Future VLE - The Visual Version
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and sometimes it's worth a lot more. This picture posted by Scott Wilson is one of the latter variety, as he nails the vision once again. More...
13 décembre 2018
13 décembre 2018
Smithsonian Global Sound Collection to Libraries Worldwide
Smithsonian Global Sound Collection to Libraries Worldwide
You won't find this in your CD store, a collection of more than 30,000 tracks containing "animal sounds, beer-drinking at an African homestead, calypso, classical violin instruction, drama, poetry, sounds of the deep ocean, the office, the ionosphere, a frog being eaten by a snake and great performances of traditional music from virtually everywhere in the world." It is the Smithsonian Global Sound and it is being published online to be made available to libraries throughout the world. More...
13 décembre 2018
Skypecasting in EFL
Skypecasting in EFL
Skype, as many of you know, is a free internet voice chat service (aka an internet telephone - and for a fee, you can call a regular telephone). With the recent advent of podcasting, attention has turned to the idea of recording Skype conversations. It can be done using Windows XP and $40 worth of software, as this article described (one day, I'm sure, it will be possible to record calls with the push of a button). Mac users, don't despair. More...
13 décembre 2018
Are Extensible Programming Languages Coming?
Are Extensible Programming Languages Coming?
The reaction on the oXML list (where I heard about it) to this Slashdot article was brusk, but then again, Slashdot folk haven't taken kindly to the proposal, either. But I think there's something to it: a programming language written in XML that can be accessed through intuitive interfaces corresponding to your favorite source code editor. More...
13 décembre 2018
President Discusses No Child Left Behind and High School Initiatives
President Discusses No Child Left Behind and High School Initiatives
George Bush outlines, in very broad strokes, educational policy for the new administration (which resembles that of his previous term, not surprisingly). The speech stresses two major points: raising the bar for achievement, and requiring that schools demonstrates results in return for federal funding. More...
13 décembre 2018
Preventing Comment Spam
Preventing Comment Spam
It's official. As I suggested yesterday, the 'nofollow' tag has been endorsed, not only by Google, but also by Yahoo and MSN search, along with a host of blogging software companies (listed in this article). More...
13 décembre 2018
Gestion de l'information avec XML
Gestion de l'information avec XML
Course on XML, written completely in XHTML and rendered using XSLT. Lots of good content with built-in quizzes (also in XHTML). In French. More...
13 décembre 2018
Enterprise Blogging
Enterprise Blogging
Good overview of the potential uses for blogs ina commercial enterprise, including inbformation sources, employee communication, and corporate intelligence. More...
13 décembre 2018
Microsoft to Launch RSS Aggregator
Microsoft to Launch RSS Aggregator
Short item saying that Microsoft is adding an RSS aggregator to My MSN. Confirmation here. I dusted off the old My MSN account (which still works) and took a good look around, but saw no sign of it. More...
13 décembre 2018
Moodling Around in Anger - Some Initial Reflections
Moodling Around in Anger - Some Initial Reflections
There has been a lot of talk about Moodle, the open source learning management. But what is it like for an institution that has typically used WebCT or Blackboard to start using it? This article looks at a real-life case - a use 'in anger', if you will. More...
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