Scientific American Responds to Flap Over Environmentalism Article
Yesterday I related the story of an author ordered by Scientific American to remove the magazine's review of his book from his website. More...
22 mars 2018
22 mars 2018
Speech Bound to be Read
Speech Bound to be Read
This little item ought to give in-class lecturers pause for thought: speech recognition devices are now sufficiently sophisticated to enable students to capture a text version of the lecture. This article profiles an Australian project aimed at helping students who are hearing impaired, or have trouble understanding spoken English. More...
22 mars 2018
Learning Pool
Learning Pool is a good example of the sort of think I have been calling 'network learning. More...
22 mars 2018
Free Speech Under Attack
Free Speech Under Attack
Without vouching either for the credibility of the book nor the fairness of the coverage in this article, it is nonetheless important to note the use of copyright restrictions by Scientific American to stifle criticism of its review of Björn Lomborg's book "The Skeptical Environmentalist". More...
22 mars 2018
21st Century Literacy in a Convergent Media World
21st Century Literacy in a Convergent Media World
This is a major white paper sponsored by Bertelsmann and AOL Time Warner as a discussion document for the 21st Centeury Literacy Conference being held this week in Berlin. It is required reading for policy makers in learning, human resources and government. It is one of the few papers in any of these fields to explicitly make the connection between new forms of learning and new forms of government. And it represents not only a strong grasp of the potential new technology embodies but also some of the decisions administrators will have to make in order to realize that potential. More...
22 mars 2018
3-D Med School, Hold the Cadavers
3-D Med School, Hold the Cadavers
A couple of high profile news releases for the CAVE virtual reality similator this week.
A new immersive simulation of the human body at the University of Calgary allows researchers to understand complex processes. More...
22 mars 2018
NCSA and American Museum of Natural History Take Remote Collaboration to New Level to Create Space Show
NCSA and American Museum of Natural History Take Remote Collaboration to New Level to Create Space Show
Visitors are being dazzled by the new space show, "The Search for Life: Are We Alone?" at the American Museum of Natural History's (AMNH) Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space (in Champaign, Illinois? Sometimes press releases omit the most basic information). More...
22 mars 2018
Losing Sight of the Content in a Content Management System
Losing Sight of the Content in a Content Management System
Useful short article on maintaining the focus on content in a content management system. Some important principles:
- The simplest and quickest way to find out what your staff need - ask them
- Give the users less, but better, information
- Use professional technical writers and editors
- A permanent process must be put in place to ensure the continued accuracy and coverage of your content. More...
22 mars 2018
Free Curricula License
Free Curricula License
A draft version of the proposed Free Curricula License (FCL) has been released and comments are invited. The FCL would be used by educational content providers to ensure that their works remain "open," in the sense that it can be modified, and "free," in the sense of freedom. More...
22 mars 2018
Introduction to FLE2 Pedagogy
Introduction to FLE2 Pedagogy
I mentioned FLE3, the Finnish open source learning management system, on this list a few weeks ago. With this item I'd like to draw your attention to FLE2's pedagogical model, one that is centered by a distributed network of expertise. FLE2 is based on a problem solving approach, but I don't see why the approach could not be more widely applicable as an instance of whyat I am now calling 'network learning'. More...
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