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AmEx's Ken Chenault Talks about Leadership, Integrity and the Credit Card Business
According to Kenneth I. Chenault, chairman and CEO of American Express, adaptability is one of the keys to company success in the rapidly changing terrain of the global marketplace. Applying Darwinian theory to the business domain, he told a Wharton audience on March 17 that "it's not the strongest or the most intelligent who survive, but those most adaptive to change. Over the past 10 years, the need for, and focus on, adaptability has accelerated." Chenault also spoke about his version of mentoring - "the best mentors are not always high up" - and what he calls &quot From Knowledge@Wharton on April 6, 2005 at 10:58 p.m..

One Size Fits One: Tailoring Technology to Consumer Needs
While a number of commentators these days suggest that the web could ultimately make newspapers, magazines and TV obsolete, Jeff Weiner, senior vice president for search and marketplace at Yahoo!, doesn't buy it: Bloggers may critique and supplement the big outlets, but they won't soon replace them. Speaking at a Wharton Technology Conference in February, Weiner said that bloggers and their proponents have misconstrued the direction of the media's post-web changes. The future, he predicted, won't belong to either mass or micro players, but rather to consumers who will incre From Knowledge@Wharton on April 6, 2005 at 10:58 p.m..

E-Commerce: The Taxman Cometh...Or Does He?
As the April 15 deadline for filing taxes in the U.S. approaches, several eBay "power sellers" -- those who make a tidy sum each year auctioning items on the site -- are nervous about a crackdown by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The issue, however, goes far beyond just eBay or even income tax, according to experts at Wharton and elsewhere. As the volume of e-commerce transactions increases, so does the temptation to put the tax bite on them. From Knowledge@Wharton on April 6, 2005 at 10:58 p.m..

Microcredit Is Becoming Profitable, Which Means New Players and New Problems
Microcredit, the innovative financial tool that provides very small business loans to poor people, is moving into adolescence and must wean itself off non-profit donors to become an established part of the global capital structure, according to experts in the field. One example of its success is the interest that large commercial financial institutions, including Citigroup and Deutsche Bank, are now showing in microfinance, which could increase access to credit for the poor. At the same time, challenges remain in attracting private capital, lowering costs and interest rates, and developing reg From Knowledge@Wharton on April 6, 2005 at 10:58 p.m..

Do You Know Where Your Identity Is? Personal Data Theft Eludes Easy Remedies
ChoicePoint, a consumer data vendor, hands over personal information on at least 145,000 people to criminals posing as small businesses. Hackers swipe the personal information of 32,000 people who use the database Lexis-Nexis. Bank of America loses backup tapes containing 1.2 million federal employee records. Every day, it seems, a new identify theft incident is reported followed by new rounds of questions: Should data vendors be regulated? Can identity theft hurt e-commerce? How do individuals protect themselves? Unfortunately, suggest Wharton faculty and others, no simple answers are availab From Knowledge@Wharton on April 6, 2005 at 10:58 p.m..

Accounting for the Abuses at AIG
When accounting problems at American International Group surfaced last winter, it looked like a small matter next to the corporation-busting scandals of the Enron era. But AIG directors acted as if the company's very survival was at stake, removing Maurice Greenberg as CEO and later forcing him to step down as chairman. The heart of the problem is this: No one can be sure how big the scandal will grow, because it involves business relationships, insurance products and accounting practices so arcane that few people understand them - including a controversial product known as "finite i From Knowledge@Wharton on April 6, 2005 at 10:58 p.m..

Free Advice For H-P's New CEO
When it was announced on March 29 that the board of Hewlett-Packard had tapped Mark V. Hurd to be the company's new CEO and president, the most notable part of the deal was Hurd's relative obscurity. But in the weeks and months to come, Hurd will be front and center. His personality may be lower key than that of the flashy Fiorina, but Wharton faculty members say he faces tough strategic decisions that will raise his visibility at a company whose stock has plummeted in value in the last five years. Chief among the decisions facing Hurd: Should H-P, which acquired Compaq Computer in a From Knowledge@Wharton on April 6, 2005 at 10:58 p.m..

Re-reading my own weblog and research blogging
Since my discovery of autoethnography I became more serious about my own weblog as a data input. Today I read/skimmed through 329 pages of my weblog in 2004 looking for ideas about blogging as part of research method. This is a quick reflection... What I found: seeds of ideas and relations that grew over time into something totally unexpected (tracing things developing over time is fun - like looking through family photo albums) From Mathemagenic on April 6, 2005 at 10:51 p.m..

PSP hacked into something more useful
Apparently hackers have turned Sony's latest portable game player, the PSP handheld, into a device for online chat, Web browsing, and a venue for movies and music. Leave it to hackers who managed to add an online chat function by hijacking a Web browser built into a racing game called "Wipeout Pure." Once the hackers are able to change the PSP's network settings, they can point the browser to a Web portal. There's also a way for hackers to transfer TV programs recorded on the TiVo service to the PSP player, a program for reading e-books, and a viewer for... From Joho the Blog on April 6, 2005 at 10:48 p.m..

Middle East politics roil a US campus
Columbia University faculty and students report intimidation when discussing the topic. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on April 6, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

My most head-scratching email in a while
Please be aware that the submission date for Proposal Abstracts for NineSigma RFP 50113-1, " Technologies to Enable Rapid Cooling of a Steam Iron " is this Friday, April 8, 2005. The RFP and associated documents can be accessed online at http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/50113-1 ... Sincerely, Kevin C. Stark, Ph.D. How the hell did I get on this particular mailing list? Talk about things I don't care about...... From Joho the Blog on April 6, 2005 at 9:48 p.m..

The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It
I've mentioned Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/) in previous postings; it's a much more diverse  online source of free ebooks than the Free Library--both resources have their special values. Project Gutenberg's ebooks can be viewed online or downloaded for reading. "Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free electronic books (eBooks or etexts) on the Internet. Our collection of more than 15.000 eBooks was produced by hundreds of volunteers. Most of the Project G From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on April 6, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

Six Apart integrates weblogging tools into Adobe Go Live CS2
Website designers can create weblogs based on the Movable Type publishing platform and the Type Pad blogging service by using Adobe's authoring software for web and mobile content which includes palettes for Six Apart products. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 6, 2005 at 8:56 p.m..

Microsoft, Intel, HP form European SME consortium
The consortium members are to provide resources to deliver small and medium enterprise (SME) tools and services focused on EU structural funding opportunities. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 6, 2005 at 8:56 p.m..

Hitachi to develop 20 GB micro-drive
Hitachi is demonstrating 230 gigabits per square inch per square inch data density on perpendicular recording. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 6, 2005 at 8:56 p.m..

ARINC, Telenor unveil in-cabin mobile service
ARINC and Telenor are working with potential airline customers and are readying demonstration flights with their Aero Mobile service in mid-2005. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 6, 2005 at 8:56 p.m..

ADP Télécom, Alcatel launch WiMAX trials
ADP Télécom is conducting WiMAX pilots, while Alcatel will provide the necessary equipment for the trials. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 6, 2005 at 8:56 p.m..

This (Not) Just In ...
I was poking around RockyMountainNews.com today and noticed a list of features highlighted in the left column of an article page. Among the special features: an archive of coverage of the Jonbenet Ramsey murder in Boulder, Colorado, in 1996!Now, the Jonbenet case was a big, big deal in the Boulder-Denver area, and it lived on in headlines for years. (The child beauty contestant's murder remains unsolved.) But isn't 8-1/2 years From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 6, 2005 at 8:55 p.m..

LINUX+DVD 4/2005
¡¡¡REVISTA INTERNACIONAL SOBRE LINUX CON SOFTWARE GRATUITO!!!... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on April 6, 2005 at 8:50 p.m..

Curso de Guadalinex en Moodle
Se ha publicado el curso de Guadalinex para ser distribuido libremente.... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on April 6, 2005 at 8:50 p.m..

PELUQUERIA EN EL ORDENADOR
Centro Fernando inaugura su aula multimedia para reforzar el aprendizaje con el apoyo de sistemas informáticos ... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on April 6, 2005 at 8:50 p.m..

The Conclusion Illusion: Blogging as Exploration
On Dec. 1, 2004, The Kitchen: How to Cook a Weblog posted an intriguing open question: Why Do You Blog? Several bloggers have already answered that question. I promised myself I wouldn't respond until I could think of something more meaningful than "Because I can't shut up." Well, here goes my attempt: I blog to explore, and to enhance and share my explorations... From Contentious Weblog on April 6, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Innovative Blog Design
So many blogs look alike, and look dull. The majority of blogs use templates from blogging services, and even those that don't tend to follow a fairly standard design convention. (Take a look at the best designed blogs from the 2004 Weblog Awards.)So it's nice to see some blog design variety in Nick Denton's latest, Sploid. Designed as an alternative to The Drudge Report, the latest blog from Denton's Gawker Media stable From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 6, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Learn French too
Just because you're not here in Paris with me doesn't mean you can't join along from home. You too can learn all the French you need to know from About.com's Learn French - Lessons and Classes. C'est super! From megnut on April 6, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

How To Measure A Blogger's Popularity And Reach: The Big Jump
Becoming a reference source of information, once an impossible task for an individual, is now within the reach of anyone. With enough wit, perseverance and communication skills anyone can use the Internet as the key vehicle to realize this ambitious challenge. Photo credit: Alana Smith By using a blog, a simple web-based tool that allows anyone to write and publish content online without the need for any technical competence, any talented reporter can start covering and addressing a specific area, field of interest, discipline. There is no professional association to join, no bar exams to pass From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on April 6, 2005 at 5:51 p.m..

Try as They Might, Sony Can't Stop the Tinkerers
At least for now - who knows if Sony will "fix" the PSP to eliminate the features that coders are adding to the PSP. (via Challenge of P2P blog) From A Copyfighter's Musings on April 6, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..

Fair Use as Innovation Policy
See Tim Marman's notes from the Fordham IP conference (via INDUCE blog).  He describes a talk given by FvL about fair use as innovation policy - the paper can be found here.  It's a nice restatement of sections 1B and 1C of his earlier fair use and DRM paper, with discu From A Copyfighter's Musings on April 6, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..

The Vee Pee's New Tee Vee
Former Vice President Al Gore unveiled a new interactive cable TV channel for the internet generation Monday that blends the immediacy of video blogging with the voyeurism of reality TV. Wired News: The Vee Pee's New Tee Vee... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 6, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

Keyhole
I've been spending time playing with Keyhole (a company recently acquired by Google). I'm astonished at the potential of this tool to enable virtual travel - tremendous for teaching. Most people I talk to react with concern - "That's too... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 6, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

SITE 2006 Call for Participation
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference March 20-24, 2006 * Orlando, Florida (Doubletree Hotel at the Entrance to Universal Orlando) CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ** Submissions Due: Oct. 18, 2005 ** Organized by Society for Information Technology and... From Rick's Café Canadien on April 6, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

El primer cónclave de la era Internet
La blogosfera se muestra activa ante el cónclave: Choosing a Pope in the Internet age, Información útil sobre el proceso de elección papal, Papal conclave 2005 en la Wikipedia, y el nuevo blog de Informativos Telecinco Crónicas del Cónclave. Ver:... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on April 6, 2005 at 4:52 p.m..

European data centre revenue to double 2003 levels by 2007 - report
Revenues for data centres in Europe are to more than double 2003 levels and reach €745m by 2007, according to a report from the Broad Group market consultancy. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 6, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

UK youngsters increasing spend on mobile music
The UK teenager spends on average €38 (£26) a year on music for their mobile phone, according to research from marketing consultancy Mobile Youth. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 6, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress.
Download Crisis Documents from A Practical Guide for Crisis Response in Our Schools: Fifth Edition The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 6, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Virtual Trip of Nova Scotia
Hop in and join Dr. Ralph (alias Air Wolf) on a scenic virtual flight around Nova Scotia. In the fantastic world of cyberspace we will enjoy some spectacular vistas from the air and occasionally land to look at the geology... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 6, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Just in Time Teaching
Welcome to the presentation about "Just in Time Teaching" Microsoft has a new product called "Producer" which allows video clips to be integrated with PowerPoint presentations. You don't need to download any extra software to view these files, but only... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 6, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

E-Learning in Practical Training
In recent years, e-learning tools have been increasingly used to enhance both teaching and educational opportunities in universities and in other educational institutions. As these teaching and learning opportunities become more accessible, they also grow in complexity and sophistication. For... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 6, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Let's Stop Re-inventing the Wheel for Distance Learning Courses
One of the greatest challenges to faculty who design and implement distance learning courses is finding good teaching material in an on-line format for their classes. Simply putting the same material that was used in an on-campus class on a... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 6, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Online Learning Evaluation
This presentation offers a guided tour of the Online Learning Evaluation (OLE) for Illinois Community Colleges Online (ILCCO). OLE offers colleges an online course evaluation instrument to aid in collecting data from distance learning students. Colleges develop their own evaluation... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 6, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Best Practices in e-Learning with Large Graduate Classes
In this presentation, we share our experience of co-teaching a large online graduate class, Introduction to Research Methods, in the fall of 2002. Research Methods was a required course in the largely online Master of Continuing Education Program at the... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 6, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Word for Word
Word for Word: Lessons Learned Regarding Facilitation of Civility in Web-based Instructional Communication A survey study of online instructors at Northern Arizona University focused on perceived issues of civility in Web-based instructional communication. Best Practices in e-Learning Showcase - Presentation... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 6, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Best Practice in e-Learning
A number of the blog entries posted today have been taken from this site. Check it out. Best Practices in e-Learning Showcase - Presentations... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 6, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Citizens Who Met the Pope
The other day I suggested that Pope John Paul II's death presented opportunities for "citizen journalism" -- having people submit photos they'd taken of the Pope over the years and write about encounters with him. Well, take a look at MSNBC.com to see that strategy in action, in its "Citizen Journalists Report" area. It's a nice supplement to the rest of the more conventional coverage. From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 6, 2005 at 3:54 p.m..

Porter to ASNE: Get Your Head Out of the Sand
In advance of next week's American Society of Newspaper Editors convention, consultant Tim Porter earlier this week had some harsh words about the line-up for the annual convention, published in the Morph blog of the Media Center at the American Press Institute: "The death of newspapering as a viable economic and social medium is increasingly being foretold even by its practitioners. What do the gatekeepers of journalism's largest platf From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 6, 2005 at 3:54 p.m..

Geoffrey Moore: The Role of Open Source Computing (Ross Mayfield)
While at first it will not seem on-topic for M2M, here are my notes from a talk by one of my favorite people. Geoffrey Moore at OSBC. I’m a little bit of a late arriver at this party.  Personally, a... From Corante: Social Software on April 6, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

White is the new #eed
It's a mere two days old, yet my alter ego blog Apartness is already caught up in controversy. I love it. After ten years of this kind of publishing, I finally get to enjoy it like a tourist. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on April 6, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

John Paul II, a popular pope, not a great one
Since the death of Pope John Paul II, headlines, pundits and entire news programs have been devoted to near deification of Karol Wojtyla. From kuro5hin.org on April 6, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..

Online Pharmacies Continue to Grow
From ClickZ Stats on April 6, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..

Firefox se acerca a los 40 millones de descargas
Leo en HTML FIX IT.COM que el navegador de moda, Mozilla Firefox, está cerca de alcanzar -si es que ya no los ha rebasado- los 40 millones de descargas. Y esto, a pesar de que no se contabilizan las actualizaciones y parches, sino que se tiene en cuenta única y exclusivamente las descargas directas de este navegador. Esta sorprendente cifra viene a confirmar el imparable ascenso de este navegador entre las preferencias de los usuarios, y viene acompañado por un incremento en (...) From martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on April 6, 2005 at 2:56 p.m..

Napster subscriptions up 50 per cent
In the last quarter, music download service Napster saw its subscriber base increase by a massive 53 per cent. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 6, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

UK police raid on car boot sale nets €700,000 in pirate software, games, DVDs, music
A major police and anti-piracy operation in the UK Midlands has resulted in the confiscation of some €700,000 worth of pirated material. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 6, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

Microsoft concedes to more EU requests
Microsoft has conceded to a more flexible royalty structure for its operating system, which will produce reduced licensing fees, and a longer evaluation period for licensees, but remains intransigent regarding access for open-source developers. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 6, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

Telecom Italia acquires Liberty Surf from Tiscali
Telecom Italia has purchased French ISP Liberty Surf from Tiscali for €266m. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 6, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

On air
Deutschlandfunk did an interview about blogs yesterday. It'll be broadcasted and streamed today at roughly 11:07 am. Alternatively via flash-player. The interview as Quicktime. (1,3 MB) Another of yesterday's interviews was more about social network applications with the Handelsblatt, btw. they have thomas n. burg | randgänge on April 6, 2005 at 2:47 p.m..

Telecom Italia, TIM complete merger
In an extraordinary shareholder's meeting of the Telecom Italia Group yesterday, the attendees adopted a plan to merge mobile operator Telecom Italia Mobile with parent company and telco proper Telecom Italia. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 6, 2005 at 1:56 p.m..

Google wants your home videos.
'In the next few days we're actually going to start taking video submissions from people, and we're not quite sure what we're going to get, but we decided we'd try this experiment,' Google co-founder Larry Page has told a US cable industry conference. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 6, 2005 at 1:56 p.m..

MasterMind Explorer - Issue 92 - Google's Bird's-Eye View, Search Champs 2
MasterMind Explorer - Issue 92 - Google's Bird's-Eye View, Search Champs 2 From MasterMind Explorer on April 6, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..

The Wisdom of Crowds
I've seen quite a few references to James Surowiecki's book The Wisdom of Crowds of late. In particular is a post by Kathy Sierra at Creating Passionate Users that got me thinking a lot about the meaning of collaboration and the Read/Write Web. She blogged Surowiecki's presentation at ETech and sums up the premise of his talk with this quote: "Paradoxically, the best way for a group to be smart is for each From weblogged News on April 6, 2005 at 1:47 p.m..

RSS Is Not Only For Blogs
Contrary to popular opinion, RSS is not only good for delivering content from your blog, although blogs are what made RSS so popular In fact, RSS can be used to deliver a great variety of content and content types. If you can break down your content in to individual stories or individual pieces, you can deliver it via RSS. Complete Article From RSS Blog on April 6, 2005 at 12:59 p.m..

Through the Looking Glass: e-Portfolios for Reflection
BCCampus are doing some excellent work - this is their Spring Workshop on Educational Technologies. I am really looking forward to co-facilitating a session - Through the looking glass: e-portfolios for reflection - with Kele Fleming (UBC). It will be... From ERADC Blog on April 6, 2005 at 12:54 p.m..

The content inventory: Roadmap to a successful CMS implementation
Kassia Krozser has written an article on conducting a content inventory as part of a CMS project. To quote: It's easy to avoid focusing on content when you have no idea what it is or where it is. CMS vendors... From Column Two on April 6, 2005 at 12:47 p.m..

Unintended consequences
You're full after a lovely La Terrine de Courgettes au Coulis de Tomates Fra&ampicirc;ches and a daunting but delicious Le Lapin en Cocotte when the waiter asks if you'd like dessert. Because you're spacing out a bit, and because he's lifting your empty plate, you assume he's asking if you're all finished. So you say, "Oui." Next thing you know you're ordering the tarte Tatin rather than extricate yourself from this unforeseen predicament. Good thing for the dessert compartment in the stomach. Perhaps French lessons are required after all. From megnut on April 6, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

The School: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
Joel Bakan's The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power exposes a fundamental and sometimes hidden premise in any corporate entity. There is a connection to education that might be worth exploring here...... From Experience Designer Network on April 6, 2005 at 11:58 a.m..

Newsreaders Cut to the Chase - John Gartner, Wired
Finding exhaustive (exhausting?) coverage of the media's top stories du jour is a snap. Finding articles that are interesting and important to you, however, can take hours. The good news is that publishers and software developers are teaming up to delive From Techno-News Blog on April 6, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Podcasts Seen Catching On - Brian Morrissey, AdWeek
As many as 6 million U.S. adults have listened to a podcast, according to a new survey, giving hope that the fledgling technology could catch on with a broader market. Podcasts are downloadable radio programs, often distributed through Really Simple Syndi From Techno-News Blog on April 6, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

VOIP over Wimax takes to the airwaves in France - Peter Sayer, IDG News Service
The construction site of a new highway in northern France became, for just one day, one of the hottest wireless networking hot spots in the country. Minister of Industry Patrick Devedjian held a news conference there Monday to outline his plans for the at From Techno-News Blog on April 6, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

The problem with wireframes
Dave Rogers has written a blog entry on the problem with wireframes. To quote: The very characteristic that makes wireframes so helpful---that they integrate content, engineering, visual design, information structure, interaction design and UX in a single document---is also their... From Column Two on April 6, 2005 at 10:47 a.m..

Open source image repository?
Tony Byrne's latest piece looks at the availability of open source image repositories. To quote: Dear Tony, I've been searching around for a CMS that can handle images in a flexible way. I'm an art history student (and teacher) working... From Column Two on April 6, 2005 at 10:47 a.m..

No Teeth in Toothing Craze
Last year, commuters in Britain were hooking up through their Bluetooth devices for clandestine sex, or so Wired News reported. Trouble is, 'toothing' was an elaborate hoax. From Wired News on April 6, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Patriot Act Gets a Hearing
Congress holds hearings to determine if provisions of the Patriot Act set to expire this year should be renewed. In the process, Congress takes federal agencies to task for thwarting congressional oversight. By Kim Zetter. From Wired News on April 6, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Underwater Bot Roams the Seas
Oceanographers have high hopes for a new generation of inexpensive, autonomous underwater vehicles that can undertake long journeys and capture data on climate shifts and the world's oceans. By Stephen Leahy. From Wired News on April 6, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Smile, You're on Liquid Camera
How do you make a better lens for cell-phone cameras? Just add water. By Sunny Bains from Wired magazine. From Wired News on April 6, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Second Life Teaches Life Lessons
Players use the online game for all kinds of non-game purposes, from counseling abused kids to teaching business students to be entrepreneurs. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on April 6, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Windmills in the Sky
An Australian engineer envisions using clusters of hovering, high-altitude wind turbines to generate electricity. How close is his dream to getting off the ground? By David Cohn. From Wired News on April 6, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

The Vee Pee's New Tee Vee
The audience will be the star of Current, Al Gore's new interactive cable channel. The grand experiment will blend the internet's accessibility with the broad reach of TV. By Niall McKay. From Wired News on April 6, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Weblogs - noch ein zartes Pflänzchen
Edgar Wang hat mich gerade auf seinen Artikel über Weblogs aufmerksam gemacht, der vor einigen Tagen in der Computerwoche erschienen ist. Ein detailreicher Überblick, den folgende "Orientierungshilfe" einleitet: "Hier lesen Sie ... - warum sich Blogs zu Weiterbildungsthemen wachsender Beliebtheit... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on April 6, 2005 at 8:51 a.m..

One Story: Two Books: OneBookAZ Night
Tonight I attended a OneBookAZ Authors night, and event sponsored/arranged by our office. OneBookAZ is a project in its (?) third year, where every April, one book is selected as a common one read by groups across the state and events are arranged for discussion etc. This year there were actually two books: one a non-fictional account an From cogdogblog on April 6, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

Xxxxxxx Xx or Xxx! Copyright Slap from the Ripley's Folks
Here is a recent milestone- my first email of warning of copyright infringement. Apparently, my 2003 parody of Ripley's saying Xxxxxxx Xx or Xxx! (I am bound not to actually use it apparently) in a presentation titled Learning Objects Xxxxxxx Xx or Xxx! was stepping on the toes of the Riplet folks: Maricopa Center for Learning & Instruction RE: Learning Objectives Xxxxxxx Xx or Xxx! Website page http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/show/believe_it.html Dear Mr. Levine: On behalf of Ripley Entertainment Inc, I am writing to From cogdogblog on April 6, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

Connecticut to Sue U.S. Over Cost of School Testing Law
The suit would open a new chapter in a struggle between states and the federal government over the law, known as No Child Left Behind. From New York Times: Education on April 6, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Public Military Academies Put Discipline in the Schools
In Philadelphia and other cities, military schools are part of the public school system. From New York Times: Education on April 6, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Out of a Homeless Shelter and Into an Eager College
The personal attention a homeless student received at Urban Academy, a small public high school in Manhattan, helped him get into college. From New York Times: Education on April 6, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Google & Video Blogging
Yahoo! and Google have been battling for months now, service by service. Some examples include: - Blogger vs. Yahoo! 360 - Picasa vs. Flickr - Google Video vs. Yahoo! Video - Google Maps vs. Yahoo Maps And just recently, Yahoo!... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on April 6, 2005 at 7:55 a.m..

Humankapital messen und bewerten: Sisyphusarbeit oder Gebot der Stunde?
Warum steht den Beteuerungen, dass Mitarbeiter das wichtigste Kapital eines Unternehmens sind, eine so ernüchternde Realität gegenüber? Liegt es vielleicht (auch) daran, dass der Einfluss des Humankapitals auf Ergebnis und Wertschöpfung von Unternehmen so schwer zu fassen und empirisch nachzuweisen... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on April 6, 2005 at 7:50 a.m..

Rezoning
What cities mainly do is teach. They teach civilization. So says Stewart Brand, in another suggestive quotation. What does it mean? Zoning supports coffee shops, coffee shops support public life, walking downtown, living in your neighborhood, trying new foods, reading flyers about the upcoming play at the civic theater, seeing somebody reading or writing at a table across the... From Weblogs in Higher Education on April 6, 2005 at 6:52 a.m..

Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Go Lady Bears! From RHPT.com on April 6, 2005 at 5:57 a.m..

Exemplary Online Educators
Within most disciplines there are those who are recognized as being exceptionally competent practitioners. These people are sometimes called exceptional or exemplary. In the educational realm, students remember these individuals at the teachers who most positively influenced their learning. The... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 6, 2005 at 5:54 a.m..

Blogging from East to West
What should we make of blogging? Is it simply the latest internet fad, a truly democratic tool for change or, as some have suggested, a vehicle for mob rule? David Reid finds blogs are rocking the boat both East and... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 6, 2005 at 5:54 a.m..

A little side-trip
Take a little trip with me...yes, a flow of consciousness of sorts. We start with something I picked up today from Stephen Downes. He was reporting on a posting by D'Arcy Norman about Carl Berger's recent introduction to the blogosphere... From Rick's Café Canadien on April 6, 2005 at 5:53 a.m..

"if i were an iPod ..."
Ian Kerr, Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law & Technology, presented "if i were an iPod: privacy, autonomy and Internet for Dummies" at the University of Regina on April 5, 2005. The presentation was sponsored by the Sheldon Chumir... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on April 6, 2005 at 4:55 a.m..

A Non-Loser's Guide to The Insane Clown Posse
Friday afternoon, as I was walking into the 7-11 across the street from the Ogden theater on Colfax, I was witness to an odd sight; a huge crowd of "juggalos" (aka: fans of the Insane Clown Posse who like to paint their faces like "wicked clowns" whatever the fuck that means) gathered around Independent Records chanting "When I say dawg, you say 'woof, woof'!" after which they started chanting "Dawg!" "Woof! Woof!" and so on and so forth. After purchasing a pack of Camels and a jalapeno cheese taquito, I shook my head, and walked back to my apartment depressed. I know this is Denve From kuro5hin.org on April 6, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

Preparing Instructors for Quality Online Instruction
This paper will examine new challenges and barriers for online instructors, highlight major themes prevalent in the literature related to "quality control or assurance" in online education, and provide practical strategies for instructors to design and deliver effective online instruction. From eLearnopedia on April 6, 2005 at 3:52 a.m..

The lean (good) years
If you are like me, you do well to listen carefully when somebody offers a good way out of habitual gloom-and-doom thinking. So here is Stewart Brand, at the end of a very short speech, concentrating on how important lean times or bad times are -- for that's when we do the problem-solving and foundational thinking that will shape the next wave of change and consolidation: Lean years are... From Weblogs in Higher Education on April 6, 2005 at 2:51 a.m..

The Free Library
I came across this online resource while looking for the citation to a quotation from Kipling: "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." Rudyard Kipling is just one of the classic writers whose works are included at this site; writers from Aesop and Hans Chritian Andersen to Oscar Wilde and Virginia Woolf are represented. A short biography of each author accompanies the e-texts, which include both short and long works; writers of fiction and non-fiction (such as Aristotle, Abraham Lincoln, and John Kennedy) are included. Additionally, a se From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on April 6, 2005 at 2:47 a.m..

Glenn and CC
So Glenn Otis Brown has announced that he is leaving Creative Commons, and, in his last days there, he is writing a wonderful series of posts about his experience. In particular, he's providing deserved praise for his fellow fantastic A Copyfighter's Musings on April 6, 2005 at 1:47 a.m..

Signal or Noise 2k5: Creative Revolution? - April 8 at HLS
Five years on, Berkman is hosting another Signal or Noise - if you're in the neighborhood, come join us. "Signal or Noise, a conference series co-hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, A Copyfighter's Musings on April 6, 2005 at 12:48 a.m..

1992 - Muere en Nueva York el escritor de ciencia ficción Isaac Asimov
Tal día como hoy, hace 13 años, moría Isaac Asimov, el carismático escritor de ciencia ficción que había nacido oficialmente(existen dudas sobre la fecha) el 2 de enero de 1920 en Petrovich, Rusia (a 400 Km. al SO de Moscú y 16 Km. de la frontera con Bielorrusia). Sus padres, de origen judío, se transladan a Nueva York a principios del año 1923. La juventud de Isaac transcurre entre los estudios y el trabajo en las distintas tiendas de golosinas que su padre regenta en el barrio (...) From martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on April 5, 2005 at 11:56 p.m..

Substitute Teacher's sites
Tips, Tricks, Ideas, Suggestions, and Methods for Substitute Teachers... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 5, 2005 at 11:55 p.m..

It's a Flat World, After All
This is a great article, one that addresses the newly level playing field worldwide created by the internet and open source, among other things. The sort of level playing field that allows me to read this article in my living room, free of charge, and to send it to people I know in India, Australia and South America, where "a 14-year-old in Romania or Bangalore or the Soviet Union or Vietnam has all the information, all the tools, all the software easily available to apply knowledge however they want." And while the author depicts it (accurately) as a challenge to America, I view it (also accu From OLDaily on April 5, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

Pratham
Be sure you read this item before you read the next. Frederick Noronha writes, "There are an estimated 140 million children in the age group 6 to 14 years in primary schools. Of these 30 million cannot read, 40 million can recognize a few alphabets, 40 million can read some words, and 30 million can read paragraphs. Over 55 million of these children will not complete four years of school, eventually adding to the illiterate population of India. It is important to know this to appreciate the difficulty of achieving Pratham mission of 'every child in school... and learning well'" OLDaily on April 5, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

Understanding PISA
My article on the recent Fuchs and Woessman report (the one that claims computers don't improve educational outcomes) has been published in the Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education (I am on the Journal's editorial board). More articles from TOJDE are also available online. By Stephen Downes, Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, April, 2005 [Refer][ From OLDaily on April 5, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

Exemplary Online Educators: Creating a Community of Inquiry
What makes some online educators more effective than others? Using Garrison, Anderson and Archer's Community of Inquiry model as a framework, this paper undertakes a qualitative study of the question. "Online learning is not just a learning enhancement," write the authors, "it is an entirely new way of learning and teaching that is likely here to stay." Maybe, but the preliminary results from the study will sound familiar to anyone: effective online instructors are "challengers", they are "affirmers" and they are "influencers". But what seems to change is the relationship between student From OLDaily on April 5, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

Go Test Go
Greg Hodgins wrote in to let me know about Go Tests Go, a service that provides online tresting to Java enabled mobile phones. Tests are geared toward professional or scholastic test or exams, such as foreign language certification and are used by students for practice. Shows how far behind the times I am - I didn't know there were Java enabled mobile phones. GTG is a subscription service, as everything connected to mobile phones seems to be. By Various Authors, April, 2005 [Refer< From OLDaily on April 5, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

Slim " Inexpensive " Transparent
Inteview with MartinRöll, a Luxembourger blogger living in Dredenand producer of DasE-Business Weblog and variouspublications on the topic. "I From OLDaily on April 5, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

Final Report for the AMeGA (Automatic Metadata Generation Applications) Project
The main conclusion of this report on automatic metadata generation is that "there is a disconnect between experimental research and application development. It seems that metadata generation applications could be vastly improved by integrating experimental research findings." The report also found that organizations are using various metadata encoding schemes - "one participant reported the use of seven different systems." The authors found broad support for automatic metadata generation but a desire to have it cgecked by human interpreters - a wise precaution. PDF and therefore difficult to From OLDaily on April 5, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

CMS interoperability?
Good overview of Content Management System (CMS) interoperability, a problem that will continue to grow as the number of CMSs increases. The author notes, "there still needs to be a common standard for the information itself, if meaningful interoperability is to be achieved. It is here that the difficulties arise, due to the lack of any consensus standards in this area." Quite right, and this is the one area of online learning standards development that has puzzled me - where have IMS, SCORM and the others been on a specification for learning objects themselves? David Wiley has referred me a c From OLDaily on April 5, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

BlogPulse Conversation Tracker
Will Richardson reports on the BlogPulse Conversation Tracker, a system that combines discrete weblog posts into a coherent conversation. Here, for example, is a somewhat disjointed conversation arising out of BloggerCon. Or another one on the Kryptonite bike lock saga. There's still a lot of disconnect - bloggers don't link to each other explicitly as much as you might think. But the From OLDaily on April 5, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

Homegrown Single Sign On at UM - St. Louis
I enjoyed this presentation on the various iterations of a single sign-on system at a university (I loved Phase II - you have a single user ID, but you still have to log on to each application separately - which led immediately to Phase III). But still, the system depends on a single centralized user database - manageable (just) for a university, but unworkable in wider society. By Kyle Collins and Kelly Crone-Willis, University of Missouri-St Louis / EDUCAUSE Resources, April, 2005 [ReferOLDaily on April 5, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

Carl Berger is Blogging!
D'Arcy Norman writes, "Carl Berger, the Gandalf of EDUCAUSE and Merlot, has (finally) started blogging!" This is good news, not so much because we get to read what he thinks (though this is no small bonus) but because he will now experience first-hand what we have been talking about all along, which could only mean good things. Actually, Berget is only one of a number of new bloggers at the Leadership Institute Blog at the Apple Digital Campus Exchange (sadly, you have to have an account to submit comments, and there's no way t From OLDaily on April 5, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

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