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Beyond the Horseless Carriage: Harnessing the potential of ICT in education and training
This paper examines the evolution of ICT in education and training, the opportunities that ICT brings and looks beyond current theories of learning to enable readers to envision the harnessing of the full potential of ICT, within education and training. From eLearnopedia on June 30, 2005 at 10:52 p.m..

Webtext on Band School Organization in Canada
I think this is a worthwhile project and I hope the community will extend a hand to Jim Bruce to see it through. He writes, "My Goal: Creation of a wtext (webtext) that is the central resource for a course "Band School Organization in Canada" that is current, interactive, largely user-maintained, and of lasting value to the wider Band School community as well as to course students." By Jim Bruce, Band School Education in Canada, June 27, 2005 [Refer][OLDaily on June 30, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Where Belief is Born
Good, though short, article summarizing work on the foundations of belief and memory. People, it seems to me, have this folk-psychological view of beliefs and memories as static, sentence-like, off-or-on. The examples offered here may shake those perceptions. By Alok Jha, The Guardian, June 30, 2005 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on June 30, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

The Identity Gang
Link to discussion and resources produced by the clique at Berkman. You'll find some good stuff here, including a link to Kim Cameron's famous Laws of Identity paper, LID, identity commons, and more. More interesting, though, is the stuff they've left out - where is Sxip in the listing, for example? Or OpenID? I've tried to get in on the disc From OLDaily on June 30, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

I Have Been Told I Can't Talk to Students
Steve Sloan reports, "I have been told (by my boss) that I can't talk to students on my podcasts." Student Ryan Sholin, who appeared in one of Sloan's podcasts, writes, "I find it completely, 100% ridiculous that any bureaucratically-minded folks at this University would censor what their staff members write in their free time, or what they record, or share with the world." That's pretty much my feeling too. In another post, Sloan OLDaily on June 30, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Digital Rights? Whose Digital Rights?
Derek Morrison learns a valuable lesson about DRM before it costs him too much: never, ever buy DRM-enabled hardware or content. Morrison reports, "This device is making the assumption that all MP3 files are rights-protected music and so I've lost the right to do with my non-rights-protected data what I like. This wasn't much of an issue when the iFP799 was working because I listened and deleted but now that it's broken I've had my rights unilaterally terminated." By Derek Morrison, Auricle, June 30, 2005 [OLDaily on June 30, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Advertising Invades Textbooks
David Bollier gets to the heart of the problem: "I can hardly wait until Microsoft starts advertising in computer science textbooks; Ford pitches its SUVs in forestry school books; and professors start wearing corporate logos on their herringbone jackets like tennis stars and Nascar drivers." And his observation nails it as well: "advertisers have a laser-like ability to home in on anything that has credibility, and then become a parasite that slowly eats away its host's insides." Via Kairosnews. By David Bollier, On the Commons, June 28, 200 From OLDaily on June 30, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Smith, Ragan: Instructional Design, Third Edition
McToonish points to this online support site for a textbook, Smith and Ragan's Instructional Design, Third Edition. Normally I am sceptical about such sites, and about instructional sdesign texts in particular, but the full set of presentations and illustrations from the book alone make a visit worth while. The first four chapters are online as well as the complete list of references. By Patricia L. Smith and Ti From OLDaily on June 30, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Building a Proper Shared Syndication Feed Foundation
Orchard could be describing word for word my own need: "Once I've acquired feed data, I need to store it in some form usable by my other programs and by some method as agnostic as possible toward the actual contents of the feed." The rest of the post analyzes four approaches: fine-grained relational DB tables, triples in an RDF store, XML database storage and coarse-grained persistence. None of these does everything; each has weaknesses. I'm pretty much in the same situation, complete with code littering my website (only in Perl instead of Python). What I won't do is buy somethi From OLDaily on June 30, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Web Content by and for the Masses
The New York Times discovers Web 2.0 - "From photo- and calendar-sharing services to "citizen journalist" sites and annotated satellite images, the Internet is morphing yet again. A remarkable array of software systems makes it simple to share anything instantly, and sometimes enhance it along the way." It's not just Yahoo! and it's not just online journalism - it will reach right into your online course and turn it inside out. As it should. By John Markoff, New York Times, June 29, 2005 [OLDaily on June 30, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

My Web 2.0
Yahoo! is beta-testing the closest thing to the semantic social network I've seen so far with My Web 2.0, which is a combination social networking and content sharing site. It also incluides tagging (which I think is what Yahoo! really wanted with Flickr). What I like is the RSS import, which I set to import my own content (though you could import any content). Google, which has the two things needed to make this work (Blogger and Orkut) can't be far behind. The crucial question: will they work tog From OLDaily on June 30, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

The Worst Thing About Best Practices
Here's a list of reasons to why you should not adopt 'best practices': They rarely work It's a follower's strategy Change comes from within They don't come with a manual This article aligns well with this MIT Sloan article on 'Signature Practices'. From elearningpost on June 30, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

What's the big idea?
This technology brief from IBM offers advice on idea management: "Whatever an idea is and wherever it comes from, its value comes from clearly communicating it to other people. Four steps can help an innovator methodically move a big idea from the concept stage to the point of engaging others in its development." From elearningpost on June 30, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

Dinner with Loic
I got to have dinner with Loic Le Meur tonight. As you know, Loic is a serial entrepreneur and the head of Europe for Six Apart (=TypePad, Movable Type, LiveJournal). We went to a brasserie where I had a delicious salad — why does French lettuce taste so much better than American? — an omelet, liberte frite, and a fantastic tarte. But, most of all I got to talk with Loic for three hours. We talked about why there are an incredible three million bloggers in France, what people on the Net have in common, whether American waiters mean it... From Joho the Blog on June 30, 2005 at 8:48 p.m..

African bloggers blogging about Live 8
From Rebecca MacKinnon: On Global Voices, Ethan Zuckerman has a roundup of African blogger reaction to Live8: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/?p=263 Ethan adds his own two cents on his own blog here: http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=98 [Technorati tags: GlobalVoices EthanZuckerman Live8]... From Joho the Blog on June 30, 2005 at 7:48 p.m..

Gary Turner's Webmaster Traffic Art
Gary presents the first known instance of this nascent art form. Thank goodness Gary hasn't turned his genius to evil. [Technorati tags: GaryTurner humor]... From Joho the Blog on June 30, 2005 at 7:48 p.m..

Dutch blogging and PR confab
This morning I was part of a two-hour panel discussion sponsored by Edelman PR on the effect of blogging on business. Also on the panel: Fiona McDonnell of Forrester Research, Peter Olsthoorn, a journalist, and Richard Edelman, CEO of guess what company. About 50 business people and journalists showed up. I went first and talked for about 15 mins on what blogs aren't: Bloggers are not journalists (by and large). Blogs aren't a medium any more than conversations are a medium. The long tail isn't straight; it's knotted with links and conversations. We don't just talk abo From Joho the Blog on June 30, 2005 at 7:48 p.m..

MIT weblog survey
It's not suprising to see bloggers participating, but what is interesting that most people choose this badge to link to it :) From Mathemagenic on June 30, 2005 at 6:46 p.m..

Adoption of Portable Media Players is Slow
Portable media players will only reach 17 percent of online households by 2010. From ClickZ Stats on June 30, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Color modeling
What can software engineers teach eLearning developers? Superficially, Color Modeling may look like using Post-It Notes (TM) on a whiteboard to do needs assessment. But it goes far beyond that. If you don't know what color modeling is, or simply want an online reference to all the best material, this article will give you what you need to get started. [AgileManagement] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 30, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

Podcasting to students forbidden
San Jose State forbids staff member from podcasting to students. This makes no sense. More when I find out more. [Ryan Sholin's J-School Blog] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 30, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

The future of work
The Future of Work. Future Tense explores how the modern work place is evolving and adapting to new trends, technologies, and economic factors. From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 30, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

changes
Well things are getting more interesting. I got a lot of support via email and today the Rector decided he wants to talk to me next Tuesday - about the Social Software Lab. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on June 30, 2005 at 4:47 p.m..

Personal digital libraries
Personal digital libraries. Relate these comments by George Siemens to my earlier post on Microsoft's desktop search APIs. "Many issues arise from this more informal and increasingly empowered landscape of personal collection, dissemination, and digital memory, which will have major future impacts." [elearnspace] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 30, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

Moving from instructor-led to blended learning
Case study: Moving from instructor-led to blended learning. Great case study and lessons learned. "There seems to be reluctance in transitioning instructor-led training (ILT) to a blended learning format. This may be due to resistance on the part of the organization or training department to change existing classroom session formats. Another reason I believe is more prevalent is not knowing how. The case study below is an example of how our training department made a very successful tran From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 30, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

Communities of Practice
Communities of Practice. (Quoting George Siemens, quoting Stephen Downes.) Interview - Etienne Wenger on Communities of Practice. A really nice set of video interviews on the increased social nature of learning in contrast with the "industrial model": Interview - Etienne Wenger on Communities of Practice (via Stephen)[elearnspace] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 30, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

Long term attrition and learning styles
Long term attrition and learning styles. Do learning styles matter in eLearning? Maybe not, says the latest research. "The overall comparison of graduation rate (38%) by learning style was not statistically significant ..." [via Online Learning Update] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 30, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

Virtual collaboration tools
Virtual Collaboration Tools. Chat, IM, Web and video conferencing tools and their use in eLearning. [via Online Learning Update] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 30, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

Entrepreneurial learners are the future.
How successful eLearners and entrepreneurs are alike. Success in online learning is related to seeking out and capitalizing on opportunities, and on marshalling resources to achieve goals. This paper says entrepreneurial skills will become more and more important to the 21st century learner, cast adrift in a sea of information. [via Online Learning Update] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 30, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

Smart antennas and mLearning
Smart antennas and mLearning. Dealing with one of the key constraints on growth in this area. [Computerworld] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 30, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

Using RSS to deliver malware.
Using RSS to deliver malware. Watch out when Longhorn arrives, according to this article. Comment spam may turn out to be the least of our worries. "Richard Stiennon, director of threat research at anti-spyware company Webroot Software Inc., has long predicted that RSS will be used to serve up malicious code. 'It's not yet a big target, but once RSS usage becomes as widespread as e-mail or instant messaging, the hackers will find a way to use it to distribute malware,' Stiennon said in a recent From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 30, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

Windows desktop search
Windows Desktop Search Microsoft released APIs (in beta) to facilitate desktop search beyond the browser. As hard drives increase in size and drop in price, expect this to become significant in eLearning applications, especially in "workflow learning." [CNET] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 30, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

Investing in "the online conversation."
Investing in "the online conversation." Dave Winer says: "John Palfrey, executive director at Berkman Center (where I used to work), announces a new venture capital fund that focuses on investments in "tagging, RSS, OPML, search, social software, and rela From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 30, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

Wall Street Journal reports on podcasting
Wall Street Journal reports on podcasting. This technology is taking off fast, although many people either "don't get it" or get it wrong. Even Apple's implementation has some shortcomings. "The premise behind podcasts is that they let consumers listen to audio programs when they want to, rather than when broadcasters schedule them. ... For now, podcasts are generating more grassroots excitement than profits. More than six million American adults say they hav From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 30, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

Keeping an eye on Palm
Keeping an eye on Palm. PalmSource may potentially be a critical player in mLearning, so I'm keeping track of developments there. From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 30, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

1 millón de weblogs se suman a la blogosfera hispana
Al menos para mí han sido una gran sorpresa los datos que recoge Víctor Ruiz en Linotipo: hay 1 millón de weblogs en español sólo en MSN Spaces, 18 mil de los cuales fueron actualizados en la última semana, cuando... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on June 30, 2005 at 9:51 a.m..

Where 2.0 Conference
While many technology using educators are at NECC, another interesting conference is taking place in California. Where 2.0 is a conference sponsored by O'Reilly Media and its topic is... the curious new ecosystem forming at the interstices of mapping portals, GIS systems, ubiquitous GPS devices, open source, and the Web 2.0. Several interesting announcements were made there yesterday. Amazon announced a new visual Yellow Pages interface. I did a search for coffee shops in my neighborhood in Portland and easily found several. Many had an image of the business associated with the listing. F From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on June 30, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

Smart home dream could be for all - Jo Twist, BBC News
Smart homes in which a single button controls lighting, heating, security, music, film - everything digital - has long been promised, but has never quite delivered. This is partly down to technology that cannot talk to each other. It has also traditiona From Techno-News Blog on June 30, 2005 at 7:47 a.m..

Technical Snafus Fueling 'Computer Rage' - Cheri Preston, ABC News
Computers, laptops, cell phones, digital music players, camcorders, electronic organizers, videogame consoles ... They are all the rage. Literally. In the digital age, we've all become dependent on many high-tech devices to keep our busy lives on track a From Techno-News Blog on June 30, 2005 at 7:47 a.m..

HP ships biometric laptop - Associated Press
Biometric technology is taking another leap toward widespread usage as Hewlett-Packard Co. ships new laptops with fingerprint readers. The nx6125 notebook PC includes a fingerprint sensor made by AuthenTec Inc., which says HP is the biggest computer maker From Techno-News Blog on June 30, 2005 at 7:47 a.m..

Intranet Planning Day (Sydney)
"Challenging, thought-provoking, the 'why are we doing this' more than the 'how?'" "Excellent. Learnt a lot. Challenged a lot of my assumptions." "I was very impressed with this seminar. Definitely learnt a lot. Very practical tips." "Thank you -... From Column Two on June 30, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..

Web Content by and for the Masses
This article by John Markoff in the NYTimes Technology section provides an interesting overview about how information/entertainment consumerism is shifting to prosumerism on the Internet. The same trend is developing in education. ___JH ________ "Indeed, the abundance of user-generated content - which includes online games, desktop video and citizen journalism sites - is reshaping the debate over file sharing. Many Internet industry executives think it poses a new kind of threat to Hollywood, the recording industry and other purveyors of proprietary content: not piracy of thei From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on June 30, 2005 at 2:47 a.m..

Extending the use of Google Maps
I love maps, and I am quite smitten with Google Maps. Some unofficial uses of Google Maps are about to go official, with this announcement: Google Blog: The world is your JavaScript-enabled oyster: If you like Google Maps, but think you could do something better, now's your chance. Check out the Google Maps API, which lets web [...] From Martindale Matrix on June 30, 2005 at 1:49 a.m..

Fast, Cheap and Flexible Career Options
By Sharon N. Daugherty - If you are seeking an opportunity to train for a new career, but four to eight years of training isn't realistic, consider the world of opportunity offered by two year degrees and career certificates.... From Adult/Continuing Education on June 30, 2005 at 12:50 a.m..

The Decline and Uplifting Fall of Morris High
Exiting on a positive note, Morris High, long one of the biggest, baddest schools in the Bronx, graduates its last class. From New York Times: Education on June 30, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..

Against Artificial Intelligence
Intelligence, one of the last mysteries of modern science. And the quest to recreate it on a computer has become the holy grail for Computer Science. However this research path has been going on for over 58 years without reaching its goal or even having an agreed upon methodology for achieving it. It is time to put it to sleep and focus our energies elsewhere. Due to problems of trying to define terms such as intelligence and thought, there has been a trend towards taking a pragmatic view on intelligence and just trying to build machines that are simply useful for things like speech recognitio From kuro5hin.org on June 29, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..