Intro to an Open Standards Architecture
This is a detailed and complex read, but one that rewards the intrepid as it contains a vision for a much more robust, useful, and interesting world wide web. There are some bits that need refining - why would we place all the content reviews in a shared database, for example, when they could be as easily distributed as content. More...

Evaluating Media Characteristics: Using Multimedia to Achieve Learning Outcomes

Nice short article describing a process and set of rubrics for evaluating the appropriateness of different media for different educational outcomes. More...

Introduction to XFML
No this isn't some sort of oddball football league set up by wrestlers. It's an interesting variant on XML that recognizes that there are many ways to describe and categorize objects. As the author writes, XFML "provides a simple format to share classification and indexing data. More...

On the Web, It's Easy to Earn Straight A's
This is yet another article bemoaning the proliferation of fake credentials over the internet. Like most such phenomena, the transgression isn't new - people have been faking credentials since credentials were invented. The internet just makes it easier. More...

Roman Forum Virtually Recreated in California
As you read through this item, which depicts the creation of a vitual version of the Roman Forum in 400 AD, think of it this way: within a few years, students will be able to have the same experience in their own classroom, and a few years after that, people will be able to experience it in their living room. I don't think people understand yet what new visual technology will bring. More...

Proposed Directive on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: Frequently Asked Questions
This useful document highlights significant differences between the European Union directive, which it describes, and copyright legislation in the United States. More...

The Enabling Pillars
This report a studies of policies for information and communication technologies (ICT) in education and training in Australian education systems and agencies. This page links to an executive summary, from which a PDF version of the full report may be accessed. More...

A Bulletproof Model for the Design of Blended Learning

This is a good document, outlining the major steps required to plan the development of a blended, distance or online learning course. More...

NewsScan
OLDaily has, like NewsScan, also experienced difficulties with software filters. You probably know by now that I'll brave most anything to get an issue out, no matter how truncated. So if your OLDaily doesn't show up, look first to your filtering system. More...

Seating Made Simple
It's a parody, but it's a pretty good one. Imagine chairs were soft like software or online content. It gives the concept of a "seat license" a whole new meaning (and in so doing, illustrates the absurdity of it all). More...