Edu_RSS
I apologize for being silent so long. I'm told by a reliable supervisor that the California strain of influenza, probably the strain I hosted last week during my 'flu festival, was a) particularly hard-hitting and b) impervious to the flu vaccine that I didn't qualify for anyway. Since I am ... From
Gardner Writes on February 17, 2005 at 11:00 p.m..
Furl Guide
Jim Wenzloff has put together a
nice primer on how to get the most out of Furl. I have to say it's definitely one of my favorite tools on the Web, and more and more I'm finding it to be an invaluable, focused resource for me to mine. Of course it's taken a while to build up the content, but rarely a day goes by that I don't go to
my archive to find something that I need. And the best part is just shar From
weblogged News on February 17, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..
Keys to the Content
Wow.
Peggy Noonan is pumping up blogs (from a journalism sense) like I don't know what. And at the Wall Street Journal no less: But when I read blogs, when I wake up in the morning and go to About Last Night and Lucianne and Lileks, I remember what the late great Christopher Reeve said on "The Tonight Show" 20 years ago. He was the second guest, after Rodney Dangerfield. Dangerfield did his act and he was hot as a pistol. Then after Reeve sat down Dangerfield continued to be riotou From
weblogged News on February 17, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..
CATE 2005
The Eighth IASTED International Conference on COMPUTERS AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION ~CATE 2005~ August 29-31, 2005 Oranjestad, Aruba CONFERENCE CHAIR Prof. Vladimir Uskov - Bradley University, USA SPONSORS The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Technical... From
Rick's Café Canadien on February 17, 2005 at 9:51 p.m..
IEEE Reference Guide for Instructional Design and Development
This is a well-organized, well-written introduction to standard ID concepts, with many useful reference links. The Guide is organized into six basic sections: Assessing Needs, Analyzing Learners, Writing Learning Objectives, Selecting an Instructional Strategy, Developing Materials, and Evaluating Instruction. The authors make clear that movement through the steps is not always linear and that not every step is applied to every development project. Notice that the authors do not include finding/examining/ From
EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on February 17, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..
The blogger power
Algunos medios comienzan a entender lo que está pasando con los weblogs en Estados Unidos y aportan algo de sentido común al debate entre mainstream media (MSM) y bloggers. Imprescindible columna editorial de Peggy Noonan en Opinion Journal - From... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on February 17, 2005 at 7:52 p.m..
Take back the web, continued
Will
writes today about the impulse some teachers have to face pedagogical difficulties by cutting the world down to size for students. Facing increased use of shoddy sources grabbed uncritically from the web, for example, some schools respond not by teaching critical skills but by doing the research for the students: "I think it's better for everyone if we just give them a list of sites they... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on February 17, 2005 at 6:52 p.m..
Judges Ponder Whether Bloggers are Journalists
Buried in this week's
U.S. Court of Appeals decision requiring reporters to disclose their sources in the CIA leak case is a fascinating discussion by the judges about whether bloggers should be afforded the same First Amendment protections as journalists. A few excerpts:The Supreme Court has observed that "... freedom of the press is a 'fundamental personal right ... not confined to newspapers and periodicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets ...&ap From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on February 17, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..
The maple leaf flag
On 15 February 1965, Canada introduced its own flag to symbolise its independence and unity. The flag of Canada, also known as the Maple Leaf Flag, is unique from many standpoints. From
kuro5hin.org on February 17, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..
fac.etio.us (David Weinberger)
While del.icio.us is delicious, fac.etio.us isn’t facetious. It’s a thought experiment embodied in software from Siderean, a company that creates faceted classification systems for big-ass enterprises. (Note the “facet” in “fac.etio.us”? Damn clever!) Faceted classification assigns a set of parameters... From
Corante: Social Software on February 17, 2005 at 4:49 p.m..
fac.etio.us
While del.icio.us is delicious, fac.etio.us isn't facetious. It's a thought experiment embodied in software from Siderean, a company that creates faceted classification systems for big-ass enterprises. (Note the "facet" in "fac.etio.us"? Damn clever!) Faceted classification assigns a set of parameters (facets) to the objects it's classifying and then lets users sort them using the facets in any order. For example, appointments in your calendar might have facets for time, date, person, location, subject, and importance. You could then ask to sort first by person, then by location From
Joho the Blog on February 17, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..
Where will the tag sets come from?
Marco Montemagno has an idea to help people aggregate blogs that express opinions: Tag your post with "opinionradar" and the topic. He explains it here. He asked me via email what I think, and I responded. He's generously posted my response on his site. Here's what I said: I think the general idea is good and that something like it will succeed, but I think it's more likely to come from some huge player, especially Google. I'm very interested in seeing how tagging becomes a differentiated space instead of the flat space it is now. Already people are suggesting... From
Joho the Blog on February 17, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..
So many interesting facts to know and use
The amazing interstingness of miscellany, specifically Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany has provided me with several hours of pre-sleep delight as I've perused its pages in bed. Last night I discovered that both the loganberry and the boysenberry are not in fact wild berries, but derivatives of raspberries! Beneath the heading, "Epicurean Eponyms," Mr. Schott explains: LOGANBERRY · the sweet purple berry of the raspberry plant Rubus loganobaccus · created by the American judge and experimental horticulturalist James Harvey Logan, who developed the plant (c.1881 From
megnut on February 17, 2005 at 4:45 p.m..
Take Back the Web
An addendum to my
story from yesterday: My colleague's brother is a high school principal in a major East Coast city, and during a phone call they had yesterday, the conversation turned to the Internet. "My teachers are complaining that the quality of their student papers is just getting worse and worse," the principal said. "And it's because they're getting such bad information from the Internet. Are there any lists of 'reputable' sites out there that we can get our kids to use?" My colleague, who has h From
weblogged News on February 17, 2005 at 3:47 p.m..
It's amazing what you find in a mess
Some of the things I had no idea were on my computer's desktop, discovered while cleaning it up: A recipe for Pickled Oysters with English Cucumber "Capellini" and DillA map of the Madaket (Nantucket) bus routeVarious torrents of things I never listened to, like Jon Stewart's Crossfire appearanceMore strange .pdf files that I must have inadvertantly downloaded than I care to admitAn Excel spreadsheet from 4/2003 comparing the costs of purcasing an espresso machine to going to the local coffee shop to making due with my French Press pot at homeMy brother's "updated" ré From
megnut on February 17, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..
Elgg tutorials now available
Turorials are now available to help people get started with Elgg. A big thank you is due to Paul Stacey and BCCampus for providing both the time and technology to allows us to do these. Thanks! Access via my Elgg... From
ERADC Blog on February 17, 2005 at 2:54 p.m..
Improving Learning Through Understanding of Brain Science Research
I started reading Steven Johnson's
Mind Wide Open. It's a wonderful book on the 'neuroscience of everyday life'. Johnson main objective in writing this book is to help us discover our inner-self by using neurofeedback gadgets like the one used to measure attention and focus. While reading these chapters I wondered about the value of neurofeedback in teaching and learning. And as the serendipity of the blogosphere would have it,
George Siemens links to From
elearningpost on February 17, 2005 at 2:46 p.m..
Software Warranties
The Blog of RMS is a rare opportunity to see him sum up his views. In this entry he's actually managed to fit his "copyright is no longer a good deal" concept into a single paragraph (whereas usually it takes him 15 pages). For those who don't know it (and couldn't be bothered clicking on a link) RMS basically says that way-back when the public gave up the right to republish, to encourage people to make works, we weren't giving up much cause no-one republished back then, but now, with the internet, we all republish so we need to rethink that deal. From
kuro5hin.org on February 17, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..
Collection of Newspaper RSS Feeds
Traditional news media are discovering the benefits to RSS and slowly but surely providing readers feeds. The SideWalkTheory has put together a collection of
newspapers and their respective RSS feeds. From
RSS Blog on February 17, 2005 at 1:59 p.m..
The man with the RFID arm - Michael Kanellos, CNET News
Joseph Krull, an executive at Flanders, N.J.-based Virtual Corp., had a doctor stick an RFID tag from VeriChip under his skin on Jan. 10. The residual blemish amounts to a small red dot. "It felt like a bee sting," he said during a meeting at the RSA Sec From
Techno-News Blog on February 17, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..
HR and Genes
As serendipity would have it, there's a discussion over at AOK being hosted by Dave Ulrich. In it Dave and Jack Ring came up with this:"... the key point ... "Once we know the capabilities required, we can begin to... From
Monkeymagic on February 17, 2005 at 11:50 a.m..
Oliver's Twist: el toque de Jamie Oliver
Hace unos dÃas conseguà la edición en español de La cocina de Jamie Oliver (RBA libros), para tener a mano algunas de las recetas de este chef británico que con su programa Oliver's Twist (en España en Canal Cocina) ha... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on February 17, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..
Big ID Theft in California
Hackers penetrate the network of a consumer data company and make off with thousands of credit reports, Social Security numbers and other sensitive information. From
Wired News on February 17, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Young Blood Makes Muscles Spry
In the presence of youthful blood, old fogey muscles don't act their age, according to researchers at Stanford University. By Kristen Philipkoski. From
Wired News on February 17, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Cookies Get a Pass in Congress
Anti-spyware legislation moves up the ladder in the House, with a few changes aimed at keeping legitimate advertisers unencumbered. Michael Grebb reports from Washington. From
Wired News on February 17, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
More Watchful, Probably Not Safer
The United States is the most technologically advanced society in the world, so why can't it protect itself? Safe attempts to find the answer. By Kim Zetter. From
Wired News on February 17, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Star Fox Assault a Shaky Flight
Though the outer-space shoot'em-up sequences recall the brilliance of the Nintendo 64 title, the rest of the sequel doesn't measure up. By Chris Kohler. From
Wired News on February 17, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
No Protection for Bloggers
Do bloggers, the self-described citizen journalists, deserve the same protections under the law that mainstream reporters do? The question is probably moot, but it's not because blogging is relatively new. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. From
Wired News on February 17, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
The Fight Over Cyber Oversight
Would government enforcement improve cybersecurity? Some say yes, others say the market will take care of it. Experts clash at the RSA Conference. Kim Zetter reports from San Francisco. From
Wired News on February 17, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
InfografÃa periodÃstica explicada por un maestro
Todo un lujo esta lección sobre Técnicas y ejemplos de desarrollo en InfografÃa periodÃstica (gráficos y animaciones) para la cobertura de noticias de última hora: Coberturas infográficas de actualidad inmediata, que nos ofrece Alberto Cairo (blog), jefe de infografÃa de... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on February 17, 2005 at 8:50 a.m..
An Indicator of RSS Use by Newspapers
Clearly,
RSS is having a significant impact on the online newspaper industry. Several newspapers have even developed special
RSS readers with their brand attached -- a system which allows the papers to include their own RSS feeds as a default while also allowing the consumer to add feeds from other media sources.One measure of newspapers' adoption of RSS is the number of papers that offer feeds. Kevin Reynen and Jackie Rejfek maintain a list of RSS feeds b From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on February 17, 2005 at 6:54 a.m..
Newsroom Budget Blog Raises Competitive Issues
In
yesterday's item about the Ventura County Star's newsroom budget meeting blog, I raised the issue of such a feature -- while wonderful from a "transparency" point of view -- tipping off media competitors about what the newspaper is working on prior to publication. Assistant managing editor for new media and technology John Moore, who writes the new blog, has responded with some thoughts on how he might handle hot or exclusive stories that competitors might steal."I believe that you can mentio From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on February 17, 2005 at 6:54 a.m..
A Blogging Black Box
My Poynter colleague Larry Larsen points out an interesting new "
blogging appliance" released by the company
WhatCounts. This is a rack-mounted unit the provides blog,
podcast, and other content publishing capabilities in a plug-and-play box.The device is targeted at corporations that want to get into blogging. A key feature is an approval process and permission system that allows blog cont From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on February 17, 2005 at 6:54 a.m..
Online Student Evaluation of Teaching
Given the limited number of currently available resources, one public mid-western university is working to develop and implement an effective and appropriate means for online student evaluation of teaching in distance education courses that is useful and beneficial for all... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on February 17, 2005 at 5:53 a.m..
The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology.
The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology (EET) is a collection of short multimedia articles on a variety of topics related to the fields of instructional design and education and training. The primary audiences for the EET are students and novice to... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on February 17, 2005 at 5:53 a.m..
Creating Flexible E-Learning
For five years, Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT), a unit within the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG), has worked with faculty and staff to develop the eCore, an electronically delivered core curriculum for the University System... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on February 17, 2005 at 5:53 a.m..
Eight Years of Email Stats
What's the reality behind the 'email overload' talk? Let's look at some numbers... personal numbers. To kick things off, I've got a huge email archive. I started emailing in the early ArpaNet days, around 1972, and haven't stopped since. My... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on February 17, 2005 at 5:53 a.m..
Colophon of the Week
Submitted for the Colophon of the Week (once I look up a definition of what the heck a colophon is), from the
Newsdesigner blog: This site was coded with rudimentary HTML, PHP, CSS and BEER. The 3-column CSS layout was adapted from one found at Position Is Everything. BBEdit helped wrangle the alphabet soup, and Adobe Photoshop rearranged the pixels. Most everything is powered by Movable Type, and Verve Hosting keeps all the ones and zeroes safely on their spinning platters. The typography: David Berlow's Cheltenham F From
cogdogblog on February 17, 2005 at 5:47 a.m..
Nokia and Microsoft Bridge OMA-WMA Gap for Mobile Devices
This announcement is, as the author suggests, a bombshell - on several fronts. One front is the obvious: the mobile device industry is no longer banding together to keep Microsoft out of its back yard. On another front, it gives Microsoft leverage against proprietary formats being offered by Apple and Sony. But of greatest significance to educators: The OMA DRM is based on the open (and royalty free) Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) (read more about this
here). Readers of OLDaily will have seen this comin From
OLDaily on February 17, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..
A Computer on Every Desk
Saying it like it is: "Critics of classroom technology claim that the computer isn't an effective tool for education. This is nonsense. Imagine a one-to-five ratio of textbooks to kids; books would not be an effective educational tool in that scenario, either." It might be added as well that the cost of a computer is coming down to within the same price range as a couple dozen good textbooks. By Kosmo Kalliarekos, Edutopia, February 15, 2005 [
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OLDaily on February 17, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..
Out Firefoxed
So Microsoft has announced that - after a long period of "frozen" browser development, it is going to upgrade Internet Explorer. Having just spent the last few weeks in a design project (more on this in a couple of days) I can only say: it's about time. Maybe IE will actually implement CSS as written, instead of doing things that are downright weird. And were the development not strictly and only in response to the challenge from the open source Firefox browser, I would be less cynical. But when you get right down to it, the appeal of Firefox isn't simply that it is a better b From
OLDaily on February 17, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..
Deloitte Survey Finds Looming Talent Crisis Threatens Companies
The focus of this article is the impending talent shortage that will hit western economies in just a couple of years. It cites "retirements, a widening skills gap driven by declining educational standards, and outdated and ineffective approaches to talent management." Added to this should be as well the emergence of a young and talented work force in India, east Asia and China. And to this the declining capacity of the western economies to purchase or lure talent from overseas. Now I am nowhere near retirement, which means this advice resonates for me: "talent-savvy organizations build strateg From
OLDaily on February 17, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..
International Journal of Knowledge and Learning
Miltiadis D. Lytras announces "that the inaugural double issue of the
International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, published by Inderscience, is available from our official web site." The issue starts off with a
manifesto which is itself well worth a look, even if only for the useful diagrams mapping the field the journal intents to cover. No word on whether the journal will be open access. By Miltiadis D. Lytras, et. al., International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, From
OLDaily on February 17, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..
Commonwealth Cooperation in Distance Education: Potential Benefits for Small States
Text of an address by Sir John Daniel, the President and CEO of the Commonwealth of Learning. The title on the web page (but not on the text) is: "Eliminating the Traffic Jams on the Road to Freedom". The encouraging bit is this: "In both these areas, Learning Management Systems and Learning Objects, COL will promote and facilitate the use of Free and Open Source Software, or FOSS for short. The extension of the concept of open source software to the arena of learning objects is one of the most hopeful developments in education in years, because it will make the sharing, adaptation and re-use From
OLDaily on February 17, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..
National Web Library Do-able, Affordable, Visionary
Michael Geist sent me a note today to let me know that his columns in the Toronto Star - sadly sitting behind a registration barrier - are also available without registration
on his website. Among the items now open to view was this article, calling on the government "to greatly expand the National Library of Canada's digital efforts by becoming the first country in the world to create a comprehensive national digital library. The library, which would be fully accessible online, would contain a digitally scanned copy From
OLDaily on February 17, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..
Debating the Patriot Act, via blog
People are starting to notice
Patriot Debates, a "slow blog" just getting started and devoted to the ideas and information we need to grapple with expiration of elements of the Patriot Act later this year: Many provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act will expire at the end of 2005. This forum is devoted to civil and informed debate about these provisions and whether they should be renewed, as well as a few... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on February 17, 2005 at 3:51 a.m..
Book review: The Content Management Handbook
The Content Management HandbookMartin White The best thing about the Content Management Handbook is that it provides something that has been missing for some time: a simple and clear overview of the whole field of content management. While other... From
Column Two on February 17, 2005 at 2:47 a.m..
A comparison of two evaluation techniques for technical documentation
Bonnie Rogers, Chris Hamblin, & Alex Chaparro have written an article that compares ways of evaluating technical documentation. To quote: This study compared two evaluation techniques, Usability Testing and Cognitive Walkthrough, in their ability to identify errors in aviation maintenance... From
Column Two on February 17, 2005 at 1:47 a.m..
Comments Will Return
Just working on a new comments section. It will return shortly. In the meantime, feel free to download the entirety of the new issue of Arthur magazine, complete with my first column,
here. From
rushkoff.blog on February 17, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..
Comments Will Return
Just working on a new comments section. It will return shortly. In the meantime, feel free to download the entirety of the new issue of Arthur magazine, complete with my first column,
here. From
rushkoff.blog on February 17, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..