OUseful Info: (Not?) Talking about Multimedia
One of the reasons I put together We Ignore Digital Media at OU Peril - the Movie earlier in the … [Link]
Open Culture: Weekly Wrap - June 30
It’s a wrap for the week: Steven Colbert Gives iPhone Zero Stars Philosophy Bites Miles and Coltrane on YouTube: The … [Link]
OUseful Info: Links for 2007-06-29 [del.icio.us]
Zude Beta: Start Page on Steroids "cross domain drag-and-drop technology to allow users to create a unique Web presence". Drag … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Just because I'm not working doesn't mean you can't
While I'm away , I've set up a page on the Lessig Wiki to gather research and suggestions about corruption. … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Of the grid (again)
My entry July 3, 2006 : Since my [first] kid was born, we've tried to have a month alone off … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Namibian Schoolnet: Open Source for Education
"Namibia's open source based SchoolNet project provides computer labs to schools all across the country. Some are in very remote … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Nintendo to Open Up Wii Console
How much sense does this make? All the sense in the world. ""Independent developers armed with small budgets and big … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Prince to Launch New Album As Free Newspaper Giveaway
I've been laughing all day about this. Music for free - a full album of ten songs - if you … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: When Pay Ruins Everything
This post talks about 'money markets' and 'social markets', making the point that tying pay for specific work can actually … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Canadian Library Association Moves Open Access
The Canadian Library Association will make available "virtually all of its intellectual property free of charge, in digital form, online … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Project Gutenberg Canada Launches On July 1st (Canada Day)
I spent a good part of today reading Anne of Green Gables . Never read it before! Why read it … [Link]
OpenFiction [ Blog ]: A little social fun
Was introduced to socialmeter today. Great fun in understanding the relative buzz around different sites. NYTimes scores 2.7 million; Wikipedia … [Link]
Open Culture: Steven Colbert Gives iPhone Zero Stars
Watch video here . Need smart podcasts for your iPhone? Load up here . [Link]
Berkman Blog: Berkman Buzz, week of June 25
<P><STRONG>BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations<BR>The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School<BR>Week … [Link]
Berkman Blog: Second Berkman/St. Gallen Workshop on ICT Interoperability
<P class=postentry><EM>Fro~ Berkman Fellow </EM><A href="http://cyber.law.harvard~ Gasser</EM></A><~ this week], I had the pleasure to co-moderate with my colleagues and friends … [Link]
OUseful Info: Making Sense of the Web - Semantic Search Optimisation
A jumble of thoughts as I ease into the day, starting with a phrase that occurred to me walking the … [Link]
Open Culture: What Feed Readers Don’t See on Open Culture
Slowly but surely, more readers are subscribing to our rss feed ( subscribe here ), and we invite more to … [Link]
OUseful Info: Links for 2007-06-28 [del.icio.us]
Zentation.com - where Video and PowerPoint meet on the Web Synchronise Powerpoint slides with a video of a someone giving … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Vendor-Driven Misperceptions About Web 2.0 in Schools
"Educational technology staff are probably the greatest single enemy of Web 2.0 connectivity and collaborative tools in schools." So says … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Educational Technology and Related Educational Conferences for 2007 - 2008
Compiled once again by Clayton R. Wright, this list covers education technology and related conferences for 2007-2008. MS-Word document. Clayton … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Live Broadcast Streaming for Free (or Almost)
Got this in my email: "We are experimenting with Mogulus to push out live broadcasts from various educational events in … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Framework for E-Learning Contents Evaluation
Three papers asking "1. How can we conceptualise and evaluate e-Learning contents? 2. What are the challenges regarding e-Learning contents … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: What'S Wrong with the Patent System? Fuzzy Boundaries and the Patent Tax
Article that highlights the issues caused by the current patent system. The core of the article identifies four areas of … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Video Toolbox: 150+ Online Video Tools and Resources
This is a huge list of online video resources, including tools that support live video communications, online video how-tos, online … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Modders: Bringing Games to Quirky New Levels
One of the ways computer games support learning is through the use of 'modding'. To mod a computer game is … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Knowledge in the Workplace: Have It Your Way
Dave Pollard creates his own PLE diagram (though he doesn't label it as that) and thinks about the combination of … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: My Google Tech Talk On OpenID
Video of a talk at Google by Simon Willison on OpenID. Good explanation, and the demos show you how it … [Link]
OpenFiction [ Blog ]: One year of Cluster Mapping
One year ago today, I added Cluster Maps to the blog (see left margin). In the past year, Cluster Maps … [Link]
Berkman Blog: China: Bloggers take on drugs
<P><EM>From </EM><A href="http://www.globalvoiceso~ Kennedy</EM></A>~ of </EM><A href="http://www.globalvoiceso~ Voices</EM></A><~ from <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/~ wikipedia entry</A>or <A href="http://www.un.org/NewLin~ United Nations page</A> which hasnt … [Link]
OUseful Info: We Ignore Digital Media at OU Peril - the Movie
A quick tinker with Splashcast - maybe half an hour or so - and here's a "movie" version of the … [Link]
Berkman Blog: Can Public Records Be Too Public?
<P><EM>From </EM><A href="http://cyber.law.harvard~ Ardia</EM></A><~ of </EM><A href="http://www.citmedialaw.o~ Media Law Project</EM></A>~ is the question that Jason Fry raises in a provocative … [Link]
OUseful Info: Google Custom Search on the Fly (just like searchfeedr….err?)
Just spotted this on the Google Custom Search Engine blog , which I haven't visited for a while: You can … [Link]
OUseful Info: Information At the Point of Inspiration…
If you've ever been to a Snap shots enabled page, you'll be familiar with the idea of being able to … [Link]
FLOSSE Posse: Mobiles for social change - community generated OERs
I am sure you have heard the stories of fishermen in Africa with mobile phones . With their mobile phones … [Link]
Open Culture: Philosophy Bites
Back when we started out, we mentioned a radio show — and now podcast — coming out of Stanford that … [Link]
OpenFiction [ Blog ]: Wide open blogging
Looks like I’m going to be doing some blogging over on Wide Open Education , a blog on the Online … [Link]
iterating toward openness: I have Freebase.com invites
Leave a comment if you would like one. [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Have You Watched Blogging: In Their Own Words Yet?
Christian Long writes, "Wonderful to hear students and teachers talk candidly about the impact of blogging on their academic lives. … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Advancing Sustainability of Open Educational Resources
From the InSite conference, as summarized by Alja Sulcic. "This paper discusses the concept of Open Educational Resources (OERs). The … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Desktop Tower Defense Played 15 Million Times
I kept this link for another project, but figured I might as well pass it along here, because the game … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Needed Skills for New Media
I guess my main reaction to this list is that it is a set of 2.0 skills described as though … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Edu2.0
edu2.0 has officially launched - it's a space that allows anyone to take classes or teach classes. There is blog … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: iPhone Review Roundup: Pawns Of The Dark Arts Agree, It'S A Winner
Everyone in the world has heard of the iPhone launch. I'm not particularly wowed, except by Apple's marketing and packaging. … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Local Search… Patented! Again!
Another case of patenting the obvious. They have to fix this system - meanwhile, though, I was reading in University … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Free and Open Source Educational Mac Software
This was really useful for me - so thanks Doug. It's a list of many free and open source applications … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Podcasting Legal Guide for Canada
If you are podcasting in Canada, this guide from Creative commons helps map the landscape. "More than just an adaptation … [Link]
Abject Learning: Udell meets Willinsky…
On the public construction of knowledge, the nature of education, and all sorts of groovy stuff nearby… just go listen … [Link]
Abject Learning: Getting beyond centralized technologies in higher education - Ed-Media Symposium
One of the benefits of being based in Vancouver is that over the course of a typical year at least … [Link]
D'Arcy Norman dot net: MySpace vs. Facebook: Who Cares?
Danah Boyd published an article comparing the demographics of MySpace and Facebook . The conclusion? Geeks, jocks, and preps head … [Link]
Berkman Blog: Live-Blogging the ASC
The folks of <A href="http://www.stopbadware.o~ are <A href="http://blogs.stopbadware~ the Anti-Spyware Coalition conference</A>, taking place today at Harvard Law School. Check … [Link]
D'Arcy Norman dot net: MySpace vs. Facebook: Who Cares?
Danah Boyd published an article comparing the demographics of MySpace and Facebook . The conclusion? Geeks, jocks, and preps head … [Link]
Berkman Blog: Quiet case
<P><EM>From Berkman Fellow </EM><A href="http://cyber.law.harvard~ Searls</EM></A><~ of Internet radio stations… observ(ed) a <A href="http://www.kurthanson.co~ of Silence</A> to bring attention to … [Link]
Berkman Blog: New Programs of Note
<P><EM>From </EM><A href="http://www.prx.org/user/~ at </EM><A href="http://www.prx.org/"~ get very excited here seeing the volume and the quality of the audio appearing … [Link]
Berkman Blog: U.S. Supreme Court Limits Student Speech Rights
<P><EM>From&nbs~ href="http://www.bc.edu/school~ Papandrea</A> of </EM><A href="http://www.citmedialaw.o~ color=#993300><EM>Citiz~ Media Law Project</EM></FONT>~ Supreme Court has once again cut away at student speech … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Required Reading: the next 10 years
During my keynote at the iCommons iSummit 07 , I made an announcement that surprised some, but which, from reports … [Link]
The Stingy Scholar: Two Peas and Cheese in the Giant V-Pod
Some kickin reources for summer! Feast your keys upon them!!!! A new blog collecting videos and PPTs on Second Life … [Link]
Open Culture: Miles and Coltrane on YouTube: The Jazz Greats
One of our readers tipped us off to a couple of vintage jazz clips on YouTube. First up is footage … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Wired/CC Benefit Concert - tickets on sale
Click on the image to get your tickets. [Link]
OpenFiction [ Blog ]: Back in the saddle
Before I went to the Global Social Benefit Incubator last July, I had finally finished rewriting the portion of the … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: The Beginning of the End for the Industrial Schooling System?
I agree with Graham Attwell, that this is a significant development. Knowsley Council in Merseyside, which has 21,000 students, will … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Timeline Shows Web Browser Development Through the Ages
This is a pretty interesting document showing the development of the web browser through the ears ('the ages' is a … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: German Wikipedia Receives State Funding
In the recent discussions on Open Educational Resources (OER) I felt almost along in arguing for support of community-based content … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Datalibre.Ca
A new group blog started in Canada, "a group blog, inspired by civicaccess.ca, which believes all levels of Canadian governments … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: And There We Have It…
This gets to the heart of the dispute between traditional educationalists and those of us advocating for change. In the … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Watch Out Second Life: China Launches Virtual Universe with Seven Million Souls
The past tense used in the headline is misleading; the story is only about an announcement that a Swedish company … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Supreme Court Rules Against Student in Bong Hits 4 Jesus Case
The school principal prevails as the court rules that the event was like 'being in school' and that the banner … [Link]
Berkman Blog: Anti-Spyware Coalition Public Workshop Tomorrow
<P>As mentioned, the annual <A href="http://www.antispywareco~ Workshop</A> of the Anti-Spyware Coalition will be held here tomorrow on the campus of Harvard … [Link]
Berkman Blog: danah boyd on American Class Divisions Though Facebook and MySpace
In her <A href="http://cyber.law.harvard~ series presentation last Tuesday</A> at the Berkman <BR>Center, fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Communications … [Link]
Open Culture: The Online Spanish Education Program
Since we’ve been talking lately about foreign language lesson podcasts, it seemed worth mentioning this helpful resource put together by … [Link]
OUseful Info: Links for 2007-06-25 [del.icio.us]
Google Earth A gallery of KML data overlays/layers for Google Earth. [Link]
EdTechPost: One of those days to cap off one of those weeks
You know the kind I mean…sat down at my computer this morning and not only is the new server the … [Link]
EdTechPost: Widgitized LaTeX Equation Editor
http://www.sitmo.com/latex/ Another sweet little hack to throw into your small pieces loosely joined toolkit - this little widget (which you … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: I Love My Communities
Nancy White responds to one of my comments on communities. "Surely sameness characterizes many communities. But I think 'sameness' is … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Blaise Aguera Y Arcas: Jaw-Dropping Photosynth Demo
I don't like blogging stuff from TED because of their regressive admission fees policy. But you absolutely want to take … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Vouchers Rack Up Strike Seven
A study showing that students using vouchers "performed no better on reading and math tests after one year in the … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Getting to Know Mozilla
Interesting item looking at the different communications modes employed by members of the Mozilla development team (they build the Firefox … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Open Source Blogging Session and Other Early NECC Reflections
U.S. K-12 Edubloggers at NECC American schoolteachers have officially discovered blogging, as their first EduBloggerCon, held this weekend at NECC, … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Computers Can Raise Attainment
A large study in Britain shows that the use of ICT "can" raise attainment in schools, but "Ofsted (The official … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Internet Radio to Go Silent Tomorrow
Tomorrow (Tuesday) web streaming services will go silent to protest new royalty regulations that raise the cost of streaming music … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Viewing American Class Divisions Through Facebook and MySpace
I suppose there is any number of ways you can distinguish between the privileged and the unprivileged classes in America, … [Link]
Berkman Blog: Weinberger Interviews BBC's Sambrook
<P>In his latest interview for Wired, Berkman Fellow <A href="http://cyber.law.harvard~ Weinberger</A> speaks with BBC News Director <A href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/pre~ Sambrook</A> about the migration … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Lessig 2.0 — the site
Loads of thanks to Ryan Gantz and M. David Peterson for help in the redesign of lessig.org. There are no … [Link]
Berkman Blog: PerezHilton.com Feeling the Chill?
<P><EM>From Berkman Fellow <A href="http://cyber.law.harvard~ Seltzer</A>…</EM>~ <A href="http://www.chron.com/dis~ Chronicle reports</A> that celebrity gossip site PerezHilton.com has battled ISP takedown over … [Link]
D'Arcy Norman dot net: Drupal Pet Peeve: Loose InputFormat Control
I screwed up in a big way on one of our higher profile Drupal sites. I had configured the default … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Obama catches the anti-corruption bug
A great speech by Mr. Obama about limiting corruption in government. The fact sheet has lots more substance in it. … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Required Thanks: Thanks
The response to my channel changing has been overwhelming — literally, with the emails and well wishes. Thank you (and … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Edwards: great progress on patents
John "Its the substance, stupid" Edwards has a fantastic call for more reliance on prizes, not patents for certain drugs. … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Required Reading: the next 10 years
During my keynote at the iCommons iSummit 07 , I made an announcement that surprised some, but which, from reports … [Link]
Lessig Blog: iCommons Summit 07 — watch it at Flickr
It's pretty here. Watch . [Link]
Lessig Blog: Disclosure Statement and Statement of Principle, 1.1
I'm grateful for the replies to my disclosure statement and statement of principle. Some of these have led me to … [Link]
Lessig Blog: crossing languages with dotSub
I've been a fan of dotSub for sometime. The site enables collaborative subtitling of video. So far, the subtitling is … [Link]
Lessig Blog: From Engadget: "Publishing exec 'steals' Google laptops in silly demonstration" — of just how little publishing executives understand
Engadget reports that "the head honcho of Macmillan Publishers" lifted a couple Google laptops at a recent BookExpo America, and … [Link]
Lessig Blog: My cover is totally blown: "My Pirate Kid"
So I spend a great deal of my time insisting that my work, and the work of others in my … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Disclosure Statement (ala Joho)
Following the good practice of others , and following suggestions of inconsistency by others, I offer the following disclosure statement. … [Link]
Lessig Blog: for the record
After my debate last week at CISAC (at Google Video here ), The Register published a piece ( archived ) … [Link]
Lessig Blog: On the Helprin reply: Wow
So I posted the entry calling on people to write a reply to the Helprin piece , and then got … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Keen's "The Cult of the Amateur": BRILLIANT!
Tomorrow is the official on-sale date for Andrew Keen's "The Cult of the Amateur," but the book is already getting … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Helprin on perpetual copyright: write the reply?
So I've gotten (literally) scores of emails about this piece by Mark Helprin promoting perpetual copyright terms. "Write a reply!" … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Free Culture, Harvard
Next week, Harvard will hold this year's Free Culture National Conference . Go, join, multiply! [Link]
D'Arcy Norman dot net: Drupal Pet Peeve: Loose InputFormat Control
I screwed up in a big way on one of our higher profile Drupal sites. I had configured the default … [Link]
Berkman Blog: Massachusetts Considering Strengthening Open Meetings Law
<P><EM>From </EM><A href="http://cyber.law.harvard~ color=#993300><EM>David Ardia</EM></FONT>~ of </EM><A href="http://www.citmedialaw.o~ color=#993300><EM>Citiz~ Media Law Project</EM></FONT>~ href="http://www.legaline.com/~ target=_blank>Robert Ambrogi</A> reports that:<BR><BR><I~ Massachusetts legislature's </I><A … [Link]
Open Culture: Chinese Podcasts - Learn Chinese
Our collection of podcasts will help you start speaking Mandarin or Cantonese. To learn more languages, see our complete collection … [Link]
FLOSSE Posse: Microcontent for microlearning
I was last week in the Microlearning conference in Innsbruck, Tyrol , Austria. There were many clever and nice people … [Link]
Open Culture: 20 Podcasts That Will Teach You Spanish, French, Italian and German (A Reprise)
Over the weekend, this piece originally published in April has been getting a lot viewers thanks to StumbleUpon, and it … [Link]
OUseful Info: "When T293 had its last presentation in 2001…": We Ignore Digital Media at OUr Peril
I'm down to do a 15 minute slot on Tuesday at a scoping meeting for a new second level course, … [Link]
Open Culture: Weekly Wrap - June 24
Another week, another wrap: The Top 25 Educational Podcasts on iTunes - June 22 The Trouble with Judas James Joyce’s … [Link]
D'Arcy Norman dot net: Canadian eLearning 2007 Video Party: The Movie
Here’s the presentation, with the clips and selections Brian and I used during the welcoming reception for the Canadian eLearning … [Link]
OUseful Info: Links for 2007-06-23 [del.icio.us]
How To Find Wikipedia Links "tools available to find out about links in Wikipedia in addition to other useful information"; … [Link]
D'Arcy Norman dot net: Canadian eLearning 2007 Video Party: The Movie
Here’s the presentation, with the clips and selections Brian and I used during the welcoming reception for the Canadian eLearning … [Link]
OUseful Info: Wikipeadia + OpenLearn?
I spent huge chunks of today tinkering on and off with different combinations of Wikipedia and OpenLearn content in wikimindmap … [Link]
OUseful Info: Links for 2007-06-19 [del.icio.us]
Adobe - Digital Editions "read and manage eBooks and other digital publications. .. built from the ground up as a … [Link]
OUseful Info: Re-Presentation and Re-Interpretation of OpenLearn XML Materials
Thinking back over many of my Openlearn doodles , it would be hard to see many of the experiments as … [Link]
Open Culture: The Salman Rusdie Affair: Part II
Almost 20 years ago, Salman Rushdie published his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses , never realizing how this literary event … [Link]
D'Arcy Norman dot net: Drupal pet peeve: cron.php
I hate that I have to manually (or scriptedly) call cron.php for every Drupal site I run. Even for multiple … [Link]
OUseful Info: Mapping OpenLearn XML, Pass 2
Okay, so here's a second pass at mapping the links contained in an OpenLearn Unit , partly in response to … [Link]
D'Arcy Norman dot net: Drupal pet peeve: cron.php
I hate that I have to manually (or scriptedly) call cron.php for every Drupal site I run. Even for multiple … [Link]
D'Arcy Norman dot net: Aperture Wishlist
I’ve been exclusively using Aperture for about 6 months now, and absolutely love it. The non-destructive edits are liberating. The … [Link]
Open Culture: The Top 25 Educational Podcasts on iTunes - June 22
We haven’t visited the list of iTunes’ top educational podcasts since April. So it’s time for another look…What we’ve got … [Link]
Open Culture: The Trouble with Judas
The trouble with Judas is that if he was carrying out God’s plan, was he really evil? The point has … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: The ‘Cities Visited' Facebook Application
This is cool. I've been wanting this for some time. But why must I use Facebook to use it. Here's … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: eBooks: The Next Big Thing (Again)
Some people are heralding the return of eBooks again. I remain sceptical. Sure, there may be new devices and a … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: OpenLearn Unit Link Map
I think that when the mind-maps are relatively simple, and show some structure, as in the case of the wiki … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: E-Learning 2.0: All You Need To Know
It probably isn't all you need to know about e-learning 2.0 but this article is a nice start, caturing the … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Six Basic Truths of Free APIs
George Siemens links to this article and comments, "Web 2.0 is killing open source." I wouldn't go that far. That … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: What If Higher Ed Funds Don'T Help Economy?
University officials have long been citing their economic importance as grounds for their support. Some critics have noted that this … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Obama catches the anti-corruption bug
A great speech by Mr. Obama about limiting corruption in government. The fact sheet has lots more substance in it. … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Required Thanks: Thanks
The response to my channel changing has been overwhelming — literally, with the emails and well wishes. Thank you (and … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Edwards: great progress on patents
John “Its the substance, stupid” Edwards has a fantastic call for more reliance on prizes, not patents for certain drugs. … [Link]
Berkman Blog: Berkman Buzz, week of June 18
<P><STRONG>BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations<BR>The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School<BR>Week … [Link]
EdTechPost: One of those days to cap off one of those weeks
You know the kind I mean…sat down at my computer this morning and not only is the new server the … [Link]
EdTechPost: Great Presentation on the Role of the IT Liaison
http://connect.educause.edu/library~ So I am still waiting to hear the results of Brian's foray into the lion's den at IT4BC, but … [Link]
EdTechPost: Widgitized LaTeX Equation Editor
http://www.sitmo.com/latex/ Another sweet little hack to throw into your small pieces loosely joined toolkit - this little widget (which you … [Link]
D'Arcy Norman dot net: Aperture Wishlist
I’ve been exclusively using Aperture for about 6 months now, and absolutely love it. The non-destructive edits are liberating. The … [Link]
D'Arcy Norman dot net: Canadian eLearning 2007 Video Party Playlist
Here’s the playlist Brian and I used for our presentation during the Canadian eLearning 2007 conference welcome reception on Tuesday … [Link]
D'Arcy Norman dot net: Canadian eLearning 2007 Video Party Playlist
Here’s the playlist Brian and I used for our presentation during the Canadian eLearning 2007 conference welcome reception on Tuesday … [Link]
Berkman Blog: Gossip Site Perezhilton.com Temporarily Shutdown Due to Copyright Claims
<P><EM>From </EM><A href="http://cyber.law.harvard~ color=#993300><EM>David Ardia</EM></FONT>~ of </EM><A href="http://www.citmedialaw.o~ color=#993300><EM>Citiz~ Media Law Project</EM></FONT>~ is <A href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/~ target=_blank>reporting</A&~ (via the Associated Press) … [Link]
Berkman Blog: Share Your Photos with Berkman
As we round the bend into our tenth year, The Berkman Center is giving a good look to our efforts … [Link]
OUseful Info: OpenLearn Unit Link Map
My feedreader seemed to be full this morning with posts about wikimindmap , which produces a mindmap view of Wikipedia … [Link]
Open Culture: James Joyce’s Ulysses: A Free Podcast
This is a book that needs no introduction, but we will give it a short one anyway. Published in serial … [Link]
Abject Learning: Hit-and-run recapsulets…
Three fairly intense events in the last week, on top of the usual work stuff (busier than usual)… but people … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Trends and Impacts of E-Learning 2.0
Video (on Google Video) of my talk in Taiwan. Remember that you can follow along with the slides if you … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Consumer Groups Speak Out On WIPO Broadcast Treaty
I would echo the views of these consumer groups. "The consumer groups argue that the treaty is unnecessary for and … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Consumer Identity and Profile Management
Another huge development for OpenD as Verisign - which has many inerests in this area - signs on to the … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: My PLE/PKM
Another entry in the sequence of diagrams describing the personal learning environment (PLE). Mohamed Amine Chatti , Weblog, June 21, … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Blackboard V Desire2Learn - Claim Construction Briefs Filed
The next step in the Blackboard Patent lawsuit has been taken, with Blackboard filing a document describing what it is … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Repository Listing: OAI-PMH Vs Atom Vs Sitemaps
Some interesting discussion on how to list repository contents. "The usual way for repos [repositories] to enable this is OAI-PMH… … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: The Redistricting Game
Designed by staff at the USC Annenberg Center for Communications and developed by programmers here in New Brunswick at Red … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Efsym2007 Revisited
Summary of a seminar inside Second Life I attended Tuesday, a follow-up from the one-day conference hosted by Eduserv last … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Social Network Methods and Measures for Examing E-Learning
An email exchange (and then some website digging) led me to this paper and presentation from a few years ago … [Link]
Berkman Blog: Announcing Review Request History
<P align=left><EM><BR&~ </EM><A href="http://cyber.law.harvard~ Leahy</EM></A><~ of </EM><A href="http://www.stopbadware.o~ is proud to announce the availability of Review Request History on our … [Link]
OUseful Info: OPML Dashboard: Filtered RSS Feed Display
In response to a "user request" 
I added a couple of extra features to the OPML Dashboard : (optional) … [Link]
Berkman Blog: OffTheBus.net Gets Rolling
<P>An exciting new development in the 2008 Presidential race came about this week and it didn't even involve a scandal! … [Link]
Open Culture: University Podcasts: The New Video Wave on iTunes
When universities first started developing their podcast collections, a good number took their audio archives — the many lectures and … [Link]
D'Arcy Norman dot net: Live, from Edmonton, it’s Tuesday Night!
I had a total blast hanging out working with Brian for the Canadian eLearning 2007 conference welcome reception entertainment gig … [Link]
D'Arcy Norman dot net: Live, from Edmonton, it’s Tuesday Night!
I had a total blast hanging out working with Brian for the Canadian eLearning 2007 conference welcome reception entertainment gig … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Everyone'S Tripping and It'S All Free
Bryan Alexander states , accurately, "The Chronicle's stance of reporting against, er, about technology is one of the biggest, least … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Open Source Publishing
A wiki has been launched on the concept of open source publishing. "Open source publishing refers to the openness of … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Required Reading: the Next 10 Years
Lawrence Lessig is shifting his focus. He writes, "the real problem here was (what I will call a 'corruption' of) … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Changing an Epistemological System
An interesting red-blue diagram describing shifting epistemological systems. I mostly agree with this, though question some of the wording (for … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Universities Strike Back in Battle Over Illegal Downloads
It's hard for me to imagine that anyone who wants free online music hasn't already downloaded everything available. After all, … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Informatology: Blended Learning
Scott Wilson also presented to the British Council the other day and gave a talk that was very similar to … [Link]
OUseful Info: OpenLearn Content via a Wiki
When OpenLearn first launched, one of the things I fully expected the playful folk out there to do was to … [Link]
Berkman Blog: Canadian Blogger Sued for Libel by Brewery President
<DIV class=content><EM>From </EM><A href="http://cyber.law.harvard~ color=#993300><EM>David Ardia</EM></FONT>~ of </EM><A href="http://www.citmedialaw.o~ color=#993300><EM>Citiz~ Media Law Project</EM></FONT>~ president of Steelback Brewery, based in Ontario, … [Link]
Berkman Blog: Google launches new anti-badware API
<P>Googles anti-malware team has announced a new <A href="http://code.google.com/a~ Browsing <SPAN class=caps>API</SPAN>~ to give developers access to its badware and … [Link]
FLOSSE Posse: Wikimedia Foundation’s Board election
I am fascinated about the Wikimedia community: the people behind the Wikipedias (in 249 languages) , Wiktionaries , Wikibooks , … [Link]
Open Culture: The Salman Rushdie Affair: Part II
Almost 20 years ago, Salman Rushdie published his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses , never realizing how this literary event … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: How Do You Know?
I have been toiling with a few problems recently, not just the answer to the question, how do I know … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Ten Steps to Better Photographs
I thought this was a pretty good guide and accords with my own experience taking digital photos. I especially like … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: YouTube Is Mixing It Up
A technical development worth noting - support for mash-ups in YouTube. "Sometimes," writes Jim Groom, "instant gratification video is just … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Diversity in Educational Technology Leadership
Its time for the annual discussion of diversity in educational leadership that follows the annual lack of same in various … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Sakai Amsterdam 2007: The State of the Union
Michael Feldstein takes the pulse of the Sakai project (Sakai is an enterprise level Java based open source learning management … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Humanities Greatest Advances?
I walked through the campus at Harvard a couple of months ago and marveled at what I thought would be … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Notes From Alan Kay'S Keynote at EduComm07
From this summary, it sounds like Alan Kay gave a cracking good keynote (shouldn't he have a blog by now?) … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: The Need to Characterize Open Content Projects
John Concilus has managed to capture in words a general unease I was unable - or too delicate - to … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Social Networking at IBM
I mentioned some of this during discussions today. The flip side of all these nice stats about IBM and Web … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Questioning the Admissions Assumptions
On the subject of measuring learning, you'd think that if grades could be used to predict anything, it would be … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Should Kids Tuck in Their Shirts?
This video is wrong on so many levels it just defies description. I don't know whether to focus on the … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: New CCL Report: Canada Must Unlock Potential in Adult Learning
The Canadian Council on L:earning has released a report urging a focus on adult learning. While I agree with the … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Video
Right click on this link and 'save link as' to access the WMV file (45 megabytes). Stephen Downes , Stephen's … [Link]
OUseful Info: OPML Dashboard View: A Glanceable Display of Recent Social Bookmarks
Having got the OPML Dashboard Display prototype posted, I had a quick look around some of my previous OPML generating … [Link]
OUseful Info: Last.fm: in it for the ads…?
My first day listening to Last.fm for a bit (no particular reason for being away from it, just one of … [Link]
OUseful Info: OU Search Engine
Idling with the OU search engine the other day, I thought I'd do a search for the simple term blog … [Link]
Berkman Blog: danah boyd on "MyFriends, MySpace"
This afternoon, <A href="http://www.danah.org/&qu~ boyd</A> participated in the Berkman Luncheon Series to discuss her work and research in the area … [Link]
Berkman Blog: Berkman Center, CALI Announce New Partnership
In a <A href="http://cyber.law.harvard~ this morning</A>, the Berkman Center announced a new partnership with the <A href="http://www2.cali.org/&qu~ for Computer-Assisted Legal … [Link]
Lessig Blog: Required Reading: the next 10 years
During my keynote at the iCommons iSummit 07 , I made an announcement that surprised some, but which, from reports … [Link]
Open Culture: Physics for Future Presidents on Video
Not long ago, we posted a feature entitled 10 Free University Courses on iTunes . And, in it, we talked … [Link]
Open Culture: 10 Free University Courses on iTunes
We haven’t talked about the universe of university podcasts in some time. So let’s get back to it.Below, we have … [Link]
Open Culture: D-Day Relived in Real Time
This is not exactly an example of open culture. Actually, it’s a case of closed culture. But it’s a neat … [Link]
Open Culture: New Books on Mp3 (For Free)
While our collection of foreign language lessons podcasts has been getting a fair amount of love and attention lately, we’ve … [Link]
Open Culture: YouTube’s Impact on the 2008 Election: The Hype and the Fact
YouTube is a little more than two years old. It’s a mere toddler. But, it’s now owned by an overgrown, … [Link]
D'Arcy Norman dot net: Online Video Party @ Canadian eLearning 2007 Conference
I learned long ago, that when given the opportunity to do anything with Brian , I should jump on it. … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Taipei
My photo set from Taipei is available on Flickr. The best way to view them is to click on the … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Web 2.0 and Your Own Learning and Development
Today's newsletter is a bit late because - once again - a video project ran away with my time. This … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Elearning Jobs in Moncton
This is really local news, but from my perspective it's significant news, as I've played a part in it. Desire2Learn, … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Flickr/Yahoo: How Many Feet to Shoot Left?
More sadness emanating from the Yahoo takeover of Flickr. "Flickr, in short, is flushing their brand down the drain. Or … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Communities: Dancing with Fire?
Martin Dugage asks, "Why is it that the strongest advocates of a networked economy fail to see the importance of … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Britannica Blog: Web 2.0 Forum
Nothing like a little deliberately seeded contrarians to drive up the hit counter to what would otherwise be an unremarkable … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Richard Van Eck Presentation On Digital Game-Based Learning
From the summary: this podcast "discusses the theory behind the effectiveness of games in teaching and learning; what the past … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: Better Conferences - Response Needed
Tony Karrer is looking to build a better conference. Perhaps he missed my post on how I would organize a … [Link]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily: The Cancer of DRM Infects iTunes PLUS
Mike Seyfang asks what he did wrong. The answer, of course, was to use iTunes plus. I may really like … [Link]
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