The Best Internet Filter: It's In Students' Minds, Not Their Computers
I agree with the author's take in this editorial: "the strongest and most enduring standards are ones that people uphold for themselves. Computer users should have the skills and judgment to avoid filth after they leave school or the library. More...

Ahead of the Curve
Useful profile of Dave Winer, co-author of the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and (the article asserts) collaborator with Netscape on the RSS protocol. Some errors - RSS, as originally formulated by Netscape, stoop for "Rich Site Summery" - the name "Really Simple Syndication" is Winer's recasting. More...

An Extended Epistemology for Transformative Learning Theory and Its Application Through Collaborative Inquiry
The title says it all (and then some). Drawing on Jack Mezirow and John Heron's work in the field, this paper argues that transformation be understood as changed habits of being and proposes that collaborative inquiry is an effective strategy for facilitating learning and transformative learning. More...

Best Practices for Dynamic Webcast Meetings
Good list of lessons based on (sometimes hard) experience in the conduct of 'dynamic webcast meetings' (or synchronous conferencing). Also includes a list of things the author has learned NOT to do. More...

Online College Classes Surge in Popularity
We may have reached the turning point in online learning... this is the second article in as many weeks pointing to the rise in popularity of online learning. More...

Intel Seeks Teachers' Stories
OK, here's one I can't comfirm, not completely, but it appears credible at first glance (judge for yourself): From Leah dawn to the WWWEDU mailing list: "Intel is looking for teachers who are using computers and/or related technology in interesting and innovative ways, and who are willing to share their story as part of the Intel new Innovation Odyssey. More...

How the Wayback Machine Works
At today's conference I've found myself thinking a lot about the relation between knowledge bases, learning bases, and personal student learning management systems. More...

The Parsimony of the Explicit
I think there's something important happening in this article but I'm not quite sure I can put a finger on it. Elearningpost summarized it as follows: "David Weinberger: Most Web designers try to control the users? experience. Some try to shape it. And a precious few try to become that experience." That's not bad, but it misses the fact that most of the article is a response against a view proposed by the W3C's Charles Munat to the effect that, "a web site is data, relationships among data, and transformations that may be applied to that data. More...

National Learning Infrastructure Initiative
Today's newsletter is coming to you live from the 2002 NLII conference in San Diego (and hence is being distributed on San Diego time, a bit later than usual). More...