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26 juin 2018

The Transformed Academy

The Transformed Academy
Pretty good slide show (though it starts slowly with a few hackneyed cliches ('Technology is the tool, not the...') outlining four major areas of change faced by universities: mission and markets, organizational structure, leadership, and assessment. More...

26 juin 2018

Is Palladium Getting a Bad Rap?

Is Palladium Getting a Bad Rap?
Microsoft is playing the coy innocent in its reaction to the criticism it has suffered since announced its 'trusted computing' (or as Richard Stallman styles it, 'treacherous computing') platform. In this article, MS developer Mario Juarez responds, "There's this mythology surrounding NGSCB that Microsoft is in league with the media industry to override consumers' rights. That makes no sense. More...

26 juin 2018

TidBITS Policy on Challenge-Response

TidBITS Policy on Challenge-Response
If you're thinking of using a challenge-response (C-R) system to block spam, think again. The idea of C-R is that if an email comes from an unrecognized source, the email is blocked until the sender, in response to an email (the 'challenge') goes to a website and answers a question only humans can answer (the 'response'). More...

26 juin 2018

NationStates

NationStates
Not sure how it will go but I really like the concept, so I created the nation of Merlandia in the game of NationStates, a straight-forward world politics simulation. One thing I like about this is the pacing: you are presented with one issue a day. More...

26 juin 2018

RSS Profile Wiki

RSS Profile Wiki
The development of RSS has been a chaotic process. The specification has split, or "forked," several times. The community as a whole is divided over whther RDF should form the basis. It is in this environment that Mark Nottingham has decided to stimulate discussion by setting up this RSS Profile Wiki in an effort to see whether the community can settle on a single profile. More...

26 juin 2018

Chandler-Gilbert Goes Wireless!

Chandler-Gilbert Goes Wireless!
The 'unwiring' of this college creates new opportunities, and with it, a vision for a new type of learning. "We have now moved more closely toward our vision of the 'social campus,'" write the authors, "where learning doesn't stop when students leave the physical confines of the classroom." This is an important point. More...

26 juin 2018

Great Idea, But How Do I Do It? A Practical Example of Learning Object Creation Using SGML/XML

Great Idea, But How Do I Do It? A Practical Example of Learning Object Creation Using SGML/XML
Once upon a time, the idea was that learning objects would be authored in XMl and then rendered using stylesheet transforms. The idea was that it would be as easy to change the look and feel as it is to switch between looks for this Zen Garden CSS demonstration site. More...

26 juin 2018

Ripple announces $50M university blockchain research initiative

University Business Magazine logoRipple is launching the University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), a program comprised of collaborative partnerships with leading universities globally to support academic research, technical development and innovation in blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital payments. More...

26 juin 2018

Legend Power Technology chosen by Ontario college

University Business Magazine logoLegend Power Systems Inc. (TSXV:LPS), a global leader in voltage reduction and management technology, is pleased to announce the purchase of five Harmonizer systems by an Ontario-based college, totaling $597,585. More...

25 juin 2018

Southern New Hampshire University licenses learning machine platform

University Business Magazine logoLearning Machine announced that Southern New Hampshire University has issued Bachelor’s and Associate’s Degrees to its Spring 2018 College for America graduates as both paper diplomas and as Blockcerts. A Blockcert is a digital document anchored to the blockchain for instant verifiability anywhere in the world. More...

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