Shamed Scientist's Work Fills Web
It's a good issue with the potential for bad solutions. Eight of Hendrik Schon's discredited research papers on Thursday were retracted by the journal Science after it was discovered that he used fabricated data. But copies of the work linger around the web. Thus there is no way for people to know that the work was discredited. More...
The Tablet PC: It Rocks
Oh, sure, nobody gives me a sneak peek about great new technologies I've been touting here for months (even years). I guess I'll have to be content with the trade papers (but mark my words, someone's going to want a sneak peek at something of mine, and then the tables will be turned). More...
OKI, IMS, ADL and SIF Join Up
This is major news. The alphabet soup in the headline stands for Open Knowledge Initiative, Instructional Management Systems, Advanced Distributed Learning and Schools Interoperability Framework. They represent among them the bulk of the work in the United States on educational technology specifications. More...
Self-Publishing Electronic Newsletters
This is a great article (far better than the Nielsen piece on the same topic yesterday). Nicely written, clear and straightforward, this article will tell you almost everything you need to know about publishing your own electronic newsletter. More...
Keeping Your Intranet Healthy and Effective
Good article on the practical steps needed in order to maintain an effective - and used - intranet. I would probably have added a note about ensuring ease of access, but I say that only because I find our own corporate intranet inaccessible. More...
European Treasury Browser
Scheduled for launch October 7 (the site is somewhat slow and empty at the moment), the European Treasury Browser - ETB - is intended to help teachers and students find quality teaching and learning resources, publishing and sharing learning materials, and to establish new tools and standards for resource discovery. The ETB provides European learning resources for schools via a metadata-based network of national collections. More...
New Technologies In Education
This article highlights four new technologies likely to make an impact in education. The first, everybody's favorite, is wireless access. Enough said. Portable computing devices, everybody's second favorite, is also on the list. The third is a bit of an oddity - new projecters. More...
Macromedia Flash MX: Serious Instructional Authoring Tool?
It reads like an advertisement - and hey! it's on the Macromedia site - but this article is a nice introduction to the use of Flash MX for educational applications. More...
New Models for Higher Education
A study released yesterday by the Association of American Colleges and Universities argues that higher education runs a grave risk if it won't adapt. This article highlights key features of the study (but doesn't provide a link - most annoying - but you can find it here). More...
Instructional Design in Elearning
Nice overview of instructional design theory and practice with some definitions (with links) and (short) descriptions of and links to the major theories. More...
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