Building a Metadata-Based Website
This article will be too technical for many readers, but is worth a quick scan in any case if only to develop an understanding of the way data will be managed and presented in websites (and other applications) of the future. More...
In Defense of University Patent Licensing
This article defends the use of patents by colleges and universities to protect inventions created by their faculty. To its credit, it identifies the grounds for recent objections to the practice and meets them on those terms. More...
A Weblog Learning Management System
This article (and Part Two) describes the concept of creating a learning management system (LMS) using weblogging technology. Citing Dave Davies, who he notes has also developed a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) using Manila, the author points to the capacity of a weblog system to empower student voices and create a genuine learning community. More...
Common Sense Learning Principles
Jay Cross reprints this essay on educational principles. Back to the basics, he writes. It is certainly that, but also, certainly some straightforward and useful advice for designers drowning under a flood of new techniques and new technologies. More...
Oregon Dad Sues to Ban Channel One From Schools
A Portland, Oregon, parent has launched a lawsuit to ban the airing of Channel One, a commercial news and advertising service, into his child's classroom. More...
Rethinking Wireless
Good overview of the major points to consider when installing and managing a wireless network in an educational institution, spliced with case studies from the University of Maryland, Stanford and McGill. More...
Recording Industry Goes After Students Over Music Sharing
The New York Times belatedly covers the music industry's lawsuits against four students accused of file sharing (this story will disappear in a week, which is about how long after the event it was written). More...
Penn State Cuts off P2P File-Traders
The crackdown continues as Penn State pulls the plug on 220 student accounts acused of being used for file sharing. There is no word in this story about how it was determined that the contents were in fact copyrighted materials or whether any sort of due process, such as a hearing, was followed before the penalty was exacted. More...
Low-End Media for User Empowerment
I don't really like the title of this article, since the main point is that simple media (rather than low-end media) is better for readers. Of course the two are often the same. But when it's simple, high-end media often accomplished the same result: for example, though I am not a fan of streaming media, I have been listening to hockey games on NHL.Com rather than reading the text-based play-by-play. More...
Blackboard, Students and Publishing on the Web
The best bit in this article is near the bottom where the author quotes from the PR flim-flammery intended to be a student manual in the Blackboard system. As with so many corporate websites, this general rule applies: keep the public relations people (and their useless adjectives) as far away from the actual product as possible. More...
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