Friday, October 29, 2004

Ways To Use Weblogs in Education. Long list of ideas of how to use a blog to support learning. By Unattributed, ADE Bloggers, October 8, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 12:49:19 PM      Google It!.

Desire2Learn and MERLOT Partner. Yet another partnership agreement involving MERLOT, this one between the learning object repository and Desire2Learn, an Ontario (Canada) based provider of enterprise learning systems. As was the case with WebCT and Blackboard, the agreement allows Desire2Learn customers to search the MERLOT database along with their in-house content to obtain learning materials for course content. By Press Release, Desire2Learn, October 28, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 12:47:30 PM      Google It!.

New IMS Specification Download Pages and License. http://www.imsglobal.org/specificationdownload.cfm IMS has a re-designed website, and a fairly unwelcomed addition to getting access to the specification documents. As they state on the individual specification pages "HTML documents may be viewed online, but may not be printed without permission. To download an electronic copy for printing, please go to the specification download page." I guess this makes some sense. They aren't restricting access, just asking people to agree to their license, which on the surface seems o.k., though it is not straight boilerplate, and systems implementors will want to think through what if any implications Section II, "License Terms for Implementation" have to them. (That said, I can't wait to read Stephen's reaction when he finds out he needs to re-enter his personal data everytime he wants a new copy or a different file) - SWL [EdTechPost] 12:43:08 PM      Google It!.

Dell Teams Up With SUSE [Slashdot:] 12:35:29 PM      Google It!.

Laser Powered Virtual Display [Slashdot:] 12:34:19 PM      Google It!.

SuSE Linux 9.2 Professional Released [Slashdot:] 12:26:04 PM      Google It!.