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The New Scholars Research Symposium
Friday April 22, 2005 Faculty Lounge 2: 00 p.m. HYPHEN 4:30 p.m. The following "new scholars*" will describe their research interests: Jennifer Nicol, Naome Soleil, Lynn Lemisko, Florence Glanfield, and Randy Wimmer. Anticipated schedule of events: 2:00 p.m. - 3:15... From
Rick's Café Canadien on April 12, 2005 at 9:53 p.m..
WordPress in edu
Here's a link to a forum posting and comments about how WordPress is being used in higher edu. From
Open Artifact on April 12, 2005 at 8:55 p.m..
TV vs PC...are they competing?
So, after reading all the sites posted before this...are people watching less TV because of the internet? I don't have a clear picture, has anyone out there done any recent research? I know I am watching less TV since I... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 12, 2005 at 7:56 p.m..
Interacting with Computer Parts
The students at Delmae Heights Elementary School in Florence, SC, truly enjoy interacting with the whiteboard as they learn the parts of the computer. For the last two years I have introduced my students to the computer by teaching them... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 12, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..
Television vs. Internet
We now cite some survey data from the TGI.net Mexico survey. Within this sample of 11,040 persons between the ages of 12 and 64 years old, 11% of them indicated that they had used the Internet by some means within... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 12, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..
TV and PC in the same room.
Nearly all Internet users with a television and PC in the same room consume both media simultaneously at least some of the time The majority of Internet activity during television viewing is not associated with television content Half of U.S.... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 12, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..
Technologies of Persuasion
So, here's what I'm thinking of for my next course at NYU's
Interactive Telecommunications Program.Technologies of Persuasion:Marketing, Politics, and Propaganda in a Digital AgeDouglas RushkoffThis seminar will explore influence techniques from print, graphics,traditional media and social reality as they migrate to the interactivespace. We will first study the fundamentals of persuasion, influence, andcoercion, and then look at how they have been adapted for use in interactive From
rushkoff.blog on April 12, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Beware the "wild" salmon
This is really disturbing: the New York Times reports that Stores Say Wild Salmon, but Tests Say Farm Bred in several stores in New York City. Tests performed for The New York Times in March on salmon sold as wild by eight New York City stores, going for as much as $29 a pound, showed that the fish at six of the eight were farm raised. Farmed salmon, available year round, sells for $5 to $12 a pound in the city. Emphasis mine. Given the contaminants found in farmed salmon, this deceptive practice troubling for consumers trying to make informed healthy decisions. I used to eat a lot of salmo From
megnut on April 12, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
A new age of education and tutoring.
So, you thought the rigidity of methods and limited alternatives of tutoring were fixed by the ancient techniques of the 20th century? Well, look out -- because you missed the matrimony of education and the computer -- truly a marriage... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 12, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..
Why robots are scary--and cool
For early researchers in artificial intelligence who were out to play God, it turned out the devil was in the details. Their efforts to re-create human intelligence in hardware and software have led to some very smart machines--just think of... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 12, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..
Blackboard vs. Moodle. A Comparison of Satisfaction
Vielleicht derzeit die interessanteste Frage zum Thema LMS: "Can free software satisfactorily meet the needs of students, faculty, and instructional technologists for online teaching and learning?" Die Autoren haben das Feedback von verschiedenen Nutzergruppen ausgewertet und zeigen auf, dass Moodle,... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on April 12, 2005 at 5:51 p.m..
Half an hour
... is the title of a new Weblog authored by
Stephen Downes. Stephen greets his readers with the following statement: My government thinks it controls me. My employers think they own me. Corporations think they can buy me. Bullies think they can push me around. But for half and hour each day my life is my own. For half an hour I can write and think what I will, without regard to wh From
Seblogging News on April 12, 2005 at 5:50 p.m..
BikeRidePodCast
I'm tuning into some podcasts, finally. Today on my
11 mile bicycle commute (something I need to get back to doing regularly), I carried my iRiver in my pocket and listened to
Rael Dornfest - Rules for Remixing, a session from the ETech Conference. It made for a nice ride in. My only flub was the wind inside my helmet made it hard to hear the audio without cocking my head sideways (making it harder to see traffic), and when I stopped to up the volume and accidentally skip From
cogdogblog on April 12, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..
Does it apply to Distance Learning?
Arthur Schopenhauer stated..."All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." Could you change the word truth for Distance Learning...Distance Learning passes through three stages. First, it... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 12, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..
Prueba
Esto es una prueba. Disculpen las molestias.... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on April 12, 2005 at 4:52 p.m..
BlogBridge aggregator hits 1.0
BlogBridge, the aggregator I've been using for a few months in beta, has gone to 1.0. There are a few things to like about it, not least of which is that it's a free, open source project done by someone I know well and trust 100%, Pito Salas. Blogbridge is a client, but it stores your info on a server so you can use it on multiple machines. It tries to help you discover new weblogs by noting links in your feeds. You can rate your feeds and this somehow magically gets fed into a community rating system. (I'm not... From
Joho the Blog on April 12, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..
Knowledge flips every day
This morning's New York Times reports on a session for teachers held by chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley. He works on teaching thinking and concentration skills, problem-solving, and generating alternatives. Though chess, like other activities and fields, requires some rote learning, Ashley values if for the practice it offers in responding to the complexity of modern life: Knowledge flips every day. What we know becomes wrong tomorrow. We need kids who know how to... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on April 12, 2005 at 3:52 p.m..
Freeze tag
A guest speaker here today, Davina Kotulski, used the childhood game of freeze tag as a metaphor for part of what we aim for in education. You recall the game -- children run across the field hoping to allude the person who is "it," and if they are tagged they must freeze like a statue and remain in that position until liberated by another player. The educator, said Kotulski, is like the other player who manages to come along and tag the statue, calling out "Free!"... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on April 12, 2005 at 2:52 p.m..
Kings and Princes Speak Out on P2P
Lawrence Lessig of the Stanford University School of Law (and board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation) and Jeff Tweedy of the rock band Wilco shared a dais last Thursday at the NY Public Library, where they spoke on issues of peer-to-peer file sharing, intellectual property, and copyright. This NY Times story by David Carr [...] From
Gardner Writes on April 12, 2005 at 2:01 p.m..
AP Takes On Google News
AP are "in negotiations" with Google over licensing their content, which Google currently picks up gratis. In an LA Times article that looks at the differences between Yahoo News and Google News they mention that AP are not happy, but not suing. Yet... From
RSS Blog on April 12, 2005 at 12:59 p.m..
Podcasting Works
It has been said that in October of 2004 a Google search returned less than 6,000 results for the term "podcasting". Today, a similar search yields more than 857,000 results. Like the blogging phenomenon, podcasting has come out of nowhere and attracted an enthusiastic following. Complete Article -
Podcasting Works From
RSS Blog on April 12, 2005 at 12:59 p.m..
Digital Libraries a la Carte, Choices for the Future 2005
http://www.ticer.nl/05carte/ De International Ticer School kondigt de volgende cursus aan: Digital Libraries a la Carte, Choices for the Future 2005. TICER staat voor 'Tilburg Innovation Centre for Electronic Resources' en is een BV van de Universiteit van Tilburg. Uit de aankondiging: This brand new course prepares librarians and publishers for the future. The course consists of five modules, one day each. You can attend one, two, three, four or all five modules. The modules focus on: 1. Trends and strategic issues for libraries 2. Technological developments: Threats and opp From
CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on April 12, 2005 at 12:59 p.m..
Salutary deregulation?
Another of these "trusted ideas" (see my
recent post) of current economic ideology (I am almost tempted to say totalitarianism ) that have made its way into formal education is deregulation. After privatizing public infrastructures like railway systems and mail services it seems almost necessary to attempt to do the same to formal education, doesn't it? Free public education costs quite a bit of money that governments need to finance more tax-cuts, to ramping up of infrastructure, From
Seblogging News on April 12, 2005 at 11:50 a.m..
Salutary deregulation?
Another of these "trusted ideas" of current economic ideology (I am almost tempted to say totalitarianism ) that have made its way into formal education is deregulation. After privatizing public infrastructures like railway systems and mail services it seems almost necessary to attempt to do the same to formal education, doesn't it? Free public education costs quite a bit of money that governments need to finance more tax-cuts, to ramping up of infrastructure, or whatever the big corporations demand before they "really" can create new jobs. And their d From
Seblogging News on April 12, 2005 at 10:49 a.m..
Foiling Spies at the Vatican
When the cardinals convene to select a new pope next week, every effort will be made to frustrate high-tech spies bent on eavesdropping on the proceedings. Vatican officials say they're ready. Others aren't so sure. From
Wired News on April 12, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Pentagon: Back Off, Flyboy!
Despite aviation officials' concerns that terrorists or others could use lasers to blind pilots, the Pentagon says it will use the light beams to warn pilots who stray too close to the airspace around the Capitol and White House. From
Wired News on April 12, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Cloned Cows Yummy and Safe
Researchers at the University of Connecticut publish more evidence showing that meat and milk from cloned cows are safe for human consumption. Will it be enough to convince the FDA? By Kristen Philipkoski. From
Wired News on April 12, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Ridge Says RFID Boosts Security
The former head of the Department of Homeland Security says RFID will help make the United States safer, but critics aren't so sure. Mark Baard reports from Chicago. From
Wired News on April 12, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Copyright Reform to Free Orphans?
The authors of many great films, photos and music are long dead, but their works can't be seen or heard for fear of copyright violations. Now at last, the Copyright Office is researching how to return 'orphan works' to the public domain. By Katie Dean. From
Wired News on April 12, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
El futuro de la BBC
Shayne Bowman y Chris Willis de Hypergene MediaBlog me anuncian la publicación de una amplia entrevista con el responsable de BBCNews.com: Interview with Richard Sambrook, director of the BBC Global News Division. El texto no tiene desperdicio y constituye un... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on April 12, 2005 at 8:52 a.m..
Kuro5hin Needs More Users
Kuro5hin is in danger of losing its relevance. What makes a website like this worth visiting is if there are many users contributing to it and currently there are not enough contributions to this site to keep it interesting. Whilst in its heydey in 2001 it clocked up approximately 100 million page views per day and had almost half a billion regular users, the current statistics are less exciting. Only six comments have been posted in the past year and usually there is only one page view per week, from the monkeys in Berlin zoo who have internet in their cage. The site needs to be much more dyn From
kuro5hin.org on April 12, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..
Is Phoenix the Future?
Der Interviewte hat ein Buch geschrieben und zu diesem Zweck einen Kurs an der University of Phoenix unterrichtet, um einmal hinter die Kulissen zu schauen. George Siemens bringt in seinem Kommentar das Phänomen Phoenix (und das Interview) auf den Punkt:... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on April 12, 2005 at 7:51 a.m..
Pas de réforme sans réformer l'évaluation
Le dilemme de la primauté de l'individu ou de la collectivité ne peut être résolu que par bribes. Dans le cas de la santé, par exemple, il est généralement admis que les droits de l'individu ont préséance sur ceux de... From
Osmoze on April 12, 2005 at 6:57 a.m..
Knowledge management: bridging the gap
Knowledge management has been around for some time, and while it hasn't gone away, it has yet to really prosper. There is no question that there are very real issues to be solved in organisations, and that these issues are... From
Column Two on April 12, 2005 at 5:47 a.m..
How to blog safely.
"Blogs are like personal telephone calls crossed with newspapers. They're the perfect tool for sharing your favorite chocolate mousse recipe with friends--or for upholding the basic tenets of democracy by letting the public know that a corrupt government official has... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 12, 2005 at 4:47 a.m..
The Way to a Woman's Heart? A New Purse
It's really amazing the many things that I don't know about women. Today for instance I learned that there is either a powerful biological or cultural imperative for women that revolves around the acquisition of a new purse. How could I not have known? My journey of discovery started out sort of innocently. I was talking to some of the wonderful women I work with about our respective weekends. One of the ladies mentioned that she'd done some shopping, and I shared with them the fact that... From
Brain Frieze on April 12, 2005 at 2:55 a.m..
Intranet Planning Day (Canberra)
Just a quick reminder that it's less than two weeks until the Intranet Planning Day, to be held in Canberra on 27 April 2005. This will be a great workshop for anyone looking to enhance the effectiveness of their existing... From
Column Two on April 12, 2005 at 2:47 a.m..
I found the Sox in Paris
Yay!! Red Sox in Paris. I know, it's a terrible photo but I really couldn't get a better photo of the TV. But the bar, if you need to know, is: The Highlander Pub, 8, rue des Nevers, 6° Paris. They will show the rest of the Sox games, as long as they don't conflict with Scottish Football. And yes, we won. Finally. It's a long season, but this was a very good win. :) From
megnut on April 12, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..
Cómo no equivocarse de Gestor de Contenidos
Raro es encontrar una empresa que esté satisfecha con el software de Gestión de contenidos que adquirió. Las quejas, ademas, se parecen bastante: "no se adecúa a las necesidades de la empresa"; "no tiene flexibilidad ninguna"; es extremadamente difÃcil -o costoso- realizar cambios"; "demasiado caro para las prestaciones que ofrece", etcétera, etcétera. El origen de esta insatisfacción se encuentra, a menudo, en que la selección del software de Gestión de Contenidos se centró (...) From
martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on April 12, 2005 at 1:53 a.m..
Exclusive Newscasts for Website
Local TV news operations are smart if they tap the potential of reaching viewers at work. They need to deliver their content to the computer screen, of course, not just the television set; few workers have the opportunity to gaze at the tube during work hours, but often they can view news on the PCs on their desks.Ergo,
AZCentral.com, the website of the Arizona Republic, and
KPNX Channel 12 in Phoenix have the right idea with a new series of 3-minute mini-newscasts being produced excl From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 11, 2005 at 11:54 p.m..