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How “Bloggy” Is Your Paper?
Today, one of my favorite bloggers, Ethan Zuckerman, explores an intriguing way to gauge the popularity and audience of online news venues: link per thousand circulation (LkpC). Here's how you calculate this nifty metric, and what it might mean... From
Contentious Weblog on April 21, 2005 at 10:55 p.m..
Elements of Effective e-Learning Design
Preparing and developing e-learning materials is a costly and time consuming enterprise. This paper highlights the elements of effective design that we consider assist in the development of high quality materials in a cost efficient way. We introduce six elements... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 21, 2005 at 9:49 p.m..
Education goes global
Collaboration among institutions and a shift to student-centred learning using the internet are the future of tertiary education. That was the theme of an information technology conference in Auckland last week. Educause 2005 brought together 560 delegates from educational IT,... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 21, 2005 at 9:49 p.m..
Cyberbullying Resources
At its core, cyberbullying is simply changing the venue of bullying from a face to face environment to an online or technological environment. This can provide the bully with an increased sense of immunity from the consequences of their actions,... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 21, 2005 at 9:49 p.m..
EdPodcast Mania
I feel a podcasting bender coming on, especially after seeing how many education "shows" are listed over at
Podcast Alley...64! Holy Spicoli! I mean I knew about the inimitable, car clanging
Steve Dembo, the deep-thinking, NJ Turnpike driving
Jeff Moore, (not to say that Steve's not deep thinking...) and the ebullient
B From weblogged News on April 21, 2005 at 8:47 p.m..
We're Not 'New' Anymore
Over at MediaPost, columnist Jim Meskauskas
writes today that "online is no longer new media." He cites a bunch of statistics to support the claim that the online-media business is now sitting at the table with the grown-ups (traditional or old media).Of course, many of us in this business have thought that for a while now. Yet we still tend to call our industry "new media." I still cringe whenever I have to use that term, and I wish we had another. "Interactive media" is a From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 21, 2005 at 7:48 p.m..
Networked identity: links, relations and control
Mark Bernstein on what I called
networked identity:Miles assumes that the linked pages are the essence of the blogosphere that they flavor the blog so intensely that they set its key, its tonality. Lilia demurs; I fancy, though, that if Lilia were slashdotted more frequently, the slashdotting would change things. If your blog inscribes your calendar -- adding speaking engagements and consulting trips -- does it inscribe you? If it i From
Mathemagenic on April 21, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..
I can't read my Handwriting
I have bad handwriting. The last class I took where I tried to handwrite my notes was a mess, the first week I took these great notes using a pen and paper. The second week before the class started I... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 21, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..
PH.Dotcom
Imagine if the great thinkers of the past could have blogged, bouncing ideas off each other in real time, engaging in rapid-fire debates across borders. Would it have led to some kind of intellectual utopia, or total chaos? Would we... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 21, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..
Teachers Avoiding Net in Class
While 85 percent of US public schools have Internet access, only 14 percent say that teachers use the Web as a teaching resource, according to a study by Market Data Retrieval (MDR). The study found that in the 1997-1998 academic... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 21, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..
A Call for Change in How Web Ads Are Sold
Tacoda CEO and founder Dave Morgan has an
interesting column at ClickZ in which he bemoans the sad state of advertising presentation on many websites. His main complaints: Web publishers are getting rid of bad inventory (on pages that don't perform well) by demanding that advertisers buy packages -- combinations of effective targeted contextual advertising and scatter-shot placement. So instead of an advertiser being able to just buy contextual place From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 21, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..
China's Internet Censorship
"China operates the most extensive, technologically sophisticated, and broad-reaching system of Internet filtering in the world," said the report, which was released Thursday. Ronald Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab, University of Toronto, explained, "Deep beneath the subterranean layers of... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on April 21, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..
Instant Messaging for data collection?
I am thinking about the application of Instant Messaging for collecting interview data in a social science research project. Has anybody gathered some experience doing this? Any good methodology papers on the subject...? Hints and suggestions are highly appreciated. [
Sebastian Fiedler] From
Seblogging News on April 21, 2005 at 4:50 p.m..
Betsy's great-grandblogger
Betsy runs snippets from the daily letters her great-grandfather wrote to his family. Charming. In a separate post, she reports that one of the t-shirts for sale at a scientific meeting she went to reads: PLEASE FLIRT HARDER, I AM A PHYSICIST... From
Joho the Blog on April 21, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..
Rediscovering Brasserie Balzar
I'm not sure how it was that I first decided to go to the Brasserie Balzar in Paris, but I remember it clearly. It was October, 1996 and I'd spent the week with my mom at an apartment she'd rented. To thank her, I took her out to dinner at Balzar. It was the first time we ever ordered a bottle of wine at dinner together, and we imagined ourselves quite French when we finished our meals with digestifs of Armagnac and Cognac. Though our French was minimal at best, the waiters were friendly and helpful and it was a magical evening I remember fondly. I returned a few days later wi From
megnut on April 21, 2005 at 4:45 p.m..
Me on MSNBC today
I'm jarvising on MSNBC todayt at 5:20 EDT, assuming I can shake myself clear of this awful cold-flu-y thing for 90 seconds... [Technorati tag: msnbc]... From
Joho the Blog on April 21, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..
Networked identity
A bit more from Adrian Miles, on how
we are written by our blogs:Where does your blog begin and end? The answer is not the date of the first and most recent post. You have links out of your blog, is the ‘end’ of your blog what lies at the destination of that link (after all it is ‘your’ link)? And what if that link leads somewhere else? What about all the links into your blog, these also ‘write’ your blog, and these are not written by you. This From
Mathemagenic on April 21, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..
Web search 2.0 + Elgg updates
Via Ben "I think I'd like a peer-to-peer web search. Imagine sending out a search query, and then all the websites get individually queried and reply with whether or not they have any matching pages. Supernodes collate these, and then... From
ERADC Blog on April 21, 2005 at 11:53 a.m..
Virus writers turn from worms - Iain Thomson, VNunet
Email worms are falling out of favour with the hacking community, according to a report investigating malicious internet activity. Instead malware authors are increasingly subverting vulnerable instant messenger (IM) systems and using network viruses that From
Techno-News Blog on April 21, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..
AOL to block scammers' sites - Reuters
America Online on Wednesday is expected to unveil plans to block identity theft sites and monitor suspected Web sites around the clock. The online unit of Time Warner struck a partnership with Cyota, a New York-based online security company, to help iden From
Techno-News Blog on April 21, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..
User experience is a quality, not a discipline
Peter Merholz has written a blog entry that argues that user experience is a quality, not a not a discipline. To quote: One of the things that has been hard for the "usability community" to accept is that usability is... From
Column Two on April 21, 2005 at 11:47 a.m..
Usability & IA Fundamentals (Sydney)
Just a quick note to say that the early bird rate for the Usability Testing Fundamentals and IA Fundamentals workshops closes on Tuesday. (It was originally set for Monday, but we forgot it was a public holiday so everyone gets... From
Column Two on April 21, 2005 at 11:47 a.m..
User experience is quality, not a discipline
Peter Merholz is right on the mark with his
new perspective on user experience design or UXD (he initially proclaimed UXD dead): "User experience should not be just about interactive systems -- it's a quality that reflects the sum total of a person's experiences with any product, service, organization. When I walk into a store, I'm having a "user experience." When I call an airline to make a reservation, I'm having a "user experience." And innumerable elements contribute to affect that quality of From
elearningpost on April 21, 2005 at 10:47 a.m..
Check Yourself Out on Google
The search behemoth unveils its new feature, 'My Search History,' which lets users view their past search requests and results. Google hopes the feature will be a hit, but privacy advocates fear the information could get into the wrong hands. From
Wired News on April 21, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..
NASA Delays Shuttle Launch
The space agency says it needs more time to cross its T's and dot its I's before launching the first shuttle since the Columbia accident two years ago. By Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on April 21, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..
Mingling With Metal Men
An artists' collective shows off robotic sculptures that play music, climb ropes and interact with fascinated visitors. Rachel Metz reports from New York. From
Wired News on April 21, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..
Why Google Is Like Wal-Mart
One is an internet search powerhouse, the other a massive retailer. They have more in common than you might think. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. From
Wired News on April 21, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..
Far Apart but Intensely Connected
A bicoastal couple finds a way to be in constant contact -- even sleeping together -- despite the great divide. It's a 21st-century love affair, courtesy of mobile technology. By Rachel Metz. From
Wired News on April 21, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..
We Ain't No Biocolonialists
A DNA-tracking project designed to shed light on early human history faces a boycott because a group says the study could take advantage of indigenous peoples. But the project's head says there's nothing to worry about. Wired News interview by Stephen Leahy. From
Wired News on April 21, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..
Hybrid Could Fill Humvee's Boots
The Army is working to make a short-hop replacement for the bulky Humvee, and a hybrid diesel-electric vehicle may be the answer. Next up: a consumer version of the military's green machine. By John Gartner. From
Wired News on April 21, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..
More evidence that innovation
More evidence that innovation and knowledge is local, i.e. it resides at the source: "But a lot of significant innovations do not come from people trying to figure out what customers may want. They come from the users themselves, who know exactly what they want but cannot get it in existing products." From
elearningpost on April 21, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..
Pause
Gerade zurück aus Oberhausen - Dagmar, meine Frau, bereits im Krankenhaus (Blinddarm) - unsere Zweijährige ist bei guten Freunden "geparkt" und muss abgeholt werden. Kurzum, geschrieben wird wieder, wenn das Notfallprogramm steht und Zeit dafür ist. JR... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on April 21, 2005 at 8:51 a.m..
Can video games stimulate academic learning?
Cognitive Daily writes about the
impact of games in the classroom by describing a study done in Chile. The study also draws attention to the type of games that are likely to have an impact (as opposed to plain edutainment types). "The children who played video games were more motivated, more likely to pay attention in class, and substantially less likely to be disruptive. Teachers, even those who were initially skeptical of the program, recognized significant improvements in the classroom, and asked to be able to continue using From
elearningpost on April 21, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..
Reality as Subversion
Here's a preview of my new
Arthur Magazine column. An exclusive for Rushkoff Blog readers!Reality as SubversionI had a weird vision the other day. Having brought our newborn back from the hospital just days before, my wife and I weren't getting much sleep. I lied on the bed next to the baby and slipped into one of those theta wave trances you can reach on the way to a magick spell, visionquest, or psychedelic trip. I was in a natural chamber of some kin From
rushkoff.blog on April 21, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..
The End of Moore's Law
BBC is currently offering an article on Moore's Law 40 years later. In Gordon Moore's original observation, made in 1965, he argued that the number of transistors per integrated circuit increased as an exponential function, doubling about every year. The pace wasn't able to sustain quite this level, but Moore made a downward revision in 1975, saying that they doubled about every 2 years. Some claim that he revised it to 18 months, which, in the past 20 years, has proven even more reliable (Moore's original paper-[pdf]). When this prediction was made, the processor was co From
kuro5hin.org on April 21, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..
Craig Who?
This comes from last week, but it's still worth noting. Andrew Nachison and Dale Peskin (of the Media Center at the American Press Institute) at the American Society of Newspaper Editors convention asked the assembled editors if they knew who
Craig Newmark is. I wasn't there, but Tim Porter
reports that in the room of several hundred people, "only a smattering of hands rose. A few more hands went up at the mention of
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 21, 2005 at 12:55 a.m..
Red de Semillas
A través de Adolfo Estalella, en El País (para qué lo voy a enlazar si, total, es de pago), tengo noticia de una iniciativa más que interesante, que intenta conjugar el espíritu del Software Libre con el movimiento conservacionista del medio ambiente. Son Red de Semillas, unos "ecohacktivistas" que se presentan a sí mismos como "una alianza entre pequeños agricultores, ecológicos y tradicionales, técnicos y toda persona implicada en la conservación de nuestras semillas". Como cuenta metafóricamente Vicente J. Ruiz (...) From
martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on April 20, 2005 at 11:55 p.m..