e-Clippings Post-Online Learning Catch-Up Edition
"Legero. Cogito. Scribero." NOT Latin for Fair and Balanced

"The only certain means of success is to render more and better
service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
This is a habit followed by all successful people since the beginning
of time. Therefore I say the surest way to doom yourself to mediocrity
is to perform only the work for which you are paid."
Og Mandino

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed
us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their
use."
Galileo Galilei

"He who would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy
from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a
precedent that will reach to himself."
Thomas Paine
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The Ninth Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning.
November 14-16, 2003 - Orlando, Florida.
The Ninth Sloan-C International Conference's theme will be "The
Power of Online Learning: Implications for Teaching and Learning." It
will be held on November 14 - 16, 2003, in Orlando, FL at the Rosen
Centre Hotel. It will feature over 100 presentations in five
different tracks! This year's Keynote Speaker will be Dr. John
Hitt,
President, University of Central Florida, and the Plenary Speaker
will
be Ms. Susan Metros, Deputy CIO and Executive Director for
e-Learning,
Ohio State University. The conference is sponsored by the Alfred P.
Sloan Foundation in conjunction with The University of Central
Florida, The Pennsylvania State University, SCOLE, and ADEC.
For more information and to register please visit the ALN website at
www.aln.ucf.edu
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The venerable Marc Presnky of Digital Game-based Learning fame has
created a new site. The focus of the site, in its own words:

Social Impact Games:
Entertaining Games with Non-Entertainment Goals
"Many game designers today are looking to maximize the social impact
of their work."
- Will Wright, Designer, Sim City and The Sims
The goal of this site is to catalog the growing number of video and
computer games whose primary purpose is something other than to
entertain. Click on the categories in the menu above to explore the
catalog. "Game" (i.e. video and computer) has become a language
--i.e. a medium of expression -- in which almost any idea can be, and
is being, expressed. It is our intention to help document this
growing
phenomenon and list, so that:
(1) People who want to locate Social Impact Games can find them, and
(2) People who want to create Social Impact Games can see what others
have done.
http://www.socialimpactgames.com/
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Online Learning 2003 Wrap-up: Please to visit
http://colab.typepad.com/mlearning/

Plugfest 8 (Don't miss the mosh pit!)
http://www.adlnet.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Plug8
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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?
Research Blog at:http://www.teleworks.com/blog/markoehlert/
http://www.masie.com/researchgrants/#future
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NEWS

Connexion in-flight Internet adds Atlantic coverage: Posted September
25, 5:44 a.m. Pacific Time The Boeing Co. is to lease space on a
satellite above the Atlantic Ocean, filling a further coverage gap in
its Connexion by Boeing in-flight Internet service. The new leasing
agreement is for two transponders on the Intelsat 907 satellite,
which is stationed above the Atlantic Ocean at 27.5 degrees west, the
company said in a statement. The Ku-band spot-beam coverage provided
by the transponders encompasses northern and Central Europe, Iceland
and the eastern part of Greenland and will be used by Connexion to
service aircraft flying between Europe and North America.
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=45824F:1F4D50E

(via elearningpost): 5 QUESTIONS WITH GERRY McGOVERN: I had the
opportunity to query Gerry McGovern, widely acknowledged web content
guru, on some knowledge management and e-learning issues that were
bothering me. Here is the short Q&A session I had with him.
http://www.elearningpost.com/features/archives/002125.asp
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TRENDS / RESEARCH SECTION

(via elearningpost) **This is SOOO true. I have this growing
suspicion that PPT is rotting minds like sugar rots teeth.
HBS Working Knowledge: POWERPOINT, ROBOMANAGERS AND YOU: THE GROWING
INTIMACY OF TECHNOLOGY Sherry Turkle: "But as a thinking technology
for elementary school children, it [PowerPoint] has limitations. It
doesn't encourage students to begin a conversation--rather, it
encourages them to make points... The PowerPoint aesthetic of bullet
points does not easily encourage the give-and-take of ideas, some of
them messy and unformed. The opportunity here is to acknowledge that
PowerPoint, like so many other computational technologies, is not
just a tool but an evocative object that affects our habits of mind.
We need to meet the challenge of using computers to develop the kinds
of mind tools that will support the most appropriate and stimulating
conversations possible in elementary and middle schools. But the
simple importation of a technology perfectly designed for the
sociology of the boardroom does not meet that challenge."
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/pubitem.jhtml?id=3683&t=technology

(via elearningpost)
Thinking Shift: VIRAL KNOWLEDGE: CAN YOU "TIP" A COMMUNITY OF
PRACTICE? "This paper will examine communities of practice (CoPs)
from a complexity perspective using the internationally best-selling
book TheTipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell as a framework for
discussion."
http://thinkingshift.com/page.php?key=19

TELR: LEARNING OBJECTS: CONTEXTS AND CONNECTIONS
Nice collection of articles on learning objects.
http://morty.uts.ohio-state.edu/learning_objects/index.html

INTEL AND ZAGAT PUBLISH WI-FI LISTING: Although service, value, style
and quality are among the most important criteria in a restaurant
review, Wi-Fi access is soon to be added to the list. In a
forthcoming edition of New Yorker magazine, Zagat Survey will publish
its first list of Wi-Fi hotspots in the US restaurants and hotels it
reviews. It is part of a scheme by Intel to boost interest in the
technology it has thrown its mighty weight behind. Although the new
Zagat mini-guide, called "2003 Wi-Fi Hotspots," seems to be little
more than an advertisement for Wi-Fi generally and Intel's Centrino
technology specifically, the chipmaking giant insists that legitimate
research shows that businesspeople who want to connect to the Net
often can't find a nearby hotspot.
http://www.electricnews.net/news.html?code=9375847

TOWARD A WEBLOGGING EMPIRE: "The former editor of the Silicon Alley
Reporter, the once high-flying chronicle of Manhattan's high-tech
mania, plans this week to launch a new venture, Weblogsinc, that
intends to make a go of publishing business-to-business blogs...He
expects the topics to fall under four main categories: media,
finance, technology and life sciences."
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60552,00.html
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EMERGING TECH SECTION

Electronic Paper Speeds Up For Videos: Some day soon, videos may be
playing on paper instead of screens. Scientists in the Netherlands
have developed a new version of electronic paper that can switch
quickly from one color to another, giving it the ability to display
moving images.
http://hits.exacttarget.com/?178207-moehlert@adelphia.
net-3789843-84409_HTML

**If you have missed me saying it before, Opera (www.opera.com) is
the offcial browser of e-Clippings*
Opera strikes licensing deal with Adobe: Posted September 30, 6:43 a.
m. Pacific Time Adobe Systems Inc. will include the cross-platform
rendering engine from niche browser maker Opera Software ASA of
Norway in its future products using the Macintosh and Windows
operating systems, Opera announced Tuesday. "Our SSR (small-screen
rendering) technology was particularly important to Adobe," said Live
Leer, a spokeswoman for Opera. "Users would like to create pages that
work in many different devices and platforms; SSR allows for that."
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=45F264:1F4D50E

**This is just silly. This is so high school.
Yahoo puts a block on Trillian: Just days after Cerulean Studios
patched its Trillian instant messaging client to work with Yahoo and
MSN, officials from both companies are confirming that Yahoo's IM
protocol has been updated to foil ongoing access. But, given how a
protocol analyzer can slice and dice the major Internet messaging
protocols, it should only be a matter of time before Trillian-based
Yahoo users are back on-line, Yahoo rewires it's IM protocol, and the
vicious circle goes on. It's time to interoperate.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=64-UBOhIuLhcZhPMfi74fl8sa8QLTPR

Via to ship smallest PC processor: Posted September 24, 9:34 a.m.
Pacific Time TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwanese chip vendor Via Technologies
Inc. will begin shipping its smallest PC processor and motherboard
before the end of the year, according to the company's chief
executive
officer. Small enough to fit on the end of a finger, the Nano-BGA
(Ball Grid Array) version of Via's 1GHz C3 processor measures 15 mm
by
15 mm and was announced on Wednesday by the company's CEO, Wen-chi
Chen, during a keynote speech at the Via Technology Forum, which is
being held here with the Computex exhibition.
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=456882:1F4D50E

Forums: The Internet Reborn: Leading computer scientists are working
on replacing today's Internet with a faster, more secure, and
vastly smarter network.
http://www.technologyreview.com/forums/forum.asp?forumid=369
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MOBILE COMPUTING SECTION

Danger Brings Java to Hiptop: Wireless software maker Danger, which
has made a splash with its hiptop all-in-one wireless device designs,
has moved to further expand the capabilities of its devices by
licensing Sun Microsystems' Java 2 Standard, Micro Edition (J2ME).
http://www.thinkmobile.com/Content/Detail.asp?CTID=1&ID=7068

Bringing Palm Skills to Instructors: A Chat with Rayshaun L. Brown -
The News & Observer Want to enhance higher education? Rayshaun L.
Brown has a solution in the palm of his hand. As the only certified
Palm Education Training Coordinator at North Carolina State
University, the 26-year-old helps professors find ways to use Palm
hand-held devices in the classroom. His official title is multimedia
consultant-technical trainer and he works as part of the Distance
Education and Learning Technology Applications, or DELTA, division at
the school.
http://newsobserver.com/business/story/2892470p-2664556c.html

New Multi-Network Mobile IM Client Coming: Get ready for another
entrant in the hot multi-network IM space -- this time, with a mobile
solution.
http://www.thinkmobile.com/Content/Detail.asp?CTID=1&ID=7061

IEEE Drafts Mobile Computer Battery Standard: Aiming to create a new
standard for next-generation batteries for notebook and handheld
computers that can handle the demands placed on today's hardware, the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Wednesday
issued the first full draft of a new specification. (internetnews.com)
http://www.thinkmobile.com/Content/Detail.asp?CTID=1&ID=7058

HP to take gloves off cheaper iPaq
http://ct.com.com/click?q=ab-ZcQKQYpnbnhnfwnRDsRtnw7nwg9R

ZDNet's Patrick Houston looks at new technology for full-text entry
on mobile devices that uses a 9-key interface.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=2b-2FVYINzypbvsIJkhMJMxpWZNrQ9R

ABI Report Says Connected PDAs Will Dominate Market: Although low
replacement rates and slow shipments have been paralyzing the PDA
industry for some time, the emergence of converged devices may prove
to be the industry's salvation, according to a new report from Allied
Business Intelligence (ABI).
http://www.thinkmobile.com/Content/Detail.asp?CTID=1&ID=7082
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GAMING SECTION

The Ivory Tower: The Arrival of Computer Game Studies
http://www.igda.org/columns/ivorytower/

T-Mobile Sets $300 Price Tag For N-Gage [09.24.03]
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=2078
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HUMOR AND MISC. SECTION

MP3 APPS THAT DON'T GET IN THE WAY: By Jason Parker
KILLER DOWNLOADS: Jason's told you about his favorite MP3
players, with all their bells and whistles. But sometimes,
you just want an app that plays MP3s without taking over
your desktop. Here are his picks.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=91-EZnpQAzscQHBaarpMG8BVElunRRR

Today's Refdesk Link of the Day is: Free-Ed.Net: Free-Ed is all about
free education on the Internet. It's a simple as that--no tuition
payments and no hidden charges. Complete courses and tutorials for
more than 120 different vocational and academic disciplines.
http://www.free-ed.net/
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Special Section on Journals
As a lifelong student, learner yes, but also student; I love
journals.
I love their time frame – the research is lengthy enough to be
meaningful yet short enough to be relevant. Here is selection of some
ones that look interesting. Ah for time to explore them all. Some are
wholly available online some have a fee for access.

Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (JoSoTL)
http://www.iusb.edu/~josotl

Common Knowledge
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/common_knowledge/

Visual Anthropology
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/08949468.html

Instructional Science
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0020-4277/

Comparative Technology Transfer and Society
http://muse.jhu.
edu/journals/comparative_technology_transfer_and_society

World Archaeology
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/00438243.html

Brookings Papers on Education Policy
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/brookings_papers_on_education_policy/

Visual Resources
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01973762.html

International Journal of Training and Development
http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/journals/IJTD/descript.htm

Educational Assessment
https://www.erlbaum.com/shop/tek9.asp?pg=products&specific=1062-7197

NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/nine/

Visual Studies
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/1472586X.html

Ethnohistory
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ethnohistory/

Westminster Studies in Education
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/01406728.html

International Journal of Technology and Design Education
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0957-7572/

Innovative Higher Education
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0742-5627/

International Journal of Historical Archaeology
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1092-7697/

British Journal for the History of Science
http://uk.cambridge.org/journals/bjh/

Creativity Research Journal
http://www.catchword.com/erlbaum/10400419/contp1-1.htm

Tangent Online
http://www.tangentonline.com/

Theory Into Practice
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theory_into_practice/

Pedagogy
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pedagogy/

Locus Online
http://www.locusmag.com/index.html
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