By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Education Podcast Network
Just launched, the Education Podcast Network is "an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers." The site brings together podcasts from a couple dozen or so podcasters. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Virtual University: Models and messages
This is actually a collection of articles by various authors, but the overview (in a format I like a lot) reads like a short article. The emphasis is on models of virtual universities specifically, so there is no mention of what might be called non-official work in online learning. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Thwarted Innovation: What Happened to E-learning and Why
Zemsky and Massey somehow managed to get an entire book out of this subject, but I think the summary, reposed here on the Digital Divide network website, covers the ground quite nicely. Of course, to get the most out of this you have to buy into the idea that the e-learning boom really did go bust - a proposition that, from my vantage point, is difficult to sustain. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Multi-User Virtual Environment Experiential Simulator
A Multi-User Virtual Environment - or MUVE - is an online space where vistors can navigate in a three-dimensional visual environment interacting with artifacts and each other. MUVE's were pioneered in the late 90s by a company called Active Worlds. This page describes MUVE work being undertaken at Harvard. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Room 208
Ah, I love stuff like this, probably because I was the sort of student who would have been all over this. Room 208 links to a student podcast created by Mr. S's 3/4 multiage class. The sound quality is great, there's chat, news and music. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Emerging Issues in the Practice of University Learning and Teaching
This online book is written for the practicing teacher and reflects this audience with a general and relatively introductory focus. Nonetheless, it captures quite well current trends in learning and some of the articles provide depth intended readers might not find elsewhere. I particularly enjoyed, for example, Geraldine O'Neill and Tim McMahon's article on student-centered teaching. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Another Step toward the Creation of the Adult Learning Knowledge Centre
The Canadian Council on Learning has launched the application process. Organizations need to apply by June 21, 2005. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. AMTEC 2005
I haven't had the chance to cover this properly, but if you missed AMTEC all the coverage is here. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Guelph
I'm in Summerside, Prince Edward island, for the 2005 Canadian Association of Police Educators conference. Meanwhile, here are my photos from my time in Guelph, Ontario, last week. Thanks to Mike and everyone else in the city for a fine welcome. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, May 31, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect]. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Ida Takes Tea
Another new ed tech blog, Ida Takes Tea, which launched last week, is written by Catherine Howell, who works for CARET, the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies, at the University of Cambridge, UK. More...