Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Audio Ebook Project. I’m still pulling together an announcement so I don’t have a detailed write-up yet, but I wanted to note that I’m putting together the-most-incredible-offer-ever for audio ebooks for Illinois libraries (not just MLS libraries). It’s one of the other Really Big Projects I’m working on right now. If you’re thinking about signing a contract for digital audiobooks, DON’T commit to anything until you hear this offer. If you’re dying for more info, call or email me at MLS, but I should have some info up here soon. I promise you won’t find a better deal anywhere else! [The Shifted Librarian] 11:53:36 PM      Google It!.

WebCT, ‘Powerlinks’, PHP Wiki & Open Source Robbery. James Farmer offers a hostile reaction to the news that WebCT is incorporating open source tools - such as PHPWiki - into its learning management system. By James Farmer, incorporated subversion, June 8, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 11:47:35 PM      Google It!.

Creating e-Portfolios using Atom and FOAF. Some nice thinking by Scott Wilson which starts off on the right foot: "An e-Portfolio is, by definition, an aggregate or composite of many facets." What I have been calling a profile. He then lists the types of feeds that work together to create an e-portfolio, and outlines the various XML languages - Atom (which is similar to RSS), IMS e-portfolio, HR-XML and FOAF - that enable these feeds. By Scott Wilson, Scott Wilson's Workblog, June 3, 2006 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 11:46:51 PM      Google It!.

Netvouz - Online Social Bookmarks Manager - Organize, Tag and Share your bookmarks [Edubloggers Links Feed] 11:41:47 PM      Google It!.

SIMILE | Piggy Bank. screen scrapper and RDF mapper for firefox [Edubloggers Links Feed] 10:45:27 AM      Google It!.

Disposable Camcorder [Slashdot:] 10:39:05 AM      Google It!.

Home : Services : Institution-wide Learning Management System Consultation and Proposal Process [Edubloggers Links Feed] 10:29:41 AM      Google It!.

Executing Learning Objects, Resurrecting Sharing and Reuse. http://www.edtechpost.ca/gems/LO_gunshots/ lo_gunshots.html I was fortunate to instigate a workshop last week as part of the BC Educational Technology Users Group spring workshops in Merritt, B.C. The workshop was on "Practical Tips for Reusability and Interoperability." In keeping with themes I laid out earlier on this weblog, I began the session with a formal execution of the term "learning object" which you can see at the link above (feel free to reuse this - maybe if it's played enough times the term will finally die off). (more...) [EdTechPost] 10:09:42 AM      Google It!.