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Anita Kumar - 'Revolution' in education learning a hard reality - St. Petersburg Times
Good update on the running of schools by private companies, and especially on the shifting fortunes of Edison Schools, which now manages 61,000 students at about 136 public schools - down from almost 70,000 students at 157 schools a year ago. Interestingly, "the gains in student achievement recorded so far have been largely indistinguishable from improvements seen elsewhere." And the schools themselves are run pretty much like traditional schools. [ From
OLDaily on December 8, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Jeremy Hiebert - HeadspaceJ - HeadsPaceJ
For those of you who have lost Jeremy Hiebert and miss him, he has, as he says, "committed the unforgivable sin of moving [his] blog without posting it the update in my RSS feeds. Anyhow, this link is to his new blog location, where you can also find his new Atom feed. [ From
OLDaily on December 8, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Eileen Gifford Fenton and Roger C. Schonfeld - The Shift Away From Print - Inside Higher Ed
An examination of the implications of the shift from paper to electronic publishing for libraries and publishers, one that inexplicably completely overlooks the rise of open access publishing and that only briefly mentions blogs and repositories (and then, only as a negative). The most important implication for libraries (other than those just mentioned), it seems to me, is this: "The widespread migration from print to electronic seems likely to eliminate library ownership of new accessions, with licensing taking the place of purchase." Which changes the status of acquisitions from being an in From
OLDaily on December 8, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Various authors - 21st Century Learning Initiative - Canadian Council on Learning
The Canadian Council on Learning has launched a new website. "This website will be an ongoing source of valuable information about the progress of the 21st Century Learning Initiative (Canada), including links to papers, slides and speeches... The site also provides an on-line forum to allow visitors to ask questions, share ideas, and post examples of activities and practices that are relevant to the Initiative." It looks nice, and does have some resources - but the font is tiny on my screen. Folks, From
OLDaily on December 8, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Various authors - JISC-CETIS Conference 2005 - JISC - CETIS
Kudos to the JISC and CETIS people who captured not only notes and slides but also audio of the presentations at the recent meeting in Edinburgh on the E-Framework. There's a lot here and you won't get through it all in one sitting (I didn't). Start with the From
OLDaily on December 8, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Why we won't be seeing Hoder in the US for a while
Hoder, the remarkable Iranian blogger and force for good got googled at the US Border and was denied admission because something he'd written in his blog was used against him. Read it and be amazed/depressed. [Tags: blogosphere hoder]... From
Joho the Blog on December 8, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..
What Is a Digital Library Anymore, Anyway?
This article from D-Lib Magazine is informative, interesting, and provocative ; the authors quickly overview past developments in d-libraries and then offer a model for developing d-libraries that will better serve users through context customization and interaction. I found that most of the criticisms that the authors apply to general purpose digital libraries could apply with equal force to currently available digital collections of learning objects (LO Repositories) and to collections of open educational resources (OERs). ______JHEduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on December 8, 2005 at 5:46 p.m..
RU Sirius Interview
Here is
RU Sirius interviewing me about my new book for his Neophiles radio show. And here's a podcast with
Small World.As for excerpts, I feel kind of done with them. I may post another one, but at this point I'm thinking it would be smarter to post new short pieces - blog posts - sharing ideas related to the book and other work. It's really a lesson from Get Back in the Box: everything tends to work best in the medium for which it From
rushkoff.blog on December 8, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..
Blast from the past
I just came across this copy of the Columbia University Spectator from 1967 when I visited as a participant in a day for high school newspaper editors. I spent the entire time outside the Library arguing about the Vietnam war. Despite what the caption implies, I was arguing against the War, i.e., on the same side as SDS. I'm the boy with the tie. (Click on photo to see the whole article) [Tags: photos 1967 vietnam]... From
Joho the Blog on December 8, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..
Carteles de los Oscar
Ya están los carteles de los Oscar: Academy Unveils Posters for78th Academy Awards®: Imágenes gentileza de Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 8, 2005 at 2:52 p.m..
Freedom of Anonymous Speech (Ross Mayfield)
Assume that John Seigenthaler gets what he wants from his criticism of Wikipedia. He very well may gain congressional hearings on anonymity. Purportedly in comments to a post by Larry Sanger that begs the question, his intent is to have... From
Corante: Social Software on December 8, 2005 at 2:49 p.m..
Check my math?
Melvil Dewey designed the modern library catalog card, sizing it at 7.5 x 12.5 cm. As far as I can tell, that makes it a Golden Rectangle (AKA the Golden Mean), but I have never ever ever gotten a math problem right. Anyone care to check my math? Thanks! [Tags: EverythingIsMiscellaneous MelvilDewey libraries]... From
Joho the Blog on December 8, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..
UNITAR Open Educational Resources Courseware Directory
This guideline directory was developed by Zaid Ali Alsagoff of Malaysia's UNITAR (
http://www.unitar.edu.my/) in response to the UNESCO Virtual Conference on Open Educational Resources (OERs) in Higher Education. "I have tried to capture some of these great resource sites (OER or learning object repositories) out there and simply index them A-Z." When the Directory first appeared in December 2005 it included 98 sites and included both repositories of OERs and guideline sites or referatories to OERs; the online display can be easil From
EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on December 8, 2005 at 2:47 p.m..
Handbook of Enquiry and Problem-based Learning
Heute ist Zeit für etwas Grundlagenarbeit: Die All Ireland Society for Higher Education hat ein Kompendium herausgebracht, das sich in einer Reihe von Artikeln dem Thema "Enquiry- and Problem-based Learning" widmet. Der Ausgangspunkt ist mit folgender Definition beschrieben: "EBL [Enquiry-Based... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 8, 2005 at 10:51 a.m..
Interesting Classroom Blogging
There has been a lot of interesting reading of late coming out of classrooms regarding the reactions students are having to blogs and blogging and reading.
Konrad Glogowski and
Clarence Fisher are becoming two of the blogs I seek out in my
aggregator hoping that they've posted about their work. It's really good stuff, and very enlightening. Makes me want to get back in the classroom... Konrad's been writing about what happens when From
weblogged News on December 8, 2005 at 10:47 a.m..
Valoraciones de Les Blogs 2.0
Algunas repercusiones de la conferencia Les Blogs 2.0 celebrada en ParÃs los dÃas 5 y 6 de diciembre de 2005: responden Enrique Dans, VÃctor Ruiz, José A. del Moral y Julio Alonso (incluyo enlaces en las respuestas). 1) ¿Cuál ha sido tu valoración global de Les Blogs 2.0? Enrique Dans: Decididamente buena. ... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 8, 2005 at 9:53 a.m..
La dieta informativa
Se podrÃan comparar los blogs con restaurantes, los posts con los platos del menú y a los bloggers con cocineros. EncontrarÃamos fast-foods, comida casera, cocina de autor… Dependiendo de tus gustos, necesidades o circunstancias elegirÃas uno u otro, volverÃas siempre al mismo o preferirÃas cambiar de vez en cuando. El problema ... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 8, 2005 at 8:47 a.m..
The Neopets Addiction
Twenty million kids can't get enough -- and neither can advertisers. How a website for the after-school set became a product-placement paradise. By David Kushner of Wired magazine. From
Wired News on December 8, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..
Wrap Up a Holiday Hack
'Tis the season for mixing and mashing. Don't settle for store-bought toys when you can use them as raw material for your own one-of-a-kind designs. By Rachel Metz. From
Wired News on December 8, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..
She's Only 83? Cradle Robber!
Never say die. One of these days, that might be more than just another trite expression. Science is making it possible for people to live longer all the time. Is eternal life possible? Say it ain't so. Commentary by Tony Long. From
Wired News on December 8, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..
When Hi-Fi Meets the IPod
Since the advent of MP3s, music lovers must choose between quality and portability. Keith Axline reports that a new generation of digital media could bring the two together. Second in a three-part series. From
Wired News on December 8, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..