By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Andy Carvin[Edit][Delete]: Jimmy Wales Announces $100 Laptop Partnership, Wikiversity, Wikiwyg, August 4, 2006
This is a bit odd, but here's what Andy Carvin is reporting: "Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced that the One Laptop Per Child Project is including Wikipedia as one of the first elements in their content repository. (ac: though they've been talking about this for at least a year.) He also announced a new project called Wikiversity. It will serve as an online center for the creation and use of free learning materials and activities." Wikipedia has also been around for a while; here is my coverage dating from the beginning of last year. Mark Oehlert comments (a bit mysteriously). More...
41 figures From the BlackBoard Patent
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Mike Malloch[Edit][Delete]: 41 figures From the BlackBoard Patent, eLearning 2.0 [Edit][Delete] August 4, 2006
For full coverage of the Blackboard patent story, please see this Special Section of OLDaily.
Mike Malloch has performed a valuble service, extracting the 41 figures in the Blackboard patent and posting them on Flickr.
He adds, "let me just say that having spent the summer of 1998 in BlackBoard's DC offices (seconded there from the UK to do some IMS work on metadata), and having spent a lot of that time interacting with the architects of BlackBoards subsequent systems, I know that these guys did not 'invent' the VLE, and that they knew they weren't 'inventing' the VLE."
I should point out, in response to his comments, that it's not simply the learning management system that needs to be defended here. Yes, some of us don't care about the LMS - I am among them. More...
Photos from Bogota, Colombia
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Stephen Downes[Edit][Delete]: Photos from Bogota, Colombia, August 4, 2006
Photos from my week in Bogota. I used Google's Picassa on the photos this time, with generally good results, except for a bug that left some things unsaved. I will be adding captions on the Flickr site over the weekend. There are some really interesting shots here - and a lot of them. I recommend simply starting up the slideshow, sitting back, and enjoying. [Tags: Google, Flickr]. More...
BarCampMoncton
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Steve Mallett[Edit][Delete]: BarCampMoncton, August 3, 2006
For those of you in the Moncton region, plans are just getting underway for BarCampMoncton, our local installment of BarCampEarth, August 25-27. Visit this wiki page for information on our local event or the BarCampEarth site for information about the event in your local community. More...
Bill Before Senate Would Censor Daily Kos
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Troutfishing[Edit][Delete]: Bill Before Senate Would Censor Daily Kos, Daily Kos [Edit][Delete] August 3, 2006
The DOPA legislation finally reaches the American political blogosphere, showing up on the left-wing Kos site. But check out the headline: "Bill Before Senate Would Censor Daily Kos." Sure. Wasn't a problem until Kos was affected. More...
Blackboard are Not Alone
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Graham Attwell[Edit][Delete]: Blackboard are Not Alone, Wales Wide Web [Edit][Delete] August 3, 2006
OLDaily full coverage: because it's a bit hard to follow, full coverage of the Blackboard case is being provided on a separate page (full coverage will continue on OLDaily as well, don't worry). Click here for all coverage in one handy chronological list.
The patent fight has widened now that it has come to light that SAP have also filed for a series of learning management patents, including a 'course editor', 'e-learning authoring tool' and 'e-learning system'. The applications were filed mostly in 2004 and 2005. More...
Chercheurs Entrepreneurs Challenges et i-PhD s'associent pour favoriser l'entrepreneuriat des jeunes docteurs
De Chercheurs-Entrepreneurs Challenges à i-PhD : le Groupe AEF info, qui a créé les Chercheurs Entrepreneurs Challenges en 2014 avec le Réseau national des collèges doctoraux et le C.N.R.S., s'associe au concours d'innovation i-PhD, annoncé en juin 2019 par le ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation, Bpifrance et le Programme d'investissements d'avenir, pour favoriser l'émergence de start-up robustes et innovantes, adossées à la recherche publique. Plus...
Ouverture du Sommet U7
Frédérique Vidal s'est exprimée, mardi 9 juillet 2019, lors de l'ouverture du 1er sommet mondial de l'Alliance U7, alliance internationale inédite d'universités représentant plus de 2 millions d'étudiants dans le monde et réunissant plus de 50 présidents d'université de 21 pays. Plus...
Un guide sur le nouveau référentiel national qualité
A compter du 1er janvier 2021, les prestataires d'actions de développement des compétences devront être certifiés par des organismes accrédités. Un référentiel national a été publié en juin 2019 (voir notre info). Il fixe 32 indicateurs d'appréciation des 7 critères Qualité que les prestataires devront satisfaire. Plus...Impact d’un projet de certification professionnelle et enregistrement au RNCP
L'examen des demandes d'enregistrement au RNCP s'effectue au regard de l'adéquation des emplois occupés par rapport au métier visé par la certification professionnelle et de l'impact de celle-ci en matière d'accès ou de retour à l'emploi. Plus...