e-Clippings 5.28.2003


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Well. It seems that the rumors of my demise are exaggerated. I am
actually still here and am now getting settled in my new job. To clue
in those who don't know, I am now employed by Booz, Allen
Hamilton on the Learning Systems Services Team. What does that mean
you ask? It means I no longer provide direct support to the ADL
Initiative or the ADL Co-Lab or the Readiness and Training Office.

I do want to make it clear that I am still a huge believer in the ADL
Movement and will continue to speak good about the Initiative and
those working on it. The other thing this move means is that my
interest is now more tightly focused than ever on gaming, game-based
learning and mobile computing. I am also continuing to do my research
for Elliott Masie and will present that research at this year's
Tech Learn.

I also wanted to make you all aware of a new site/community that is
being stood up by a friend of mine some of you may know – Marc
Prensky (www.marcprensky.com - go to the site – buy the book).
The new site is www.DODGamecommunity.com .

The site intended to be a community of military game developers,
providing the resources of news, contacts, lists of *all* games in
use by the military (custom, COTS and Mods), all relevant articles,
papers, books and references, a game design advisor (with help on
theory and approaches to getting stated and problem solving), and
threaded discussion groups. It is funded as a Phase I SBIR, sponsored
by the Joint ADL Co-Lab in Orlando. It is now available for use and
feedback, although still under construction. I encourage you to check
it out, sign up, and provide any feedback that would make it more
useful to you.

Now we'll get back to our regularly scheduled coverage of the
news but two last things:

1. Thanks to all the folks who have stuck around during this
hiatus

and

2. My contact information: oehlert_markatbah.com or
moehlertatadelphia.net (I changed the @ to "at" so as to not
be read by email harvesting software J)

v/r
Mark Oehlert, Editor

p.s. You may get several issues in rapid succession here as I dig
through the backlog.
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The Future of e-Learning Models and the Language We Use to Describe
Them

The objectives of this study are to establish a baseline of current
e-learning models from all sides of the equation – producer,
purchaser and consumer. The research will explore:
· How valid are our current models of e-learning and how do they
limit/enable us in thinking about the future?
· Based on those models that are valid – what are some models
we can expect to be prevalent in 3-5 years?
· Where are the connections and gaps in our current set of
language that we use to describe the overall environment of
e-learning?
http://www.masie.com/researchgrants/#future
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1st Global Conference
Higher Education, Copyright & Intellectual Property
Thursday 16th October - Saturday 18th October 2003
Vienna, Austria
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/hecip/hecip.htm
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NEWS

Justice embraces e-learning: Program uses online storytelling and
role-playing to teach such skills as leadership and change management.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0512/mgt-learn-05-12-03.asp

Stephen Downes just posted this RSS 1.0 Modules: Learning Object
Metadata on Open Education. : (From George Siemens) Quote:"The
RSS-LOM Module provides translation from IEEE-LOM to RSS 1.0 to allow
learning object repositories to syndicate listings and descriptions of
learning objects. An RSS feed provided by a learning object
repository is harvested by a metadata repository and aggregated with
feeds from other learning object repositories. These aggregated feeds
are then made available as a searchable resource, the links provided
ultimately pointing to the learning objects provided by the original
learning object repositories."
http://www.downes.ca/xml/RSS_LOM.htm
http://www.open-education.org/

IBM buys Think tank for 'on demand'
http://cl.com.com/Click?q=4c-jxi2IZp06k6pV9eSHvfg5EG30lPR

More Students Discovering Online Learning-Dallas Morning News
About 80 percent of all U.S. colleges and universities provide some
distance learning. So far, though, only a few grant degrees based
solely on online coursework. Dallas TeleCollege, housed within the
county's community college, is one of the schools at the vanguard.
http://www.dallasnews.
com/localnews/education/stories/wfaa030513_gp_dotcomdegreepromo.
1493b95d.html

Xbox moves beyond gaming
http://cl.com.com/Click?q=80-KTKvQQ0Mie75FVBkSKgjydtEpLFR

Study Finds Wireless Content Enhances Higher Ed Learning: A study by
the Mobile Learning Consortium, a group of college-level
institutions, educational publishing and technology companies, has
found that digital content helped first-year college accounting
students to learn accounting. The study objective was to gain
insights on the effectiveness of integrating wireless technology into
the classroom.
http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/mlearning

Fujitsu PC To Provide 2,400 Tablet PCs To Visiting Nurse Service Of
New York Fujitsu PC Corporation has signed its largest Tablet PC deal
to date with Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY). The home
health care organization will equip 2,400 of its mobile caregivers
with Fujitsu Stylistic ST4000 Tablet PCs, allowing them to accurately
and efficiently take clinical notes and improve patient care.
http://www.planetpdamag.com/enews/050103f.htm


TRENDS SECTION

DHS creating cyber R & D center: Center will coordinate cybersecurity
efforts across agencies, universities and industry.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0512/web-cyber-05-14-03.asp

Army improves delivery of training materials: Army Forces Command is
deploying a new system to deliver video and training materials
securely.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0512/web-forscom-05-14-03.asp

Now It's 'E.T., IM Home' - In what may be a permanent shift, kids are
communicating online rather than by phone. And as they get older,
when they do use the phone, it's more likely to be a cell, and even
that may be for text messaging rather than talking. - By Ellen Edwards
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51807-2003May13.html?
referrer=email

Journal of Interactive Media in Education: An Interactive Journal for
Interactive Media: Special Issue on Reusing Online Resources (April
2003)This special issue develops a range of critical issues
highlighted in a recent book on Reusing Online Resources: www.reusing.
info (Littlejohn, Kogan Page, 2003). Invited commentaries from a
collection of international, renowned experts have been sourced, each
one critiquing a chapter and seeding the debate with key issues for
authors and others to engage with. We invite all who are working on
reusable resources, learning objects and the educational semantic web
to browse the site, and post insights
from their own work to the forum to move the debate forward: http:
//www-jime.open.ac.uk

Collaborative tool aids terror exercise: Web-based software designed
for crisis management is helping to track events during a mock
terrorist attack this week.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0512/web-attack-05-13-03.asp

Internet Users Got Game By Robyn Greenspan: Nearly as many gamers
play on their computers as they play with the PlayStation2 console,
according to research from Lucid Marketing
http://www.lucidmarketing.com

INC.: BLOGGING FOR DOLLARS: "blogging is perfect for small businesses
-- a cheap and easy way to communicate directly with customers,
partners, and clients, craft a strong, outspoken online personality,
and escape the doldrums of static homepages."
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20030501/25411-print.html

Segway inventor outlines keys to innovation: Inventor Dean Kamen
tells engineers at WinHEC in New Orleans what it takes to be
innovative, explaining why risk and failure are necessary parts of
the process.
http://cl.com.com/Click?q=7d-FFEqIDLpdoIkNORnDMb2-9LGUhyR

EMERGING TECH SECTION

Sony Developing Handheld Game System - Sony Computer Entertainment
plans to unveil a handheld portable game device next year designed to
compete head to head against Nintendo's GameBoy Advance.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52990-2003May14.html?
referrer=email

Videoconferencing for emergencies : New briefcase-size
videoconferencing units are geared for use by military personnel and
first responders.
http://www.fcw.com/geb/articles/2003/0512/web-video-05-12-03.asp

Sony's Little Gamble - Sony Corp. is looking to expand its grasp on
the gaming market by launching a new handheld game device that's
aimed directly at the heart of Nintendo. Will the risky move pay off?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53984-2003May14.html?
referrer=email

NOT LAPTOP, NOT PDA: SHOULD YOU BUY A TWEENER?
By David Coursey
http://cl.com.com/Click?q=16-T_cjI4c1VO4uifpHiriu4HoH7XcR

Intel designs the notebook's future: A new double-jointed prototype
portable computer, to be unveiled by Intel later this year, shows how
a notebook can metamorphose from a tablet for capturing handwritten
text to a mobile entertainment or messaging console, all while
retaining a built-in keyboard. Designers in Intel's research labs
created the prototype, dubbed Florence, to illustrate the potential
for designing notebook PCs using existing components.
http://cl.com.com/Click?q=53-n86dINnqp4IKcxZCuxm8_IwfIi4R

Communications technology giant Motorola is angling to cash in on the
younger set's fascination for instant messaging with its new wireless
IMfree device.
http://www.thinkmobile.com/Content/Detail.asp?CTID=1&ID=6666

E-paper begins a new chapter
http://cl.com.com/Click?q=76-vJf7InBp3fcnCUl_eJ7P1l-nB0rR

Read your e-mail on your PDA: If you've got lots of e-mail to keep up
with (who doesn't?), you should manage your messages on your
handheld. Jason Parker has three apps that let you read and respond
to e-mail while you're on the go.
http://cl.com.com/Click?q=9e-tWQoQtMNJDiFE7bOatj0ZvPrBGcR

Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest mobile phone carrier, Tuesday
launched a new messaging service in connection with a newcomer to the
North American market. (InstantMessagingPlanet)
http://www.thinkmobile.com/Content/Detail.asp?CTID=1&ID=6693

Hitachi Speeds Up Portable Hard Drives: Hardware manufacturer Hitachi
has released a new hard drive for laptops and mobile devices that it
claims will make them as fast and strong as drives found in desktop
computers. (internetnews.com)
http://www.thinkmobile.com/Content/Detail.asp?CTID=1&ID=6697

SECURITY SECTION



HUMOR AND MISC. SECTION

Opera Scores Kyocera Deal: Smartphone Edition Web browser makes it
easier for mobile phone users to surf the Internet.
http://computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,81166,00.html?nlid=MW

New Bill Would Expose Spammers to RICO Act: Florida senator proposes
tough legislation for unsolicited bulk e-mailers who are seeking
money or engaged in other illegal acts.
http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/2206651

Proposed Spam Bill Would Favor Mass E-Mailers: Tauzin preparing
legislation to allow businesses to continue to exploit the
advertising potential of mass e-mails.
http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/2205491

'Buffalo Spammer' Arrested: UPDATE: The notorious spammer accused of
sending more than 825 million unsolicited e-mails from illegal
EarthLink accounts is arrested and arraigned in New York.
http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/2206311
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