e-Clippings 11.28.01 AKA 12.3.01

"the wheel
is an extension of the foot
the book
is an extension of the eye
clothing, an extension of the skin,
electric circuitry,
an extension of
the
central
nervous
system"
The Medium is The Massage, Marshall McLuhan p 31-40

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Cool Site:

Most of you know that I am big computer-gamer type. Well, here is a
technology that can certainly have an impact on game-based learning
especially. Havok makes a real-time physics engine that allows
objects and their interactions with other objects in simulations to
be modeled in real-time. It's amazing to watch (the site has
demos).
http://www.havok.com/
http://www.havok.com/corporate/technologydemos.html

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I just wanted to include a couple of notes here. First, thanks for
your patience. As I mentioned last time, I have been down at the
I/ITSEC conference this past week. The conference was a great
success. Attendance was in line with past years and the program I
work on, ADL (www.adlnet.org), quite unexpectedly won the
conference's Governor's Award for innovation in training.
ADL's Plugfest 5 was also a great success. I also enjoyed meeting
a couple of my faithful readers – its good to know you're
actually out
there!

Secondly, I wanted to draw your attention to a couple of news items
that might otherwise slip by. In one case, the courts upheld a ruling
that said that a Web site could not even LINK to another site with
software on it that MIGHT be used for illegal purposes. Does that
mean that Google could be liable as well? Another case in effect
gave approval for the RIAA to use scare tactics and threats to
attempt to intimidate researchers away from commercially
controversial topics. These rulings are chilling both to free speech
and research.

And finally, yes I know it has taken me until Monday to get this out,
but I will get back on schedule this Wednesday.
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18th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning
Call for Proposals
August 14-16, 2002: Monona Terrace Convention Center
Madison, Wisconsin
Session proposals are due online by January 31, 2002
www.uwex.edu/disted/conference
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NEWS

FREE ONLINE COURSE TO HELP DOCTORS BATTLE BIOTERRORISM
Some 10 percent of America's 30,000 emergency-room physicians are
expected to take a synchronous bioterrorism intervention course on
December 4th. The University of Tennessee and the Detroit Medical
Center are collaborating to provide the free, real-time course
featuring 20 emergency medical practitioners who specialize in
bioterrorism. Participants in the program will be able to hear the
instructors in real time, ask questions, and hear the questions of
other participants via a Voiceover-IP connection.
Read full story at Information Week
http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20011109S0035

Pentagon to preserve makeshift memorials for Sept. 11 victims
By Kellie Lunney : Mementos left for victims of the Sept. 11
terrorist attack on the Pentagon will be preserved for history, the
Defense Department said Thursday. The department has hired a moving
company to start collecting thousands of letters, photographs and
flags left on the grounds of the Pentagon to remember victims. Nearly
200 people were killed Sept. 11 when terrorists crashed a plane into
the Pentagon. The moving company, supervised by military and Defense
Protective Services personnel, started collecting mementos around the
attack site on Friday. The memorabilia will be catalogued and
preserved for history by the Army Department's Center for
Military History, said Defense spokesman Jim Turner. Full story:
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1101/113001m1.htm

The Chronicle: NYUONLINE WILL SHUT DOWN
NYUonline, the three-year-old distance-learning venture of New York
University, is restructuring its operations and will eventually
close, the university announced Tuesday.
http://chronicle.com/free/2001/11/2001112801u.htm

The Chronicle: MIT BEGINS EFFORT TO CREATE PUBLIC WEB PAGES FOR MORE
THAN 2,000 COURSES: In the process, officials at MIT are finding that
professors' skill levels vary dramatically when it comes to using the
Web in their courses -- which could make it difficult to create a
system that is flexible enough to meet everyone's needs.
http://www.chronicle.com/free/2001/11/2001112601u.htm

BBC: LEARNING GAMES DO NOT BOOST RESULTS
And while the use of computers in data handling and simulations were
seen to make a positive impact - there was little sign that pupils
who played educational games made any greater progress.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/education/newsid_1676000/1676869.stm

The fourth monograph from the Pew Symposia on Learning and
Technology, Innovations in Online Learning: Moving Beyond No
Significant Difference, is now available on our Web site
(including a downloadable PDF version) at
http://www.center.rpi.edu/PewSym/mono4.html

Xybernaut Adds Capital: November 30, 2001: The Fairfax, Va.,
developer of mobile computing devices, raises $11.2 million in new
financing.
http://dc.internet.com/briefs/article/0,,2431_931751,00.html

Vnunet.com: KPMG LAUNCHES E-LEARNING PACKAGE
KPMG Consulting has launched a bundle of products that it says will
allow companies to set up e-learning projects quickly and
effectively. But its claims of a three- to six-month payback have
been questioned by industry experts.
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1127209

France - Pristine.com launches French e-learning trading site
Pristine hopes to soon offer a real-time trading room in French as
well, as it now does in Spanish and Japanese. The company hopes to
launch in other languages in the near future.
http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=7042

New deals for Excite@Home: A bankruptcy court ruling gives
Excite@Home the go-ahead to end its contracts with cable partners and
to make new deals. Excite@Home customers could still end up stranded
without service.
http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=a2-6-07QXZeFzN1YAN3R0tGVWESO9RR

E-learning firm aims at government: Responding to government
agencies' growing demand for electronic learning solutions,
Blackboard Inc. recently launched a government solutions group.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/1126/web-board-11-27-01.asp


TRENDS SECTION

How to Build an E-learning Community
Foster peer-to-peer learning networks By Rick Blunt
http://www.elearningmag.com/issues/nov01/community.asp


Computers in Libraries: HOW A LIBRARIAN CAN LIVE NINE LIVES IN A
KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY: How people read and learn is no longer a
total mystery!You can get an idea of the different ways people work
in computer-mediated environments if you study and process the data
from log files of Web servers. You can discover how users behave
inside an interface, what they are actually searching for, and what
routes they take. This is a veritable revolution for publishing and
education, not just for libraries.
http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/nov01/longo.htm

IT Training: WHY E-LEARNING IS FAILING TO CONVINCE THE MARKET
A huge obstacle in the uptake of e-learning is the current lack of a
customised, tailored service... "Any client or student requires a
catered service. There is no single solution when it comes to
training."
http://www.train-net.co.uk/columnists/columnist_article.asp?NewsID=540

ESSAY: REINVENTING PEDAGOGY
In an essay written for Syllabus magazine, Nishikant Sonwalkar writes
that the classroom-based learning experience is being transformed
into one that is Internet-based and student-centric rather than
teacher-centric. Technological advancements in voice recognition,
wireless PDAs, and virtual reality are naturalizing the Web-supported
learning environment. But using online technology to mimic the
classroom restricts a teacher's instructive ability; a much more
flexible, interactive, and adaptive paradigm is required, one that
supports multiple cognitive modes--kinesthetic, auditory, and visual.
Read full story at Syllabus magazine
http://www.syllabus.com/syllabusmagazine/article.asp?id=5663

Ask the Author: E-Learning
Quality e-learning programs are different from traditional
ways of learning, and e-learning is more complicated than
posting manuals and other classroom materials on the Web.
Roger C. Schank PhD, author of "Designing World Class
E-Learning," is on-call until the end of the week to answer
your questions about e-learning.
http://www2.darwinmag.com/connect/books/asktheauthor.cfm#ata

This time last year we made some predictions for e-learning, We said
that learning portals would be in a panic; that learning objects
would be ubiquitous; that e-learners would require human support and
that the demand for bespoke content would leave you struggling to
find a developer with capacity. As you would expect, these
suggestions were made without foreknowledge of economic downturns or
terrorist attacks - otherwise they would surely have been right on
target! Nevertheless, Clive Shepherd sticks his neck out again, with
his review of the e-learning world in the closing months of 2001 and
his fashion statements for 2002.
http://www.fastrak-consulting.co.uk/tactix/Features/turkey.htm

REALIZING THE VALUE OF KNOWLEDGE: (Source: ITworld.com) Companies are
beginning to appreciate that knowledge management (KM) and
collaborative commerce products enable them to work together to
create and disseminate information to a large audience both within
and outside of the enterprise.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaeDBaaQHeHa9n1Ozb/

COMPUTERWORLD'S EMERGING COMPANIES TO WATCH IN 2002
(Source: Computerworld) Let Computerworld's editors introduce you
to the top 100 up-and-coming technology vendors and tell you how
their products and services can help bolster your business.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaeDraaQG4Aa9nkbob/

PALM SLASHES PDA PRICES IN JAPAN
M100 handheld will be on sale for $40, but will these discounts ever
be available in the U.S.?
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,73723,tk,dn113001X,00.asp

STUDY: AMERICAN LIFE IN FLUX AS 'NET GROWS
Source: ITworld.com) Internet users in the U.S. are concerned
about online privacy and security, they enjoy a healthy social
life despite increased time spent surfing the Web, and watch less
television when they have access to the Internet, according to
results of a two-year study on Internet usage released Thursday.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaezEaaQGkka9tT0ib/

Spawning Techniques Leave Web Users 'Entangled'
November 29, 2001 More than 30 percent of Internet's top 100 sites
using unsolicited technology tactics; spawning "pop-ups" lead top 10
list.
http://dc.internet.com/news/article/0,,2101_930751,00.html

DAM it all: Complete digital asset management: Interwoven has formed
an alliance with four other vendors to provide what it says is a
comprehensive solution for managing the entire digital asset
spectrum. Partners include Adobe, Artesia Technologies, IBM and
Virage.
http://www.kmworld.com/news/index.cfm?action=readnews&news_id=2529

e-learning Magazine: NO MORE DIGITAL PAGE-TURNING
Elliott Masie: Whenever there is a new technology, early usage is
often modeled after something that is familiar. Right now, we see
many of the classroom or textbook metaphors shining through. About 98
percent of the e-learning content that is now offered to adult,
corporate learners, is modeled after a textbook or classroom
metaphor. The textbook "form factor" leads to extensive collections
of text-based information that is viewable or searchable by a
reader... I am waiting to see newer and more provocative design
models emerge for e-learning—models that combine classic
instructional design principles with the engagement components of
gaming and e-commerce. And models that recognize the unique
relationship of learner/keyboard/monitor and a learning process that
is much more latitudinal in nature.
http://www.elearningmag.com/issues/nov01/learningperspectives.asp

Peer to Peer: What's the Point? PowerPoint reduces conversation to
simpleminded bullet points. To get your group talking again, try
giving one-way presentations the boot.
http://www.cio.com/archive/111501/peer.html


EMERGING TECH SECTION

GRACEFUL PALM PHONE WITH COLOR SCREEN
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaeA3aaQGFRa9nGBIb/

GameCube vs. Xbox: Deep into the Architectures
For two boxes that do essentially the same thing, Xbox and Game Cube
could hardly be more different internally. Take our tour, and
understand why.
->Speeds and Feeds: The differences begin with the spec sheets.
http://extreme.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo?y=eMzt0DPscz0FBc0b870AA
To read the full article:
http://extreme.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo?y=eMzt0DPscz0FBc0cAB0AV

OPERA UPGRADES WINDOWS WEB BROWSER
Following the success of its beta version, alternative Web software
now available in Version 6.0.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,73603,tk,dn112901X,00.asp


SECURITY SECTION

SECURITY COMPANY RELEASES 'TOP 10' VIRUS LIST FOR 2001
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaeA3aaQGFHa9nGBIb/

**Just hope they don't want us to start wearing veils too!
On Wednesday, a panel of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a
District Court's ruling in a Hollywood-launched lawsuit that prohibits
hacker magazine 2600 from posting DVD-decryption software known as
DeCSS. The three-member panel also upheld the lower court's
controversial order prohibiting 2600 from even linking to other Web
sites that have DeCSS available for download.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172560.html

AND

Civil Libertarians Slam Dismissal Of Felten Case - Update
A federal judge's decision Wednesday to toss out a lawsuit filed by a
civil liberties group against the Recording Industry of America (RIAA)
could further darken a cloud of apprehension hanging over the heads of
America's technologists and scientific researchers, a civil liberties
advocate said. In the lawsuit, attorneys for the Electronic Frontier
Foundation had asked a New Jersey federal court to rule that the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act - which establishes civil and
criminal penalties for people charged with violating copyrights
online - cannot be invoked by corporate groups to chill the release
of scientific research.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172552.html

News: Virus Alert: Those warnings about increased hacker and virus
attacks in the wake of September 11 may be coming true. Security
watchdog sites are reporting a new e-mail worm aptly named BadTrans.
Like other worms, it piggybacks on e-mail and can infect your system
even if you don't launch or save the e-mail attachment. Get all the
details on BadTrans and how to protect yourself at:
http://eletters1.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo?y=eMvx0DPscz0EvR0bzQ0AG

Code Red Is Dead on Worst Lists (Technology 2:00 a.m. PST) Even
though it brought down servers worldwide and got all the attention,
Code Red isn't on anti-virus companies' top 10 threat lists. By
Michelle Delio.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,48773,00.html?
tw=wn20011201


HUMOR AND MISC. SECTION

GINGER BUZZ IS BACK: (Source: ITworld.com) Ginger is the work of the
lauded New Hampshire inventor Dean Kamen, who made his millions
inventing a plastic kidney-dialysis machine, and later a versatile
wheelchair that climbs stairs and stands on two wheels.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaeDraaQG4Fa9nkbob/

"BLACK STUFF" OVER DUBLIN
Irish artist Grace Weir loves to study clouds in her work. So, she
was a perfect choice to create a digital installation at the Guinness
visitor center. Take a look online; you'll get the spins.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=69605&nhid=3639&uid=8954&bx=n2

THE FIRST OF THE "BEST" LISTS
Undoubtedly, there will be more to come. For now,
sail through the Atlantic Monthly's picks for "the
best books of 2001," and see how far behind you
are on your reading list.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=69598&nhid=3639&uid=8954&bx=n2
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