By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Social Influence for Perceived Usefulness and Ease-of-Use of Course Delivery Systems
The conclusion the authors draw - that "that instructors may influence students' perceived usefulness but not perceived ease-of-use on the technology they use in learning" - is simply not supported by the evidence. More...

Le réseau interministériel de l'Etat (RIE) : un vecteur de transition numérique au service de la modernisation de l'action publique. Plus...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. A.J. Hirst: Social Bookmarking Interoperability, OUseful Info November 28, 2005

Good discussion of how the metadata produced by various social bookmarking services (such as del.icio.us and Connotea) can interoperate. The major difference between the two service is (naturally) how they link to the resource - del.icio.us linking directly, Connotea linking to an intermediate page (the latter has become the staple in the blogosphere as well). More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Mososo
The key to mobile social software (mososo) seems to be not mobility per se but location-based services. "The basic idea of a MoSoSo is to overlay a location and time element to the idea of digital networking. So it enables you to find people in your vicinity and at that time for social, sexual/dating or business networking. It's worth noting that the time variable is often overlooked in analysis of MoSoSo dynamics". More...