Latest from AOL, MSN Represent Evolution of Digital Dinosaurs

I don't cover AOL and MSN very much, precisely because I think that they are dinosaurs. But this article is worth a read because it identifies why they are dinosaurs, and there's a lesson for e-learning there. More...

CANARIE Provides the RACOL Project $1.3 Million

Canadian readers will want to take note of this latest program announcement from CANARIE, funding for the Rural Advanced Community of Learners (RACOL) project. More...

Points of Learning and Teaching Systems
Drawing from the concept of 'point of sale' in business, the instant a person decides to purchase a good or service, the author describes the 'point of learning and teaching systems' (POLTS) in education, which is roughly the instant a person decides to access learning. More...

How to Market E-Learning in Your Company

This issue is a bit of a flavour of the month, having shown up in a number of places recently. It won't last, because there's not much to say, and most of it is said here. More...

College Questioning Site's Link
Of course I wouldn't say that my commentary in Thursday's OLDaily was the key, but it appears that administrators at UCSD are now reconsidering their decision to order the removal of links to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). More...

Measures of Learning in Higher Education

This article never takes you too deeply into the world of assessment and evaulation (but just deep enough to tell you the difference between them, which is deep enough for some of us). More...

Joint Report of the Council and the General Board on the Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights

The original report from the Cambridge Council and General Board recommending that the university assert copyright ownership. More...

Campaign for Cambridge Freedoms

Dissenting academic staff at Cambridge have launched a website opposing proposals by the university to assert ownership over faculty work. More...

A Case to Define the Digital Age
Survey of the legal issues around the current challenge to the copyright term extension act in the United States. The case, led by copyright activist Lawrence Lessig, alleges that the extension will not foster the creation of new work (since the creators being protected are long dead). More...

The Digital Challenge: Are You Prepared?
This KPMG report lays it on the line: "media companies are focusing too much on encryption and other defensive technologies while failing to develop proactive strategies that recognize and leverage their online intellectual property assets." More...