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News and views about online learning, new media, content syndication and related issues by Stephen Downes.

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Drupal.Org Redesign - Cardsorting Module Categories

Drupal is doing a design and doing some open user testing - an interesting concept in itself. I really liked the Cardsort application they used. Leisa Reichelt, disambiguity, November 19, 2008 [Tags: , , ] [Link] [Comment]

Higher Ed: Next Bloated Industry to Go?

This is a generally good white paper looking at the impact of social networking on business organization. It's important to keep in mind that by 'social networking' we must mean more than just your Facebook connections - todays social networks include the full range of contacts you make world wide using any technology. Good diagrams illustrating the new organizational structure on page 5. David Miller, heyjude, November 19, 2008 [Tags: , , ] [Link] [Comment]

A Social Layer for DSpace?

Brian Lamb asks, "can DSpace be extended so that the acts of searching and interaction around these resources can themselves be learning experiences." Of course it can, but equally obviously, it doesn't. So what would it take? This is the question he explores in this post. Great whiteboard photo (should be a 'must' for every learning PowerPoint slide presentation here on in). Anyhow, to approach an answer to Brian's question: what we need for such a system to work is a social layer that exists outside walled-garden websites like Facebook and LinkedIn - a social network without the social network website. Enabled by something simple, like OpenDD. Brian Lamb, abject learning, November 19, 2008 [Tags: , , , , ] [Link] [Comment]

The March of Access Control

Some big changes are coming not only to how the web functions but also to how it will feel for users. Basic web 2.0 operations - such as HTTPRequest - are set to be enabled with cross-domain access controls. This addresses some of the major issues of website interoperability, but also means that fun easy-going cross-site content-mashing is going to be replaced with one where you the external site must specifically grant permission. So simply linking to external resources to embed them - like this, say, or this - may become impossible. John Resig, Weblog, November 19, 2008 [Tags: ] [Link] [Comment]

RIAA Gets Tennessee Law To Force Universities To Filter Networks For Copyrighted Content

Mike Masnick writes, "Basically, the entertainment industry first flat-out lied (yes, lied) about how big a problem file sharing on campus was, and that got some Congressional Reps (with plenty of campaign contributions from the entertainment industry) to introduce legislation punishing universities if they didn't filter their networks." Mike Masnick, TechDirt, November 19, 2008 [Tags: , ] [Link] [Comment]

Hulu to Match YouTube's Revenue: Ten Observations For The Future of Media

A lot has been made of recent reports that online video site Hulu is close to YouTube in revenues and is expected to match them next year. I wouldn't be so quick to start praising Hulu. The company has made its mark by signing deals with traditional media to run television content online, and (apparently) has distribution agreements with blog sites, such as Gawker. So fine. But views outside the United States continue to see error messages instead of video in Hulu screens, which means that the problem of distribution is far from solved. And is segmenting the internet into closed national viewing areas a good strategy in the long run? Of course not. Hulu's business model is based on closed content - but you can't sustain a closed content model, not in the long run, not once the momentum from free viewing has dried up. Scott Karp, Publishing 2.0, November 18, 2008 [Tags: , , , ] [Link] [Comment]

Real Punks Ship


I like this title better than the diplomatic 'OCW Production in the OCWC, 2003 to Present (w/ Chart)'. The title refers to the large number of online courses being made available by the open courseware consortium, about which I am unreservedly delighted. That many more free things to rip, mix and burn, right? Caulfield writes, "We're lucky, as a movement, to have people approaching this issue from both the bottom-up and top-down. In my experience it's the combination of those two approaches that gets change done." Mike Caulfield, Tran|Script, November 18, 2008 [Tags: , ] [Link] [Comment]

OA Discussion List at U. Toronto School of Education

"Open Access @ OISE is a discussion list for students, faculty, and staff at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto." Which is good, but it would be better to be able to view posts without having to be a member, so I can follow it and maybe link to the more insightful items. Related: Open Access at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education blog post. Peter Suber, Open Access News, November 18, 2008 [Tags: , ] [Link] [Comment]

On the Video: a Reflection On YouTube and Friends (Part 1)

Derek Morrison offers a two-part examination of the increasing role of video in gneral, and YouTube in particular, in learning. Part One, Part Two. The first part discusses the use of video generally and lists a number of British learning video projects, while the second lists 'YouTube affordances' and considers alternatives to YouTube. For my own part, I prefer not to use YouTube, because the quality isn't very good and videos are limited to 10 minutes. I would host them myself, but they would eat away my bandwidth, which would harm my website. So I am currently using blip. Related: 20+ Firefox Plugins to Enhance Your YouTube Experience. Derek Morrison, Auricle, November 18, 2008 [Tags: , , , , , ] [Link] [Comment]

Wikiversity; or Education Meets the Free Culture Movement: An Ethnographic Investigation by Norm Friesen and Janet Hopkins

The authors suggest that there is "a gap that is critical to the possible or ultimate effect of the free culture movement on education: On the one side is a remarkably successful system of development and 'relevance/accreditation.' On the other is the creation and provision of open educational resources and services." Consequently, they argue, "Wikiversity's goal of empowering people to achieve their educational goals via the free culture movement, and without governmental financial support and direction, is laudable but ambitious in the extreme." Norm Friesen and Janet Hopkins, First Monday, November 18, 2008 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]

Listening to Themselves: Podcasting Takes Lessons Beyond the Classroom

It has been said here before, but it bears repeating. "Web distribution of their work motivates students to put their best foot forward. 'My Web site has been viewed in all fifty states and eighty-seven foreign countries,' Coley says. 'I use that to my advantage. When I show the kids statistics and recent visitor numbers, it tells them that I'm not the only person who is going to hear what they're doing. People in Australia and England are going to hear it.'" Maya Payne Smart, Edutopia, November 18, 2008 [Tags: , ] [Link] [Comment]

Online Resources On Gender and ODL/ICT

The Commonwealth of Learning has set up this microsite to address issues related to gender and online learning. "The resources in this section vary in format and type and include: books (both in their entirety and select chapters); monographs; reference sources; journal articles; research and project reports; thesis; select conference papers; and, country and case studies." Various Authors, Commonwealth of Learning, November 18, 2008 [Tags: , , ] [Link] [Comment]

The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On

This is a major paper I authored over the summer and released yesterday. In the summer of 1998, over two frantic weeks in July, I wrote an essay titled The Future of Online Learning. In this essay I offer a renewal of those predictions. I look at each of the points I addressed in 1998, and with the benefit of ten year's experience, recast and rewrite each prediction. This essay is not an attempt to vindicate the previous paper - time has done that - but to carry on in the same spirit, and to push that vision ten years deeper into the future. My best hope for most influential blog post for 2008. Stephen Downes, Half an Hour, November 17, 2008 [Tags: ] [Link] [Comment]

Corporate Learning Trends and Innovation 2008

As if there isn't enough to do this week, you could if you find the time peek in on this free and open online conference. The list of speakers over the five days is a veritable who's who of corporate e-learning (see the Events page for a list): David Weinberger, Dave Pollard, Nancy White, Marcia Conner and Allison Anderson, among many others. George Siemens, Tony Karrer, Jay Cross, Ning, November 17, 2008 [Tags: ] [Link] [Comment]

Educamp Colombia

Diego Leal summarizes the Educamp Colombia sessions he ran last year, in preparation for a second set he is running this year. Here is the overview and the summary of the Bogota session. And here, in Spanish, is the overview and summary of both the Bogota and Medellin sessions. For me, it was a privilege to take part, and I will be participating at a distance at the kick-off for the next set. Diego leal, .Edu.Co.Blog, November 17, 2008 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]

7 Things You Should Know About Flip Camcorders

It's definitely worth looking at the Flip video camera. Capturing something like 13 percent of the video recording market in the first year, the Flip camera is a phenomenon. But I'm not sure these are the seven points I would pick to highlight about the Flip. How many ways can you say "by making it easier it increases the risks," anyways? (Answer: 4. Items 4 through 7.) The really important points? Flip cams save files directly as .avi files, making them instantly usable. And another: Flip cameras carry their software with them, ending the separation between device and device driver (you can actually update the driver on the device). Also, because the Flip can be operated in hands-free mode, it is much more mobile (and stealth). Unattributed, EDUCAUSE Connect, November 17, 2008 [Tags: ] [Link] [Comment]

Interactive Visualization for Computational Linguistics

This is why I read Language Log every day, as Mark Liberman links to "some really terrific slides from a tutorial by Christopher Collins, Gerald Penn and Sheelagh Carpendale on "Interactive Visualization for Computational Linguistics". (Warning: it's a 13.8 MB .pdf file)." Mark Liberman, Language Log, November 17, 2008 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]

Interactive Visualization for Computational Linguistics

This is why I read Language Log every day, as Mark Liberman links to "some really terrific slides from a tutorial by Christopher Collins, Gerald Penn and Sheelagh Carpendale on "Interactive Visualization for Computational Linguistics". (Warning: it's a 13.8 MB .pdf file)." Mark Liberman, Language Log, November 17, 2008 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]

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