EduSource: Canada’s Learning Object Repository Network
Fairly detailed overview of the eduSource project, Canada's contribution to the world of learning object repositories. The article will still leave the reader dissatisfied, but only because they want to see and use the network being described. More...
Digital Saskatchewan
This is the kind of project I love, the kind of thing I think makes the web insanely great. Digital Saskatechewan is an image library of some 7,000 photos created by and for the students and teachers of Saskatchewan. Most photos are offered under a Creative Commons license; the rest are public domain. More...
The K12 Virtual Primary School History Curriculum: A Participant’s-eye View
Released this week, this criticism (and another one here) of a home schooling class by K12 Inc., a company headed by former US Education Secretary William J. Bennett, was circulated on DEOS this week as an example of the criticism online learning proponents should expect to face. More...
An international group of researchers, including astronomers from Canada’s University of Victoria, is one step closer to understanding what the early universe was like, with the discovery of one of its oldest-known stars. The finding is significant because it provides a window into the period right after the Big Bang – before the Earth, our solar system and even our galaxy were formed, reports the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. More...Americans are losing faith in higher education, and college leaders should look in their mirrors for the reasons. According to a recent Gallup poll, only 48% of the public has “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education. That’s 9% lower than in 2015, the largest drop among all the 16 institutions – including Congress, the presidency, banks, and newspapers – surveyed over that period, writes Michael T Nietzel for Forbes. More...Brazil appears poised to elect a far-right candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, as its next president. His rapid ascent has unnerved local researchers, who are concerned about the future of Brazilian science, the protection of the country’s biodiversity, and its role in the global struggle against climate change, writes Herton Escobar for Science Magazine. More...Want Some Springsteen With That Big Mac?
This is getting mainstream, and I will soon stop covering further instance of this (though no doubt people will continue to question my take on this well into the next decade). McDonald's has made a deal with music distributor Sony where "those songs would then be offered to McDonald's patrons for free with the purchase of certain menu items, with customers receiving codes they can use online for the downloads." As I have been trying to say for a long time now, it's another case of content being used to sell a higher value product. More...
U.S. Online Gambling Policy Violates Law, W.T.O. Rules
American legislation banning overseas online casinos is illegal, the World Trade Organization has ruled. As this article notes, the ruling "has ignited a political, cultural and legal tinderbox" that will have repercussions well beyond the field of online gambling. More...
Quebec City
Photos from a couple of days of wandering around this city, a city that is (as you will see) a jewel even in wintery March weather. I am here for the next few days for the RIMA IECF conference. More...
Violence is a central theme in Latin American popular music. Films and paintings portray well-known tragedies affecting Latin American societies. Art imitates life according to the 2017 Latinobarómetro since Argentinians, Mexicans and Panamanians declare public safety their number one problem. More...
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