e-Clippings 10.3.01

"None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm."
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)

"The United States is like a gigantic boiler. Once the
fire is lit under it, there is no limit to the power it
can generate."
-- Winston Churchill
http://robin.fastcompany.com/cgi-bin/nph-t.pl?U=1469&M=61055&MS=2262

**First, let me say welcome to all the new subscribers! It's
amazing what a few, kind words from friends can do - thanks Rick! Now
to all the new folks and as a reminder to all the veterans; I want
you all to feel free to let me know if there are topics you feel I
should be hitting that I am not or if you think I am doing too much
on any one thing – I do want to make this a responsive effort, if
only because that gives me an idea where people's concerns are.
That being said – on with the countdown! Things I currently
looking at by request include:
-Tools available for building games and simulations (G&S) to use in e-
learning.
-Examples of the "Art of the Possible" in using G&S for
training.
-An iPAQ wish list.
-Mark Oehlert, editor.
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Cool Site:
Fly Jacket
http://www.lifeview.com.tw/web_english/fly_jacket.html
The FlyJacket is a full-featured multimedia expansion pack for the
iPAQ Pocket PC.The FlyJacket provides not only VGA output but also
functions as a video I / O interface ( both Composite video and S-
Video input / output ).The upcoming FlyJacket CAM model will boast
the additional advantage of a built-in camera module that can act as
a video input source. By connecting either a projector or a VGA
monitor to the VGA output, the FlyJacket allows a user to achieve a
larger display ( up to 800 * 600; 24 bit true colors ) for
presentation or demonstration purposes directly from an iPAQ.

**
I have uploaded two new reports on training and e-learning to
the "Files" section. The first is a "s
tate-of-the-industry" report on the training industry in general
from Training Magazine
(http://www.trainingmag.com/Archives/110%20October/110CV.htm) and the
second deals specifically with e-learning and is from Online Learning
Magazine (http://www.onlinelearningmag.com/current/index.htm).
The reports are also available at the links below.
Training Industry Report (Training Mag.)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eClippings/files/Industry%20Report%
202001.pdf
e-Learning Industry Report (Online Learning Mag)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eClippings/files/State%20of%20Industry%
20PDF.pdf
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SITE 2002
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International Conference: March 18-23, 2002 * Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville Convention Center: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - DEADLINE: OCT.
19, 2001
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NEWS

ADL INITIATIVE FINALIZES LATEST ADDITION TO E-LEARNING SPECIFICATIONS
Key IMS Content Packaging Capability Expanded And Included In SCORM
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, WASHINGTON, D.C., October 1, 2001 - The
Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Laboratory (ADL Co-Lab) in
Alexandria, Virginia announced today the release of the latest
version of its Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM),
Version 1.2. This release adds the ability to package instructional
material and meta-data for import and export. These XML-based
specifications provide a crucial link between learning content
repositories and learning management systems. The new SCORM version
incorporates the IMS Global Learning Consortium's Content
Packaging Specification and expands it to include additional course
structure capabilities. The release marks the end of the test and
evaluation period of the new specifications following the highly
successful fourth "Plugfest" event held in June 2001.
Http://www.adlnet.org also available at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eClippings/files/Final%20SCORM1.2%
20Release%20for%20Business%20Wire.doc

MIT Technology Review: BRAVE NEW WORLD FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
[I]t's painfully clear that many students graduate from top-tier
colleges and universities with neither the domain knowledge nor
critical-thinking skills they need to compete in an unforgiving job
market. So they're not just looking for knowledge; they're looking
for skills. They're not just looking for insights; they're thirsty
for training. The rise of for-profit/tax-paying higher education is
an unmistakable market signal that millions of people and thousands
of employers are not happy with the quality of college education.
http://www.techreview.com/magazine/oct01/insight.asp

IDG: IDC: ASIA SLOW IN ADOPTING ONLINE LEARNING
E-learning, still in its infancy in Asia-Pacific, does not yet have
enough success stories as an effective means of training, and its
benefits are still unclear...
http://www.idg.net/crd_idgsearch_701054.html?sc=

W3C PROPOSAL COULD ALLOW PATENT GRABS ON STANDARDS
After a blizzard of critical postings hit the Web site of the
World Wide Web Consortium, the standards body Monday evening
extended the deadline until Oct. 11 for public comment on its
proposal to allow patented technology to be incorporated in Web
standards.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaadA5aaQoOma9ndSPb/

Enzi Works To Improve Distance Education: Washington, D.C. – U.S.
Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., introduced legislation today that would
give more students in rural areas access to higher education by
expanding Internet-based distance education programs.
http://www.distance-educator.com/dn/dnews.php4?action=detail&id=5122

Va. Governor Goes to Conference Via IP
http://www.washtech.com/news/govtit/12817-1.html

Business Week: THE ABCS OF EDUCATION STOCKS
Investors don't usually think of education as a stand-alone
investment sector such as energy or technology. But the stocks are
gaining momentum--and Wall Street's attention...These stocks should
be on your radar screen. While the rest of the market has languished,
the education sector until recently has been on a tear.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_39/b3750057.htm

Nando Times: NUMBER OF ONLINE HIGH SCHOOLS GROWS NATIONWIDE
"Online education is growing too fast to track. We are predicting
widespread shortages of qualified online teachers...We can capitalize
on the talent of our master teachers who may have retired from the
traditional setting."
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/111314p-1242505c.html

CETIS: CETIS INTERVIEWS MIKAEL NILSSON ABOUT THE EDUTELLA PROJECT
We are in the midst, it seems, of a quiet revolution in computing.
The technologies that built the internet, with its giant server farms
and gigabyte databases, are giving way to a new wave of distributed
technologies. After the furore over music network Napster dies down,
we are seeing a new generation of projects in the education field
taking up the peer-to-peer challenge of building
distributed, "democratic" learning technology. One of the most
interesting new projects out there is Edutella, an attempt to create
a distributed web for learning metadata making use of emerging
standards...
http://www.cetis.ac.uk/content/20010927163232/viewArticle

Wired: SMART IDEA: LAPTOPS FOR TEACHERS
While many school districts around the country have implemented
programs to provide students with laptops, the state of Michigan is
taking a different approach by equipping its teachers with their own
computers.
http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,46987,00.html

Navy awards NMCI order
The Navy awarded a $9 million, seven-month task order under
its Navy Marine Corps Intranet contract so that sailors and
Marines can access an array of information via the Internet.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/1001/news-nmci-10-01-01.asp

UW-Stout, Campaq Sign $25 Million Freshman Notebook
Initiative: The University of Wisconsin-Stout and Compaq Computer
Corp. last week signed a $25 million, seven-year deal that will give
all freshman beginning in the Fall 2002 the latest Compaq enterprise-
class notebook computer. Students will also be provided wireless
access to the Internet and the UW-Stout computer network throughout
the campus. Wisconsin Gov. Scott McCallum, who attended the signing
ceremony, said the pact will help attract high paying jobs as well
as "keep our best and brightest in Wisconsin where they belong." Many
UW-Stout faculty will redesign courses to take advantage of laptops,
officals said. For more information, visit http://www.uwstout.edu

LA Times: COLLEGE EDUCATION ONLINE: PASS? FAIL?
Will technological study aids, from crib notes posted on the Internet
to online degree programs, enhance education? Or will "e-education"
supplant bricks-and-mortar classrooms and perhaps degrade the quality
of learning and instruction?
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000077248sep27.story?coll=la%
2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology


TRENDS SECTION

Learning Circuits: E-LEARNING SURVEY
Want to know how your company's e-learning efforts stack up
against initiatives in other companies? Recently, T+D and Learning
Circuits conducted a brief Web-based survey investigating the current
level of use of e-learning among its readers...
http://www.learningcircuits.com/2001/oct2001/survey.html

Marc Prensky: VIDEO GAMES AND THE ATTACK ON AMERICA
But up until now, this immersive, Digital Game-Based Learning has
often received skeptical reactions from traditional educators, who
wonder "does it really work?" It is hideously ironic that after last
Tuesday we now have irrefutable proof of just how well training by
games and simulation does work. It comes from the mouth of the
horrified and unknowing aircraft trainer who said on TV that the
terrorist pilots just sat in his simulator and "practiced turns."
http://www.twitchspeed.com/site/attack.html

WAR GAMES: Some people in the Pentagon are seeing red. They
make up a group called the "red team," which uses computer-simulated
combat scenarios to prepare for the real thing.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=67254&nhid=3510&uid=8954

NEW STRATEGIES NEEDED FOR TRADITIONAL GAMES IN QUANTUM WORLD
Flip a coin in the quantum realm and the outcome won't be heads
or tails--it can settle on heads and tails. For a traditional Dilemma
game, in which players decide whether to betray each other,
scientists have found that quantum laws destroy the namesake dilemma.
http://sciam.rsc03.net/servlet/cc?lJpDWAEhLosLkmFHKsgLmDhknE0EZ

E-LEARNING EVANGELISTS
(Source: Computerworld) Jackie Sullivan tried twice to earn a
bachelor's degree in IT before she decided that, as a single mom,
distance learning was the best way to pursue a diploma.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaadwkaaQnDta9ndSPb/

Gamers Blow bin Laden Away (Culture 2:00 a.m. PDT)
The real Osama bin Laden is evading capture, but his likeness is
taking heavy fire in cyberspace. By Jeffrey Benner.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,47226,00.html?tw=wn20011002

New DOD strategy embraces uncertainty
The Defense Department will focus more on how an adversary might
fight and less on who the adversary might be, a report on DOD's
Quadrennial Defense Review says.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/1001/web-dod-10-02-01.asp

Keeping tabs on kids with technology : For thousands of parents,
cellphones have gone from being a "maybe" to a must-have item for
their kids.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_email.asp?/news/635500.asp

Virtual Baggage, Real Bucks (Culture 2:00 a.m. PDT)
Getting ahead in multiplayer games like EverQuest usually demands a
lot of time spent playing the game. But some players with more money
than time are spending their way to success. By Andy Patrizio.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,47181,00.html?tw=wn20011001


EMERGING TECH SECTION

Gerry McGovern: WHY METADATA IS IMPORTANT
There is an ongoing reluctance among people who create content for
the Web to add appropriate metadata to that content. This reluctance
is leading to a situation where much of the Web is sinking in a
morass of information overload. Instead of being a giant library, as
hoped, increasing sections of the Web are looking like a giant dump.
http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2001/nt_2001_10_01_metadata.htm

Sun unveils kinder, gentler StarOffice: Office software masochists,
rejoice!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/21988.html

MORE TOOLS FOR BLACKBERRY ADDICTS
BitFlash's software allows you to view graphical e-mail attachments
on your RIM pager.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,64343,tk,dn100201X,00.asp

Microsoft's Pocket PC 2002 operating system loads on
enterprise features, and this feature-rich strategy could put market
leader Palm in a bind, eWEEK Labs says.
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?145110:9649913

Who's using Groove? One early adopter is the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA) -- the folks who brought you the
Internet. A recently published Internet World article takes a
closer look. Read the full story at
http://www.groove.net/e?p=10009&tip=10


SECURITY SECTION

Nimda is here, and it's considered one of the most
dangerous viruses ever (actually, it's a worm). At any
rate, you'll want to find out as much about Nimda as you
can. Ignore the rumors. The best approach is to visit one
of the reputable anti-virus sites and read all about it.
We recommend that you begin with Symantec. Click here!
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.nimda.a@mm.html

FBI, SANS Institute: Internet 'not ready' for attack
The FBI and SANS Institute today released a list of the top 20
vulnerabilities of Internet-connected systems and urged companies to
close those dangerous holes while warning again of potentially
virulent cyberattacks to come.
http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO64384_NLTPM%2C00.html

Bush taps Clarke as cyberdefense chief
The Bush administration has taken a long-awaited step toward
improving the federal government's critical-infrastructure protection
efforts by naming the head of a new Office of Cyberdefenses within
the White House.
http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO64376_NLTAM%2C00.html

EFF:New Law Will Treat Hackers As Terrorists - (thestandard.com)
http://www.thestandard.com.au/articles/display/0,1449,15240,00.html?
home.tf

Thousands of idiots still infected by SirCam: Still the most common
mass mailing virus
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/21987.html

Viral plague benefits Sophos: Profits up 65% and plans to create 160
jobs
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/21980.html

HOME OFFICE: YOUR SECOND LINE OF PC DEFENSE
(Source: PCWorld.com) Standard security precautions may not guard
against new threats. Try these downloads and tricks.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaadA9aaQoRka9nkbob/


HUMOR, BOOKS AND MISC. SECTION

Charting Virtual Worlds (Culture 2:00 a.m. PDT)
Since the inception of the Internet, cybergeographers have been
trying to draw maps of cyberspace. The results have been mixed, but a
new book brings together some of the most interesting -- and
breathtaking -- maps of virtual worlds. By Leander Kahney.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,46412,00.html?tw=wn20010929

Stuart Biegel
Beyond Our Control?: Confronting the Limits of Our Legal System in
the Age of Cyberspace (MIT Press, 2001)

Anne Wells Branscomb
Who Owns Information? From Privacy to Public Access (Basic Books,
1994)

Brenda Danet
Cyberpl@y: Communicating Online (Berg, 2001)

Marsha Kinder, editor
Kids' Media Culture (Duke University Press, 2000)

Gregory J. Rattray
Strategic Warfare in Cyberspace (MIT Press, 2001)

Tom Standage
The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the
Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers (Berkley Books, 1999)
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