Stanford CourseWork Released. Charles Kerns wrote to say that Stanford has officially released their open source course management system, CourseWork. The system looks to do everything most people would want out of the box, and — being open source — can be made... [autounfocus]
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Blogging as a Course Management Tool. Practical article that looks at the implementation and use of blogging tools in an educational environment. "On the one hand, a method that allows anyone to publish directly to the Web on a whim, regardless of technical skill or even content, could be regarded as providing a serious disservice. But the ability to publish trash is by no means exclusive to those who do not have HTML coding skills, and numerous instant publishing talents can be liberated by the blogging approach." By Jon Baggaley, The Technology Source, July 1, 2003 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily]
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Pupils learn in wi-fi wood. Wireless networks and handheld computers are being used to teach children about nature. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

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Via elearnspace.org: Visualizing Information.
Visualizing Information
Quote: "Information visualisation is about to go mainstream. While it may not be the killer application some expect, [base "]infoviz[per thou] is going to help users to manipulate data in wholly new ways."
Comment: Information visualization is about showing how information relates to other information (i.e. how information is networked). This article provides several good examples of infoviz use (see Map of the Market in particular). Also lists Grokker...a visualization tool (a trial version isn't available at the site...but they promise one soon).

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Map View: Research is converted into intuitive Grokker knowledge maps. The Grokker maps can be filtered, edited, saved, and shared.
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Stephen Downes: Weblogs at Harvard Law. In this article I review the most publicized of the educational blogging initiatives, Welogs at Harvard Law. "Designed by Dave Winer, author of the popular UserLand weblogging software, the site represents one of the first institution-wide forays into weblog publishing. As such, it also represents a noteworthy precedent for other institutions seeking to promote freedom of discussion and thought among their staff and students." By Stephen Downes, The Technology Source, July 1, 2003 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily]
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