Author Archives: site admin

EdTechPost: Reports from the CETIS Vocabularies Project

Posted on 2006-01-18 by site admin

Scott Leslie comments on progress (or not) in the development of controlled vocabularies for paedagogical resources.

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The Myth about Online Course Development

Posted on 2006-01-14 by site admin

Stephen Downes comments on an Educause Review article

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Wiki on a stick – Meta

Posted on 2006-01-14 by site admin

I’ll have to check whether I can really install this in “under ten minutes”.

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Light in the Darkness

Posted on 2006-01-12 by site admin

Light in the Darkness

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Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~

Posted on 2006-01-12 by site admin

Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~

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Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~

Posted on 2006-01-10 by site admin

Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~

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Wil McCarthy’s HACKING MATTER

Posted on 2006-01-09 by site admin

Wil McCarthy’s HACKING MATTER

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Philosophy Talk: The Blog: Self-Deception and the Problem with Religious Belief Formation

Posted on 2006-01-09 by site admin

Philosophy Talk: The Blog: Self-Deception and the Problem with Religious Belief Formation I have two comments on this posting. First, unlike Mr Van Leeuwen, although I probably qualify as an unbeliever, I am not threatened by the admonition that the … Continue reading →

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Philosophy Talk: The Blog

Posted on 2006-01-07 by site admin

Philosophy Talk: The Blog

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DANGEROUS IDEAS

Posted on 2006-01-03 by site admin

THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2006

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How to Handle Java Finalization’s Memory-Retention Issues

Posted on 2005-12-30 by site admin

How to Handle Java Finalization’s Memory-Retention Issues

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Propositions | Uncertain

Posted on 2005-12-21 by site admin

Propositions | Uncertain is an essay in which the thesis and perhaps 90% of the sentences are false but the essence is true. It is not science but religion that “immanentizes the eschaton” – almost without exception and perhaps even … Continue reading →

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thetyee.ca Free Wireless Fever

Posted on 2005-12-21 by site admin

Should we get thetyee.ca Free Wireless in Vancouver? I think so! Not so much for the business traveller (who probably has adequate access at hotel and meeting place) or the poor (who probably don’t have laptops and more likely use … Continue reading →

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Hypertext Style: Cool URIs don’t change.

Posted on 2005-12-20 by site admin

Hypertext Style: Cool URIs don’t change.

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EdTechPost: An Evaluation of Open Source CMS Stressing Adaptation Issues

Posted on 2005-12-19 by site admin

EdTechPost: An Evaluation of Open Source CMS Stressing Adaptation Issues

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EdTechPost: Unicon provides Sakai ‘Test Drive’ sites

Posted on 2005-12-19 by site admin

EdTechPost: Unicon provides Sakai ‘Test Drive’ sites

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What Good Is Religion? By Richard Dawkins — Beliefnet.com

Posted on 2005-12-15 by site admin

What Good Is Religion? By Richard Dawkins — Beliefnet.com

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Easterbrook on Dawkins — @Beliefnet.com

Posted on 2005-12-15 by site admin

— This old (2001) article by Gregg Easterbrook at Beliefnet.com attempts to refute Dawkins. But apparently Easterbrook expects his audience to be so ignorant as to be convinced by a primarily and unabashedly ad hominem argument: “Which brings us to … Continue reading →

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beliefnet: Interview with Richard Dawkins–evolution intelligent design Darwin selfish gene religion science God atheism spiritual Sheahen

Posted on 2005-12-15 by site admin

beliefnet: Interview with Richard Dawkins–evolution intelligent design Darwin selfish gene religion science God atheism spiritual Sheahen

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EdTechPost: Why does ‘Freesound’ succeed when so many learning object repositories fail?

Posted on 2005-12-14 by site admin

Scott Leslie asks EdTechPost: Why does ‘Freesound’ succeed when so many learning object repositories fail? – and of course for me the interest is in the second clause. I have claimed to have ideas about what is wrong with LOR’s … Continue reading →

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