Blown Away by RSS Feeds & Blogs
Count Paul Stacey among the converts (and I guess we can expect him at the RSS talk at MERLOT next week - which, by the way, I will be attending after all). More...

How Long Does it Take? Estimation Methods for Developing E-Learning
How long does it take to build a road? A moment's reflection tells you that, in a certain sense, this is a pretty nonsensical question: it depends on the type of road you want to build and how far you want to go (it also depends on the weather, the terrain and labour negotiations). It's pretty much the same for e-learning. More...

The Secrets of Successful Idea People
My job - quite literally, these days - is to come up with ideas. So of course I measure an article like this against my own practice. First: think outside your discipline. "Read — and not only in subjects that are directly related to your profession." Yes, but don't just read (that traps you into linear thinking). But seek out things like Idea City and soak in the wisdom of a hundred disciplines. More...

RSi Copyright
I ran across this while checking out an article I found via elearningpost, an article I decided not to run here because it seems to begin half way through (I now realize that elearningpost's link has been sabotaged). The service is called RSi Copyright and its a mechanism for obtaining instant copyright clearance. More...

ARIADNE Knowledge Pool System
Looking for examples of learning object metadata (LOM) to play with? Erik Duval sends this note to IFETS: You may be interested in the LOM instances generated off the ARIADNE Knowledge Pool System, using the XML binding under development at the IEEE LTSC (http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~erikd/LOM/ and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ieee-ltsc-lom-xml). More...

Put “Earn” in Your Learning
Some readers have commented on the fact that OLDaily doesn't cover the corporate space as much as it might. But this is that community's own doing: if you're not going to give us anything to read, how do you expect newsletters like OLDaily to cover you? For those of you in corporate space wondering how to get information out about your products and services - this is how to do it: create some engaging commentary, put it out there for free on the net, and watch the readership spread. More...

A&M May Stop Presses in Journalism Program
See, this is why people pose long, lingering questions about the current economic model assumed by higher education institutions. More...

Even 'Obvious' Ideas Can Be Protected With Patents
More discussion regarding the 'business method' patents issued in our field. I know their supporters claim that they spur innovation, but really, how could this be. More...

Sharing the Code
Good article discussing the range of considerations faced by college and university administrators when considering whether to deploy open source software. Though the article raises the usual issues - such as the expertise required to manage open source software - it also raises some less widely noted points, such as the strong support open source software users can get from the user community. More...

Tim O'Reilly interview: Digital Rights Management is a Non-starter
Digital rights management (DRM) will not succeed, argued publisher Tim O'Reilly in this interview. By DRM, though, O'Reilly means the enforcement of rights through encryption or other security. More...