The Digital Optimist
"A journalist by trade," George Lorenzo reports on trends he observed while conducting research for an article on e-learning. Most of what he reports is consistent with my own observations, and a few of his points are worth noting. More...

RedPaper
Another site featuring do-it-yourself digital rights (now if only there were a system that let them all work together, right Rod?). More...

A Framework for Evaluating Digital Rights Management Proposals
Good analysis of criteria for evaluating proposed digital rights management (DRM) solutions. I can't think of any of these I disagree with (paraphrased from the article):

• Is the proposal technically feasible? Note that no proposed technical protection measures are strong enough to sustain a determined attack.
• What is the feasibility of legal enforcement, both domestically and internationally? If you have to pass laws to make the system work, you are limited by borders.
• What are the incentives to circumvent legal and technical protection for all parties in the transaction? Incentives for users to cheat will depend on the price per copy of digital works and the restrictions that are placed on usage.
• How efficient is the proposed solution? This includes both financial transactions and monitoring.
• What are the impacts on user privacy and fair use?
• How flexible is the solution? Does it allow various other solutions to be implemented. More...

By Joshua Kim. Digital learning higher education jobs are mostly about relationships. There are lots of conversations, e-mails, consultations. As a digital learning person goes on in their career, the percentage of time spent in conversation increases. More...