Caring for Your Introvert

Maybe it links to learning styles and maybe it doesn't. I don't know. But certainly it links to learning. Like the author, I am also an introvert. More...

Microsoft Rights Management Solutions for the Enterprise: Persistent Policy Expression and Enforcement for Digital Information
Microsoft white paper on the Windows Rights Management Services (WRMS) that I've been discussing for the last few days. More...

E-Learning Decisions: Modes, Models and Strategies

Today's newsletter - a bit late and a bit light - comes to you from the Government Online (GOL) conference in Ottawa. More...

New Technology Could Cut Down on Whistleblowing
More on Microsoft's Windows Rights Management software. The tenor of this article - along with most discussions of the new technology over the weekend - is that the system will be used to protect corporate documents from being released by whistle-blowers. More...

Compromise Copyright Bill in Works
As the summary suggests, "Opponents of Hollywood's drive to strengthen copyright law are mounting a new strategy: Require anything that has antipiracy technology built in to be clearly labeled and let consumers decide at the cash register." Which sounds fine by me, with one condition: the alternative option - technology without antipiracy technology built in - must also be available at the cash register. More...

A Passion for Metadata
What does it mean to have a passion for metadata? It's hard to say, because a passion for metadata is typically a passion for something else, something that metadata can help deliver. More...

Interview With Lew Gossage Senior Vice President And General Manager Of XanEdu
If you don't know anything about XanEdu, an online service that provides copyright cleared "Course Packs" to educators, then you should read this interview to get an overview. If you are familiar with the service and want something a bit deeper, then you will be disappointed by this shallow and stale interview. More...

Our Tender Youth Imperiled - Yet Another Corporate Menace
From time to time I try to bring together the issues of branding and education in various ways. This review looks at a book that attempts the same project, though in a much more thorough fashion. More...

Learning Objects Metadata: Implementations and Open Issues
There's a lot of great content in this special issue of Learning Technology. Though the articles are short, the sheer number of them - nineteen in all - makes this a longish read. Topics covered include learning object metadata, metadata repositories, and asscoiated tools and issues. More...

Tackling Software Piracy an Uphill Battle
The hook for this item is a raid on a software duplication house that netted illicit copies of software purportedly worth $10 million (I say purportedly because the value is being assessed according to the retail value of the original, a value that would never be close to realized in the illicit software market). More...