporter. From ERADC Blog on June 17, 2004 at 1:58 a.m..

Bookmark4U Hack: Export to RSS If you use Bookmark4u (or want to try my installation), you may be interested in exporting your bookmarks to RSS. I know you can import bookmarks to Furl and generate a feed from there, but Furl doesn't maintain your folder hierarchy; it calls everything "Imported Bookmarks." My idea is to ... From Big IDEA on June 17, 2004 at 1:57 a.m..

E-Learning: challenges to the neo-conservative model? From Auricle If you're working in the learning technology arena and feel pretty satisfied that you've got things pretty well bedded down in your institutions, based on a good well established relationship with your VLE vendors, then you certainly don't want to read this. Read on..... From soulsoup on June 17, 2004 at 1:54 a.m..

DScape's E-Learning System Helps Save Pep Boys $2.6 Million From DEC Daily News on June 17, 2004 at 1:52 a.m..

Knowledge Technology Systems and Helius Sign Strategic Alliance Agreement; Distance Education to Be Served in Middle East From DEC Daily News on June 17, 2004 at 1:52 a.m..

Vemics Addresses Securities Industry's Professional Development Needs From DEC Daily News on June 17, 2004 at 1:52 a.m..

Florida Virtual School Sees Rapid Growth From DEC Daily News on June 17, 2004 at 1:52 a.m..

Current Higher Education Law Unfair to Proprietary Schools & Students, Must be Reformed, Witnesses Tell Congress From DEC Daily News on June 17, 2004 at 1:52 a.m..

Andrew Rosen, President of Kaplan College, Testifies Before U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce From DEC Daily News on June 17, 2004 at 1:52 a.m..

Report: State crisis in higher education From DEC Daily News on June 17, 2004 at 1:52 a.m..

University of Maryland University College Goes Global in 28 Countries With Sun Microsystems From DEC Daily News on June 17, 2004 at 1:52 a.m..

Another RSS Aggregator for Palms mNews "mNews looks quite good but perhaps quite high at $19.95- 'Sports, weather, politics, business, science, health, technology... Latest world h From The Shifted Librarian on June 17, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..

Wherefore Art Thou, Rhapsody? Mobile Music Streaming Service "A new service called StreamMan has commercially launched today with TeliaSonera in Finland and will be launched across Europe with major mobile operators in the near future. Developped by End2End in partnership with Sony Network Services, StreamMan enables end-users to enjoy a large portfolio of songs from both major and independent record labels, as well as access dynamic news co From The Shifted Librarian on June 17, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..

Shared Spaces News, Jun 17 Today's highlights: RIM on Nokia patent with NTP; Stats on mobile business in Europe; Intranets.com offer to Boston businesses: RIM is publicly delighted that Nokia has signed a patent licensing deal with NTP, paving the way for the introduction of... From Kolabora.com on June 17, 2004 at 12:53 a.m..

Sony-fication, Indeed Ernest points to a couple new items in which Steve Jobs puts on his Hollywood hat and decides that innovation should slow down until DRM can (if ever) catch up.  I saw a related quote from the Mossberg interview on Paidcontent and got a chance to cross-check it today: "Mr. Mossberg: A lot of music is likely to be available in formats I can't play on my iPod today. Mr. Jobs: Li From A Copyfighter's Musings on June 17, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..

Apple Pricing Rumors ... or Reality? About a month ago, there were rumors that the record labels had forced Apple to increase its iTunes prices.  Steve Jobs and Apple immediately rebutted those claims.  With the launch of iTunes Europe, I wonder if the unnamed source got some basic facts right but missed certain important details.  iTunes Europe pricing is above the 99 cent per song price, with prices of €0.99 (roughly $1.20) and £0.79 (roughly, $1.42) From A Copyfighter's Musings on June 17, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..

iTunes Europe and the iTunes Case Study With iTunes Europe now upon us, I figured I'd plug the Berkman Center's iTunes Case Study once more.  We paid particular attention to how copyright and other relevant laws differ around the world and can impact iTunes and its users.  The case study is a draft green paper, and the Digital Media Project welcomes all comments. From A Copyfighter's Musings on June 17, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..

KiPOD on the Air One of the things I write about in my upcoming Product Pipeline column for Library Journal is the iPod and the number of products that have been released specifically for it. Now, the iPod community has stepped it up a notch. Anarchy on the Freeway: iPod Pirate Radio Starter Kit "These days FM transmitters are a popular way to connect MP3 players to car stereos. Typically these are low From The Shifted Librarian on June 17, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..

Promoting Library Services in Your RSS Feed CNET News.com Extra Feedback "Questions or comments regarding CNET News.com Extra? Please use this form to contact us." [CNET News.com] Not only did CNET listen to users and restore the summaries to its RSS feed, but today the above message appears amongst their posts in my aggregator. This is the first time I've seen this type of post, and it ac From The Shifted Librarian on June 17, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..

90% of All Usability Testing is Useless Good advice from Adaptive Path's Lane Becker on having the right usability testing mindset. Here are some points that he makes: 1) usability testing should focus more on the context and not on the metrics, 2) usability testing is not QA and 3) usability testing should be a core competence owned by the design team. Good stuff. From elearningpost on June 17, 2004 at 12:47 a.m..

AOL puts pop-unders on the night shift America Online will stop delivering IM-related pop-unders during daytime work hours and will shoot instead for the home crowd. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..

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