Learning Goes Mobile
One of the next big things in learning - at least according to the press coverage - is what is now being called 'mobile learning' (I have always referred to it under the heading of wireless access, but mobile learning also incorporates the idea of learning on demand). This article is a good example of the story being told. More...

Making the Decision to Decentralize
This article constantly reminds readers that things are more complex than depicted, and although a good discussion of decentralization this caution is probably the key thing to keep in mind. More...

Google Personalized Search
George Siemens points to this new service from Google, personalized search. I'll link to some reviews as they come in. I did fill out the profile, which seems (I guess) to store as a cookie. More...

Signing Off
The Invisible Adjunct calls it quits - rather than face another year without anything like a career, he or she is leaving academia and finding a job that will last more than eight months. More...

Canadian Society for Training and Development
The CSTD has launched a new news feed (including RSS). "CSTD is Canada's national organization dedicated to the profession of training, workplace learning, and human resources development. More...

First Generation Electronic Paper Display
It looks and feels like the iPod of e-book readers, and prices about the same, and is, according to Sony and E-Ink, the "the world's first consumer application of an electronic paper display module." The e-book reader holds about 500 books, which can be downloaded from the internet. Still. These are the 2000s. More...

What Every Citizen Should Know About DRM a.k.a. "Digital Rights Management"
Gerry sends along this link to a straightfoward guide on digital rights management for non-technical readers. The guide is grounded in good common sense and its understanding of the problem is precise: The aspect of the Internet that most bothers content companies is an aspect that is central to its design. In effect, it is exceedingly difficult to craft a law or regulation that categorically outlaws peer-to-peer file sharing without, in doing so, outlawing the Internet itself." Exactly. More...

Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity
This, of course, made me curious to see how my own online book, The Learning Marketplace, is doing (even though it's more of a compilation than a book) and it was interesting to see that it has been downloaded about 450 times since I released it in January. More...

Designing Effective Online Learning Resources
Website version of PowerPoint slides (which means it requires Internet Explorer, though I viewed it with Firebird on Linux and it still mostly displayed). The slides are essentially a case study of the design, distribution and evlautaion of a learning object submitted to CLOE. More...

Chile Introduces Its Digital Agenda
No English translation is available, so I rely on the E-Media Tidbits summary: "In a long-awaited step, the Chilean government this week introduced its Digital Agenda. It's a 60-page book and website with 34 commitments for years 2004-2006, including directives about promoting digital access, infrastructure, legislation, and use of digital technologies in business. More...