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El reto europeo de la alfabetización digital
La iniciativa eLearning, en el marco del programa eEurope de la Comisión Europea, tiene entre sus objetivos lograr la alfabetización digital de los ciudadanos, que les permita manejar las nuevas tecno... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on May 18, 2005 at 9:50 p.m..

The Real Roadblocks to Linux in Education
There has been a lot of talk about the use of open source software in learning, but movement in that direction in Australia has been slow. Why? According to this author, the schools themselves wouldn't save any money, since computer equipment is paid for at the departmental level. And departmental administrators are afraid of angering Microsoft. Via Slashdot. By Con Zymaris, ZD Net Australia, May 13, 2005 [Re From OLDaily on May 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Good Morning Silicon Valley Blog
Good Morning Silicon Valley (GMSV) used to be my pipeline into the inner workings of information technology in the late 90s. Then it disappeared behind a registration wall. Now it has re-emerged as a blog; no registration required. Life is good again. By Various Authors, May, 2005 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on May 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

MMCA Signed Cooporation Agreement With OMA
Progress in DRM for closed media formats as the MultiMediaCard Association (MMCA) announces an agreement with the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA). As Renato Ianella reports, "The agreement between the two organizations aims at enabling technical collaboration in order to design secure removable media based on Open Mobile Alliance DRM (Digital Rights Management)." By Mark Peters, Let's Go Digital, May 17, 2005 [Refer][OLDaily on May 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Blogsavvy - Your Professional Blogging Consultant
James Farmer continues his move toward setting up a range of services with the launch of Blogsavvy, a blog on creating effective blogs. "The business model goes like this... if you're interested in what I'm writing about and think I know what I'm doing then you can hire me to do blog workshops, assist with developing your blog strategy, come up with and implement blog solutions and even do you some savvy blog design." By James Farmer, incorporated subversion, May 17, 2005 [Refer From OLDaily on May 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Netherlands HE Institutions Open Up Research Material
Some good digging to get at the details of the recent announcement that the universities in the Netherlands are setting up open access for all their publications. Graeme West lin ks to a bunch of items from Metafilter, notes that the effort is publicly funded (hence, no author fees), and even links to the XML format being used by the initiative. Great linkage. By Graeme West, Spoken Word Matters, May 14, 2005 [Refer][OLDaily on May 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Ajax
There has been a flurry of interest around Ajax recently. Ajax, recall, is a set of Javascripts that support dynamic and interactive web pages. Roland Tanglao offers brief commentary and a link to a summary from the recent Ajax summit. Alan Levine of CogDogBlog sniffs out the new approach and gives us a summary and some links. By Various Auth From OLDaily on May 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Mactaquac
Well there was no room at the inn in Fredericton, so I've been exiled to Mactaquac for an evening. Mind you, it didn't take a lot of arm twisting to get me to spend a day in the country on a beautiful spring day. So these are my photos from Mactaquac, in the Saint John River valey, about 20 minutes west of Fredericton. Enjoy. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, May 18, 2005 [Refer][Resear From OLDaily on May 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Questionmark
Questionmark, una empresa de software para crear y administrar evaluaciones anunció que la comunidad de Dokeos ha integrado Questionmark From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on May 18, 2005 at 8:50 p.m..

Google Ads for RSS
Google has formally launched its program to put contextually relevant ads into RSS feeds (a.k.a., webfeeds). This is part of Google's AdSense program, with which Web publishers can put Google text ads onto their own sites and share in revenues from the ads. Online publishers have been looking for ways to make money directly from RSS feeds (beyond receiving we From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on May 18, 2005 at 7:56 p.m..

Best Crime Mapping Yet
My Poynter colleague Larry Larsen spotted the debut of ChicagoCrime.org, and he's right: It's amazing.The site is an interactive and visual database of crimes committed in Chicago. A really cool feature is the site's use of Google Maps integrated into the crime-stats listings. Here's an example page.And as you may know, you can flip a Google Map to satellite view -- in this case pinpointing down to the street level where From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on May 18, 2005 at 7:56 p.m..

From blog to book
A new publishing company, Press for Change, has published a volume of food writing by 24 food bloggers, a project that should help us start to think about how near or far the two genres are from each other. The book is called Digital Dish. From Weblogs in Higher Education on May 18, 2005 at 7:53 p.m..

Ah, British Traditions and European Culture
Every year in mid May we British know there's going to be a Saturday night where we slump on the sofa, open a bottle of an appropriate alcoholic beverage (the best part of a bottle of port is standard in my case) and totally dis-engage our musical taste. From kuro5hin.org on May 18, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

eBay Expands Further Into Community-Based Classifieds
"The relentless eBay march on classified advertising continues," writes fellow E-Media Tidbits blogger and Classified Intelligence Report publisher Peter M. Zollman. He's referring to auction giant eBay buying a fast-growing London-based community classifieds site called Gumtree, and another called LoQUo, which serves Spain, Portugal, France, London, Berlin, and Oslo. Both services are modeled closely after From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on May 18, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..

Famous unknowns
Famous science-fiction author Neal Stephenson, in a recent Slashdot interview, comes up with a line that perfectly captures the lack of awareness of the outside world that is frequent in the rarefied atmosphere of academia. Stephenson tells of an encounter with a critically acclaimed literary novelist who taught at a university at a writers' conference, and had no idea who he was. "I had to let her know that the From Seb's Open Research on May 18, 2005 at 6:46 p.m..

Chiba, Japan Web Conference: Find Out What Happened
Last week (May 10-14) there was an apparently excellent conference in Chiba, Japan: WWW 2005 the 14th International World Wide Web Conference. Kathy Gill of the Univ. of Washington attended this conference and has put together an excellent resource page of papers, presentations, and podcasts from WWW 2005. Here are a few highlights... From Contentious Weblog on May 18, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..

Cobertura blog del Festival de Cannes
Una decena de bloguers están cubriendo en directo el Festival de Cannes en el weblog grupal patrocinado En direct du Festival de Cannes avec glowria.fr: Adoptez cette banner Lo cuenta Rodrigo Sepúlveda en "Blog Me: I'm Famous" event : we... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 18, 2005 at 5:51 p.m..

Ring Tone Revenues to Grow as Handsets Advance
Projected ring tone revenues are set to increase significantly as new phones phase out old handsets. From ClickZ Stats on May 18, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

An Encrypto- Stego Technique Based Secure Data Transmission System
Neha Sharma contributed this paper on Steganogrpahy and Cryptography. From Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on May 18, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

Internet Access in U.S. Schools
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has employed its Fast Response Survey System (FRSS)1 to track access to information technology in schools and classrooms since 1994. Each year, NCES has conducted a new nationally representative survey of public schools... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 18, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

Internet access in schools
In fall 2002, 99 percent of public schools in the United States had access to the Internet. When NCES first started estimating Internet access in schools in 1994, 35 percent of public schools had access. In 2002, no differences in... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 18, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

Raising Boys
Having my first child who is 18 months old makes this of interest to me. a) For those with no children - this is totally hysterical! b) For those who already have children past this age, this is hilarious.... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 18, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

Invasion of Catholic Bloggers
The world of Catholic bloggers is a window into contemporary and orthodox Catholic thought that takes Pope John Paul II's call for a new evangelization and turns it into a worldwide discussion of faith, morals, politics, and plain old daily... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 18, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

Se habla español
Mientras buscaba unas referencias para mis próximos viajes a Perú y a México, he encontrado la magnífica recopilación Jergas de habla hispana de Roxana Fitch. La riqueza y variedad del español en sus diversos usos nacionales puede verse en las... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 18, 2005 at 4:50 p.m..

Four things I'm sick of
A woman just called, asked for me by name, and began her spiel. John Kerry has introduced the Kids Come First bill to expand health care coverage, and would like me to add my name to the other 600,000 citizens who are "co-sponsoring" it. Before I can say OK, she continues that Sen. Kerry would appreciate it if I would pledge one penny for every thousand (million? hundred?) uninsured kid — 11,000 pennies — to continue the campaign to get one million "co-sponsors." I know it's shameful that a modern, wealthy society has such unequal distribution of health services. I... From Joho the Blog on May 18, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

Transcomm unveils push-to-talk, mobile router, dual network services
Transcomm's push-to-talk service is a private, rather than public, system promises to be free from interference from outside lines. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

Rostelecom upgrades optical-fibre network with Alcatel solution
Alcatel's solution is to allow Rostelecom to enhance its network to deliver broadband services such as triple play. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

France Télécom offers French Open telecasts via multiple channels
Users will be able to follow the French Open from their fixed lines via MaLigne tv, on television via ADSL and MaLigne Visio, from their mobile phones with Orange, and on the internet with wanadoo.fr. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2005 at 1:56 p.m..

Teliasonera Sweden offers live TV broadcasts on mobile phones
Swedes would like to watch TV while travelling on the train, according to 31 percent of the respondents in a Teliasonera survey, followed by in the car (28 per cent) and on an airplane (20 per cent). From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2005 at 1:56 p.m..

Nokia expands connected mobile gaming across smart-phone portfolio
Nokia's mobile gaming solution includes 3D game graphics capability and offers search, purchase and installation of rich games as well as connected gaming with access to a global mobile gaming community. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2005 at 1:56 p.m..

SASO, BT launch missing children tracking system
Safety Alert Services Organisation's Child Alert solution is to increase the possibility of locating the missing child within the first critical hours. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2005 at 1:56 p.m..

IBM, Red Hat offer Solaris-to-Linux migration programme
IBM offers pre-funded, pre-sales migration assessment for qualified customers for migrations to Linux on IBM E-server X-series, Blade Centre, I-series, P-series, Open Power and Z-series platforms. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2005 at 1:56 p.m..

Commission vetoes German regulator decision on fixed-line network call termination
RegTP intended to regulate ex ante termination charges of Deutsche Telecom but not those of ANOs. Following the Commission decision, RegTP will have to revise its approach. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2005 at 12:55 p.m..

Atos Origin launches solution for MVNOs
Atos Origin's solution for mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) and enablers (MVNE) includes pre- and post-paid billing, customer relationship management and order management functions. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2005 at 12:55 p.m..

Art Casting
So I've been going back and forth with Dave Gilbert of Art Mobs fame about ways the students at my school might tie into the MOMA podcast virtual tours that he's doing with his group at Marymount Manhattan College. I have to thank him for the idea; he's really enthusiastic about connecting the technology and his college students with ours on the 9-12 level, and the more I thought about it, the more excited I got. So I corralled the forward thinking art teacher here and gave her a From weblogged News on May 18, 2005 at 12:47 p.m..

Classifieds Power: Craigslist
Though I had been hearing a lot about a US-based free online classified service called Craigslist but it wasn't until a few weeks ago that I started to realize the effective power and usefulness of this service also for many people outside the US. Photo credit: Nea Čerin Craigslist has been frequently pointed to for decimating classified advertising revenue of local newspapers, though the likely reason why newspapers are losing circulation is that too many traditional journalists have been losing the credibility and trust of their readers. Online news readers seem to prefer the &quot From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on May 18, 2005 at 11:51 a.m..

Study Abroad
What's it like to be a 44 year-young widow and mother of two studying abroad? Julie takes the plunge and shares her perspectives.... From Adult/Continuing Education on May 18, 2005 at 11:50 a.m..

Concierges and Secure Communities
Interesting interview with Richard Rogers in in today's Guardian . The conversation turned to high-rise living, and this snippet caught my eyeRR: We are beginning to learn that management is one of the key elements with tall buildings. Now, of... From Monkeymagic on May 18, 2005 at 10:52 a.m..

Move Over Xbox, PS3's Coming Soon
Sony shows off the PlayStation 3, due for launch Spring 2006, and expects the powerhouse machine to dominate all aspects of networked home entertainment, leaving other consoles in the dust. From Wired News on May 18, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Game Boy Micro, Anyone?
Nintendo presents its new Game Boy device, which will be released this fall. Users will be able to download tons of popular games, and the Micro's screen will be much brighter than past models. From Wired News on May 18, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

My Great Big Console Adventure
With Sony and Microsoft hyping their new video-game hardware, the real challenge was simply getting there to see the demos. Daniel Terdiman reports from Los Angeles. From Wired News on May 18, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Bands Embrace Social Networking
Ignored by MTV and starved for radio play, indie rock bands across America are turning up the volume on social-networking site MySpace. Even established rock stars are signing up. By David Cohn. From Wired News on May 18, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Tecmo Spikes Nude Volleyball Suit
A company's lawsuit against tinkerers who digitally undressed the women in its beach volleyball game leads to a secret settlement. But did the deal leave other consumers exposed to naked legal aggression? By Kevin Poulsen. From Wired News on May 18, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Porn Valley Goes Blogging
Insiders are stepping forward with behind-the-scenes accounts of the skin trade. But don't just look for myth-busting exposés. Some are fans who want to see the industry go even more mainstream. By Susannah Breslin. From Wired News on May 18, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Fans Orbit in Star Wars Galaxy
A long time ago in a multiplex not so far away, a pop-culture phenomenon was born. Today, spaced-out Star Wars enthusiasts still feel the Force, amassing vast toy collections and even changing their names to Darth Vader. By Jacob Ogles. From Wired News on May 18, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

The Beeb Shall Inherit the Earth
While Hollywood locks down American culture with draconian copyright restrictions, across the pond one of the world's leading broadcasters is embracing the digital future. Blogger and sci-fi author Cory Doctorow sings the praises of the BBC. From Wired News on May 18, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

VOIP in Public-Safety Showdown
Federal regulators are expected to unveil new rules this week that would force internet telephone providers to support costly 911 emergency service. Is the industry in trouble? By Michael Grebb. From Wired News on May 18, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Categoría weblogs en los Favoritos de Expansión.com
La VII edición de los premios Favoritos de Expansión.com incluye la categoría Mejor blog tecnológico/negocios. Ver: Bases, Calendario e Inscripción. En la edición anterior participaron 500 sitios web y se registraron 200.000 votos.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 18, 2005 at 8:51 a.m..

Technology 'baffles old and poor' - BBC
People are confused, misinformed, and do not know where to get help. Older and lower income people are still excluded from digital life and industry must look more closely at their needs, says UK communications watchdog Ofcom. Third generation mobile tec From Techno-News Blog on May 18, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

Commwarrior virus marches on - Ben Charney, CNET News
The cell phone virus Commwarrior recently surfaced in Italy, in a sign that destructiveness of the Symbian OS nemesis is reaching a boil after simmering for months. As feared, the virus is showing its propensity for spreading. Italy is the third nation i From Techno-News Blog on May 18, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

Firefox Users Monkey With the Web - Ryan Singel, Wired
In a modern twist on the hot rodders of old, Firefox users are pimping the web, one browser at a time. They've added a delete button and permanent search folders to Gmail, made their browsers show only print pages of online news stories, reconfigured all From Techno-News Blog on May 18, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

Usable methods: good-enough practice
Alexander Johannesen has written a blog entry about good-enough usability practice, in the context of real-world projects. To quote: Sometimes being a usability guy can be a bit straining on one's sanity, especially since most of the business world as... From Column Two on May 18, 2005 at 8:46 a.m..

The Power of Shared Knowledge
Hubert Saint-Onge talks about collaboration and knowledge management: "Despite a content explosion taking place on the word side—including blogs, content-management software, and IM—most offerings are incomplete. The collaboration aspect is often weak, and, when it's present, it's generally not integrated with collaboration tools. Even with the best intentions, most IT vendors don't have all of the pieces together to implement an effective content an From elearningpost on May 18, 2005 at 8:46 a.m..

University of California Faulted on Hiring of Women
A new report by four professors at the University of California at Davis has found that the University of California still lags in hiring women. From New York Times: Education on May 18, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

50 Fun Things to Do With Your iPod
I love my iPod, but haven't had a lot of time this semester to use it for anything but listening to music or the odd podcast. Now Jason Kottke has listed "50 Fun Things To do With Your iPod" (well... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on May 18, 2005 at 6:54 a.m..

Children Learn What They Live
Children Learn What They Live By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D. If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn. If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive. If children... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 18, 2005 at 5:54 a.m..

Gates foundation puts $2.3B into education
Bill Gates raised some hackles with his withering assessment of American high schools, but at least the billionaire founder of Microsoft is putting his money where his mouth is. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested $2.3 billion since... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 18, 2005 at 4:46 a.m..

Blogging for Education
Blogtalk Downunder is coming up with an amazing number of high quality papers looking at blogging in education, here they are so far: Blogsavvy - your professional blogging consultant » Blogging for Education... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 18, 2005 at 4:46 a.m..

Doing My Civic (Jury) Duty
Today was a day filled with fun and excitement as I got my second taste of reporting for jury duty. Unlike the first time, where I was rejected for an actual trial, this time I actually was chosen for the honor of helping to uphold the great American legal tradition of attempting to keep your eyes open while attorneys argue yet another arcane point of law. Or something. We can't hear what they say to the judge during these "may we approach the bench" moments, of which there were... From Brain Frieze on May 18, 2005 at 2:47 a.m..

as if you hadn't noticed...
i haven't posted here in almost five months and i turned off comments on my 800+ posts here due to a prepoderance of comment spam. for those of you who don't read my social software weblog--that's where i can be found posting, at the very least, on week days. i miss these knowledge notes but... there are only so many hours in the day and my editorial director gig over at Weblogs, Inc. is more than full time when combined with my very active speaking schedule! may the knowled From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on May 18, 2005 at 2:46 a.m..

I reject your reality, and substitute my own
Wow, the new game consoles have been unveiled, I got a new Centrino ThinkPad for work, and we got a new high pressure toilet at home! A concise yet profane summary of the Transformers. Speaking of sci-fi classics, ever had a secret fantasy to play a Dalek? Exterminate! Speaking of extermination, you may want to peruse proposals on destroying a 4,550,000,000-year-old, 5,973,600,000,000,000,000,000-tonne ball of iron. Plus: Who knew that a radioactive fuel core was so beautiful. I so want a traser now... From silentblue | Quantified on May 18, 2005 at 2:46 a.m..

Final 1484.12.1-2002 LOM Draft Standard
Norm Friesen writes, "the IEEE LTSC has completed the standard for encoding Learning Object metadata in XML. A free, final draft version of this standard is available." Changes from the previous version include a change in how identifiers are expressed, the addition of an 'or' component in technical requirements, and a minor change in the annotation element. Also worth noting is that the P1484.12.3 (Learning Object Metadata) was approved as a new standard by the IEEE-SA Standards Board on 10 May 2005 (which means that it is now referred to as 1484.12.3 - the 'P' for 'p From OLDaily on May 18, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

New Conceptual Framework Learning Object
Terry Anderson writes, "One of the best discoveries for me at the recent CADE conference was this Conceptual Framework learning object produced by Faculty at University of Ottawa , Ontario Institute of Technology and Durham College ." According to the description, "This learning object helps students struggling to create a conceptual framework or concept map for a major project or thesis." Nice graphics, but I didn't have two hours to give it a full review. By Terry Anderson, CIDER, May 16, 2005 [OLDaily on May 18, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

The New Gatekeepers
Jon Garfunkel has completed his New gatekeepers series, which I have linked to before. It wraps up at eight installments, all of which are available here. He writes, "if we really want a more flat society, with 'power to the edges' and the 'grassroots' and the 'long tail' and any other marketing term that can be substituted for the citizenry, we ought to do what we set out to do in the first place: we have to design the technology specfically for that purpose." By Jon Garfunkel, Civilities, May 16, 2005 [OLDaily on May 18, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

prospect, the Foresight Bulletin
Marcus Barber writes to let us know that Swinburn University has enabled access to an internal publication, prospect, the Foresight Bulletin. There is a 12 month delay, which means that the most recent issue you can download is the May, 2004, edition. Still, the publications come with some good commentary and numerous high-quality links, some of which may be new to readers. By Marcus Barber, prospect, the Foresight Bulletin, May, 2005 [OLDaily on May 18, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

yadis (OpenID?)
The distributed identity idea is heating up. Robin Good offers a longish article on my mIDm proposal. Meanwhile, Ben Hunt sends email with information about a similar proposal, ID Plus. And most interesting is this item, 'Yet Another Distributed Identity System' (YADIS), which Danga's Brad Fitzpatrick wrote to me about today. Danga is the company behind LiveJournal and Movable Type, which makes this an interesting and important initiative From OLDaily on May 18, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

Reload V2 available
Version 2.0.0 of the Reload Learning Design Editor is now available. Something to play with tomorrow. By Josie Fraser, EdTechUK, May 16, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on May 18, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

CSTD Panel on the Future of Learning
Jay Cross, Rob Pearson and I had a fascinating panel this morning as we handled questions from the audience on the future of learning in a session moderated by eLearn Magazine's Lisa Neal. This is the full audio, in MP3. By Stephen Downes, Jay Cross, Rob Pearson and Lisa Neal, Stephen's Web, May 17, 2005 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on May 18, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

Los medios de distorsión
A mí que Cocacola patrocine unas Jornadas sobre medios de comunicación me parece bien, aunque tengo que confesar que, por absurdo que parezca, no me infunde seriedad el nombre IV Jornada de Periodismo Coca-Cola. Es que no sé qué será eso de Periodismo-Cocacola: ¿un periodismo gaseoso?¿oscuro y gaseoso? Bueno, rechiflas aparte, creo que hacen bien en fomentar este tipo de jornadas, aunque si tanto les preocupa la comunicación podrían comenzar por remodelar su página web, que utiliza una tecnología propietaria (...) From martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on May 18, 2005 at 12:56 a.m..

links for 2005-05-17
Economist.com | The future of innovation (tags: Creativity Grid_Thinking)... From Monkeymagic on May 18, 2005 at 12:53 a.m..

IxDG Resource Library
The Interaction Design Group have launched a new IxDG Resource Library. To quote: The IxDG Resource Library is an annotated collection of content on all aspects of interaction design. The items in the library are organized by category. It's a... From Column Two on May 18, 2005 at 12:47 a.m..

Notice about new policy for reporting grades
Over the past several months the University has been reviewing its current system of reporting grades, in particular, the non-percentage grades of ABS/ABF (Absent/Absent Failure), INC/INF (Incomplete/Incomplete Failure), and WF (Withdraw Failure). Presently, these non-numeric grades have a variety of... From Rick's Café Canadien on May 17, 2005 at 11:50 p.m..