WWW Past & Future
Slides from Tim Berners-Lee's address to the Royal Society. These are well worth viewing if you still don't understand what the Semantic Web i. More...

Learning Communities and Learning Networks
Short article tha gets at the heart of some of the fundamental changes facing education in the years ahead. More...

eLearning Latest Battleground in Privacy Wars, Says eLearn Magazine
I have finally found a way to link to eLearn Magazine articles (usually a problem since the articles are not given a permanent link): link to the press release announcing the article. And at 538 words, the press release is almost as long as the article (601 words) itself. More...

Open Archives Initiative and Project RoMEO Initiate OAI-rights
Something to keep a close eye on: the Open Archives Initiative is investigating the question of how to express digital rights in a harvesting environment. More...

The Case Against Micropayments
This is a pretty good article outlining the case against the adoption of micropayments. Some of the arguments are a bit weak - the analogy from America's slow adoption of debit cards, for example, does not presage a similar slowness to adopt micropayments. More...

File Sharing vs. The Broke College Student
Not that they would, but if the music industry wanted to know whether their lawsuits are working, they would talk to students. "The student also said, 'As long as you don't share any files, there's no way to know what you have.' For the most part, students are a little on edge, but willing to keep downloading songs anyway. Another student said 'Sure it's bad if you get caught, but just about every student is doing it, so it's tough to get caught,'" especially outside the United States. More...

WGA Policy Resolution 03-20
I hadn't seen this until Chris sent me the link, but the Western Governors (of the United States) have adopted a resolution on sharable digital content for learning. It's a forward looking document, recommending the use of open standards and encouraging that universities provide incentives. More...

First Fame, Then Fortune: An Alternative Look At Micropayments Potential For Social And Economic Change
I think there's a good point here: "If we are really serious about not creating more generations of digital have-nots, the micropayment ethical approach may provide the best way to rapidly spread information of all types while keeping a sustainable, happy and growing system in place." More...