Where oh Where is Plug & Play?
"A layman reading the sales literature from major suppliers of e-learning courseware, authoring tools, and LMS systems might be excused for assuming the industry already has arrived at plug-and-play... That layman, however, would be wrong." Yup, that's about the size of it. So what has gone wrong? Here's my take. More...
What Is Public About Public Education?
There are several ways to read this article. It asks the reader to ponder what is "public" about public education, and then suggests that the distinction between public and private education is a lot less clear than some might think. More...
How New York Exams Rewrite Literature (A Sequel)
If you are wondering why this item has an impact on online learning, read it in conjunction with the story about scientific papers being removed from online archives. More...
Interesting and useful utility that allows readers to locate blog RSS feeds and that ranks them in order of their blogrolls. More...
In a Digital World, Encyclopedias Strive for Relevance
Interesting look at the role of enclyclopedias in the digital era. The main point of the article is that such publications remain relevant, despite the information glut, especially as a "safe" reference for children (an interesting marketing ploy). It also argues that the market for paper-based versions remains strong. More...
Educationalists
Still in pre-launch mode, the purpose of Educationalists is to "connect education specialists with the schools that need them." It looks like an appealing idea, and the interface seems easy to use. More...
SURA Optical Networking Cookbook
From the website: "The SURA Optical Networking Cookbook is a practical resource that details the ingredients required for optical networking and offers "recipes" in the form of case studies that illustrate a variety of optical networking implementations. More...
OpenEAI Educational Middleware Launch Imminent
This open source project will define an XML based message format and protocol with standardised APIs in Java for enterprise integration. More...
Charter Schools Build on a Decade of Experimentation
In a nutshell: "The real truth, say some observers, is that as yet there are no absolute truths about the charter-school movement." But "the changes they'll make to public education in the long run may be far more dramatic than can yet be imagined." Diversity, as John Stuart Mill pointed out a century ago, breeds innovation. More...
Customer-owned Networks: ZapMail and the Telecommunications Industry
There are some people out there (I won't name names; they know who they are) who think that what people want in things like learning object repositories, digital rights management and other content exchanges are services. Such people should read this column, which describes how Feberal Express laboured under a similar delusion when it launched its ill-fated centralized fax service, ZapMail. More...
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