Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Mozilla Firefox 1.02 Released [Slashdot:] 11:11:02 PM      Google It!.

CHI 2002 - Getting to Know You:Collection:HCI OpenSource: [SurfMind] 7:36:30 AM      Google It!.

Students Who Are Tested in a Context Differing Significantly from their Instructional Environment Do Worse. David Wiley hits on another news article describing that Woessmann-Fuchs study that suggests computers do not support learning and makes a good point about methodology: "Why would we be shocked or surprised to find that kids who spend more time with paper and pencil outperform their high tech peers on paper and pencil tests??? If the tests had been administered on computers, which group would have been the top performer?" The news report itself merely repeats without criticism the claims made by Woessmann-Fuchs and the editing is sloppy enough to leave some factual errors in the story. By David Wiley, Iterating Toward Openness, March 21, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 7:20:06 AM      Google It!.

CCL Calls for Expressions of Interest. The Canadian Council on Learning, introduced here last week, has issued a call for expressions of interest to create the five knowledge centres described in its project plan: Adult Learning in Atlantic Canada; Early Childhood Learning in Quebec; Work and Learning in Ontario; Aboriginal Learning in the Prairies, Northwest Territories and Nunavut; Health and Learning in British Columbia and Yukon. By Press Release, Canadian Council on Learning, March 21, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 7:18:39 AM      Google It!.

Utah Governor Signs Net-Porn Bill [Slashdot:] 7:09:03 AM      Google It!.

Oracle Profit Slips 15% After Acquisition. The Oracle Corporation's revenue rose 18 percent in the third quarter but its profit declined as it followed through on its takeover of the PeopleSoft Corporation. By By LAURIE FLYNN. [NYT > Technology] 7:05:31 AM      Google It!.

Electronic Portfolios and Dimensions of Learning - Frederick Conway, THE Journal. The infusion of technology in all academic areas makes it evident that schools of this new millennium will look quite different from the schools of the past. I feel electronic portfolios will be how students create and store information. This technology w [Online Learning Update] 6:54:06 AM      Google It!.

Yahoo Ups Mail to Match Google's Gig [Slashdot:] 6:51:52 AM      Google It!.