Hack Attack Winners: Makers of Anti-virus, Worm Software
A series of hack attacks, viruses, worms and barrages of spam have plagued the internet in recent months, bringing some services, such as email, to the brink of ruin. Trust the business community to see an upside. More...

Blackboard Expands Reach in Deal to Set Up Chinese Colleges With Its Software
It was a banner day for Blackboard yesterday as the company reached a deal to provide software for the Chinese public-private education company Cernet, which in turn provides software for more than 1,000 universities in the People's Republic. More...

Science of Learning Centers (SLC)
This has been out for a while but I only heard of it today (happily, there's still two weeks before the deadline for funding). More...

Sidebars
I haven't had time to read the articles in detail, but via Slashdot today came this link to Sidebars, a wonderful publication out of BCIT. I love the 'outside-in' and 'inside-out' theme for the articles. I had a quick look at a few of the articles and found them to be crisp, well written and informative. Have a look. More...

About Stephen's Web
I have revised, updated and greatly expanded the 'About' page for my website, making clear its design goals, technology, organization, features, and (some not so humble statements about) impact. More...

CDs and DVDs are 'Doomed'
Having seen some of the new MP3 players - flat white boxes the size of a credit card that will hold your entire music collection - the premise of this article seems irrefutable: CDs and DVDs are doomed. More...

Mail Menopause
This article - which wins the award for Worst Title of the Year - looks at the underlying cause of our current email crisis - Microsoft. More...

For-Profit Education Faces Tough Course
I learned more about Charlie Brown that I did about distance learning from this article, but it evokes memories of the day my father received his 'small engine repair' course through the mail (complete with small engine). More...

Various Ideas About Scientific Publishing
This article contains an interesting proposal, but I don't think it would work for me. The good bit: "The event of electronic publishing, by removing the printing and shipping costs which previously justified the charging of hefty subscriptions, means that publication of scientific data should clearly rapidly evolve towards a completely open access mode." But following from this assumption, the authors cling to a mode of publication where articles are screened and refereed. More...

Learning Design and Reuseability
Another reasonable and well written CETIS article, this one discussing the commentary surrounding my Design, Standards and Reusability paper. The general response seems to be to admit that reuse, as I define it, isn't possible using learning design, but that this doesn't matter. More...