Why VCs Usually Get Ed Tech Wrong
Michael Feldstein, e-Literate, April 2, 2014

Michael Feldsetin writes, "The combination of the obsession with disruption and the phobia of institutions is a particularly bad one for the education markets... it leads to consistently unprofitable investment decisions." It leads to direct-to-consumer strategies, he argues, hence avoiding institutional and educational system complexities. More...

Thinking About Mozilla
Erin Kissane, Incisive.nu, April 1, 2014

Mozilla - the organization that makes Firefox - has been roiled recently by the appointment of a new CEO who supports a Californian law called 'Prop 8', which eliminates same-sex marriage. More...

Hits & thoughts ain't evidence
Martin Weller, The Ed Techie, April 9, 2014

As Martin Weller summarizes, "The impact map (http://oermap.org/) has been developed largely by Rob Farrow and Martin Hawksey, and features lots of Hawksey-goodness. More...

The 24-Hour Professor
Another scare article from the Chronicle which asks the question, "Is technology turning college teaching into a 24-hour job?" This is a change of tactic for the Chronicle, a shift from the argument that online learning allows too little contact with students to the argument that online learning allows too much. More...

Microsoft Dials Down School Software Audit Demands
The news in this article is couple of weeks old but the slant on the story shows that Microsoft has missed the point of objections to its marketingh, um, audit plan. More...

More Wireless Trends in the Making
Good analysis of some future trends in wireless access. Notable is the prediction - similar to one I made four years ago - of the proliferation of different types of wireless devices for different activities. More...

Images of CADE

The downtown skyline the backdrop, the world's cheapest web cam my camera, some quick snapshots of the Canadian Association for Distance Education conference happening right now in camera. More...

Consolidation Before the Leap; IMS Enterprise 1.1
Discussion of IMS's recent Enterprise specification (covered a week or so ago in OLDaily) and the issue of whether users should wait until the release of version 2.0 slated for this fall. More...

Any Teachers on Slashdot?
Like the typical Slashdot item, this discussion wanders a bit (but then, it wouldn't be Slashdot if it didn't), but this item generally revolves around the idea of teachers using technology and especially non-standard (read: non-Windows) technology such as Star Office. More...

A Proposed Set of Principles to Guide Investments of Funds, Time, and Energy in Technology in Learning

Developed by Contact North for Ontario schools, colleges and universities, this set of ten principles is a useful checklist to guide technology purchases for learning. More...