Flags of All Countries
I should title this link, "Education AOL Style." The link actually points to an educational site recommended by AOL@School with the tagline, "Can you find the flag from the country or countries your relatives came from?" It seems like a good way to teach about the culture of the world. More...

Fast Track to a CS Degree?
This is a fascinating discussion conducted by members of the Slashdot community, a group of people known for independent learning and for being well connected to the internet. The participants question the value of a university degree and consider the advantages of a general education as opposed to a trade school certificate. More...

Economical Employee Training
Good overview article describing the appeal of online learning for staff training. The article focuses on reduced costs, customized training, communication and community. More...

Commercialization May Limit Internet
The article says it best: "As the Internet becomes more commercialized, companies are able to use the courts, trademarks and copyrights, proprietary technology and deep corporate pockets to control what Internet users do and say, threatening the openness that made the Net unique.". More...

2002: Year of .Net
By the 'year of .Net' what eWeek means is that 2002 will be the year of internet services. Expect to hear a lot more buzz about this concept. In principle, the concept is simple: programs (that you pay for online) are delivered over the internet to be run (at least in part) on your computer. Internet services are the 'second part' of web education standards such as IMS and SCORM. More...

Guides Redefine Mass Media
You can read the full report by applying for 'Guest Access' - a long, obnoxious form - and the report methodology is suspect (they interview three academics, call six technology companies, and read some other reports), but the conclusion they reach is sound (hey, it can happen). More...

The Pitfalls of Annual Testing
Critical of standardized testing, this article suggests that U.S. government funding for a recently aanounced testing program will create nothing more than 'bubble punching' tests and dubious learning materials. More...

Analysis: 20 Factors That Will Change PCs in 2002
This is a pretty good list. Some of the factors will be familiar to readers of OLDaily: instant messaging, wireless 802.11 networks, XML schemas, voice portals and distributed netowrks. More...

Checking for Plug-ins
Online courses increasingly require the use of plug-ins such as Flash. The browser tries to help, but unless your reader is an experienced internet user, the browser help doesn't do a lot. More...

RottaFlekti
Some people just have too much time on their hands - both the author of this item, who created it over the summer, the SlashDot member, who found it over the holidays, and the author again, who translated it into English last week. More...