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Meta-reflective Postmodern recreation of Las Meninas, this time titled "Four Fools with Three Cameras"
Ethan has posted about 15 seconds of an odd moment at Martin Varsavsky's party. Of Ethan, Joi, and Dan G, I seem to be the only one with the good sense to be holding a glass of wine instead of a camera.... From Joho the Blog on March 12, 2005 at 10:48 p.m..

Two feet from Soros
David Isenberg has photographic evidence that had George Soros sneezed as Ethan Zuckerman was talking at the Safer Democracy conference, I would have been mopping major philanthropic fluids from my pate. Damn! That's like taking a taxi ride and only finding out afterwards that you were sharing the cab with Mick Jagger. (Btw, that's privacy maestro Marc Rotenberg next to Soros.)... From Joho the Blog on March 12, 2005 at 10:48 p.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 10:48 p.m..

A Wealth of Knowledge Free to the World: JHSPH OpenCourseWare
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has announced the initial phase of its pilot OpenCourseWare (OCW) project. Good stuff. By Various Authors, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, March, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on March 12, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 9:48 p.m..

The Problem with Learning Objects in Courses for the Military
I'm passing along this brief and well-written critique of the LO movement from Susan Nash: "Faculty and instructional designers encounter problems when they try to adapt learning objects for delivery in their general education college-level distance courses that are intended for a military audience. One result is disappointment and frustration in those who believed in the promise of learning objects to save time, provide robust solutions with depth, high quality, and perfect interchangeabilityFaculty and instructional designers encounter problems when they try to adapt learni From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on March 12, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 8:48 p.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 7:48 p.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 6:48 p.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

CiteULike (David Weinberger)
CitULike is del.icio.us for academics. It saves citation details and exports them in a couple of standard formats. It aggregates journal articles for your posting pleasure. It encourages long-ish descriptions and lets you assign stars. Nice! (Thanks to Lisa Williams... From Corante: Social Software on March 12, 2005 at 2:49 p.m..

CiteULike
CitULike is del.icio.us for academics. It saves citation details and exports them in a couple of standard formats. It aggregates journal articles for your posting pleasure. It encourages long-ish descriptions and lets you assign stars. Nice! (Thanks to Lisa Williams for pointing to a posting in WeblogToolsCollection about it.)... From Joho the Blog on March 12, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

Wikis in Higher Ed
I've had wikis on the brain lately (as anyone subscribed to my Furl feed would know.) They were a hot topic at the workshop I did last weekend, and I've been putting together my presentation for CIL this week called "Wikis @ Your Library" (which, if anyone has any more links to wikis in libraries I'd love to see them.) So this article (via Amy Bowllan) from the Washington Post was pretty interesting and has some relevance. Phillipson's students can go to From weblogged News on March 12, 2005 at 2:47 p.m..

The "How Many Teachers are Blogging" Question
So guess what group had the largest representation in the recent Blogads survey of the blogosphere? That's right. Educators were almost 15% of the respondents, beating out computer types by almost over 4%. Which once again begs the question...just how many teachers are there out there blogging their worlds? More than we think, I think. Almost as interesting to me is the finding that only one in five readers is a blogger. So, do some math and it's not hard to conclude that we're officially past the ti From weblogged News on March 12, 2005 at 2:47 p.m..

Instant Meetings With Peers: SiteScape Zon
SiteScape Zon is an online collaboration platform with a strong presence awareness component. The tool is targeted at organizations whose employees need to be able to create instant meetings with their peers. Coworkers' contact details are automatically synchronized with instant... From Kolabora.com on March 12, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

Vote “Yes” to NYMary’s Podcast
A professor who loves Big Star and all power pop, who corresponds with Steve Simels (one of the great rock critics ever), and who likes the idea of Paradise Lost podcasts. Now, those are impressive credentials. Visit her power pop site and vote "yea" for a NYMary podcast. I"ll ... From Gardner Writes on March 12, 2005 at 1:00 p.m..

Take two aspirins and e-mail me in the morning - Milt Freudhenheim, CNET News
Doctors may no longer make house calls, but they are answering patient e-mail messages--and being paid for it. In a move to improve efficiency and control costs, health plans and medical groups around the country are now beginning to pay doctors to reply From Techno-News Blog on March 12, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

Will Enterprises Take to AOL's VOIP Phone Service? - John Pallatto, eWeek
America Online Inc.'s disclosure on Tuesday that it will introduce a voice-over-IP telephone service will definitely add credibility to the technology, but it is unlikely to provide the long-term growth engine that would ensure the company's survival. Thi From Techno-News Blog on March 12, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

Mobile growth 'fastest in Africa' - BBC
Mobile phone use in Africa is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, according to a report. The study, backed by the UK mobile phone giant Vodafone, said African countries with greater mobile use had seen a higher rate of economic growth. The rep From Techno-News Blog on March 12, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..

For years now I have mocked the necessity of the f ...
For years now I have mocked the necessity of the flu vacine for the average adult. Now I understand why people fight to get it. I am one of the thousands who have contracted influenza, (influenza type A to be exact). Being the curious person that I am, it was really fascinating to find they could test for the flu in just minutes. They swabbed my nose and just a couple minutes later, bingo! And, ther From blog.IT on March 12, 2005 at 11:58 a.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 11:48 a.m..

Tinderbox 2.4 released
Eastgate released Version 2.4.0 of their fabulous Tinderbox tool. A number of enhancments - most of them very interestig to advanced users. There has been quite some time since the first announcement of a Windows version of Tinderbox. I am sure the release is not too far ahead in future. Keep an eye on the Eastgate site if you are a Windows user and you'd like to use Tinderbox one day! If Tinderbox is available for both platforms I am willing to use it in a course about "personal information management strategies". The cou From owrede_log on March 12, 2005 at 11:47 a.m..

New semester: Information Mapping 2
I decided to repeat a seminar from a couple of years ago: Information Mapping. This time I want to suggest two optional research topics that I think might be very intersting to work upon: the first is "60 years Hiroshima" and the second is "Deforestation". I got interested in the Hiroshima topic last year when I accdidentally crossed a website of the "Children of the Manhatten Project". It kicked of a long web research that really totally amazed me. The Deforestation topic is a tribute to two things: a) the famous Knowled From owrede_log on March 12, 2005 at 11:47 a.m..

Weblogs presentation in Hagen
I am going to present about weblogs in higher education at an event at the Univeristy of Hagen. I am not quite sure what the audience is expecting and what how this topic is going to fit into the day. In the afternoon there will be a roundtable about the assessment of curricular structures and the role e-learning activities could play. So I currently adhere to the idea to structure my presentation around two mind plays: 1) What if we would not have such a thing as higher education at all (but all the t From owrede_log on March 12, 2005 at 11:47 a.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 10:48 a.m..

Apple 1, Indie Journalists 0
California's 'shield' law does not protect websites that publish scoops based on illegal tips from corporate insiders, a judge rules, ordering a trio of online reporters to reveal their confidential sources to the Mac maker. From Wired News on March 12, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Museum Stirs Atomic Age Memories
The latest attraction to explode on the Vegas scene documents the fascinating history of Cold War nuclear science. But some bitter 'downwinders' say the new Atomic Testing Museum glosses over the experiments' grim fallout. From Wired News on March 12, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Robots a Bit Too Mechanical
Hollywood's latest animated extravaganza features dazzling computer-generated backdrops and some pretty funny one-liners. But it has a soulless feel that keeps audiences from empathizing with its automated cast. By Jason Silverman. From Wired News on March 12, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Game Creators Going (for) Broke
Indie game developers make big sacrifices -- such as eating on $1 a day and sleeping on the office sofa -- to bring their visions to fruition. Most say it's worth it to retain control of the creative process. Daniel Terdiman reports from San Francisco. From Wired News on March 12, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 9:48 a.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

Still Fewer Foreigners Applying to American Graduate Schools
A new survey shows international interest in studying at American graduate schools declining for the second straight year. From New York Times: Education on March 12, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Want to Be an Intel Finalist? You Need the Right Mentor
Year after year, Ward Melville is one of the leading high schools for producing science research projects in the Intel Science Talent Search competition. From New York Times: Education on March 12, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

William G. Craig, 90, Leader of Colleges in California and Vermont, Dies
William G. Craig was chancellor of the California Community College system and of the Vermont State Colleges in the 1970's. From New York Times: Education on March 12, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Racial Test Gap Persists, State Figures Show
While more students are taking and passing the Regents exams now required for graduation, an achievement gap between white and minority students still exits. From New York Times: Education on March 12, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

College Expels Student Who Advocated Corporal Punishment
Supporting corporal punishment is one thing; advocating it is another, as an education student at Le Moyne College learned. From New York Times: Education on March 12, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

New Inquiry on Fund Use at Schools in Roslyn
The new investigation concerns the district's capital budget and its former supervisor of buildings and grounds, who oversaw construction and repair projects. From New York Times: Education on March 12, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 7:48 a.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 6:48 a.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 4:48 a.m..

Creativity, Jokes and Arthur Koestler
Summary: Have pulled out my Arthur Koestler analyses of various acts of creation. Today, as a warm up, a coupled of jokes. Plus the teaser that humor, the arts and sciences are all, via his view of acts of paradigm shift, are acts of major creation-- the juxtaposition of frames of reference hitherto NOT on speaking terms. For now, however, a coupla jokes. Arthur Koestler was, in his time, a famous counter-revolutionary, philosopher and novelist. You may have read, for example, Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 4:48 a.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 3:48 a.m..

I'm a d4!
I guess I seem to have more in common with "Evil D'Arcy" than I have with "Romantic Rob". Take the quiz at dicepool.com Fear my wrath. Muhahahahahahahhaha.... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on March 12, 2005 at 2:54 a.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 2:47 a.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 1:47 a.m..

What are Common Factors and Best Practices of Institutions that have Been Successful at e-Learning?
The results of a study of 21 higher education institutions that have achieved success in Internet-supported learning From eLearnopedia on March 12, 2005 at 12:51 a.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 12, 2005 at 12:47 a.m..

Reporter + Citizen = Better Journalism
I'm on a mailing list of trail runners here in Boulder (Colorado). This is a great place for runners, with a large running community and an incredible selection of local trails. A hot topic on the list right now is a series of car break-ins at trailheads. People on the list are sharing their stories of woe and offering prevention tips.This gives me an opportunity to make a suggestion to the editors of my local newspaper website (and all other news organizations, of course), because From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 11, 2005 at 11:54 p.m..

Why Americans shouldn't be allowed to buy, choose or drink wine
In the Madrid airport this morning (or was it last night? Hard to get my biological clock rewound), I was aimlessly browsing in the duty-free shop and decided maybe I'd buy a bottle of wine. I had a bigger variety of wine in the past two days than I did during my twenties, thirties and half of my forties, and all of it was just delicious. I saw a bottle that looked familiar, and figured if I've had it in Madrid, it must be good. So, for 11 euros (about $14 in real money), I bought the bottle and carried... From Joho the Blog on March 11, 2005 at 11:48 p.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 11, 2005 at 11:48 p.m..

EduResources Portal
Please note that the EduResources Portal is temporarily down for server updating. The EduResources Weblog will continue to provide site reviews and other information about online instructional resources. ____JH From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on March 11, 2005 at 11:47 p.m..

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