Nation's Leading Universities Launch Consortium...
Interesting. The purpose of the consortium is to "give companies, adult learners easy access to quality online degrees (and) decision-making resources." Membership so far consists of a dozen universities offering 120 online programs between them. More...

Now what do I do?
David Carter-Tod raises that age-old question: now that I have a blog, what do I do with it? Some good links to others' (including teachers') reflections on the same question. The discussion drifts (yes, that is the right word) into the question of personal privacy and public writing. And the question of a personal and professional points of view. More...

Web Shaman Fights His Demons
More on the W3C's new patent policy. The key message is this: "The patent policy is a formal statement of what had been a generally accepted principle: Any technology adopted as a standard should be freely available to anyone who cares to use it, without the fear of being slapped with licensing fees." Call me a sceptic. More...

Learning to Read And the 'W Principle'
Provocative discussion of educational theory as instantiated in American educational policy. In a nutshell, the argument is that the direct instructional approach proposed under the Bush plan is not an effective pedagogy. More...

Wondir
From a link passed on by James, "there are thousands of organizations, corporations and service providers, and millions of individuals throughout the world who want to help others by providing information, guidance and expertise. There are many people who need their help." More...

Free University Education
The link isn't up yet (as I look Friday morning) but it will be shortly to this disussion of the Canadian industry minister's assertion that higher education should be free. While critics dismiss the proposal as unaffordable, Dave Annand writes, in this opinion piece for CBC, that the provision of tax credits for distance learning would effectively achieve this objective without costing any more than we currently spend. More...

W3C Aopts Patent Policy
My first reaction is that the W3C has caved to the patent people. Well, I guess that's my second reaction too. The provision allows the use of patented technology in W3C standards, but with full disclosure and on a royalty free basis. More...

The Ivory Tower in the Real World
It bothers me that an educational system characterized by a continual declines in public funding is depicted as "real" - as though the alternative were somehow less than real. More...

It's time to rebuild the Internet
I found myself nodding in agreement with a number of the suggestions offered by Ray Ozzie, the developer behind Notes and Groove. Something more dynamic, depending more on structured data, and less centralized. More...

Interesting comments..
Jumping into the middle of a conversation - James Farmer quotes Lindon Parker saying, "the ground swell appears to be having little or no impact upon cheque signers... The more I look at the EduBlog space the more I think this is all falling apart through lack of interest, not on your or the other RSS/Bloggers part but on the part of the institutions that might want to implement them." There's more, but half the links aren't working from here, so you'll have to follow them for yourself. More...