Will The "Real" Community Please Stand Up?
David Wiley expressed surprise yesterday when he read my comment in OLDaily welcoming him to the learning object community. Of course, he always felt himself to be a member of that community. More...
Norman (Pudds) Downes
This is a very difficult week-end for me as my obviously sick 17 year old cat has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. With some palliative medicine we have been able to restore her to something like normal health, but this will last only for a few days. More...
Naval Academy Disciplines 85 Caught in Internet Music Raid
The U.S. Navy has disciplined students caught sharing files with demerits, extra work assignments and loss of privileges, a far cry from the court martials or expulsions expected by some. More...
Connecting Interested People to New Web Content With Syndication and Aggregation
HTML version of a set of PowerPoint slides providing an overview of content aggregation and syndication with RSS. More...
TALON Learning Object System
I got this item in my email. From the email: "A set of learning objects has been created that are designed for some of the important styles of learning and teaching. They include; visual learning, writing skills, critical thinking, time-revealed scenarios, case studies and empirical observation. More...
At Blackboard's Request, Judge Prevents Students From Discussing Security of Debit-Card System
The Chronicle covers the recent court action by Blackboard to block a student presentation exposing security holes in the LMS's payment system. Not a lot that's new here, except for an interview with a generally unresponsive (by court order) Billy Hoffman and a Blackboard representative who, not being restrained by court order, felt free to blather on about how bad the students have been. More...
Taxonomy Browser Online
This is pretty neat. The author has created a system that reads taxonomies or ontologies expressed in RDF format and represents them graphically. More...
Super-DMCA Fears Suppress Security Research
A PhD student in Michigan has moved his website and research to Holland after revisions to that state's copyright law prompted fears that his work may now be illegal. More...
Don't Bloggerize eLearning
In his newsletter last week, George Siemens called for simplicity in e-learning standards. This item responds to that plea, arguing that "Dumbing down the standard won't make a difference, except to potentially rob the teaching and learning community of potential functionality." The argument is based on the idea that people do not choose to adopt standards, they choose to adopt software, and the software they will choose will be easier to use if it employs appropriate standards. More...
An Ideal Courseware/Content Management Model
With widespread dissatisfaction in tbe traditional learning management system (LMS) beginning to surface, writers are beginning to scout around for something better. This model, which proposes one alternative, isn't it. More...
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