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Friday, April 01, 2005
In the past couple of weeks, I received inquires as to why I refer to Emily as "the old hen". From RHPT.com on April 1, 2005 at 10:57 p.m..

Sixfoo! 660 (danah boyd)
Sixfoo! 660: “Finally, a way for social networks to stay connnected to other social networks, and meet interesting social networks like yourself.” Look at their sample page; they mock many of the main social networks out there with fabulous... From Corante: Social Software on April 1, 2005 at 10:49 p.m..

Barrieren und Erfolgsfaktoren des Wissensmanagements
89 Personen, die in ihren Unternehmen mit Wissensmanagement zu tun haben, wurden nach Hauptbarrieren und Erfolgsfaktoren befragt. Drei Punkte in diesem Bericht habe ich markiert: 1. "Fehlende Zeit" für Wissensmanagement-Aktivitäten wird als ein Hauptproblem genannt; 2. Über 50 Prozent der... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on April 1, 2005 at 9:51 p.m..

The Third Meeting of the Lifelong Learning Network
Neurobiologie und Pädagogik - man weiss noch recht wenig voneinander. Deshalb haben sich 30 Experten aus beiden Fachrichtungen am 21./22. Januar im Rahmen des "Lifelong Learning Network of OECD/CERI's Learning Sciences and Brain Research Projects" getroffen und nach einer gemeinsamen... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on April 1, 2005 at 9:51 p.m..

Saba to Acquire Enterprise Learning Vendor THINQ
The Learning Management System (LMS) marketplace has one fewer contender today as Saba signs an agreement to acquire Thinq in the third quarter of this year. A Gartner report observes, "This acquisition will give Saba a solid installed base of THINQ customers, but little else. THINQ was out of money and out of developers, having outsourced all of its development (but not its engineering design) to third-party engineering houses in India." More, More, OLDaily on April 1, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

The Futures Project to Close
The Futures Project, described as "a higher education policy think tank that has spent the last five years investigating the influences market-oriented, competitive pressures on higher education," has shut down as of yesterday. In their final email they write, "In the pursuit of rankings and prestige, the 'public purposes' of higher education are becoming blurred and the unwritten compact governing the reciprocal, supportive relationship between states and their institutions is becoming undone." Links and website will be available until August. By Matt Pasiewicz, EDUCAUSE Blogs, Mar From OLDaily on April 1, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Metadating Game
The idea here is that the data about one's life posted on blogs, sites like Flickr and Yahoo 360, and in personal XML like FOAFD can be used via an information aggregator to support a distributed match service. The author still thinks of this as being supported via a dating website, but the real advance will be when this sort of product integrates with the desktop (I am still uncertain whether this desktop will be a comprehensive information service like Yahoo or a set of locally installed applications). By Rik Abel, 1+1=3, March 31, 2005 [OLDaily on April 1, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

enCore Consortium
I've been sitting on this, hoping to install the software before commenting with a link, but being on vacatyion lends itself more to playing Civ III than to installing software. But it appears to my roots as a MUD designer and I have never let go of the idea that a multi-user environment like a MUD has a lot of potential in e-learning. Anyhow, the newly formed enCore Consortium is devoted to supporting the development of the enCore learning environment. "The enCore Program represents the enCore MOO core and the enCore Xpress Graphical User I From OLDaily on April 1, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Three Great MindManager Blogs
I've never found mindmaps particularly useful, but many people have. Those who use MindManager will want to look at these three blogs recommended by James McGee - Mike Jetter, Hobie Swan and Nick Duffill. James also has a new column out in Enterprise Systems, The Invisibility of Knowledge Work. By James McGee, McGee's Musings, March 31, 2005 [OLDaily on April 1, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

The Limits of Numbers and Studies (Cabincast audio)
Greetings once again from my precious getaway cabin nestled at the edge of the Continental Divide. I needed an altitude adjustment, and 9300 feet above sea level works just fine. After a solid night's sleep here I awoke with a couple of stunning insights. The first is an important announcement: I'm going to undertake a major career change. The second are thoughts on a theme that I've been grumbling about for a while – how much can statistics and quantitative studies really tell you about whether and how various approaches to communication work? (LISTEN to this audio post, From Contentious Weblog on April 1, 2005 at 8:50 p.m..

Cisco CEO on U.S. Education: 'We're Losing the Battle'
John Chambers ist seit 10 Jahren CEO von Cisco Systems und, einige werden sich noch erinnern, hat vor Jahren die Bildungsszene aufgerüttelt mit Aussagen wie: "The next big killer application for the Internet is going to be education". Das war... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on April 1, 2005 at 8:46 p.m..

So much light, so confused
Last night on the plane to France, I changed my watch and set it ahead six hours pretty much as soon as I got onboard. I like to begin my change to my new time zone as soon as possible. So I was little surprised and confused when the plane began its descent at 6:55 AM since we weren't due into Charles de Gaulle until 8:20. "Aha!" I thought, "the time must have changed already in Europe." But then later in the day, I was at the UPS store overnighting some documents, and they had those clocks on the walls, and it showed New York six hours behind Paris. So I figured I must have been confus From megnut on April 1, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

High School Goes Virtual
All over the country, secondary school students are going online for classes. Will the virtual classroom redefine what it means to be a student -- or a teacher? DDN Headline: High School Goes Virtual... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 1, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Courses taught online gaining popularity
Once an unimaginable concept, today the amount of students enrolling in online courses at K-State is growing larger and larger. Students both in and out of state may take online classes to earn credit toward their degree through K-State's Distance... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 1, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Cost can block virtual options
Distance and virtual learning are the newest trends in education, but what are the costs and are there options? While Burt Township Schools, Superior Central Schools and the North Star Academy all utilize the Michigan Virtual High School, Marquette's Alternative... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 1, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

More students getting savvy with online classes
More students getting savvy with online classes Virtual offering gives local high school students wider array of courses Andries Smith is not worried that his European history teacher will grill him in front of his classmates. The Hendersonville High School... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 1, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Preparing Instructors for Quality Online Instruction
With a growing number of courses offered online and degrees offered through the Internet, there is a considerable interest in online education, particularly as it relates to the quality of online instruction. The major concerns are centering on the following... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 1, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Distance education courses to be offered to soldiers
ECU will offer distance education courses to the soldiers stationed at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville beginning in August. The soldiers will be able to choose from a variety of courses and work toward a major, while serving the country. ECU... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 1, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Online learning goal is to increase student opportunity
A mid-March grant by the Blandin Foundation of $525,000 will kick start online learning for the four Itasca County School districts, as well as other partners, Remer, Hill City, South Koochiching, and Floodwood. What exactly will online learning do? According... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 1, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Yahoo Slacker
Announcing Yahoo! Slacker Today we're thrilled to be announcing an upcoming product that's near and dear to the heart of high school and college students around the world: Yahoo! Slacker. What is it? Yahoo! Slacker will be the culmination of... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 1, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Google Gulp
At Google our mission is to organize the world's information and make it useful and accessible to our users. But any piece of information's usefulness derives, to a depressing degree, from the cognitive ability of the user who's using it.... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 1, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Britannica takeover of Wikimedia
On April 1 2005, Encyclopædia Britannica, The Ligatured Encyclopædia, announced its immediate semi-hostile takeover of the Wikimedia Foundation (to be known henceforth as Wikimædia) and all of its projects, including Wikipedia (now Wikipædia), Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, and Wikinews. Founder Jimmy... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 1, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

thal computer virus spreads in humans
The first computer virus that passes from PCs to humans has been discovered in the wild. Leading anti-virus firms are putting users on high alert after Malwarlaria.B was spammed worldwide in the early hours of Friday morning. SC Magazine... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 1, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

200-pound tumor at-large?
What happened inside a Tarzana surgery room March 27 has officials looking the other way. What happened afterwards has a neighborhood on edge. Los Angeles Tirnes... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 1, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Citizen-Journalism Opportunity: Pope's Passing
With the Pope's condition worsening, news organizations around the world obviously are preparing for his death. I'll just add a reminder to think about "citizen journalism" as being a part of the coverage, especially online.As Al Tompkins pointed out this morning, Pope John Paul II has encountered more people than any pope in history: More than 17.6 million people have attended his general audiences; he's had 737 meetings with heads of state.So here's an idea: Solicit From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 1, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..

A Grand Citizen-Journalism Experiment in Bluffton
Fellow E-Media Tidbits blogger Steve Yelvington had hinted to me recently that his Morris Digital Works group had something big and innovative coming, and today he announced it. (It's no April Fool's joke.)It is Bluffton Today, a "new kind of newspaper" that, in Steve's words, "is a grand experiment in citizen journalism, a complete inversion of the typical 'online newspaper' model, an Internet-powered interactive community center that ultima From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 1, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..

Malofiej Awards 2005
The Malofiej awards for infographic excellence have been announced. [thanks interactivenarratives] From elearningpost on April 1, 2005 at 6:47 p.m..

Jazztel no está, no contesta
Hace unos dos años, tras una desastrosa experiencia con mi anterior proveedor de ADSL (EresMas, posteriormente absorbida por Wanadoo), que tardó cerca de dos meses en habilitarme la conexión y además me cobró un mes en el que yo no tuve el servicio, me prometí a mi mismo no volver a experimentar y, en la próxima ocasión, volver a confiar en el cuasimonopolio: Telefónica, quizá más cara y quizá más prepotente, pero al menos una empresa de verdad y no de juguete. Pero no cumplí mi (...) From martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on April 1, 2005 at 5:56 p.m..

BT business broadband speed up to four times faster
From today, new customers are to receive speeds of up to 2Mb, which is up to four times the speed for the same price on Single and Share products. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 1, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..

Italian broadband subscriptions up 113% in 2004 – report
Some 40 per cent of all italian households will have broadband by the end of the decade, according to a report from market analysis firm Forrester Research. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 1, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..

Google Ups the Free E-mail Ante
You may remember that on the last April Fool's Day, Google announced its Gmail free e-mail service, offering 1 gigabyte of storage per user. While many people thought it was a joke, Gmail's 1 gigabyte offer was real.A year later, Google has upped the storage limit to 2 gigabytes. Since the announcement was made on yesterday, not on April Fool's Day, I think we can trust it. Iin fact, according to Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 1, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..

Juan Pablo II: fuentes de información
Una apresurada recopilación de fuentes de información en línea sobre Juan Pablo II: oficial Vatican Information Service (español) portales de noticias Google News Noticias: Papa Yahoo! Noticias: Papa especiales Guardian: The Pope weblogs The Pope Blog (Unofficial news about His... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on April 1, 2005 at 5:52 p.m..

Children learn best when teaching is out of sync
Here's an interesting study on using gesture for teaching math to third-and-fourth graders: University of Chicago researchers Melissa Singer and Susan Goldin-Meadow have done extensive research on the role of gesture in teaching, finding that teachers spontaneously use gestures to teach, and that the use of gestures increases when children are having difficulty with a topic. Surprisingly, they also found that very often these gestures did not match the verbal lesson bein From elearningpost on April 1, 2005 at 5:46 p.m..

Microsoft files 117 lawsuits against phishing site operators
The National Consumers League, a US consumer organisation, and Microsoft have warned internet users of phishing scams. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 1, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

Service for remote patient health monitoring launched in Sweden
A communications device, connected wirelessly to a number of sensors on a patient's body, communicates with health care personnel over a mobile network and monitors the patient's health status remotely. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 1, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

Microsoft launches TV service for Windows Mobile-based devices
Microsoft’s MSN Video Downloads service is to deliver TV programmes for portable media centres and select smart-phones and pocket PCs. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 1, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

Orange, IPWireless trial UMTS TDD in France
Orange and IPWireless bring the first UMTS TDD deployment to France. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 1, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

IBM claims breakthrough performance results at CERN
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Computing Grid, the largest scientific computing grid in the world, is expected to produce massive amounts of data, 15m gigabytes per year, once it is operational in 2007. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 1, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

Elecard, Main Concept form codec partnership
Two European codec companies Main Concept and Elecard will collaborate on new technologies. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 1, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

OJR Explores Yahoo! News
Today's Online Journalism Review has a fascinating article on Yahoo! News by Mark Glaser: "Inside Yahoo! News: The aggregator brings RSS to the masses." A few intriguing excerpts: "...[Neil] Budde [formerly of Wall Street Journal Online] explained, 'Going back many years, when online news was first developing, Yahoo! News was one of the first to educate people like Reuters on what's the best way to build their feeds for online products a From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 1, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

The Scary Fragility of Digital Archives
If you're old enough to remember using WordStar, the most prominent word-processing program (long before Microsoft Word) in the early days of computers, you can understand this conundrum: Digital archives are much more fragile than good old paper archives.Sounds backward, doesn't it? But Vicky McCargar, a senior editor at the Los Angeles Times and a member of two international teams researching digital preservation, lays out the issue extremely well in an excellent article in the From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 1, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

Developers to help out on Elgg
Are you a PHP developer and fancy an interesting challenge - why not get involved with Elgg development? Elgg is now fully open source and we would really appreciate hearing from people wanting to get involved to help create a... From ERADC Blog on April 1, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

1. Finally convinced two of the instructors in my ...
1. Finally convinced two of the instructors in my program that interaction in an online class is a good thing, and you can structure it so it won't suck all the life out of you.2. Convinced those same two instructors to integrate blogs as a way provide easy and frequent updates on the homepage in WebCT.3. Weezercomes out with a new cd in a month. Let's not go into how stupid I am for that band.4. Finished the first rough draft of a book review. I'm hoping it's not too terrible and I won't From blog.IT on April 1, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Gmail doubles storage capacity
Gmail has also added rich formatting capability to the service, allowing the use of various fonts, bulleting, highlighting, some 60 colours and other formatting abilities normally found in word processors. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 1, 2005 at 3:52 p.m..

100 GSM/EDGE handsets now on market
The Global Mobile Suppliers Association has reported that EDGE network deployments in are approaching 80 countries worldwide, with at least 65 networks offering commercial GSM/EDGE-enabled services in over 40 countries. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 1, 2005 at 3:52 p.m..

London mayor wants mobile access in Tube stations
The London underground metropolitan railway is currently consulting with suppliers, aiming to trial a mobile phone service at one station in 2006. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 1, 2005 at 3:52 p.m..

Commission recommends leased-line price ceilings
The European Commission has reported on best current practices in wholesale leased line pricing and provided competitive market benchmark prices for the entire EU, in order to help member states to devise regulatory remedies for leased line markets that are not apropriately competitive on their territory. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 1, 2005 at 3:52 p.m..

Song of innocence and experience
SFist is running Irina Slutsky's interview with Mark Jen who was fired for putting information about Google on line. The lesson he learned? I wasn't sensitive to the media at the time. My experience with blogs has been a personal experience, as in you read the blogs of your friends or your family, and that's about the circulation. I didn't actually know that blogging was becoming a huge movement and there was a huge community coming around it. But now I know. He's now at Plaxo. Plaxo's attitude towards blogging: Plaxo recognizes the value of the value of employees From Joho the Blog on April 1, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..

Toshiba samples world's fastest memory chips - Paul Kallender, IDG News Service
Toshiba has begun sampling computer memory chips with the world's fastest data rate, and will start mass production of the chips in the second half of this year, the company said Wednesday. The 512Mb XDR (extreme data rate) DRAM (dynamic random access mem From Techno-News Blog on April 1, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Supercomputer 'Jaguar' Making Headway - AP
Big orange and white cabinets that will form one of the world's fastest supercomputers for open science research are arriving at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The high-performance units are part of a new Cray Corp. XT3 supercomputer, nicknamed "Jagu From Techno-News Blog on April 1, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

It's Linkalicious Friday!
Maybe this will be a new feature. Who knows? At any rate I need to clean out all the posts that I've been keeping marked for later investigation, so here goes. In no particular order then, we have: Guy Kawasaki, formerly of Apple, has his Top 10 Rules for Evangelism listed over at the brand autopsy blog. There are some excellent principles there for anyone trying to market... From Brain Frieze on April 1, 2005 at 10:55 a.m..

AMD Previews 'Pacifica' Virtualization Technology - Jeffrey Burt
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is giving the industry a look at its upcoming chip virtualization technology during a Reviewer's Day on Wednesday. The event, in Austin, Texas, is designed to give analysts and software developers a look at "Pacifica" before th From Techno-News Blog on April 1, 2005 at 10:49 a.m..

The Bitter Pill
Buprenorphine could end heroin addiction, curb disease and cut crime. But bureaucrats, doctors and much of the treatment industry just say no. A case study in why the best technology doesn't always win. By Douglas McGray from Wired magazine. From Wired News on April 1, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Sin City Expands Digital Frontier
Robert Rodriguez' violent new movie is gorgeously artificial, with a slate-gray palette punctuated by gruesome splashes of color. But it's hampered by its faithfulness to Frank Miller's graphic novels. Jason Silverman reviews Sin City. From Wired News on April 1, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Galactica: Best Sci-Fi TV Ever
No, really. If you're not watching Battlestar Galactica, you're missing out. Yes, it's better than any Star Trek series. Review by Suneel Ratan. From Wired News on April 1, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Keeping Online Daters Honest
Before your next internet date, see how your intended has been reviewed by previous dates. No, it's not Amazon. It's TrueDater.com. Commentary by Regina Lynn. From Wired News on April 1, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Biolaser Lights Up Stem Cells
A new laser could help researchers learn how to change stem cells into neurons, heart cells and other types of therapeutic cells. And they might learn a thing or two about cancer along the way. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on April 1, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

FEC Eyes Bloggers' Political Ties
The Federal Election Commission, nudged by a court ruling to expand its oversight of online political communication, seeks input on its proposed rules. Political bloggers keep a watchful eye on the proceedings. Michael Grebb reports from Washington. From Wired News on April 1, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Inverse usability engineering
As already mentioned someplace, somewhere it's wrong to adapt the software to the users and their cultures. Adapt the users and their cultures to the software. But beforehand architect excellent software.If you understand software as an expression of a language with grammar, syntax aso than it becomes quite clear that it'll shape us more than vice versa. It's only a question of time 'til we decide to adapt to software.thomas n. burg | randgänge on April 1, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

Some land problems
My post last month about free land, Get yer free land!, has landed (har har) me in a tricky spot. I now seem to be the fifth Googe response for free land which is leading to strange emails from people. Two excerpts: I would like to request more information about the free land. I'd like too know how I could get in on it also. And today's missive, with (I hope) some typos: would love to move from calif to on of the places that has free land . But i have quistions like I have two foster bays I need to know what that county would give to them to live on. The other thing is do they ha From megnut on April 1, 2005 at 9:45 a.m..

Panel's Report on Faculty at Columbia Spurs Debate
A faculty report on complaints that pro-Palestinian professors at Columbia University had intimidated Zionist students triggered new campus debates. From New York Times: Education on April 1, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

National database of students?
The United States National Center for Education Statistics ( NCES ) has raised the idea of creating a national database on all American higher education students. A feasibility study sent this month to Congress described how the database could be assembled technically, but warned that the real issue is whether it "should" be done in the face of concerns about privacy, civil liberties and student rights to control persona From NITLE Tech News on April 1, 2005 at 7:53 a.m..

Slim HYPHEN inexpensive HYPHEN transparent
In diesem kurzen Interview über Weblogs (mit dem etwas marktschreierischen Untertitel: "the knowledge tools of the new generation") spricht Martin Röll einleitend die Frage an, der ich in der letzten Zeit auch die meiste Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet habe: Inwieweit entsprechen die... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on April 1, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Another reference to Leetspeak
Acronyms abound in the world of 'geek speak'and Instant Messaging, but creativity rules when it comes to new generations of keyboard fanatics: A parent's primer to computer slang. There are even generational divisions between true leespeakers and those who look... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 1, 2005 at 5:46 a.m..

Feds' study on Internet
It only took seven years and a million dollars, but a government report about that "Internet" thing is finally complete. Feds' study on Internet took 7 years to complete | News.blog | CNET News.com... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 1, 2005 at 5:46 a.m..

eLearning Design Challenge #5
Here's another in the series of design challenges for elearning developers. It's not a contest, just a fictional problem to mull over and comment on, if you have a free moment and crave some diversion! As part of a cross-media campaign, a non-profit organisation has commissioned you to create a short, ... From eLearning Design Challenge on April 1, 2005 at 3:59 a.m..

My Upcoming Workshop in Austin
Just a quick heads-up: Today I confirmed that I'll be doing a workshop on blogs, feeds, and podcasts – how to use them and do them at the 2005 conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists (Sept. 28-Oct. 2, Austin, TX)... From Contentious Weblog on April 1, 2005 at 3:55 a.m..

I've Been Skyped
Alan Levine, Eric Feinblatt and I were talking over Skype recently about a project that Eric and I are working on (the details of which are soon to be announced) when Alan decided to do an impromptu interview of us regarding how we use our iPods. I’m not sure whether… From e-Literate on April 1, 2005 at 2:50 a.m..

Bloglines: Still Sucky After All These Years
Apparently, Bloglines CEO Mark Fletcher replied to June Oshiro’s blog regarding their broken feed reader. June hits the nail on the head with her reply: But Mark! You donTMt address the second fundamental problem. I find this ironic and indicative of the whole issue - I complain that customer support… From e-Literate on April 1, 2005 at 2:50 a.m..

Skyperviews Up to 21
I keep recording the audio "skyperview" and "iRiverView" interviews I am doing for the upcoming article I am not yet writing, and have 21 now in the collection: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/forum/spr05/podcast.html Most of these were colleagues I cornered with my mp3 recorder, as well as a few more audio devices So added to the list: * Eric Feinblatt and Michael Feldstein-- from the SUNY system,cogdogblog on April 1, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..

The Third Meeting of the Lifelong Learning Network Meeting
Some good stuff on the OECD Brain and LearningNewsletter, including especially the summaryof the 3rd meeting of the Lifelong Learning network ofOECD/CERI From OLDaily on April 1, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

eContent
Rich Hoeg from Honeywell sends me this link to his blog. I had a look this afternoon - it's well worth reading. By Rich Hoeg, March, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on April 1, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

Cisco CEO on U.S. Education: 'We're Losing the Battle'
John Chambers addessses mostly the lack oflearning in science and technology, but I think it'sbroader than that. Citizens in an advanced society shouldhave a sharp awareness of geography, history, language,logic. But his central point is on target. "My parentstaught me that the great equalizer in life was youreducation, not where you From OLDaily on April 1, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

Ubiquitous Computing and Beyond
After an introduction featuring some of today's tech headlines (there was a bit on nonotubes on the news today), John Seely Brown outlines the 'new common sense model' that will prevail once computing becomes essentially free and connection becomes ubiquitous. Readers of this newsletter will feel at home with the concepts - journalism becoming blogging, software tending toward open source, education becoming learning on demand, extended forms of literacy. Nifty cartoon presentation encoded for some unfathomable reason in a clumsy PDF file. Via OLDaily on April 1, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

CCCC Blogging Wrapup
I can't begin to summarize this, but I'd like to pass along the link to these summaries of presentations at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, including a keynote by Lawrence Lessig. By Clancy Ratliff, Kairosnews, March 29, 2005 [Refer][Research][Re From OLDaily on April 1, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

Learning Objects, Wikis, and Blogs - Oh My
Doesn't raise any deep issues but shows nicely the progression of throught from learning objects through to RSS, blogs and wikis. "The advent of instructional standards (SCORM) and XML-based learning management systems have created a virtual buffet of reasons to take the plunge into online teaching." By Jenni Mitchell, Lana Lytle and Nicholas Farha , EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conferences , March, 2005 [Refer][OLDaily on April 1, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

Deep Links: Do the Courts Agree Around the World?
It is seldom that I disagree with Steve Outing. But let's say that I want add a little European flavor to his recent blog item on deep linking.Steve wrote about deep linking to articles -- and summed it all up in: "deep linking is OK." He specifically argued that those who try to prevent deep linking have not had much help from the courts.It may be that way in some parts of the world, but in the case between news-aggregator "Ne From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 31, 2005 at 11:54 p.m..

THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY, KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIETY
THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY, KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIETY Hyderabad, India, 12-15 December 2005 http://www.Technology-Conference.com Following the success of the inaugural International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society held at the University of California Berkeley, USA, we are pleased to... From Rick's Café Canadien on March 31, 2005 at 11:53 p.m..

Stuff that gets spammed, part N (Clay Shirky)
I hardly know what to make of this — Waxy.org has discovered that WordPress, the great open source blogging platform, has been pimping out it’s highly rated home page to an SEO (Search Engine “Optimization”) sites, effectively selling the community... From Corante: Social Software on March 31, 2005 at 11:49 p.m..

Interaction-Design.org
A new site has been launched: Interaction-Design.org. To quote: So far, this website features the beginnings of a free, open-content, peer-reviewed Encyclopedia covering terms from the disciplines of Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Design, Human Factors, Usability, Information Architecture, and... From Column Two on March 31, 2005 at 11:47 p.m..