By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Terry Caesar: The President and the World, Inside Higher Ed September 26, 2005

Unlike the author, I've had numerous dealings with university presidents (mostly of an adversarial nature). But like him, I've had occasion to ponder the qualities that characterize management, especially upper level management. And I've concluded recently that the primary advancement trait is (are you ready for it?): compliance. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Radio Memories Network September 26, 2005

I mentioned this link last week - podcasts of old radio shows. Westerns, detective shows, big band, science fiction - it's all here. Radio never brought be the entertainment that this podcast does. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. D'Arcy Norman: RIAA: Greed, Defined, D'Arcy Norman dot Net September 26, 2005

D'Arcy Norman takes a nice (and well-deserved) swipe at the music industry. "Even though they have to spend roughly $0 to market music via the iTMS, and spend exactly $0 to sell music through it. And they spent exactly $0 to design, manufacture, market and distribute the iPod. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Jerry Andriessen: Review: What we Know About CSCL and Implementing it in Higher Education, eLearning Reviews September 26, 2005
Some new reviews are out from eLearning Reviews The review of Stahl's chapter alone makes this book sound worth while. CSCL stands for computer-supported collaborative learning and the book as a whole is a collection of articles on the subject. Off topic: I have considered doing book reviews here in OLDaily - but I'd be limited, I guess, to the books I buy at Chapters (which, as I've mentioned before, is offering a smaller and smaller selection). More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Leigh Blackall: Lawsuit forces Web2 learning strategies, Teach and Learn Online September 26, 2005

Peeple have been discontented with academic software before. But when someone launches a lawsuit because your software of choice is hurting their grades, you need to pay attention (and if you manufacture tghe software, you really need to pay attention). More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Richard Reeves: The End of an Era: Good Night News, Yahoo News September 24, 2005
The arrival of free content, even in print form (this article talks about the free tabloid newspapers being distributed to computers) marks the end of traditional newspapers as we know them. And while the author laments the days of 'fairness' and 'public service' (did such days ever really exists?) those in the industry should never really have expected anything else. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Steve McCarty: Spoken Internet To Go: Popularization through Podcasting, September 5, 2005

The author summarizes, "Specific examples are presented: the BlogMatrix podcast hosting site, the podcasting blog 'Japancasting,' and the 'Spoken Libraries' project of the World Association for Online Education". More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Clarence Fisher: Information Everywhere, September 24, 2005

Will Richardson links to and discusses this short post, a snapshot of the state of learning with technology, involving the use of games, podcasts (in microbiology!) and more. The author writes, "They are starting to realize they are swimming in it. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Unattributed: E-Learning Standards Survey, Learning Circuits September 24, 2005

Results of a survey on the importance of standards completed by 248 self-selected Learning Circuits readers (therefore, expect a substantial skew, especially with respondants from academic institutions representing only 6.5 percent of the total). More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Jean Adams: Thinking About Learning as a Bonusable Objective, Learning Circuits September 24, 2005

Seriously, how can you expect readers to take us seriously when you use a work like 'bonusable' in a headline? Moreover, if you "ask learners to document and report visible signs of learning results that can be used to measure progress. More...