Developing and Creatively Leveraging Hierarchical Metadata and Taxonomy
I agree that taxonomies are useful, and this article provides a nice description with examples. But developers of taxonomies need to be clear about what they are doing, because there is never a single best taxonomy for any given domain. In the example in the article, for example, toys are divided between 'educational' and 'plush. More...
Ensemble Collaboration Brings Online Learning Back to Life
Press release for Ensemble's launch at ASTD, covered here yesterday. In particular, follow the three links in the middle of the release. More...
Teach to Learn - The Next Big Thing
One of the more interesting things I learned from John Stuart Mill's biography: homeschooled by his father, James Mill, John was required in turn to teach his younger siblings. While he gained a great deal from the experience, he reports in the Autobiography, his younger siblings fared less well. More...
Online Storytelling
Delivered in the context of the EU-funded project ACTeN, this report provides an overview and analysis of the educational use of storytelling. I like the wide variety of examples used to illustrate the core themes, including corporate storytelling in the consumer oriented industry, public services and pedagogic institutions, such as museums, and political movements and organizations. More...
e-Learning Dashboard
Kevin Kruse of e-LearningGuru has come up with this nifty e-learning 'Dashboard' containing e-learning headlines, current stock prices of major e-learning companies, one click access to 9 different e-learning blogs, and a calendar of e-learning events for the month ahead. More...
Scholarly Communication in the Digital Environment: What Do Authors Want?
This paper reports on the results of a large world-wide survey on authors' opinions regarding commercial publishing and open access. Overall, the authors report scepticism and sometimes hostility toward commercial publishers. More...
Videography for Educators
Pete MacKay of the Teacher List this week ran a nice series of links on videography for educators, reproduced here: Videography for Educators, from Apple; About.com's Desktop Video Basics; Atomic Learning's resources on iMovie 2 and Windows Movie Maker 2; and Bill Edwards's Streaming Media Test Grounds. More...
MERLOT Virtual Speaker Bureau Brings Guest Experts Online
MERLOT comes up with its own version of an idea that is becoming increasingly popular: linking service providers (such as subject matter experts or instructors) with potential clients. More...
Government's Response to the Recommendations of the Three Research Related Reviews
The Australian government has posted its response to three recent studies: Evaluation of Knowledge and Innovation Reforms Consultation Report; Review of Closer Collaboration Between Universities and Major Publicly Funded Research Agencies; and the Final Report for the National Research Infrastructure Taskforce. More...
Archimede: A Canadian Software Solution for Institutional Repositories
Laval University Library has released the third part of its institutional repository, Archimede. "This component covers e-prints, pre-prints, post-prints and other research publications from faculty members and research communities." A demo is available. More...
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