Thursday, December 29, 2005

eContent Online Communication: Writing for the Web. The last 2005 issue of WWWTools for Education focuses on writing for the Web, with many useful links to articles about writing and to writing support sites. _____JH _____ "There's general agreement that writing for the Web is not the same as writing for print - though perhaps we should also consider that much online writing was initially written for the printed page, and in a nice final irony, a piece is often printed back to paper for easier reading. In this edition of WWWTools for Education, the last for 2005, we consider the factors that make writing for the Web so different, how writers can optimise their use of the online environment, and the contributions of educators and software developers in developing appropriate strategies, skills and tools to help them on their way." [EduResources Weblog--Higher Education Resources Online] 10:05:11 PM    comment

open content Wikipedia, the Free Online Encyclopedia, Ponders a New Entity: Wikiversity - Andrea L. Foster, Chronicle of Higher Education. Fans of Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, have proposed the creation of Wikiversity, an electronic institution of learning that would be just as open. It's not clear exactly how extensive Wikiversity would be. Some think it [Online Learning Update] 9:06:04 PM    comment

gender Women Now Outnumber Men Online. [Slashdot] 9:48:00 AM    comment

ePortfolio The blog as resume and autobiography. On my winter vacation this week, I've been spending some of my time sketching out a book proposal. The idea would be to explore the professional blog as a literary form that grows out of, and extends, two traditional forms: the resume and the autobiography. That might seem self-evident to blogging cognoscenti, but it's still unfamiliar to most people. Unusually for me, this book would address that audience. Profiles of readers I'd like to reach: ... [Jon's Radio] 9:37:20 AM    comment