Voila! Workspot Linux is Instant and Portable Magic
I'm not going to spend $US 9.95 a month to try this out, having just spent $Cdn 80 to buy Mandrake Linux (a report is coming soon, never fear). But I think that a tenth of the price this would be a pretty good deal for schools who want to provide necessary experience without the cost of installing software. More...

A Radical Rethink
Ignoring the revisionist use of the word "radical," the proposal offered by the Economist to restrict copyright protection to 14 years might nonetheless be the only thing that saves copyright at all. because if copyright legislation is widely ffelt to be ridiculous and draconian by the general public (and the music industry's experience sugegest it is), then maintaining the status quo will result in the end of any protection for content, online or otherwise. More...

PhdData

Still being developed, PhdData intends to be an open and free global registry of doctoral dissertations in progress. More...

6 Retailers Plan Venture to Sell Music on the Web
This item - which describes plans by six major music store chains to offer in-store CD burning of music downloaded from the net - reminds me of the "publish on demand" schemes pushed on colleges and universities a few years ago? Remember those? I hope you weren't one of the poor ones who invested the bank to obtain data in proprietary format that could be used only for printing on the vendor's machine. More...

Elearning in the Netherlands

This brief document provides an overview of e-learning in the Netherlands. Because there is no specific national program, most funding goes directly to schools. More...

What Works
This short article surveys the results of a study conducted of e-learning practices at six companies. It's an odd mix of major corporations and e-learning consulting companies (and therefore the results of this 'survey' are a little suspect). More...

Creating a Culture of Ideas
There's a lot just under the surface of this engaging article. "To build a nation of innovators," asserts the author, "we should focus on youth, diversity, and collaboration." Well to build a nation of anything you need youth; the more salient points lie in the direction of diversity and collaboration. More...

How to Get Inside a Student's Head
Though Steven Pinker's track record commands respect, he is a little off the mark in this op-ed in the New York Times. Pinker first makes the observation that educators should rely more on empirical science, and in particular, cognitive science, behavioral genetics and evolutionary and developmental psychology. More...

Site to Centralize E-training
The U.S. government is finalizing plans to centralize e-learning provided by various government agencies under one roof. Office of Management and Budget launched the Government Online Learning Center in July of 2002 and on Wednesday launched the second phase of the program, which includes new features and enhancements to the site. More...

Find an Answer in E-Learning
This item is mostly a rehash of what readers have seen before (is there any other kind of rehash?) but provides three compact case studies of corporate e-learning: Home Depot, Ryders and Siemens. More...