11 avril 2018
11 avril 2018
Standards: Do We Really Need Them?
Standards: Do We Really Need Them?
Useful and informed discussion of standards. After some discussion of de facto standards (what the purists would call 'specifications') and 'de jure standards', such as those approved by ISO and IEEE, the author points to the importance of open standards and suggests things you can do to start using them now. More...
11 avril 2018
The Internet in a Cup
The Internet in a Cup
Coffee houses... the internet of the 1600s. "A proclamation by Charles II of England in 1675... Coffee-houses, it declared, had produced 'very evil and dangerous effects...for that in such Houses...divers False, Malitious and Scandalous Reports are devised and spread abroad, to the Defamation of His Majestie's Government, and to the Disturbance of the Peace and Quiet of the Realm.'" My kind of place. More...
11 avril 2018
Winter Mist
Winter Mist
So it has been a pretty slow news week, and today's newsletter reflects that, which some off topic but interesting items. Begin your vacation browse with this collection of photos, taken at my home in Moncton, where the weather and the melting snow produced an unusual winder fog on Christmas Day. More...
11 avril 2018
Argali White & Yellow
Argali White & Yellow
Though this directory serves only the United States, it's worth the time to download and instadd if only to get a grasp of the potential. Submit a name and it finds the address and telephone number. Submit a telephone number and it finds the name. More...
11 avril 2018
Students Who Live on Campus Choosing Internet Courses
Students Who Live on Campus Choosing Internet Courses
As the title suggests, even on-campus students prefer online classes. Telling, though, is the account of why they prefer online classes: "I take convenience over lectures," she said. "I think I would be bored to death if I took it in lecture." Some professors, of course, are miffed. More...
11 avril 2018
Real Networks Announces Helix DRM
Real Networks Announces Helix DRM
This was announced as being in the works when Real Media released Helix and now is available: digital rights management (DRM) for multiple media formats. More...
11 avril 2018
Retinal-scans to Remove Social Stigma From English School
Retinal-scans to Remove Social Stigma From English School
There's nothing like announcing, "I'm poor!" every time you line up for lunch in the school cafeteria. More...
11 avril 2018
Adult Learning in Cohort Groups
Adult Learning in Cohort Groups
Short paper that describes the value of cohort groups in adult education and, more importantly, identifying some key practices: the need to spend time at the beginning developing group relationships, the need to balance both group and individual development, an environment that both supports and challenges, and a way to address tensions within the group. More...
11 avril 2018
What's Wrong With Distance Learning?
What's Wrong With Distance Learning?
Let's start our look at this article in the middle: "The ultimate goal of our discipline is enhanced performance, not increased knowledge." What? Do you think learners have as their ultimate goal "enhanced performance" instead of, say, knowledge? or promotions? Or pay raises? Or maybe just something that makes their job easier? The same with corporations: it's not "enhanced performance" that corporations are after, but rather, improved earnings. More...
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