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Peter Morville: the Tagsonomy interview
Peter Morville discusses his book, Ambient Findability, tags, Web2.0 and authority is this well-crafted interview. From elearningpost on October 24, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Visual Complexity
A good listing of visualization strategies for complex networks: “VisualComplexity.com intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project's main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, across a series of discipline s, as diverse as Biology, Social Networks or the World Wide Web. I truly hope this space can inspire, motivate and enlighten any person doing research on this field”. From elearningpost on October 24, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Today, I laughed.
I hope this was done as a joke. Today I was searching through the list of items that were entered into the search on the cyber school home page. This one made me laugh. What time is dismissal? I normally... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 24, 2005 at 7:55 p.m..

Alternatives to the Semantic Web? , Platform Wars
What is the alternative to the semantic web? How about this: "I'll suggest the alternative to the SemWeb is the SynWeb, a web which doesn't need 'key identifiers'. A world with lots of online data, marked up with syntactic cues which make it easy to parse (eg. good old fashioned XML, or Markdown or YAML); more powerful tools and libraries for parsing and querying data with these formats; plus lots of programs which scoop up the data and combine them in interesting ways." I think there's merit to this. [ From OLDaily on October 24, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Sakai and LAMS Integration Released , LAMS Foundation
We knew this was coming, and now the announcement is here: LAMS and Sakai are now integrated (LAMS is a learning design tool, and Sakai is a learning management system). [ From OLDaily on October 24, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Proof of Learning: Assessment in Serious Games , Gamasutra
I don't really like the author's distinction between 'serious' games where "serious games have education as a primary goal while video games focus on entertainment." That said, this is nonetheless an article worth reading on the task of evaluating educational achievement within games. Methodologies (which will be familiar to game players) include passage through tutorial sessions, game scoring, levels, completion evaluation and more. And all of that said, I wonder how much truth there is in this: "[Serious games] will not grow as an industry unless the learning experience i From OLDaily on October 24, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Schools Offered New Video Royalty Deal , ESchool News
According to this story: "Acacia Research Corp., the California-based company that claims it owns a patent covering all streaming video and audio technology, says it has reached an agreement with university attorneys that opens the door for schools to begin paying royalties..." Personally, I think think this is ridiculous, and the idea that this company (that nobody has ever heard of) has 'invented' streaming media is laughable. (Note: this site will throw a registration wall after page one - which is also ridiculous, but in a different way.) [ From OLDaily on October 24, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Virtual & Managed Learning Environments , Learning Link
Stephen Powell writes in ITForum (which I can no longer link to, thanks to a new login barrier): "I have been working on an evaluative framework for Online Learning Environments...From this work we identified three broad categories that need considering when making choices about ILE. These are: From OLDaily on October 24, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Sun Spins Off Education Project as a Nonprofit , EWeek
Interesting. "Instead of 'No Child Left Behind,'" said (Sun CEO Scott) McNealy, "we [want] 'No Child Held Back.'" This is the thinking behind his announcement last Wednesday at EDUCAUSE "that it (Sun) is spinning off its effort to create an online, open-source educational resource library as a nonprofit organization." The From OLDaily on October 24, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Distributed Social Networking , B. Mann's Consulting
How to move things another step forward: "Whatever the pieces of the infrastructure are, we still need to be able to pass rich user profiles back and forth. We've got an RDF-based one in FOAF, we've got a microformat one in XFN, and we've got a desktop app-compatible one in vCard. What's missing? An extensible XML-based format for user profiles that is standardized and widely deployed." [ From OLDaily on October 24, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

E-Learning 2.0 - Why Bother? , Dave's Educational Blog
First-rate blog post reflecting on what e-learning 2.0 really means (and as far as I'm concerned, the name 'e-learning 2.0' is just convenient shorthand, not some branding exercise or anything like that, shorthand for what is From OLDaily on October 24, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Ruby on Rails (3)
In which I continue my quest to have a working version of Rails running on my website. [ From OLDaily on October 24, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Ruby, Blackboard and the Challenge for Open Source
Today's newsletter is coming from Toronto, where I'm at the From OLDaily on October 24, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Quote of the day
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done. Dwight D. Eisenhower... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 24, 2005 at 6:56 p.m..

The New Student-Teacher Channel
If self-disclosure between teacher and student can boost learning outcomes, blogging may be its most effective mode. If self-disclosure between teacher and student can boost learning outcomes, blogging may be its most effective mode." href="http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A5507.cfm">The New Student-Teacher Channel If self-disclosure... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 24, 2005 at 6:56 p.m..

Online degrees fit busy lifestyle
Back when she earned her master's degree in occupational therapy, Jeanne M. Morin had to travel to New Hampshire every fourth weekend for the course. Now she has earned a doctorate in the field from Florida, but the course was... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 24, 2005 at 6:56 p.m..

Schools evaluate quality to determine online options
Not all colleges and universities see online classes as the holy grail. Crain's Detroit Business... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 24, 2005 at 6:56 p.m..

Violence in the Classroom
My EFL students are repeat victims of institutional violence. When given the opportunity to take control of their learning, they get nervous, confused, and irritable; and like sailors on a sinking ship, they look desperately for rescue. From the very... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 24, 2005 at 6:56 p.m..

Teach Content or Teach Learning?
Not much of what I remember has anything to do with content. I mean I remember some of the assignments and exercises, sure. But what I remember most, and the reason they're still with me today, was their passion for... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 24, 2005 at 6:56 p.m..

How much is my blog worth...$0.00...Bummer
My blog is worth $0.00.How much is your blog worth?... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 24, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Ad network for web, design pros
A List Apart, 37signals, and Coudal Partners have formed The Deck, a new kind of ad network focused on web and design professionals. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on October 24, 2005 at 6:49 p.m..

There's Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education
Der Anfang dieses Artikels beschreibt eine zukünftige Welt, in der Podcasts Teil unseres Alltags sind, und am Ende staunt der Autor selbst über die rasante Entwicklung, die Podcasting in den letzten zwölf Monaten erlebt hat. (Muss ich Podcasting eigentlich noch... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 24, 2005 at 5:51 p.m..

Google Print and "Copyright Meltdown"
In my last post on Google Print, I disagreed with Patrick Ross' comparing P2P and Google Print.  I wrote that I wished such comparisons would be purged from the Google Print debate, and linked to an earlier post by Siva. In response, Siva dropped me the following helpful note: "My choice to invoke p2p is historical only. P2P never gets to the metaphysical crux of copyright. So it never really threatened to unde From A Copyfighter's Musings on October 24, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..

Holiday Online Shoppers Expected
Gift cards deemed the way to go by many holiday shoppers. From ClickZ Stats on October 24, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Physical metadata photos
Ah, flickr! How much do we love thee! [Thanks to Ben Hyde for the link.] [Tags: metadata flickr EverythingIsMiscellaneous]... From Joho the Blog on October 24, 2005 at 4:46 p.m..

UNESCO Virtual Conference on Open Educational Resources Begins
This Internet discussion forum on open course content will extend for two months and involve hundreds of participants from around the world, "Third in a series of forums on key issues related to the use of ICT in higher education. The forum will explore the concept of open course content, its context, current initiatives, and issues and implications of its use." The virtual conference began today (10/24/05) with a background discussion guided by Dr. Sally Johnstone, Executive Director of the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications. (See  From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on October 24, 2005 at 2:47 p.m..

The sad story of the toothfish
There's a great article from the Sunday New York Times Magazine by Paul Greenberg, The Catch, about Chilean Sea Bass (aka Patagonian toothfish) and the over fishing of our oceans. It's an interesting, and rather depressing, examination of attempts to protect and restore fish stocks in the face of increasing consumer demand and illegal fishing activity. It's long, but well worth reading, though it From megnut on October 24, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

Questions for Joshua Schachter
Joshua "del.icio.us" Schachter is going to be my guest at Tuesday night's "Web of Ideas" at the BerkmanCenter — which, by the way, is open to the public. I'm going to interview him and then we'll have open discussion. So, what do you think I should ask him? And, do you wanna come? If so, here's a map. It's 6:00-7:30 on Tuesday. And, yes, we'll try to get it up as a podcast, but then you'll miss out on the free pizza. [Tags: JoshuaSchachter tagging berkman delicious]... From Joho the Blog on October 24, 2005 at 1:50 p.m..

TI unveils single chip multi-operator mixed signal processor for 3G mobile infrastructure applications
TI's AFE8406 can be configured to support up to four-operator UMTS, eight-operator CDMA or eight-operator TD-SCDMA diversity receivers. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 24, 2005 at 12:56 p.m..

Teliasonera Finland to transfer portal to Kynämies
Under the three-year deal, Kynämies will be responsible for the development, content production and maintenance of the Sonera Plaza portal. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 24, 2005 at 12:56 p.m..

Worldwide PC shipments increased by 17% in Q3 HYPHEN report
In EMEA, small business and consumer purchases related to European Union expansion, general infrastructure investments and low prices continued to fuel the surge in both portable and desktop systems. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 24, 2005 at 12:56 p.m..

Russian IT spending to reach €1.9bn in 2005 HYPHEN report
The Russian market for IT services is expected to continue to expand, reaching more than €4.9bn in spending by 2009. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 24, 2005 at 12:56 p.m..

PTS declines CDMA 450 roll-out request from Hi3G, Vodafone
The Swedish communications authority has also said that since the 3G operators have not satisfied the population coverage that they have promised, PTS will, during the spring of 2006, order them to complete the roll-out of the 3G networks, subject to a fine for default. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 24, 2005 at 12:56 p.m..

Conventional Wisdom
Holiday reading quote #2, from the I thought disappointing Freakonomics. (Steven Levitt is clearly frighteningly clever, but I felt that the "rogue economist" label, and the profusion of hyperbrilliant, superintellectual and ultragenius tags actually detracted from what was being said.... From Monkeymagic on October 24, 2005 at 12:54 p.m..

Slow Book, slow blog
Lo primero y principal es agradecer la invitación de José Luis para escribir aquí. Y enseguida, escribir algo no muy largo y que pueda distraer un poco en el tráfago de afanes múltiples en que todos vivimos. Un “slow post”. Me explico. Hoy he pasado por una librería del Corso Vittorio ... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on October 24, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..

MemoryWiki
Marshall Poe of Atlantic Monthly and American University has begun a project called MemoryWiki, in which anyone can add a personal memoir about a historical or cultural event. I read a couple of very interesting memoirs about disco dancing, and the recent Notre Dame-USC football clash. This is a nice example of community writing and [...] From Martindale Matrix on October 24, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..

TDC activates child porn filter
The filter has been developed in cooperation with the national police and Save the Children. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 24, 2005 at 11:56 a.m..

Nintendo Europe enables data transfer via Interoute VPN
Interoute has provided a managed VPN based on MPLS which will enable Nintendo to process its internal and external communications, as well as its ordering and delivery services at its European locations. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 24, 2005 at 11:56 a.m..

T-Mobile launches '4G' mobile internet service
Users of Internet 4G, a service which makes use of UMTS TDD technology, will be able to take advantage of downlink speeds of up to 1024 Kbps and uplink speeds of up to 256 Kbps. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 24, 2005 at 11:56 a.m..

HP asks Blu-ray to add features
Hewlett-Packard wants two new technologies - mandatory managed copy and iHD - to be part of the next-generation DVD standard. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 24, 2005 at 11:56 a.m..

Commission approves public funding for broadband in Kärnten, Austria
Broadband is not currently available in the target areas in Kärnten because they are mainly rural and geographically remote, making them unattractive for commercial investment by broadband providers. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 24, 2005 at 11:56 a.m..

Powerful beyond imagination
"Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate, and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination." - Einstein... From Monkeymagic on October 24, 2005 at 10:54 a.m..

Teach Content or Teach Learning?
For some reason that "one teacher" quote from Saturday has been sticking in my brain, and I've been thinking a lot about what I learned from those three influential classroom teachers I had growing up. Not much of what I remember has anything to do with content. I mean I remember some of the assignments and exercises, sure. But what I remember most, and the reason they're still with me today, was their passion for learning, their willingness to go beyond the text or topic, their senses of humor. They were the smartest three tea From weblogged News on October 24, 2005 at 10:48 a.m..

Slowness
Holiday reading quote #1, from Carl Honore's brilliant In Praise of Slow:"The Slow movement is on the march. Instead of doing everything faster, many people are decelerating and finding that Slowness helps them to live, work, think and play better...... From Monkeymagic on October 24, 2005 at 9:55 a.m..

Podcast Publishing With MovableType
Podcast Publishing With MovableType: Alan Levine posts about using MoveableType as a Podcast publishing/posting engine. He has created a system of several templates available for download that allow you set up a system for cataloging podcasts, and producing RSS feeds associated with them. From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on October 24, 2005 at 9:51 a.m..

Tokyo Screens Green Machines
With oil prices rising and the rest of the world adhering to the Kyoto Protocol, automakers embrace environmentally friendly concept cars at the Tokyo Motor Show. Plus: A mega truck dwarfs SUVs. From the Wired News blog Autopia. From Wired News on October 24, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

Women of Porn Rock Stereotypes
They are not the airheads or desperate victims you might expect -- women involved in the porn industry pop society's cartoon baloons. Plus: Mobile porn, here we come. From the Wired News blog Sex Drive Daily. From Wired News on October 24, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

Video Podcasting Will Be Huge
Anyone who complains about the screen size of the new 30-GB iPod has probably not seen the screen or is just a whiner, says geek extraordinaire Russell Beattie. Plus: More iPod porn of the pierced kind coming your way. From Leander Kahney's Cult of Mac blog. From Wired News on October 24, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

The End of TV as We Know It
Television manufacturers, broadcasters and regular folks will have to abandon analog TV and embrace high-def digital by the Senate-mandated deadline of April 7, 2009. Plus: Kodak cranks out a 39-megapixel CCD. From the Wired News blog Gear Factor. From Wired News on October 24, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

Interior: Power to the Computer
A judge orders Interior Department computer systems used to manage accounts for American Indians shut down because of security concerns. But officials claim that action would hurt government operations and 'public interest.' From Wired News on October 24, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

E-Tutors: Outsourcing the Coach
Experts in math, science and English writing skills meet with U.S. students online to give them the edge they need for school -- only thing is, the tutors are in India. From Wired News on October 24, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

Hurricane Hunters Track Wilma
A NOAA plane flies into the eyes of monster storms to gather data for the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The craft, veteran of 79 tropical storms and hurricanes, stocks a liberal supply of barf bags for those on board. From Wired News on October 24, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

Web Software Challenges Microsoft
Agile web development tools offer speedy web transactions and independence from software installation. Ironically, Ajax, one of the biggest threats to MS Office, was invented by the software giant. From Wired News on October 24, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

Visionaries Float Big Ideas
Pitting bright minds against tough problems, global tech luminaries explore large-scale challenges from space exploration to mining the hidden depths of the seas. Mark Anderson reports from the PopTech conference in Maine. From Wired News on October 24, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

Antioxidants to the Rescue
Iron gall inks are eating through thousands of priceless documents. Now researchers are turning to a new weapon in the fight to preserve them: 'radical scavengers.' By Daithí Ó hAnluain. From Wired News on October 24, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

Divvying Up the Download Payload
The British music industry is fighting itself over online music sales. As the music biz goes digital, artists and labels are squabbling over how to divide the spoils. Jonny Evans reports from London. From Wired News on October 24, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

The End of the Affair
Our intense, addictive love of a particular video game is shockingly fleeting. What accounts for our fickle relationships with games? Commentary by Clive Thompson. From Wired News on October 24, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

No Longer Safe for Work: Blogs
Attempting to keep employees from leaking proprietary information, companies are blocking access to weblogs, along with porn, peer-to-peer and warez sites. Or, maybe they're just boosting worker productivity. By Christopher Null. From Wired News on October 24, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

Wasted Sweetness
Back from a great two weeks of reading, relaxing, exploring, mint tea and fearless driving in Morocco. A week ago I was a couple of miles outside Merzouga, in the desert, under a full moon, and staying in a Berber... From Monkeymagic on October 24, 2005 at 8:53 a.m..

Graeme Daniel
'... universal access to all human knowledge is possible. Succeeding, the project might be one of humanity's greatest achievements, up there with the myth of Library of Alexandria. Not only to store all human knowledge, but to provide access to it, even to the child in rural of Uganda..'. Brewster K From wwwtools on October 24, 2005 at 7:56 a.m..

Se anuncia la fusión de FYCSA con el grupo Doxa
Mediante una nota de prensa, hemos sabido que Fycsa, la consultora que preside Miguel Canalejo, se fusiona con el Grupo Doxa para liderar el sector de la consultoría de formación con soluciones de e-l... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on October 24, 2005 at 7:50 a.m..

MoVIL: Herramienta online de autodiagnóstico formativo basada en dotLRN
El proyecto transnacional europeo MoVIL es un proyecto innovador financiado por el programa comunitario Leonardo Da Vinci con el propósito de desarrollar una herramienta de apoyo a la formación contin... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on October 24, 2005 at 7:50 a.m..

What Is "Usable" e-Learning?
This article on eLearn Magazine asks how can we really evaluate the success or otherwise of elearning? "A recent eLearn Magazine feature revealed that most major producers of e-learning are not doing substantial usability testing, probably because most major purchasers and consumers of e-learning have no way of evaluating the degree to which a course is usable. To put it another way, despite the huge and growing numbers of dollars being spent on e-learning, nobody is really checking to see whether the courses being developed are usable and therefore useful. In fact, we don't seem to even From ScotFEICT on October 24, 2005 at 6:52 a.m..

Extra Credit Project
Last week was mid-terms and three of my students screwed up on their oral exam due to some misunderstanding. Instead of just giving them a zero, I've decided a second chance is in order so I'm giving them a book report to do. These students have a good command of English but I am not going to ask them to just buy a book and read it. I've decided to have them purchase a book in the Oxford Bookworms series level three. I'm going to use this as a kind of pilot of something I would like to do with graded readers. The hand out for my students is available here: book_report.pdf From Language, teaching, and all things EFL on October 24, 2005 at 5:47 a.m..

Open source taking over Europe - Gavin Clarke, the Register Published
Nearly half of European local government bodies are using open source software while nearly a third don't know that they are using open source at all. A Maastricht University survey of 12 counties has reportedly found 49 per cent using Free/Libre/Open Sou From Techno-News Blog on October 24, 2005 at 3:49 a.m..

Colleges Protest Call to Upgrade Online Systems - SAM DILLON and STEPHEN LABATON, New York Times
The federal government, vastly extending the reach of an 11-year-old law, is requiring hundreds of universities, online communications companies and cities to overhaul their Internet computer networks to make it easier for law enforcement authorities to m From Techno-News Blog on October 24, 2005 at 3:49 a.m..

Open Source Props For Microsoft? - Sean Michael Kerner, Internet News
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is normally not on the list of companies likely to say anything positive about Microsoft. Yet that's exactly what happened yesterday, as the Free Software Foundation's European branch (FSFE) congratulated Microsoft for From Techno-News Blog on October 24, 2005 at 3:49 a.m..

NCLB and Value Added School Ratings
NCLB and Value Added School Ratings: Tom Hoffman points to a very interesting article in The Washington Monthly on NCLB assessments vs. other methods of school assessment.... The article points to the work done at Herbert Marcus Elementary School in Dallas and how it fares in a value added type of assessment compared to the requirements of NCLB. From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on October 24, 2005 at 2:50 a.m..

Not blogging
It's a pretty good example of not blogging all dressed up as blogging: the Pedagogy Journal site belonging to the academic journal called Pedagogy. They post the titles of each piece in a new print issue, then hope for a lively conversation to spring up. There are no other posts, as far as I can tell, no ongoing commitment to online conversation by the staff or owners, no sharing of resources,... From Weblogs in Higher Education on October 24, 2005 at 1:47 a.m..

We're back
January 13 - 14 - 15, 2006 Same location as last time. Purpose and sponsors different. If you live in California, keep tuned. If you live outside CA, you still might be interested. From homoLudens III on October 24, 2005 at 12:46 a.m..

“E-Tutoring Broadens Bounds of Outsourcing” - Yahoo! News
Wealthy American families hire tutors in India for their children. Tutoring occurs online. At least a $10 million per year business, and growing. E-Tutoring Broadens Bounds of Outsourcing Growing Stars Inc.: http://www.growingstars.com NIIT Technologies Ltd.: http://www.niit.com Educomp Datamatics Ltd.: http://www.edumatics.com From Martindale Matrix on October 23, 2005 at 11:46 p.m..