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College social software sued by rival
The creators of TheFaceBook, a very successful college student social software system, are being sued by a group of students who allege they came up with the idea first.... From
MANE IT Network on September 17, 2004 at 7:00 p.m..
IRIN Annual Report Resource Center
Access to over 11,000 current and historical annual reports of public companies from the Investor Relations Informatiion Network (IRIN). Includes company information, third-party data, and a "Link Library" to business and investment Web sites. From
Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on September 17, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
This Week’s Mega-Grab Bag
OK, I've found a ton of interesting material this week about a variety of topics. However, I'm short on time. Normally I prefer to say a little bit about why I'm recommending each item, but this week I can't do that, and I don't want to let this stuff get too old. So this time I'm just presenting categories and article titles. Hope that suffices, O hungry readers of mine! Of course, I need to tell you what's at the TOP OF THIS WEEK'S LIST: Wiremine, the bliki of Brian Tol. Again, a bliki is a form of online publishing that combines features of weblogs an From
Contentious Weblog on September 17, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
Library usage patterns in the electronic information environment
This paper examines the methodology and results from Web-based surveys of more than 15,000 networked electronic services users in the United States between July 1998 and June 2003 at four academic health sciences libraries and two large main campus libraries serving a variety of disciplines. From
eLearnopedia on September 17, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..
Blended Model in the Elementary Classroom
The integration of an online learning environment with a traditional elementary school classroom would ideally combine all of the benefits of both modes of teaching. The traditional face-to-face elementary classroom imparts the social contact that children need to guide their learning while the online, or Web-based, learning environment offers flexibility and opportunities not possible in a traditional classroom. To create a learning environment using both modes to enhance the learning experiences of the students would provide the greatest benefit. From
eLearnopedia on September 17, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..
Best Practices for Connecting with Students Online
Creating a child-centered culture and environment is the main guiding principle of the Florida Virtual School. It is within this special "virtual" world that students have the resources to embrace a different style of learning, free from the conditions of a traditional school. It does not replace it but offers another style in which students learn and meet their individuality. Connecting with such students on line is a multi-faceted endeavor. Our model for best practices is designated by excellent communication skills that involve the entire student as a person and acknowledging who they are. From
eLearnopedia on September 17, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..
Making Web-based education accessible to all
People with disabilities are frequently disadvantaged when accessing both classical education and IT-based learning. However, NEMO proved the potential for Web-based education (WBE) to help integrate disabled and elderly people into society. From
eLearnopedia on September 17, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..
Making Connections through Online Student Clubs
At Florida Virtual School, one way we strive to do that is through our online clubs. We believe our clubs create a four-way community involving parents, students, teachers and the school. The clubs promote camaraderie among partners usually vastly removed from each other. Like clubs in a traditional setting, they also allow for further exploration of the subject beyond the school lesson. From
eLearnopedia on September 17, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..
Sun - Power Rangers Licensing Deal
From the latest issue of Sun Net Talk HYPHEN arrived in my inbox 9/17/04: OS Security: Solaris 10 Breaks New Ground Dear Wes Kussmaul, Keep the bad guys out; let the good guys in. No operating system does it better... From
Kolabora.com on September 17, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..
CogDog(kiwi)Blog
In preparation for some workshops during my November 2004 visit to some colleges in the Auckland, New Zealand area, I am launching an "inverted" version of the main CDB as the "CogDog(kiwi)Blog" (perhaps here after acronymed as CDkB?):
http://ablog.unitecnology.ac.nz/blog/ Being on the opposite side of the globe, the new blog has the trendy blac kbackground, and most colors in the style sheet have been inverted. Also, my dog "Micky" has been replaced by a New Zealand Huntaway. Thanks to the great folks at
cogdogblog on September 17, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..
Global Broadband Tops 123M
High-speed subscriptions are up 55 percent in one year; the UK hits a milestone; and San Diego is still the most wired U.S. region. From
ClickZ Stats on September 17, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
In eigener Sache
Einige wissen es bereits: Nach fünf spannenden Jahren, mit allen Höhen und Tiefen, die die Personalentwicklung in der letzten Zeit zu bieten hatte, werde ich am 30. September aus der Deutschen Bank ausscheiden. Wie es genau weitergeht, ist noch nicht... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 17, 2004 at 4:52 p.m..
RSS Wave: Good Examples Of Newsmaster Sites
As I have been introducing with increasing vigor the notion of a new professional role called the newsmaster, I have received many inquiries about how this fits into corporate information management strategies as well as into online entrepreneurial news business. The most frequent request has been the one of showing some real, living examples, of "newsmastering" at work. I have therefore decided to devote this article to showcase some very interesting examples of newsmastering work that are accessible on the Web and, of course, via RSS. In them you will see how wide is the range options that o From
Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on September 17, 2004 at 4:52 p.m..
RSS Newsmastering Examples
Searching and identifying key valuable sources and complex filtering formulas will be the outstanding job of the new information gatherers and publishers online: the NewsMasters. Searching and identifying key valuable sources and complex filtering formulas will be the outstanding job... From
Robin Good's Latest News on September 17, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..
New York Times: Campaigns 2004
The New York Times' Campaigns 2004 collaborates with Congressional Quarterly and promises to provide up to the minute information as well as statistics, biographical profiles of candidates, a campaign calendar and an online forum. From
Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on September 17, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..
A Weblog for Every Student
(via
David Davies) The University of Warwick is giving every new student the opportunity to start a weblog hosted on their home-grown BlogBuilder system. It'll be interesting to see what the take-up is once the new university term gets underway. I spoke to
Steven Carpenter at the ALT-C conference and he told me that Warwick will probably let the system run for 12 months then they'll tie it in more closely with their PDP e-port From
weblogged News on September 17, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..
Bulleted Lists: The Online Writer’s Friend
Why do so many writers and editors seem biased against bulleted lists? Even worse, why do they so often burden the bulleted lists they do use with the ill-fitting punctuation of a complex sentence – almost as if apologizing for creating a true list? Let's face it: In online media, and even in many types of nonfiction print publishing, the bulleted list can be an excellent tool to enhance readability and comprehension – if used with care. A bulleted list is definitely much easier to read and understand than a list that is shoehorned into a sentence or paragraph. Here is my advi From
Contentious Weblog on September 17, 2004 at 2:58 p.m..
Dog Off Grid
In about 8 hours I will be pulling the Matrix plug out of the back of my neck, as I head north for a
3 day Grand Canyon adventure on the Hermit Trail -- (e.g. no blogging, no barking, no ranting, just sweet silence on this blog site). It should be interesting- our streak of endless sunny days (18? 26?) is in jeopardy as moist air swung our way from Hurricane Javier off the Pacific Coast will meet a cold front dropping in from the northwest... a perfect recipe for an Arizona thunderstorm. I From
cogdogblog on September 17, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..
Presenting with Helen Barrett
I've always said one of the best parts of all of this is having had the chance to meet so many really smart and motivated educators, and now it looks like I'll get that chance again. I just noticed that
Helen Barrett and I are both presenting next month at the
NJ Edge Conference. I'm doing my blogging shtick and she's talking about e-portfolios. We're even in the same track! Cool! From
weblogged News on September 17, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..
Blogging Habit
It's weird but in two different conversations I had today the question came up about what it takes to get teachers to use blogs over the long term. I mean I've trained a lot of people on how to use Weblogs, and everyone thinks it's really neat, but very few actually stick with it. I know that blogging takes more time at the outset, but the learning curve is definitely not steep, and it would seem a great way to organize materials and archive lesson plans at the very least. Seems like the teachers that stick with it just get into the habit, somehow. It works for them on a leve From
weblogged News on September 17, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..
Canada, the Polite Country
Prime Minister Paul Martin swore on live television yesterday, apparently frustrated with the progress of a meeting with the provincial ministers over the future of Canada's straining health care system. During a break in the proceedings, Martin's aunt telephoned him and threatened to wash his mouth out with soap for using the Lord's name in vain. When the meeting resumed, Martin apologized to the nation. From
kuro5hin.org on September 17, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Ignorance Is Slavery
We are at war with Iraq. We have always been at war with Iraq. This is the first time I've read 1984 all the way to the end, and I finally understand it, and why it's so important. Winston lost entirely, and it was the most complete loss that is possible. This was important, because it sticks in the mind. Ironically, Orwell understood how to manipulate people's emotions, but he used this knowledge for the good of us all. From
kuro5hin.org on September 17, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
El Pais Apologizes for Using 9/11 Images for Marketing
Images of September 11 have been seen all over the world and they will be seen in the future over and over, since that day is disgracefully written in history. But there are some situations in which such images seem inappropriate, like a promotional campaign to get subscribers for a newspaper online edition.But that is what has happened. El Pais of Madrid made its apologies today in its print editorial (also
available online) for using 9/11 imag From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 17, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..
Autonomous IT: Outsourcing Operations to Machines
Technology is vital and necessary to the conduct of business, but it's costly and increasingly complex. Businesses are demanding more control, accountability and leverage of existing infrastructure. Dealing with that complexity and chaos is the dominant battlefront today for both vendors and their customers. Most IT systems installed in corporations today were designed with the implicit notion that a legion of human beings would be on hand to tell the systems what to do. But continuing to add more IT people to mask the complexity and identify the fault lines of IT infrastructure is econom From
Release 1.0 on September 17, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..
George W. Bush entry at Wikipedia
Over at Many2Many, I raise the question: Why do all wikipedia articles sound the same while every blog sounds different? Then I semi-discuss an answer by looking at the current struggle over the entry on George W. Bush. It's been frozen because people had been editing it and revising the edits way too often. If you visited the page you never knew if you'd be reading about Bush the Strong or Bush the Demonic...... From
Joho the Blog on September 17, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..
Request for Feature: Firefox: See all tabs
The multiple tab feature of Firefox (and Opera before it) is enough of a reason to drop Microsoft Internet Explorer ... which, apparently, people are doing at an increased pace, although IE still has something like 93% of the market. But I currently have 31 instances of Firefox open, each with 1-4 tabs. So, I'd like an extension that lists all the open tabs in all the open instances. My dream extension would let me jump to any of those tabs. It would also let me close them or close multiple instances with a single click. And it would give... From
Joho the Blog on September 17, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..
No Excuse for Linkrot
Linkrot is a preventable scourge- it is rampant despite the available of utterly simple solutions. What is Linkrot?
Jakob coined it early, when web sites are "improved" or "redesigned", often web urls are changed, or files are moved to a new directory, or just taken off the server. This is the case where a web developer only sees what they work with, and they completely forget when they move files around on a web server, that they leave stranding out there: anyon From
cogdogblog on September 17, 2004 at 1:48 p.m..
The Power of Being Inside the Article
As we observed in Poynter's new
Eyetrack III study, in general the larger the banner ad on a news website, the more eye fixations it gets, and the longer duration of viewing. (A fixation is a very short pause of the eye. A normal viewing of an ad, say, would include multiple fixations and "saccades," which are the paths between fixations.)Well, that seems obvious. But there's more to it.For "half-page" ads (368 x 850 pixels) placed on article pages, they performed best in terms of number of fixations by people who looked From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 17, 2004 at 12:58 p.m..
ANNO bezieht österreichische Gesetzesblätter mit ein
Die Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) hat innerhalb ihres großen ANNO-Projekts (http://anno.onb.ac.at/) die österreichischen gesamtstaatlichen Gesetzblätter ab 1849 bis 1940 digitalisiert und nun online gestellt. Diese können jahrgangsweise ausgewählt, als Einzelseiten oder in Art einer thumbnail-Galerie durchgeblättert und als pdf (mit einer Beschränkung bis zu 20 Seiten) aus dem Netz heruntergeladen werden. In Arbeit ist eine Datenbank-Erweiterung, die Suchmöglichkeiten nach den Inhalten des Chronologischen Verzeichnisses bieten wi From
Archivalia on September 17, 2004 at 12:56 p.m..
ICETA
Did an invited speech on "E-learning and the ARIADNE Foundation" at ICETA, the 3rd International Conference on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies and Applications in Kosce, Slovakia, yesterday. The slides are available in Powerpoint and PDF format - will upload them as... From
ErikLog on September 17, 2004 at 12:54 p.m..
Collateral isn't marketingese
A US reporter on BBC radio this morning said something about "what the US military calls 'collateral damage.'" The phrase is not an invention of the US military. It's got a venerable history as part of Just War Doctrine that was codified by Augustine and Aquinas. Nevertheless, the phrase does soften the fact.... From
Joho the Blog on September 17, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..
Earthlink Says Keep the Net Open
Earthlink, the big Internet service provider, has released
Sipshare, which it calls "a simple, SIP-based proof-of-concept content sharing application, demonstrates the viability of SIP as a protocol over which peer-to-peer (P2P) applications other th From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 17, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
Firefox and RSS; Question about Closing Tabs
The new version of
Mozilla Firefox is out and supports RSS. Don Park calls the RSS support
"crappy and useless." Question: One of my favorite features in Safari for OS X is the little circled X in each tab, so you can close it by clicking on the actual tab instead of having to go all the way to the right side of the window in Firefox to click the close-the-tab X there. Is there any Firefox add-on that makes it do the same thing From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 17, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
Drovak Is at It Again
John C. Dvorak, the inimitable computer columnist, again takes newspapers to task in the just released October 5 issue of
PC Magazine. He writes in a column entitled "
Registration? For What?" that he believes newspapers create registration schemes "to keep people away.""I have to conclude that the typical newspaper in (the US) does not want you going on its website, and deliberately creates a barrier in order to prove to the shareholders that the Web is losing money," Dvor From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 17, 2004 at 11:57 a.m..
Excellent resource
Helen Barrett has been hard at work setting up e-portfolios using a multitude of different systems. The results and comments can be found here. My Online Portfolios This is good work and very insightful - thanks Helen.... From
ERADC Blog on September 17, 2004 at 11:57 a.m..
Lakoff Video
ElectABlog has posted 25 minutes of George Lakoff on video explaining his ideas about framing the election with language that will enable the Democrats to win.... From
Joho the Blog on September 17, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..
Access to Archives in China
ACCESS TO ARCHIVES IN CHINA Until recently, archives in China were largely confidential, with even the archivists themselves having restricted access. However, the archives in Guangzhou, the capital of South China’s Guangdong Province, will soon be publicly accessible. The city is the first to make nearly all official archives available and is constructing a new building, hoped to be completed by late May. For more information, see
http://news.xinhu From Archivalia on September 17, 2004 at 10:54 a.m..
A content management system?
After testing e-portfolio systems, both commercial and in-house built, it seems many are nothing more than a personal content management system with the added ability to create a public interface showing the world what you have done. In some systems... From
ERADC Blog on September 17, 2004 at 9:57 a.m..
Finding Truth on the Internet - Louise Witt, Wired
When Miles O'Brien, a CNN anchor, wanted to know the facts behind an anti-John Kerry ad attacking the presidential candidate's congressional testimony on the Vietnam War more than 30 years ago, he turned to an unconventional source: FactCheck.org. O'Br From
Techno-News Blog on September 17, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..
Catching the nano wave
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says getting funding for the nanotechnology Manhattan Project is the right idea. But is anybody listening? From
CNET News.com on September 17, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
What ails Oracle?
The fiesty software giant calls its recent slowdown in application sales a one-time fluke. Some say it's symptomatic of bigger problems From
CNET News.com on September 17, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
evaluation of the course -- survey?
I would like to set up our evaluation of courses on-line. Can I do it on webCT? Here's the considerations in setting up the evaluation: 1. we are evaluating many courses 2. some courses are on-line others are in-class 3.... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 17, 2004 at 7:57 a.m..
Social Purchasing Portal
Canada is developing a network of Social Purchasing Portals. The purpose of these portals are to foster community development and multi-sectoral collaboration by integrating social value with economic value. The original concept of this national initiative was developed through a... From
Experience Designer Network on September 17, 2004 at 7:06 a.m..
A walking talking portfolio
I received a email from Elizabeth Hartnell-Young talking about her use of the Nokia 7610 handset that takes 10 min videos. Elizabeth is having some students test these out as "walking talking portfolio". Nokia have some Lifeblog software in Beta... From
ERADC Blog on September 17, 2004 at 6:58 a.m..
E-Learning business models in the Web services era?
At this year's Association for Learning Technology conference (ALT-C 2004), held at the University of Exeter, there was the usual supporting vendor stands in the conference exhibition space, so in between sessions I took the opportunity to test VLE/LMS vendors' perspectives on a couple of pretty key issues. First, how possible and easy did they make it for licensees to extend/enrich their core product? Second, how well did their business models appear to be adapting to the emerging era of... From
Auricle on September 17, 2004 at 6:55 a.m..
Wenn die Alten jünger werden
"Noch investiert die Wirtschaft wenig in die Bildung älterer Mitarbeiter. Während im Jahr 2002 immerhin 36 Prozent der 35- bis 49-Jährigen ihr berufliches Wissen auffrischten, war die Quote bei den über 50-Jährigen nur halb so hoch. Das ist erstaunlich wenig... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 17, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..
PC versus PC
Once upon a time, the PC was pitted against the mainframe in the tussle between freedom and control. Now it's PC versus PC. In
this sound clip (1 min 15 secs, mp3) from yesterday's
conversation with Ray Ozzie, we hear about an employee with two side-by-side laptops. He does all his work on the home PC, because it has the productivity tools he needs. Then he transfers the results to his locked-down work PC by way of a USB thu From
Jon's Radio on September 17, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Spam-Busting Plan Can't Buy a Pal
Microsoft's antispam Sender ID technology continues to get the cold shoulder. Now AOL adds its voice to a growing chorus of businesses and organizations shunning the proprietary e-mail authentication system. From
Wired News on September 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
U.K. ITunes Prices Questioned
A watchdog group asks a consumer-protection agency to look into the higher price of songs on Apple's British version of its iTunes service. Wendy M. Grossman reports from London. From
Wired News on September 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Freak Rock to Buzz Earth
An asteroid with a wild orbit is about to zoom by our planet. Plus: Solving the mystery of the Pioneer anomaly could take decades.... A biologist finds a chunk of space shuttle Columbia. By Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on September 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Twist a Pen, Open a Lock
Kryptonite's near-indestructible bike locks can be opened in seconds with a cheap plastic pen. This is pretty bad for Kryptonite: The same lock is widely used in vending machines, security panels and vehicle security products. By Leander Kahney. From
Wired News on September 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Sky Captain Barely Stays Aloft
The first film to be shot entirely against a blue screen boasts a striking visual style and deft references to adventure classics. But ultimately it's a bland tale. Jason Silverman reviews Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. From
Wired News on September 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Sex Drive With Gina Lynn
Wired News introduces a new column by Regina Lynn Preciado. It's about sex. And technology. You'll dig it. From
Wired News on September 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Farewell to Gravity
What once was the exclusive state of astronauts -- weightlessness -- is now available to anyone with a few grand to spare. Xeni Jardin goes for a ride on a commercial zero-gravity flight. From
Wired News on September 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Attack of the Radio Clones
Microsoft's new internet streaming service attempts to replicate terrestrial stations, without all the annoying chatter -- and without permission. By Randy Dotinga. From
Wired News on September 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Best of the Blogs: postulación de candidaturas
Hoy comienza la fase de postulación de candidaturas para The BOBs - BEST OF THE BLOGS - Deutsche Welle International Weblog Awards 2004. Para postular candidatos existe este formulario. Recuerden que según las condiciones del premio, los miembros del jurado... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 17, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..
El PaÃs pide perdón
Hoy la edición en papel de El PaÃs publica un recuadro en portada: "El PaÃs pide perdón por una campaña de promoción de su edición digital" y editorial en página 13: "El PaÃs pide perdón", que puede verse también en... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 17, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..
New Company Aims to Meet Professional Development Needs
A new Northern Virginia company will provide customized learning and leading edge solutions to private sector companies, government agencies, and associations. MGM University Partners, a woman-owned, minority-managed corporation, will offer customized learning in Communications, Defense Systems, Electrical Power Systems, Information Technology & Security, Leadership & Management, Systems Engineering & Analysis, and Telecommunications Engineering. [PRWEB Sep 17, 2004] From
PR Web on September 17, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Excel Partnership, Inc. is the First and Only Trainer to Have Three AS9100 Aerospace Courses Accredited by the RAB.
Sandy Hook, CT July 16, 2004 HYPHEN Excel Partnership, Inc is the first, and only, organization that has all 3 AS9100 courses designed specifically for the Aerospace industry accredited by the Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB). Official word of this became available on June 30, 2004, from the RAB. [PRWEB Sep 17, 2004] From
PR Web on September 17, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
webEdition helps schools build better Web sites
webEdition Software Ltd. is offering free Web site content management system (CMS) software to schools throughout North America. In doing so, webEdition Software Limited is doing its part to help schools build current and informative Web sites for teachers, administrators, students and parents alike. [PRWEB Sep 17, 2004] From
PR Web on September 17, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Poor Advice Costing Home Buyers Thousands
It's not uncommon in real estate to come across bad financial advice. However, on rare occasions that advise or counsel is so preposterous, it just begs to be addressed. [PRWEB Sep 17, 2004] From
PR Web on September 17, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Thyroid Cancer Survivors' 7th International ConferenceOctober 22-24, 2004 near Chicago, Illinois - Features 15 Physicians, plus other Specialists, Survivors, Caregivers
The world's only conference for thyroid cancer survivors and their families will be held on October 22-24, 2004, at the Hyatt Deerfield Hotel, 1750 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, Illinois, near Chicago. Conference sponsor is the national nonprofit organization ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc. (www.thyca.org ). [PRWEB Sep 17, 2004] From
PR Web on September 17, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Wippit to power 'half' of Easymusic
While half of Easymusic - the music download service from the Easy Group that is currently under construction - will offer music track downloads from unsigned artists for free, the other half of the operation is to offer current hits and classic tracks for €0.37 (29p) and will be powered by existing music download service Wippit. From
Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on September 17, 2004 at 3:58 a.m..
Student-recruitment Tactics at University of Phoenix Blasted by Feds
This is the sort of item that confirms all the fears raised by those who worried about the implications of commercial online learning. According to this article, the University of Phoenix employed pressure sales tactics in an effort to recruit students, tactics that alerted the interest of regulators and may lead to large fines. Via University Business. By Dawn Gilbertson, Arizona Republic, September 16, 2004 [
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OLDaily on September 17, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..
WebCT and Online Assessment: The Best Thing Since SOAP?
By SOAP the authors mean not web services but Student Online Assessment Program. This essay looks at what may be the best thing since then, the WebCT quiz application. Nice discussion of the evolution of SOAP and a nice chart near the middle of the essay comparing SOAP with the WebCT feature. It's hard to adapt to a new system, but even after getting used to WebCT the authors found themselves facing limitations felt by many WebCT users: "When you are creating questions the first limitation you become aware of is that course assessment must be adapted to fit the WebCT question templates an From
OLDaily on September 17, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..
A look inside Broadcast Operations and Technology at CBS
Digital Media Net's Charlie White interviews Frank Governale, Vice President, News Technology & Broadcast Operations at CBS (
link). Here's an excerpt from Governale on their recent move to disk based cameras and purchase of Sony's XDCam: We've embraced MPEG for network news, from ingest to playout, so we'd like to keep everything on that platform if possible. So over the last couple of years, Sony has been very forthcoming with us in terms of their XDCam product. We've had cr From
unmediated on September 17, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..
DRM, the DMCA, and IP as Property
Read Ed Felten's
recent post on DRM and the comments - make sure to read Cypherpunk's comment and follow-up with this
Unlimited Freedom post. Cypherpunk clearly has a point here that you at least have to take these questions seriously in the abstract: If DRM prevents piracy, do its potentially socially harmful effects make it not worth it on balance? If DRM+DMCA prevents piracy, same question.< From
A Copyfighter's Musings on September 17, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..
CommArts Interactive Annual 10 Winners
And the winners are.. This year&rsquo;s winners were selected from a group of entries including Web sites, Kiosks, CD-ROM projects and PDA's. The 43 winning projects are showcased below, and in further detail in the September/October 2004 issue of Communication Arts magazine. In info design category there are many inspirational learning content example -
soulsoup on September 17, 2004 at 1:01 a.m..
Trust-building for a virtual team
Trust-building for a virtual team : Executive technology report by Peter Andrews from IBM Advanced Business Institute Establishing trust among members of a virtual team is a prerequisite for being able to work as a team. Coworkers can help build trusting relationships in several ways: clearly communicating the value each brings to the team, demonstrating commitment to meet team expectations and being thorough enough to catch and fix the problems t From
soulsoup on September 17, 2004 at 1:01 a.m..
Information architecture guidelines
Lou Rosenfeld has written a blog entry on information architecture guidelines. To quote: Oddly I've never really come across what I'd call a true, comprehensive IA guide; just fragments thereof scattered here and there. And, in a way, this sounds... From
Column Two on September 17, 2004 at 12:47 a.m..
Adbusters Suing Canadian Media
An interesting lawsuit was launched this week by Adbusters, a Vancouver-based alternative media organization, against major Canadian media broadcasters including CTV, CanWest Global, CBC and CHUM. Adbusters is suing the broadcasters for refusing to air their unique brand of anti-commercialism... From
Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on September 16, 2004 at 11:58 p.m..