Is the Academy Ready for Learning Objects?
The authors of this article answer "yes, but not at a level that suggests massive institutional transformation—yet." Academics must consider whether the contents of learning are incommernsurable across disciplines. More...
Communities Online
Though presented as a two-column PDF document (and therefore almost impossible to read online), this article is a nice summary of the discussion surrounding online communities from last year's Net*Working 2002 conference held online in Australia. More...
Learning with Role-Playing Games
Good analysis of RPGs (Role Playing Games) and their role in learning. The article begins with some taxonomies of RPGs from John H. Kim and Levi Kornelsen, then offers summaries of more than a half dozen accounts of the use of RPGs in learning. More...
Intel, Universities Create World Network
"PlanetLab," writes the author, "is an experimental network that sits on top of the Internet that will allow researchers and others to test and build applications that can essentially span the globe." It is a network that will allow, for example, sites to broadcast video worldwide without slowing internet access. More...
Interoperability in Practice at the CETIS / LTScotland Codebash
The purpose of this event, held yesterday in Bangor (Wales), was "to test the theory of educational technology interoperability standards in practice by exchanging as many instances of IMS Content Packaging (including SCORM compliant ones) and IMS Question and Test Interoperability as possible." The article could have given us a better indication of the result. More...
Legal Group Spites RIAA, Defends P2P
More coverage of the counter-attack against the RIAA's campaign against file sharing. As mentioned yesterday, this debate is spreading to other forms of content, such as images. The EFF position is essentially my position: "Copyright law is out of step with the views of the American public and the reality of music distribution online," said EFF Executive Director Shari Steele. More...
Weblogs Should be Topic-first, Not Author-first
I agree with this sentiment - hence the organization of Edu-RSS by date, not by author or weblog (and topic-based organization is coming). But it is important not to be seduced by the lure of One Universal Classification System. More...
OpenContent is Officially Closed
David Wiley has shut down the OpenContent project, carrying his efforts toward that end into his new role as the director of educational licenses for the Creative Commons project. While I congratulate Wiley and wish him all the best, it seems prudent at this point to sound a cautionary note about the process through which he was appointed - with no nomination process or apparent vote - to the position. More...
Giving Sharers Ears Without Faces
This - and not portable user logins, such as are instantiated in Shibboleth or Passport - is the wave of the future. After all, we do not sign in when we buy a coffee at a local 7-Eleven. More...
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