SCO Faces Hurdles in Linux Claims
The big weakness in SCO's case against everyone? The proprietary code it claims to own it released under a Gnu Public License. More...
26 juin 2018
26 juin 2018
Lessons From Afar
Lessons From Afar
The Economist takes a look at distance learning and concludes that it didn't take. "The market for online-only programmes," argues the author, "is shaky at best." The article then lists a series of failed or failing ventures, most familiar to readers of this newsletter - Cardean, Fathom, NYU Online - and talks about the shift toward blended learning. More...
26 juin 2018
EducaNext
EducaNext
Portal for learning resources. I received the following email today: "Building interoperability among educational systems is an issue relevant to many of us. Allow us to inform you that a group of people, which started in the context of the Universal consortium has expanded to a much wider initiative in the meantime and is now partly funded by the Elena project. This group has recently reached a first milestone of its work agenda. More...
26 juin 2018
A President Tries to Settle the Controversy Over File Sharing
A President Tries to Settle the Controversy Over File Sharing
Penn State's Graham Spanier asks the music industry, "Why not pay a record-industry-approved music service a yearly, blanket fee, Mr. Spanier wonders, and let students download songs as they please?" Here's why: the music industry gets unfairly high prices for its music. More...
26 juin 2018
ISO Project
ISO Project
I mentioned this ages ago, when they were first getting started. The purpose of the ISO project is "to assemble as many useful applications as we can find and package them as an ISO CD-ROM image. Users or their technical advisors can then download the ISO, burn CDs from it, and easily install the programs they need for scholastic use." Think of it as a freeware Linux distribution intended specifically for schools. More...
26 juin 2018
Making Online Communities Work
Making Online Communities Work
An online community takes ongoing care and feeding in order to flourish. This PowerPoint presentation looks at the steps taken by EdNA's online community to accomplish that. Critical factors include a focus on topics important to the community, the recruitment of a respected facilitator, the recruitment of thought leaders as participants, and making sure people have enough time to get involved. More...
26 juin 2018
Tutoring GenX
Tutoring GenX
No slides or text from Diana Oblinger, another of Microsoft's high profile Ed Tech recruits, but the Australian covered her talk, which means we have at least some idea of what she said. Interactivity is important in learning, she said, and new technologies make much more interactivity possible. More...
26 juin 2018
World Education Market
World Education Market
I'm off to Portugal this weekend to speak at the World Education Market (WEM) exposition in Lisbon. Because of time zones and the usual complexitities of internet access, OLDaily may publish at odd hours. More...
26 juin 2018
SCO warns businesses over Linux liabilities
SCO warns businesses over Linux liabilities
SCO, which said that it would not go after Linux users when it sued IBM, has gone after Linux users, sending letters to 1,500 corporations warning that their use of the open source software may result in financial liability because of patents. Critics say that SCO - which has now stopped distributing its version of Linux - has essentially declared war on the Linux community. More...
26 juin 2018
Wireless Fidelity
Wireless Fidelity
Interesting discussion that ponders the concept of a wire-free connection from coast to coast by dairy-chaining wireless nodes. Some good explanations of the different types of wireless networks. More...
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