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Grim anniversary
Just so our idealism about publishing doesn't go over the top, a reminder from Wikipedia that Adolf Hitler's manifesto of hate and tyranny, Mein Kampf, was published 80 years ago today. From Weblogs in Higher Education on July 17, 2005 at 10:51 p.m..

Welcome to Sarah Owen
Very exciting, another addition to our consulting team: Sarah Owen. Sarah comes on board as another senior consultant, and she brings to the team excellent experience and tremendous energy. Welcome to Sarah!... From Column Two on July 17, 2005 at 10:46 p.m..

Multimedia Informatics, Issue No. 62, ERCIM News
The July 2005 issue of ERCIM News is devoted to reports about multimedia information. ERCIM is the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics. The issue is available in html and pdf formats. Topics are diverse, ranging from "Maps of Music," to "Managing Personal Digital Photo Archives," to "Personalised Enriched Broadcast Experience." Instructional designers will find valuable information and tools in these articles; the articles are short, but the authors can be contacted for more information. ____JH From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on July 17, 2005 at 10:46 p.m..

Interview with Etienne Wenger on Communities of Practice
Video interview with Etienne Wenger on social learning, situated learning and identity. [via full circle] From elearningpost on July 17, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

MySpace: A Place for Dolts
You are probably all aware of the ever popular website MySpace.com, where teenagers, adults, and everyone inbetween goes to engage in incredible ego trips and incessant forays of commenting and message sending. If you've ever visited this angst-ridden, teenie-bopper haven, you'd be surprised to find that it can actually be mildly entertaining, given the right crowd. For the same reason, you wouldn't be at all surprised to find that its concept of security is an incredibly perforated one, given its very rugged and rudimentary feel, and its questionable URL schematics. From kuro5hin.org on July 17, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

EdTech Posse Rides Again
For simplicity's sake, I'll just repost this notice from Rick's Cafe Canadien on the EdTech Posse Podcast #3. The EdTech Posse Podcast #3 is finally available. Actually there is another one waiting in the wings (and for editing). In this podcast, Wall, Shareski, Couros and Schwier talk about Laura Turner's list of "Twenty Essential Skills Every [...] From Indiana IT on July 17, 2005 at 8:55 p.m..

Macquarie a Review: Recommendations for Students
This is a multi-part review of my experience as a distance student in the Macquarie Applied Linguistics (TESOL) program. Go to the table of contents. Recommendations for Students This part will offer several recommendations for students embarking on a distance study program in Linguistics or TESOL. First read this article from ESL Magazine titled Distance Learning for ESL/EFL Professionals. Then think carefully about your personality. Are you able to work and discipline yourself. There are no scheduled classes when doing distance study. The only timeline you have is the due dates for assignme From Language, teaching, and all things EFL on July 17, 2005 at 8:54 p.m..

Customer Storytelling at the Heart of Business Success
A report by Arc Worldwide’s Experience Planning group: "The decisions that customer personas and scenarios inform may include new product and service pursuits, details of product and service strategy, marketing strategies, customer relationship management frameworks, media placement and more. Personas and scenarios tell honest stories that are sculpted from diverse and comprehensive sets of data. These stories place the customer and their wants, needs, emot From elearningpost on July 17, 2005 at 8:46 p.m..

Birds, you don't drink milk
Travelled to suburbia to meet Dezza and M (aka, New Hire Orientation Class of June 2001) at dim sum. Afterwards, we went over to M's posh new North York house (52" LCD HDTV? Check. Stainless steel convection stove? Check. Structube dining table? Check.). They have a robin's nest in their planter in the backyard, which I snapped a pic of. Here's a funny conversation: "Why do they just sit there with their mouths open?" "Because they're BABIES!" From silentblue | Quantified on July 17, 2005 at 7:46 p.m..

K-12 Online-Learning
Up-close look at the K-12 online-learning trend, including profiles of leading programs, check out a multimedia feature developed by The George Lucas Educational Foundation in conjunction with the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). From eLearnopedia on July 17, 2005 at 5:49 p.m..

Twenty technology skills every educator should have
Twenty technology skills every educator should have. "... here is a comprehensive listing of the technology skills that every educator should have. Because as computer and associated technologies continue to change and evolve, educators must continue to strive for excellence in their work. Today that includes continued time and effort to maintain and improve their technology skills (as much as some educators do not want to admit)." [Bill Brandon: eLearning on July 17, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

A to Z e-Learning directory
A to Z e-Learning directory. U.S. institutions that offer undergraduate- and graduate-level courses, certificates, and degrees online. List is searchable.  [US News and World Report] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on July 17, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

Want to be a writer?
Want to be a writer? Take a course online from the Open University. How to click as a writer... - Sue Elkin, Telegraph. As any professional writer will tell you, as soon as you mention what you do to pay the bills, someone will say, in a dismissive or envious way: "Oh, I've always thought I could do that. I just don't have the time/discipline/motivation to get started." So [Online Learning Up From Bill Brandon: eLearning on July 17, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

Online video editing and post-production
Online video editing and post-production. FORscene is a revolutionary online video editing and post-production system allowing video producers, directors and editors to do online what was until now executed on dedicated software and hardware in a physical studio.  via [Robin Good] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on July 17, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

Innovate - Live webcast - July 2005
Innovate-Live webcasts offer an opportunity to synchronously interact with the authors of the articles in Innovate (http://www.innovateonline.info ). These webcasts are produced as a public service by our partner, ULiveandLearn. If you wish to participate, please register at http://www.uliveandlearn.com/innovate/ The... From Rick's Café Canadien on July 17, 2005 at 3:53 p.m..

NYT: Students Say High Schools Let Them Down
Well, duh. Is it any surprise that a nationwide survey by the National Governors Association find dissatisfaction from students about their high school experience? Bored. Dumbed down. Not challenged. We are becoming irrelevant because we continue to advocate a system that doesn't allow our kids to pursue their individual interests and challenge themselves in meaningful ways. How sad is it that "a large majority of high school students say t From weblogged News on July 17, 2005 at 3:46 p.m..

Duccio's Madonna and Child at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Last week I attended an administrative leadership institute at Fordham University in New York. (I'd point to the institute website, but they don't have one... more about that in another post...) While the sessions and speakers at the institute were good, one of the highlights of the trip was having the opportunity to visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art. I had read recently in The New Yorker about a painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna called, Madonna and Child. The Metropolitan had recently purchased the painting for $50 million dollars. The New Yorker article tells the story of the pa From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on July 17, 2005 at 12:46 p.m..

Jeneane on PR
Jeneane jumps into the pr-blogging discussion. Good thoughts, good links. [Technorati tags: JeneaneSessum pr]... From Joho the Blog on July 17, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

Highbeam lights up my little world
Thanks to RageBoy's Chief Blogging Officer gig, I've known about HighBeam, but it's only as I buckle down to some serious writing — I'm working on Chapter 2 — that I've discovered just how great resource it is. I've been looking into how libraries organized books before Dewey decimalized classification and HighBeam is turning up lots of great stuff from its collection 34 million articles. I'm impressed. You can even turn your queries into RSS feeds. Plus, they make it easy to blog an article and point to its full text. For example, suppose I want From Joho the Blog on July 17, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

Audio Downloads Set to Explode - Michelle Meyers, CNET News
The number of people who download free audio programs known as podcasts is set to explode over the next few years, according to a new report. Researchers at the Diffusion Group predicted this week that the U.S. podcast audience will climb from 840,000 la From Techno-News Blog on July 17, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

The New Political Power Tool: Text-Messaging - CATHY HONG, ABC News
Early in May, 16-year-old South Korean Lee Chun-Kil slyly text-messaged his friend during class. He was so skilled at it, he didn't even have to glance down at his cellphone keypad while punching in the following: "Gwanghwamun station. 6:00." The text me From Techno-News Blog on July 17, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

Yahoo RSS Search Test Skims the Web - Matt Hicks, eWeek
Whether intentionally or not, Yahoo briefly showcased some of its RSS search plans on Friday when Webloggers discovered and then posted screen shots of a Yahoo site for finding syndication feeds. Yahoo Inc. executives previously have hinted at a possible From Techno-News Blog on July 17, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

Coping with Childhood Sexual Abuse
If you are like me, you already begin forming comments as soon as you see the title of an article. Before you do in this case, please do not think I do this to seek pity or comfort. Seeking pity is an indulgence for which I have never acquired the taste. Comfort can only come from within and is not to be demanded from strangers on a chatboard. Instead, this is simply an unhappy story. I am not a victim--a person whose car was stolen 20 years ago continuing to claim victimhood begins to wear thin. I am not a survivor--in my day to day life I do more than survive and the imagery of someo From kuro5hin.org on July 17, 2005 at 5:45 a.m..

Ratification, Sortition and Crowd Wisdom
Steven Pearlstein has an article in the Washington Post titled, "Aid Recipients Might Have the Best Ideas About Allocation" which covers alternate methods to allocate aid funding to needy states. The article challenges the orthodoxy that a small group of specialists are the best to determine what to do with donor money. Instead, GlobalGiving is using technology and the "wisdom of the crowds" to produce outcomes that are more efficient. This methodology has political implications, especially for models which incorporate ratification and sortition. From kuro5hin.org on July 17, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..