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Good Experience Games
Mark Hurst has made a
listing of online games that in his opinion offer a good experience: "good game design with an overall attention to quality". From
elearningpost on July 11, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..
Odeo Goes Live
Odeo is a new service for podcasting, allowing people to subscribe to podcasts, synch their MP3 player, add podcasting feeds and (eventually) create their own podcasts.
OLDaily Audio is in there with 77 shows and 6 subscribers - but with no 'education' category, you'll never find it unless you're looking for it specifically. By Doug Kaye, Blogarithms, July 11, 2005 [
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OLDaily on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
PostgreSQL and XML updated
For those of us agonizing over how to deal with XML data and relational databases, this is welcome news. PostgreSQL is an open source database engine and its
XML functions are useful indeed. Via
D'Arcy Norman. By Tom Dyson, Throwing Beans, July 10, 2005 [
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OLDaily on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
"Building Open Source Communities" Presentations Go Live
More open source projects starting in our field all the time. And open source communities offer a good example for open educational content development. So this selection of presentations on the development of open source communities - using Apache, Moodle, and Sakai as examples, among others - should offer some insight. By Stuart Yeates, Open Source in Higher and Further Education, July 11, 2005 [
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OLDaily on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Social Machines
Good article touching on many themes I've been addressing here and in my talks. The author brings together two important trends: first, the rise of social computing applications on the internet; and second, the arrival of ubiquitous computing in the form of wireless and mobile computing. "The new technologies also allow people to create more-detailed, true-to-life online identities." And more. By Wade Roush, TechnologyReview.com, August, 2005 [
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OLDaily on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Arizona School Will Not Use Textbooks
Sign of the times. "A high school in Vail will become the state's first all-wireless, all-laptop public school this fall. The 350 students at the school will not have traditional textbooks. Instead, they will use electronic and online articles as part of more traditional teacher lesson plans." By Associated Press, Yahoo! News, July 11, 2005 [
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OLDaily on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Learning in an Online World: Progess Report 2004
Overview report that concludes, essentially, that "Australian schools have continued to make progress in the use of ICT to improve student learning and to prepare children for the future." Statistics on bandwidth, internet use, embedding of ICT in the curriculum and teacher preparation. PDF. By Martyn Forrest, MCEETYA Information Communication Technologies in Schools Taskforce, July, 2005 [
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Sloan-C JobLine
Looking for work? Lauched Thursday, the Sloan Consortium's new job board advertises openings for online, distance and blended learning staff. You can view the positions advertised
here. By Various Authors, July, 2005 [
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OLDaily on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Correction - ALT-C
OK, a correction from last week.
alt-i-lab is an annual "advanced learning technology interoperability" conference run by IMS. That's not the one I'm going to. No, I will be at
ALT-C, the annual conference of the UK's Association for Learning Technology. If you want to know more about this year's conference in Manchester,
here's the link. By Various Authors, July, 2005 [
OLDaily on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
The Economy of E-Learning
Something I wrote over the weekend on business models in e-learning. Economic opportunities will exist, not in the production of new goods that will not be purchased, but rather in the support and servicing of increasingly self-managed educational activity. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, July 10, 2005 [
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OLDaily on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Undergraduate Financial Aid
Sixty-three percent of all undergraduates enrolled in higher education programs in the US in 2003-04 received some type of financial aid, according to a National Center for Education Statistics report. To download, view and print the report as a pdf... From
Adult/Continuing Education on July 11, 2005 at 11:50 a.m..
Bloggers and journalists of respect
Sciencegate, an independent blog powered by strong writing and crisp design, covers the ideas and deeds of the G8 summit. The New York Times covers the decision by one of its reporters to accept a prison sentence rather than surrender the liberty accorded the free press by the founding fathers. From
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on July 11, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..
Kiss your assrove goodbye
If Newsweek's report is right, Karl Rove is about to be frog-marched — um, liberty-marched — out of the White House. In fact, possibly he will not pass Go and will go straight to jail. This is from Salon: Rove never said publicly that he had nothing to do with leaking Valerie Plame's identity to the press, but he sure managed to give people that impression. When CNN asked him about the Plame case last summer, Rove said: "I didn't know her name. I didn't leak her name." Maybe that was technically correct, but it's now clear that it was... From
Joho the Blog on July 11, 2005 at 10:48 a.m..
The Onion redux?
The Onion is running a piece headlined "Bush regales dinner guests with impromptu oratory on Virgil's minor works." I know I read essentially the same article at least a couple of years ago, but I can't google it up. Am I going nuts? (Further evidence that I'm having a nervous breakdown: I had a waking dream that the person who outed Plame turned out to be Karl Rove. Haha. Can you imagine?!) [Technorati tags: TheOnion humor]... From
Joho the Blog on July 11, 2005 at 10:48 a.m..
More on Blogging Carefully
(via
Dave Winer) MSNBC has an article titled "
Blog it Now, Regret it Later?" which in essence does the blogs as journal thing all over again, this time with a pinch of ominousness thrown in. Experts say such incidents belong to a growing trend in which frank outpourings online are causing personal and public dramas, often taking on a life they wouldn't have if the Web had not come along and turned individuals into publishers. Some also speculate that From
weblogged News on July 11, 2005 at 10:47 a.m..
Where 2.0: A Collection of Map Hacking Goodies
Where 2.0: A Collection of Map Hacking Goodies Over at O'Reilly Radar, Nat has a great collection of Google Maps hacks from the Where 2.0 conference. Very interesting stuff including hacks for weather, wi-fi access, and a very slick one that overlays a map on a satellite image...... From
Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on July 11, 2005 at 9:50 a.m..
Time Cube is Now a Cult
Many of you are probably familiar with Time Cube. For those that aren't, Time Cube is a "theory" proposed by retired electrician and notorious crank Gene Ray, which you can read about at his website http://www.timecube.com. In summary: Gene Ray (semi-coherently) explains that very bad things will happen unless we accept his unique insights that "prove" that all modern science and religion are wrong. The website has become rather well known for it's unique style, and Gene Ray's mixture of strident conviction and sheer incomprehensibility. The website is old news From
kuro5hin.org on July 11, 2005 at 9:45 a.m..
Social Machines
The arrival of continuous
computing means that people who live in populated areas of developed countries (and increasingly, developing ones such as China and India) can spend entire days inside a kind of invisible, portable “information field.” This field is created by constant, largely automated coöperation between From
Seblogging News on July 11, 2005 at 7:50 a.m..
High-speed Net use jumps 34 percent in U.S.- Reuters
The number of U.S. consumers and businesses that subscribe to high-speed Internet service, or broadband, jumped 34 percent in 2004 to almost 38 million lines, according to new statistics released Thursday. The United States lags 15 other countries in broa From
Techno-News Blog on July 11, 2005 at 7:49 a.m..
Who Knows Whom, And Who Knows What?
Zwei erholsame Wochen in St. Georgen (Schwarzwald) sind vorüber. Back to business. In meinem Postkorb hat sich in dieser Zeit einiges angesammelt, was ich schrittweise aufarbeiten werde. Beginnen will ich mit einigen Artikeln, die sich dem Thema "Social Network Analysis"... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 11, 2005 at 6:50 a.m..
Can Video Long Tail Boost Learning And Educational Opportunities?
Call it Open Source Television, Internet of Video, Internet Television or any other name you like, the essence remains the same: a huge amount of openly accessible video content is already becoming available on the Internet. In spite of big telecoms heavy promotion of supposedly new television approaches offered by the so-called IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), from my point of view, the real innovation and revolution is taking place somewhere else: on the Web. Photo credit: Erik Dungan For the first time education could look at television as a new resource, rather than as an enemy and car From
Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on July 11, 2005 at 6:50 a.m..
Sasser Worm Creator Avoids Lockup
The teen who crafted the destructive Sasser computer worm is sentenced to community service instead of jail because of his age. He only wanted attention, the court says. From
Wired News on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Google Squashes 'Typosquatting'
Certain website addresses similar to Google's rely on typos to lure visitors, then infect their computers with malicious software, according to a complaint filed by the search company. An arbitrator awards the addresses to Google. From
Wired News on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Faked Research Results on Rise?
Charges of scientific misconduct are increasing in the United States, up 50 percent from 2003. Pressure to publish and competition for grant money push some scientists to falsify data, fabricate patients and plagiarize. From
Wired News on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Beam It Right There, Scotty
It moves at the speed of light, it can penetrate walls. The U.S. military has firepower that uses electromagnetic energy to blind, stun or kill targets. Defense contractors are eager, but the weapons are not yet being deployed. From
Wired News on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
The Rooftop Solar Revolution
Idealab impresario Bill Gross couldn't wait for the dawn of the sun age. So he built a high-energy, low-cost solar concentrator that will fit on your roof. And overthrow the powers that be. By Spencer Reiss from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Artists Ready to Rock the Logos
A website competition gives amateur designers a chance to create logos for their favorite musicians. If chosen, music fans can see their work on CD covers and concert gear. By David Cohn. From
Wired News on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Making a Plug for Hybrids
A fuel-conservation group builds a prototype Toyota Prius that can charge up at a standard power outlet. Toyota's not keen on the technology, but developers believe drivers will pay to avoid the fuel pump. By Matthew Shechmeister. From
Wired News on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Cheap Is New Cell-Phone Mantra
Sure, some people are willing to blow $1,000 on a high-end cell phone. But manufacturers see a bigger business opportunity selling phones to the billions of people who can't afford even a basic one today. By Elizabeth Biddlecombe. From
Wired News on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
New Drug Aims to Banish Diarrhea
The CEO of Napo Pharmaceuticals says she will help people in the developing world who suffer from diarrhea, while turning the drug industry's typical business plan on its head. By Kristen Philipkoski. From
Wired News on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Feds Fear Air Broadband Terror
Law enforcement officials want to eavesdrop on air passengers' internet use with a court order. The federal agencies are concerned that terror attacks could be coordinated using new in-flight broadband connections. By Kevin Poulsen. From
Wired News on July 11, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Life in Seattle: food, driving and salsa
I'm always curious to learn about other cultures, esecially when it goes beyond staying for a few days as a tourist. Being in Seattle gives a nice opportunity's to dive into the local culture (and I have no idea how far it represents how things are in the US in general :). So, some observations... Food ...I'm asking for a smallest cup of ice-cream. She looks understandingly and says that it's just 40 cents more to get a bigger one. I say I don't want a bigger one and I also don't want anything with it - no waffle, n From
Mathemagenic on July 11, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..