Friday, September 23, 2005

Reflection in an Always-on Learning Environment: Has It Been Turned Off? - Helen L. Chen, Campus Technology. Who are the students entering today's colleges and universities? Sometimes referred to as the Net Generation or Millennials (students born in or after 1982), we know that this is a group that has never known a world without computers and the Internet.... [Online Learning Update] 4:42:02 PM      Google It!.

U.S. Announces Global Intellectual Property Plan. [Slashdot] 2:45:02 PM      Google It!.

Review: Sims 2 Nightlife. [Slashdot] "The first Sims 2 expansion, "University", added on a college campus to the neighborhood as well as a young adult development stage to the life cycle of the Simlish species. "Nightlife" incorporates the highly successful dating system used in the "Hot Date" expansion for the original Sims title." -- this might become useful padagogy in social interaction content of some courses -- BL 11:43:38 AM      Google It!.

Campus goes high-tech to cut down on printing - Nika Megino, Sacramento State Hornet. As society progresses to advance in technology, Sacramento State joins in the endeavor. With the use of online tools such as CasperWeb, Web CT and SacLink, the community of Sac State is improving its way of communicating, as well as contributing to the e [Online Learning Update] 9:53:58 AM      Google It!.

Blogging as Press Freedom in Repressive Places. [Slashdot] 9:30:59 AM      Google It!.

Swelling Demand for Sex Ed Online. Caught between sex-saturated media and sex-negative politics, adults quietly head back to school to study everyone's favorite subject. Commentary by Regina Lynn. [Wired News] 9:07:35 AM      Google It!.

More Schools Pursuing Private iTunes Store Podcast?. Here are some further developments in the story about the University of Michigan School of Dentistry iTunes podcast. An official at U-M confirmed that it’s a private online store for registered students only, and that there are others partnering with Apple to do the same thing. This morning I received an email from Lynn Johnson, Associate Professor of Dentistry and Director of Dental Informatics and Information Technology at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, which confirms the nature of this offering as restricted to registered students. We are part of a small pilot project with Apple Computers. The content you have read about is strictly for use by registered U-M dental and dental hygiene students. We are working towards making certain materials available to registered practitioners in continuing dental education courses. When I asked Lynn whether there were others within U-M or outside the university who were participating in this with Apple, this was the response: Yes. But that I cannot tell you until Apple releases that information. We are the only U-M unit doing it and the only professional school in the country. Those interested in this story may want to check out Gardner Cambpell’s post that came as a follow-up to mine. [Syndication for Higher Ed] 8:47:49 AM      Google It!.