Does Policy Make a Difference? An Exploration into Policies for Distance Education
Study of distance edeucation policies and enrollments at five west and midwest U.S. colleges (generalize at your own risk). The answer to the question posed above is, "Yes, but not as much of an influence as you might think." Early adopters and early majority indtructors will adopt distance learning no matter what the policy says; indeed, they tend to thrive in a policy vacuum. More...

IMS Simple Sequencing Approved
You may have forgotten about this, but Simple Sequencing is a way of describing how a student can navigate through a body of learning material. This article provides an update (IMS has approved the spec) and some criticisms. More...

Scholars scour eBay
Nice look at the twin-edged sword eBay provides to academic researchers seeking original materials (such as, say, a copy of Whitman that was owned by Thoreau). On the one hand, the online aution makes it possible for devotees everywhere to acquire rare or obscure material. More...

This Is Your Deep Link on P2P

NewsBooster, the company ordered by a Danish court last year to cease deep linking to news articles, is circumventing the court order by using a peer-to-peer network instead. More...

The Coming of Copyright Perpetuity

The New York Times speaks out against the indefinite extension of copyright. More...

Presentation to Management
Worth taking a quick look, this presentation from Jay Cross to 36 members of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association was built on ideas submitted by readers and prersents a refreshingly anti-establishment look at e-learning. More...