By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Press Release: S1000D/SCORM Data re-use Demonstration, September 15, 2005
Peter Hope yesterday flagged this development as something worth watching. "Boeing Australia, HarvestRoad and DEST have collaborated to demonstrate the use of repositories to share content between SCORM training modules and S1000D technical publications based on authoritative data sources". More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Leigh Blackall and Sean FitzGerald: Knowledge Sharing with Distributed Networking Tools, September 15, 2005
Nicely done wiki presentation (so you can add to it) of the topic, beautifully illustrated and rich with links and examples. Topics covered include personalized media, social software, RSS feeds (which they call web feeds, even though they shouldn't), tagging, Creative Commons licensing, the network learning model and future VLEs. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Karen Rivedal: Can Public Universities Stay Public?, September 14, 2005
I have long maintained that the university crisis will occur as if overnight, after building up over a period of a number of years, a crisis created as legislators decline to fund an increasingly expensive and inefficient system of learning. This article notes one more element in the build-up - the overnight crisis isn't here yet, but it is getting closer. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Various authors: Google Blogsearch, Google September 14, 2005
Google has launched a blog search tool. I gave it the usual test, searching for myself. I got 748 results, which is even lower than Technorati and a lot lower than other blog search engines. And the results - as is typical Google fashion - are chronologically disordered, making it difficult to find recent and relevant content. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Berwyn Clayton, Thea Fisher and Elvie Hughes: Sustaining the Skill Base of Technical and Further Education Institutes: TAFE Managers’ Perspectives, NCVER September 14, 2005
From the summary: "This report examines the approaches managers and leaders in 16 TAFE institutes have undertaken to sustain, develop and renew their workforce and build their organisation's knowledge. It finds that TAFE managers now recognise that maintaining and developing their organisation's skill base is imperative, but that finding approaches to sustain TAFE in the longer term requires more attention." Maybe they'll make their staff sign up for thirteen week courses. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. D'Arcy Norman: Large Format Printing with iPhoto, D’Arcy Norman Dot Net September 14, 2005
This is totally cool. D'Arcy Norman demonstrates a program that merges digital images together, Autostitch, in order to form one gigantic high-quality image, which he can then print as wall art for about $30. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Various authors: e-Portfolios@UBC Project Portfolio, September 14, 2005
Dave Tosh points to this website providing extensive background and information about the use of e-portfolios at UBC. "e-Portfolios are online collections of your work that you choose to represent your skills and interests to diverse audiences." Take note especially of the lessons learned from two years' experience. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Marc Rettig and Aradhana Goel: Designing for Experience: Frameworks and Project Stories September 14, 2005
Maish writes, "This presentation made by Marc Retting and Aradhana Goel is one of the finest examples of using down-to-earth methods and practices to create engaging user experiences." My view is that Maish's description is actually an understatement; you will want to linger over and savour this presentation. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. What E-Learning 2.0 means To You
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Various authors: Digital Community of Authors, September 13, 2005
It's not really blogging, though the idea is similar, "a free virtual writer's workshop that allows young authors to publish original writing and illustrations right online." In other words, sort of like blogging with guidance and structure. More...
