Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Introduction to social network methods. I mentioned social network theory in my talk today. This item, just linked by George Siemens, looks like a pretty comprehensive guide. I've only been able to skim it today, but what I've seen is impressive. By Robert A. Hanneman and Mark Riddle, May, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 2:48:51 PM      Google It!.

IT Giants Accused of Exploiting Open Source [Slashdot:] 1:03:51 PM      Google It!.

Learning through laughter: Study supports use of humor in online courses - Elizabeth Weinstein, Athens News. Watch out, Leno, here come the professors. Though most students would argue that academia and humor are about as compatible as oil and water, two Ohio University psychology professors argue that the use of humor in online courses can yield good results. [Online Learning Update] 12:39:52 PM      Google It!.

Firefox Deer Park Alpha Available [Slashdot:] also impliments EMACSRIPT FOR XML, E4X which makes a big step forward in scripting with XML data -- BL 12:37:22 PM      Google It!.

Web-friendly rich Internet apps, continued. Last fall I asked a question that I'll probably keep on asking in various contexts: Can rich Internet apps be web-friendly?. In response, Macromedia chief software architect Kevin Lynch created an example showing how the state of a Flash app could be exposed on the browser's URL-line, and thus made available for bookmarking, deep linking, and scripted integration. There was also some follow-up discussion on integrating this technique with the browser's navigation history. ... [Jon's Radio] 12:33:04 PM      Google It!.

SAGrader - automated marking software [Edubloggers Links Feed] 12:30:42 PM      Google It!.