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Asia's content management (CMS) market growth
Brice Dunwoodie reports on the latest research into the CMS market in Asia. To quote: The latest research on the Content Management Systems (CMS) software market in Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) indicates that the market, currently valued at US... From
Column Two on August 9, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..
The challenge for records management vendors
I recently finished an "information management and records management" review in a small public-sector agency. One of the findings was that while they needed a records management system (RMS), they couldn't proceed with the system they had due to its... From
Column Two on August 9, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..
Usability testing for e-learning
Shailesh Shilwant & Amy Haggarty have written an article on usability testing for e-learning. To quote: Culturally diverse and geographically far-flung, the new global workforce is leading businesses to search for better, more effective ways to manage growing requirements for... From
Column Two on August 9, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..
Storm Clouds Gather Over Podcasting
A Seattle public radio station, KEXP, wanted to produce a podcast, which it knew it would be a popular service. The record companies, however, were not willing to provide podcast licenses for the music, arguing fears of piracy. So the station invited 14 unsigned or small-label bands from the Seattle area to contribute songs, signing a simple podcast license with them. "KEXP decided that 'we couldn't sit around and wait and wait for a major (label) to sign off on this,' Richards says." Result: commercial labels are left out in the cold. Via digital copyright mailing list (Olga Fr From
OLDaily on August 9, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
Growth Industry
This is very interesting. "Of students who graduated from high school in 2004, more than 100,000 used the services of a private counselor." By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, August 9, 2005 [
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OLDaily on August 9, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
I Believe the Curriculum Will Be Free, But...
Rob Reynolds offers a detailed response to my comments from yesterday: "Downes said that my original argument 'is a bit like being skeptical about Wikipedia because Britannica has hired all the encyclopedia authors,' but that was not my meaning at all. I am not skeptical about the possibility of a free curriculum because all the authors already work for publishers, but rather because I know how hard it is to foster widespread, voluntary collaboration on projects among faculty and administrators. And, while they are not the only ones who can create or adopt the free curriculum, they w From
OLDaily on August 9, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
Berners-Lee on the Read-Write Web
Odd sort of interview in which the interviewer seems most interested in determining whether Tim Berners-Lee feels guilty about the use of the web for misrepresentation and other less than savory content. Which is pretty ridiculous when you stop to think about it. The next time the BBC has someone interview Tim Berners-Lee, I hope they employ someone with a bit less of an agenda. Oh, but hey, blogging is just the sort of thing he had in mind for the read-write web. Via
Educational Weblogs. By Mark Lawson, BBC News, August 9, From
OLDaily on August 9, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
Session 3 HYPHEN Secure Identity Management
Craig Blaha appears to be
covering a conference, though I can't determine which conference. Anyhow, this item caught my eye, as being representative of exactly the wrong way to approach online identity management. Why? This: "DOS potential - single point of failure if system shuts down." By Craig Blaha, EDUCAUSE Blogs, August 8, 2005 [
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OLDaily on August 9, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
Seminars on Academic Computing
Alan Levine and Cyprian Lomas have a conference blogging thing going using SubEthaEdit here at the SAC conference in Snowmass; I've linked to his main site and you can follow the
headlines from there.
William Allen is also blogging some short remarks. By Alan Levine and Cyprian Lomas, CogDogBlog, August 9, 2005 [
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OLDaily on August 9, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
Principles of Distributed Representation
PowerPoint slides (938K) and
MP3 Audio (13m) of my talk today at SAC. (I talk about the changing conception of knowledge, the idea of knowing (and learning) as a network phenomenon, and how that changes how we should approach metadata and in particular learning object metadata. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, August 9, 2005 [
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OLDaily on August 9, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
Where To Find Free Photos For Your PowerPoint Presentations
A relevant, quality photo can add aesthetic appeal and aid comprehension in any presentation. Finding such a photo, however, can be difficult. Robin Good, inspired by Brian Kennemer and his blog on digital images, researched photo archives on the Web and has a list of several resources. You'll find photos on every subject. These are just a tiny example: Photo credit: Rachel Hudson Photo credit: Jeremy Henderson Read all of Robin's review of the best free image resources available out there.... From
MasterViews on August 9, 2005 at 7:51 p.m..
Giving airtime to the people who are angry at what you've said
Shifting Baselines ran an ad warning that we're depleting marine life. It was a humorous little clip, but it got some sport and commercial fisherpeople quite angry. So, SB went out and talked with a bunch of them, and put together a five minute video in which they get to speak. This is so cool. (Thanks to Jason Lefkowitz of Oceana for the link.) (There are more videos on the Shifting Baselines home page, including this one on grassroots organizing and this very odd one about penguins.) [Tags: ShiftingBaselines environment]... From
Joho the Blog on August 9, 2005 at 7:48 p.m..
BogHer videos
JD Lasica has posted seven video interviews from Blogher. I haven't viewed them yet, but it looks like a terrific assortment of people. [Tags: blogher jdlasica]... From
Joho the Blog on August 9, 2005 at 6:47 p.m..
The most beautiful feeling in the world
In every city there is a small tiny corner that is perfect. When you find it, time stands still, and you can be there for hours. It is a place where feeling seems to stop, and you can become an unimportant part of the city. In Cape Town, it was a peculiar combination of location, time, a person and a bicycle that created that sweet spot for me. From
kuro5hin.org on August 9, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..
e-Textbooks
e-Textbooks. Lots of issues here. First, the stores are only offering a one-third discount on the books. So a $30 textbook will "only" cost you $20 to rent for five months. If you have to re-take the course, you get to rent it again for another $20. If you are in a "101/201" course where the prof uses the same textbook for both parts, you are going to pay $40 for use of a $30 book. You can't sell the textbook back. etc etc etc Not to mention that many textbooks are overpriced to begin with ... the academic version of the music CD business. They need to do better From
Bill Brandon: eLearning on August 9, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..
Another view of podcasting
Another view of podcasting. This article from Yahoo! Technology News points out some of the shortcomings of podcasting as a delivery medium for information. You can't "skim" or speed-read a podcast. You can't add marginalia. You can't link out of one. If the only thing in the podcast is information, people are going to be bored to tears, they are going to hate being chained to that iPod, they are going to want to take notes (which they can't do if they listen while they drive, jog, wait in the bank line) and then they are back to a piece of paper again. What was From
Bill Brandon: eLearning on August 9, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..
Get Free Photos For A PowerPoint Presentation
A relevant, quality photo can add aesthetic appeal and aid comprehension in any presentation. Finding such a photo, however, can be difficult. Robin Good, inspired by Brian Kennemer and his blog on digital images, researched photo archives on the Web and has a list of several resources. You'll find photos on every subject. These are just a tiny example: Photo credit: Rachel Hudson Photo credit: Jeremy Henderson Read all of Robin's reviews.... From
MasterViews on August 9, 2005 at 3:52 p.m..
Macromedia unveils Studio 8
Here’s an article on the new Studio 8, and what it includes. Due to be released in September. Now here’s an article speculating on what it means, particularly in light of Adobe buying Macromedia. I’m betting both Freehand and Fireworks are being retired, and Photoshop and Illustrator will replace them. Likewise Dreamweaver will supplant GoLive, and [...] From
Martindale Matrix on August 9, 2005 at 3:50 p.m..
Video gaming: Chasing the dream
Meine Erfahrungen mit Video- und Computerspielen beschränken sich auf einige Stunden "Myst", aber das ist schon Jahre her, und ich habe schnell die Geduld verloren. Vor einigen Monaten habe ich mit dem "Informaticus" aus dem Hause Klett einen zweiten,... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on August 9, 2005 at 2:49 p.m..
Valuing Social Gestures (Ross Mayfield)
Mary Hodder offers an open source algorithm for scoring blogs beyond authority: We wanted to see these measures used in an algorithm that balanced the weight of each social gesture, put against large data sets to see whether the... From
Corante: Social Software on August 9, 2005 at 1:49 p.m..
Jake the Nazi: A Memoir
"What class did you just get out of?" "I'm taking the Nazi Germany and World War Two class." "That's cool," Jake said. The speed-freak and ex-skinhead picked a few more peanuts out of the basket on the table, cracked them with his thumb, and brushed the broken shells onto the floor. This was quite acceptable at the Boiler Room around this time, as they had a wooden bucket filled with peanuts you could pour yourself a basket from, and they were going for that homesy "college tavern with peanut shells on the floor" type vibe. "Doesn't the professor for that class come dressed t From
kuro5hin.org on August 9, 2005 at 1:45 p.m..
ScreenHunter 4
ScreenHunter 4. ScreenHunter is a graphic utility for PC Windows computers capable of capturing your screen contents while providing lots of controls and flexible options. ScreenHunter can easily capture rectangle, window and full screen areas with or without including your mouse pointer. Screen captures can be saved in BMP, JPEG and GIF graphic file formats.
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Bill Brandon: eLearning on August 9, 2005 at 12:46 p.m..
WPanorama
WPanorama. Wpanorama allows smooth navigation of panoramic photographs by letting you pre-set viewing pans and zooms over them. WPanorama allows vertical and horizontal scrolling over any large standard photographic image as well as on 360° digital virtual panoramas (many available on the site).
http://www.wpanorama.com/ [
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Bill Brandon: eLearning on August 9, 2005 at 12:46 p.m..
WigiWigi
WigiWigi. WigiWigi is the first public release of a video over IP application that is built on a completely new and unique protocol. Unlike other desktop videoconferencing applications, WigiWigi one does not require any specific DLLs, drivers, codecs, DirectX or dedicated third-party libraries. It doesn't even require an installation. WigiWigi has just entered its beta-testing phase and the GUI (user interface) is still crude and semi-functional - but the results on your screen may indeed surprise you very positively.
From Bill Brandon: eLearning on August 9, 2005 at 12:46 p.m..
Computer-on-a-Stick
Computer-on-a-Stick. Got to wonder if this wouldn't have m-Learning potential! The Computer-On-a-Stick (COS) is a USB Flash Drive featuring its own Onboard Operating System together with a full suite of Microsoft Office-compatible applications; Mozilla Firefox Web Browser, Evolution email, and Yahoo & MSN compatible Instant Messenger for superior Internet connectivity; plug into your PC or Laptop and instantly transform your old environment into a new and powerful secure workstation - without a hard disk! Users get all the benefits of a thin client solut From
Bill Brandon: eLearning on August 9, 2005 at 12:46 p.m..
Radiotime - TiVo for radio
RadioTime is aggregating radio streams and lets you do the TiVo thang with them. There's a free version, but I'm not yet sure exactly what it does, and a $40/year subscription version that gives you the stuff the free version doesn't. (I'm in a meeting and not browsing at full capacity.) [Technorati tags: media radio tivo]... From
Joho the Blog on August 9, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..
danah on male and female links
Fanastic post by danah on her findings looking at 500 random blogs with an eye towards the differences in how men and women link. One finding: The fact that links are untyped — they don't tell you anything except that A is linking to B — favors the male pattern of having many weak ties. [Technorati tags: danahBoyd gender]... From
Joho the Blog on August 9, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..
Prüfungen und Standards in der beruflichen Bildung
Einige Artikel sind schon da, andere werden in den nächsten Tagen und Wochen folgen, 23 sollen es am Ende sein: Die Rede ist von der aktuellen Ausgabe von bwp@ (Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik online), die in "theoriebetonten, empirisch-evaluativen und praxisbezogenen" Beiträgen... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on August 9, 2005 at 9:52 a.m..
Mapping crime
Incidentlog.com has added Boston to its coverage, once a week mapping police reports of crime onto Google Maps. It's easy to imagine this system being then integrated with more information about the crimes, presenting aggregated data in order to spot trends, etc. While it's always good to see this type of integration, I had trouble with the UI: I couldn't get it to show any Boston incidents except what seem to be all of this year's fatalities even though there's a pulldown that lists about a dozen crime categories. Maybe I'm not doing it right. [Tags: gis boston]. From
Joho the Blog on August 9, 2005 at 9:49 a.m..
Putting Vista in the fast lane - Ina Fried, CNET News
Microsoft hopes to tackle an age-old problem with the next version of Windows: How to keep PCs running like new. With Vista, the new client version of Windows due next year, Microsoft is addressing what's become a sad truth for most people: PCs run more s From
Techno-News Blog on August 9, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..
Riding With the Urban Mappers - Jeff MacIntyre, Wired
"I didn't think it could be done," says Tim Caro-Brice, a Stanford University graduate student and pioneering member of Amazon.com's A9.com project team. Barnaby Dorfman, A9.com's vice president, laughs and taps the accelerator. A nondescript sport utilit From
Techno-News Blog on August 9, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..
Science Labs Don't Measure Up
High school students hooked on CSI aren't likely to get much hands-on exposure to sound laboratory techniques in the classroom, according to a survey of school lab facilities. From
Wired News on August 9, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
RFID: To Tag or Not to Tag
Companies and government agencies increasingly use radio frequency identification technology to track products and people, and RFID opponents say it poses privacy risks. Here's what the technology is all about. By Kim Zetter. From
Wired News on August 9, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
More Tales From 'Ciscogate'
The tempest surrounding a whistle-blowing security researcher boils over when FBI agents and forbidden hacking slides show up in Sin City. Mike Lynn's lawyer describes the view from the inside. By Jennifer Granick. From
Wired News on August 9, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Sorting the Uproar Over Downloads
It seems like Hollywood won in the Grokster ruling, but the file-sharing universe will be largely unaffected, at least for a while. What the federal ruling against Grokster really means. By Jeff Howe from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on August 9, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Taking Stock of Life Extension
Graying baby boomers all but guarantee an enormous war chest for anti-aging research and development. But there are a few wrinkles in the investment-worthy options in this new field. Commentary by Joanna Glasner. From
Wired News on August 9, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Airline Tests RFID on the Fly
The federal government moves ahead with a trial of e-passports that are readable at a distance, despite criticism that they endanger Americans. United Airlines pilots and crew are the test subjects. By Ryan Singel. From
Wired News on August 9, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Brit License Plates Get Chipped
An upcoming U.K. test run turns license plates into wireless vehicle-tracking devices, and U.S. officials are watching with interest. By Mark Baard. PLUS: RFID: To Tag or Not to Tag From
Wired News on August 9, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
MMOGS: Abandon hope all ye who enter
Inspired by Sony's successful Everquest franchise, and recently made even more notable by Blizzard's wildly popular World of Warcraft, gaming companies struggle to compete for extremely lucrative MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) market share. Unlike traditional video games, MMOGs provide publishers with a steady revenue stream from monthly subscriptions and sales of expansion packs. The interesting thing about MMOG games, as opposed to traditional video games, is that they are almost entirely driven by the player's social need. Unfortunately, the method that MMOGs use to From
kuro5hin.org on August 9, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..