Wednesday, May 25, 2005

IBM Plans to Open the Cell Processor [Slashdot:] 12:14:07 AM      Google It!.

Learning Objects R.I.P.. More reaction to the FLOSSE post linked here recently to the effect that the concept of 'learning objects' per se is dead. As Levine notes, the learning object is, in essence, a website , and it can be given an educational context by means of a link. Or as I would say, there is nothing inherent in a resource that makes it a learning object; it becomes one strictly through its use in learning. By Alan Levine, CogDogBlog, May 24, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 12:05:38 AM      Google It!.

University-Press Group Raises Questions About Google's Library-Scanning Project - Jeffrey R. Young, Chronicle of Higher Education. Saying that Google's high-profile library project "appears to be built on a fundamental violation of the copyright act," the Association of American University Presses listed concerns and questions about the project on Friday in a six-page letter to Googl [Online Learning Update] 12:00:46 AM      Google It!.