Software Biz Attacks BBC Education Stranglehold
The story here is that Bitish educational publishers are gettig together to protest the BBC's plans to "monopolize" the digital broadcasting in the nation's schools. More...
The Great Giveaway
In what I think may be the beginning of a phenomenon - they've been overwhelmed by the response and are promising future developments - New Scientist releases an article on the concept of "copyleft" for scientific articles. More...
Security Researchers Drop Scientific Censorship Case
Security Researchers Drop Scientific Censorship Case
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) drops its case defending Professor Edward Felten - a researcher forced to withdraw a paper showing how music files could be decrypted - against the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Felton and the EFF had lost a preliminary judgement in a New Jersey court. More...
United States Open University Announces Plan To Cease Operations
United States Open University Announces Plan To Cease Operations
Ever hear of the United States Open University? No? That's probably why it is closing its virtual doors. More...
Schools Interoperability Framework
Schools Interoperability Framework
From the about page: "The Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) is an industry initiative to develop an open specification for ensuring that K-12 instructional and administrative software applications work together more effectively. More...
Power Point in the Classroom
Power Point in the Classroom
It's not perfect, it's not interactive, but it is overwhelmingly cute and a surprisingly effective teaching site - Power Point in the Classroom is directed specifically toward teachers and has two objectives: to teach them how to use Power Point, and in the process, to teach them how to teach Power Point. More...
Digging Animation
Digging Animation
This is a bit of a heads-up - I've received a number of items about Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) recently - a couple new books and some tools (one from JASC, who make the outstanding Paint Shop Pro package) - so you're probabluy about to be deluged. More...
Leading the Learning Revolution: A Manifesto for the Whole Community of Learning and Performance Professionals
Leading the Learning Revolution: A Manifesto for the Whole Community of Learning and Performance Professionals
There has been a fair bit of discussion on the elearningleaders mailing list about the new American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) Manifesto. More...
Knowledge Management for Call Centres
Knowledge Management for Call Centres
This quick (and somewhat light) white paper surveys the needs and requirements of a knowledge management system for call centres. Professionals in the field will be familiar with the contents, but the outline is useful for people thinking about online (and just-in-time) learning and information retrieval in other fields. More...
Computer and Information Technologies: Resources for the Postsecondary Education Of Students With Disabilities
Computer and Information Technologies: Resources for the Postsecondary Education Of Students With Disabilities
Report submitted to Canada's Office of learning technologies (OLT) on the state of adaptive technologies and support for students with disabilities in Canada's colleges and universities. More...