del.icio.us bookmarks for Monday December 04 2006
04-December-2006
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Hodgins ponders the future of metadata, while revising the past and present | Scott's Workblog: astute+ascerbic reaction to Wayne Hodgins retrospectively claiming the successes of web2.0 tagsonomies as a consequence of the (obviously failed!) LO/LOM way
"Is it just me that sees pretty much the whole enterprise of LOs and LOM as solving entirely the wrong problems in all the wrong ways, and thank heavens the web had an alternative developing ready to get us out of the mess we'd made for ourselves?
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Patent Office Asked to Review and Revoke Blackboard Patent [PR, November 30, 2006] Software Freedom Law Center Files Re-Examination Request on Behalf of Clients. If successful, the request will lead to the cancellation of all 44 claims of the patent.
..filed November 17 on behalf of Sakai, Moodle and ATutor. The Patent Office will decide whether to order re-examination within three months... cites documents that predate the filing of the Blackboard patent and describe everything claimed in it.
/blackboard policy/software-patents news elearning/biz elearning/open-source evangelism/anti-patents press-release for:alharris for:grahamattwell for:opendock -
Blackboard Patent Re-examination Filing FAQ | SAKAI: 1. What has happened? 2. Why does the SFLC think the Patent Office will revoke the patent? 3. What comes next? 4. Why is this patent so important? 5. What else is important about this for the future?
The SFLC has filed a formal request to have the USPTO re-examine the BB patent with the goal of revoking its claims on the basis of prior art. Prior art here consists of patents that predate the purported BB invention or other kinds of documents publishe
/blackboard policy/software-patents news elearning/biz elearning/open-source evangelism/anti-patents faq for:alharris for:grahamattwell for:opendock standards-org
del.icio.us bookmarks for Tuesday December 05 2006
05-December-2006
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Phoebe Project - A practitioner-focused environment to support design for learning: The Phoebe project aims to guide practitioners working in post-compulsory learning (FE, HE and ACL) in designing effective and pedagogically sound learning activities
'Develop a prototype online planning tool.. offer users flexible and guided paths through the planning process.. access range of models, research findings and examples of innovative learning designs.. encourage them to explore new approaches and tools in
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oxphoebe's bookmarks on del.icio.us - ?project bookmarks? for Phoebe - A practitioner-focused environment to support design for learning [oxford-uni-based Uk development project] top-tags: JISC Exemplars Repositories Content CaseStudies LearningDesigns
..Phoebe tool ContentPackaging e-assessment e-learning LAMS LDToolsProject PhoebeWiki planning ReferenceModel ACETS DialogPlus journal keywords LADIE LearningObject LearningOutcomes LearningTheory map mind objectives online tagging UseCases Vocabularies
/elearning/design learning_design projects/uk elearning/tools resources/case-studies resources/shared-bookmarks pedagogy/open webtech/must-watch for:opendock for:alharris
del.icio.us bookmarks for Thursday December 07 2006
07-December-2006
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idGettr - Find your Flickr ID: Use this tool to find your Flickr user or group id. Just enter the address of your photostream or group pool and it'll find the number for you
very useful for constructing those nifty but obscure iframe and script src parameters :O)
/flickr portal-admin APIs/Flickr bindings/javascript
del.icio.us bookmarks for Thursday December 14 2006
14-December-2006
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Comparing Weblogs to Threaded Discussion Tools in Online Educational Contexts. Donna Cameron, Terry Anderson, International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, Nov 2006
Editor’s Note: This carefully researched study compares weblogs to other discussion tools. It provides insights and alternative points of view to support the academic value of blogging tools for discourse and opportunities these tools offer beyond curre
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Dear JavaScript Library Developers | Wait till I come! : After spending about three weeks finishing a chapter of the upcoming book introducing JavaScript libraries to non-developers I was quite amazed how tough it is at times to use different libraries.
"my wishlist for JavaScript library developers or maintainers. Before you start.. you might want to give these points some thought. For library users.. see how much work has to go into using a library or how to pick the right library for the job at hand.
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Liverpool Hope University Learning Technologies Research Group has been awarded over £46,000 from JISC to set up and develop a Learning Design repository. DesignShare is a partnership led by Liverpool Hope + University of Bolton + RayCom BV
..will install open source e-learning repository software and adapt it so that it connects to the Reload Learning Design editor, making the editor a front end for the repository. The system will allow groups of practitioners to share Learning Designs
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WebKit / Safari project page for SVG - The WebKit Open Source Project - SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics).. an experimental SVG implementation in WebKit; imported KDE's excellent KSVG2 implementation and tweaked it to integrate seamlessly with WebCore
"There is still much work to be done to finish off some advanced SVG features such as animation and SVG fonts. With your help we look forward to many great uses of SVG throughout the web and Mac OS X!
/SVG browsers/safari open-source-product portal-admin webtech/MUST-WATCH client-tech/UI
del.icio.us bookmarks for Friday December 15 2006
15-December-2006
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Flux - multi-author blog hosted by Futurelab, started Nov 28 06. Panel: Bob Harrison, Jenny-Lacia, Dan Sutch, John Bradford, Richard Sandford, Leon Cych, Martin Owen, Rose Luckin, Tim Reader, Tim Rylands, Tony Wheeler
finally FL is blogging :o) ... "the innovation-in-education blog.. a place to discuss and debate the issues in e-learning, teaching with games, social & collaborative learning, personalisation, learning spaces and much more.
/futurelab blog elearning/organisation resources/tech-tracking resources/shared-bookmarks elearning/research
del.icio.us bookmarks for Saturday December 16 2006
16-December-2006
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Adobe extends ASV download availability indefinitely | Paton Lewis, Dec 15, 2006, Adobe Forums [click login-as-guest to read the post] "In response to customer feedback, Adobe has extended download availability once again for Adobe SVG Viewer
Adobe recognizes that customers have built Web applications that depend on ASV being available for download, and although Adobe does not plan to develop ASV further, we plan for the existing versions to be available for download as long as our customers..
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sbrandts' bookmarks on del.icio.us (385 high-value links since aug 06) - good links, well annotated and tagged, covering web2.0 / teaching / practical tech & tools for education....
toptags: TIS-resource teacher-tools classroom-ideas multimedia integration TIS-article blogging edtech staff-development freeware tutorials assessment web2.0 podcasts PowerPoint webdesign tools NCLB science tech-literacy video-editing math online-learning
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WikiMapia is an online map resource that combines Google Maps with a wiki system, allowing users to add information (in the form of a note) to any location on the globe." (See Wikipedia) The project intends "to describe the whole Earth."
[like placeopedia??] - but can add hotspots with annotations - seems intended for use in wikipedia entries, but does not originate there. See dropdown at topright for links to blogs, faqs, data layer for Google Earth.
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IE7.2 to Support SVG? | Something Witty Goes Here.. "Via All Forces.: Microsoft publicly stated IE will have core engine support for SVG in IE7.x (most likely 7.2)
based on assertions made by MS senior staff during MIX06 - follow link to his longer post on Chris Wilson’s Talk on Web Standards / The Future of Internet Explorer
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HOWTO Embed MathML and SVG into HTML4 | Sam Ruby: This is a proof of concept.. works in FireFox; similar techniques would work on Opera and nightlies of WebKit. It does not add MathML or SVG support to browsers that don't already have it
requires javascript download, includes tips to avoid syntax problems.. enables browsers which already recognize these grammars in XHTML5 to render similar structures when found in HTML4 documents.
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The Access Principle: The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship, John Willinsky - The MIT Press: A commitment to scholarly work carries with it a responsibility to circulate that work as widely as possible: this is the access principle [PDF fre
In the digital age, that responsibility includes exploring new publishing technologies and economic models to improve access to scholarly work. Wide circulation adds value to published work; it is a significant aspect of its claim to be knowledge.
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A Review Of The Literature On Portfolios And Electronic Portfolios [PDF, 23pp 299KB] Massey U, Oct 2006 [part of the 3ry Ed Commission’s e-Learning Collaboration Development Fund] extensive review with strong reflective/practical slant, with many refs
students learn to apply reflective thinking to their experiences, generating meaning and recognising the next steps they need to take.. considered as a way of organising student work.. will fail.. emphasis on meeting standards for competency will endanger
/policy/eportfolios eportfolios pdf-file report projects/NZ pedagogy/open eportfolios/publicity eportfolios/reflective for:ngrf
