By Stephen Downes
July 14, 2004
Fair Use and Academic
Publishing
Transcript from today's discussion at
the Chronicle on the subject of the abuse of fair use (this
follows from the article I posted here yesterday). Wendy
Seltzer iterates the main point again: "Even when it's very
likely that a short quotation would be 'fair,' publishers
are afraid to litigate and afraid of the potential damages
if they lost." By Richard Byrne, Chronicle of Higher
Education, July 14, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
Learning Material Repositories - Rafts or
Battleships? - Part 1
I thought about waiting
for Part 2 to come out before linking to both, but I'm too
impatient. "I want my educational applications populated
from a 'proper' learning object repository," writes author
Derek Morrison. "Don't I? That was the mission, but here's
the findings and thinking so far." What follows is a romp
through the state of the nation of learning object
repository development, concluding with a certain writer's
recent remarks about battleships. Now you see why I want to
see Part 2... By Derek Morrison, Auricle, July 14, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
Dummies Guide to Change
The link
from Harold Jarche's blog to Dummies Guide to Change
wasn't working when I last tried it - the web server at
Typepad appears to be down - but save this one and try it
again in a day or so. The concepts discussed - things like
the Power Law and the Tipping Point - are important
concepts emanating from the study of networks (and in
particular, social networks). These are early days for a
field that will be of increasing importance as people try
to understand why things like the blogosphere and RSS work
so quickly and so well when there was no central authority
driving them forward. If this catches your interest, Mark
Buchanan's book Nexus: Small Worlds and the
Groundbreaking Theory of Networks is a pretty easy read
and will fill in a lot of the gaps. For the real deal and
some daunting mathematics, follow the other paper cited by
Jarche, Fang Wu and Bernardo A. Huberman's Social Structure and Opinion Formation.
By Harold Jarche, Jarche Consulting, July 12, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
15 Ways To Read An RSS Feed
A lot
of readers won't need this, but if you still don't knopw
how to read an RSS file, this article is for you. Go to one
of the browser-based sites listed at the top of the list;
you don't need to install any software. Most sites have a
list of RSS feeds you can choose from, but if yiu want you
can always use mine (right-click to copy the link
address or shortcut, then paste it into the form where you
add a feed). By Steve Shaw, WebPro News, July 13, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
Tech, Hollywood Heavyweights Create Content
Coalition
We may shortly see just how much
muscle the major corporations have when it comes to digital
rights. "High-profile technology companies and movie
studios are expected to announce Wednesday that they have
formed a coalition to ensure that high-definition video and
other content cannot be pirated in home networks... initial
members include IBM, Intel, Sony, Microsoft, Warner Bros.,
Disney and Panasonic." This coalition represents just about
all the computers and software people buy and just about
all the entertainment people watch. By John Borland, CNet
News.com, July 13, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
Online Education in the
Humanities
Posted on DEOS: "Just learned of new
Higher Education Ed Tech listserv here at H-Net: Online
Education in the Humanities.
"This network is intended for discussion of the ways in
which online courses may be used to teach literature, art,
philosophy, music, history, psychology, social science and
related subjects." By Various Authors, H-Net, July, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
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