By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Virtual University: Models and messages
This is actually a collection of articles by various authors, but the overview (in a format I like a lot) reads like a short article. The emphasis is on models of virtual universities specifically, so there is no mention of what might be called non-official work in online learning. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Thwarted Innovation: What Happened to E-learning and Why
Zemsky and Massey somehow managed to get an entire book out of this subject, but I think the summary, reposed here on the Digital Divide network website, covers the ground quite nicely. Of course, to get the most out of this you have to buy into the idea that the e-learning boom really did go bust - a proposition that, from my vantage point, is difficult to sustain. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Multi-User Virtual Environment Experiential Simulator
A Multi-User Virtual Environment - or MUVE - is an online space where vistors can navigate in a three-dimensional visual environment interacting with artifacts and each other. MUVE's were pioneered in the late 90s by a company called Active Worlds. This page describes MUVE work being undertaken at Harvard. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Room 208
Ah, I love stuff like this, probably because I was the sort of student who would have been all over this. Room 208 links to a student podcast created by Mr. S's 3/4 multiage class. The sound quality is great, there's chat, news and music. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Emerging Issues in the Practice of University Learning and Teaching
This online book is written for the practicing teacher and reflects this audience with a general and relatively introductory focus. Nonetheless, it captures quite well current trends in learning and some of the articles provide depth intended readers might not find elsewhere. I particularly enjoyed, for example, Geraldine O'Neill and Tim McMahon's article on student-centered teaching. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. AMTEC 2005
I haven't had the chance to cover this properly, but if you missed AMTEC all the coverage is here. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Moodlebug
Mad about Moodle? Then this new Moodle blog may be the place for you. The author, Josie Fraser, has been keeping another blog, EdTechUK for some time. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Horseless Carriage...
"It's all got to be about the individual. And my preferred way of expressing that is that a weblog is a representation of a person." This is my view as well, which is why I begin to get my hackles up when people start talking about corporate blogs, or assigned blogs, or edited blogs. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Trackback is Dead. Are Comments Dead Too?
Without saying "I told you so" let me ponder for a moment where we go from here. Trackback and comments are suffering for the same reason: they provide a means to allow spammers to put their content on your site (the same is true of spam email, expect their content goes into your inbox). So how do we address this? First of all, it seems to me, is that we need to change the location of the comment. More...