University Edits Words of Anarchist
Although it is raising funds to support its collection of her papers, UC Berkeley does not want you to read the following two quotes from Emma Goldman work: In one of the quotations, from 1915, Goldman called on people "not yet overcome by war madness to raise their voice of protest, to call attention of the people to the crime and outrage which are about to be perpetrated on them." More...

The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)
Interesting article picked up by elearningpost discussing advertising, marketing and the subconscious mind. The connections to education are obvious. More...

Brains, Minds and Teaching
I wish I had the full text version of this item and not just the slide show, because I'm not sure I agree with it in its details. But there is a lot to chew on in this HTML version of a PowerPoint presentation connecting current brain function research and teaching methodology. More...

Beyond the Blackboard
Keeping things traditional and in-class, today's whiteboard is depicted in this article as an alternative not to the blackboard, but to the laptop. More...

The New E.U.
The European universities have lost their way, according to this article, but may find redemption through embracing elitism instead of accessibility, private ownership instead of government management. More...

Free to Be
In yesterday's 'Education Life' section the New York Times took the opportunity to stake out a conservative agenda in education coverage. It is an agenda dominated by anti-unionist, anti-givernment and anti-intellectual sentiment, one in which private and elite education is favoured. More...

On the Road Again...
Today's newsletter is very early and comes to you from my living room in Moncton. Tomorrow's will be quite late (and possibly quite short) and will come to you from a hotel room in Edmonton. More...

Joining the Dots: Advances in Online Biomedical Literature Management
Good quick survey of some of the major approaches and technologies involved in online scientific literature management and distribution. I like this item because it provides a good index to the sort of material I select for this newsletter. More...

The Rights and Wrongs of the Doctrine of First Sale
The "first sale" doctrine expresses the idea that, if you buy something, it's yours to do what you want with it. In other words, the vendors rights end once the item has been sold. This is what allows you to sell your used books and what allows libraries to loan copies for free. More...

The Auditory Advantage
When people think about adding audio to e-learning, they usually think of adding a professor's voice-over, the spoken word paralleling the printed text. I can't think of anything more agonizing, personally. This article takes a wider view, looking at the use of music in e-learning. More...