Wednesday, December 28, 2005

eCulture Proliferating for-profit universities offer 'no frills' degrees - MARI PERRY, Capital News Service. ...."There's intense competition for the nontraditional student," said University of Maryland, University College interim President Nicholas H. Allen. UMUC is a public university that focuses on nontraditional students, so some of its programs are in dire [Online Learning Update] 10:04:37 PM    comment

open content Firefox Gets File Sharing Extension. [Slashdot] 9:58:48 AM    comment

HCI Why Video Blogs Will Suck. [Slashdot] 9:56:25 AM    comment

Wikipedia alternative aims to be 'PBS of the Web' - Daniel Terdiman, CNET News. A new online information service launching in early 2006 aims to build on the model of free online encyclopedia Wikipedia by inviting acknowledged experts in a range of subjects to review material contributed by the general public. Called Digital Univers [Online Learning Update] -- ne medium for reputations as experts -- the proof is yet to be visible, but the idea is an old one --BL 12:50:27 AM    comment

eLearning platform Places to Go: Moodle - Stephen Downes, Innovate Online. With the recent merger between Blackboard and WebCT creating a giant in the academic course management system (CMS) market, academic computing staffs have been casting about for alternative products. As their responses have indicated, educational technolo [Online Learning Update] 12:47:30 AM    comment