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Scott Leslie reviews EdTechPost: “Finally, a free lunch: The benefits of an open source VLE” – Report on Oxford’s Use of Boddington and links to a repot on a UK open source LMS

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Edge-Goldstein-Godel

EdgeBooks interview with Rebecca Goldstein on Edge: G�DEL AND THE NATURE OF MATHEMATICAL TRUTH

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Interactive Whiteboards

These Interactive Whiteboards seem to be becoming affordable

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Rethinking Mathematics – Rethinking Schools Online

Must remind self to look at this: Rethinking Mathematics – Rethinking Schools Online

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Afterhours in the Juniverse – Archives for December, 2002

At last the rest of the world has caught up to where June Lester was in 2002.

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Templeton Foundation

Templeton Foundation “Power of Purpose” Essay by Augie Turak

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Plugin Peeve

When pages like THIS require a plugin, after you click the plugin icon, the browser says “After installing the plugin, Click here”, but the installation process requires you to close all apps, including the browser.

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TheStar.com – Just give me that old-time atheism!

TheStar.com – Just give me that old-time atheism! Salman Rushdie replies in the Toronto Star to Dylan Evans The 21st Century Atheistin the Guardian. Evans identifies religion as “a kind of art, which only a child could mistake for reality … Continue reading

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Alertbox: Ten Years (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)

Alertbox: Ten Years (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox) Perhaps the most important criterion for usability of the web as a whole is our common adherence to accepted standards, and perhaps the most fundamental standard of all is the language of communication (in … Continue reading

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Is the “Learning Object” King naked?

This item by Scott Leslie and its referent sound the death knell for a term that would have been useful if it hadn’t been taken so seriously. I have long argued in particular that the idea of collecting “Learning Objects” … Continue reading

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Definitional Drift: Math Goes Postmodern

Definitional Drift: Math Goes Postmodern says something that I have for decades been telling my students, but ends with an important point that misses the point of what math is all about.

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thetyee.ca Corky Evans on Making the Woods Work

thetyee.ca Corky Evans on Making the Woods Work

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Wiring Java Applications with Spring

Wiring Java Applications with Spring is an article about a way of implementing “Inversion of Control” or “Dependency Injection” which sounds as though it may be related to what I needed to do when implementing Items that kept track of … Continue reading

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AlterNet: War on Iraq: Galloway Goes To Washington

AlterNet: War on Iraq: Galloway Goes To Washington

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thetyee.ca Why Is Higher Ed off the Election Radar?

this article by Crawford Killian is both an important message for the electorate and a sad comment on the effectiveness of the FPSE investment in bringing public attention to post-secondary education issues.

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The Laws of Identity

The Laws of Identity

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� Jamie Lewis on the future of identity management | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

� Jamie Lewis on the future of identity management | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com Jamie Lewis on the future of identity management by ZDNet‘s Chris Jablonski

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AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: The Uses and Abuses of Race

AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: The Uses and Abuses of Race

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CETIS-The Case for Creative Commons Textbooks

According to a recent survey, University of California students now spend 40 percent more on textbooks than they did six years ago. This paper argues that colleges and universities may be able to significantly reduce these costs by creating a … Continue reading

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Tyee Election Central: RAIL<=>LIAR cartoon

From the “Tyee” Election Central a great cartoon by Ingrid Rice.

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