Category Archives: social issues

AlterNet: How to Help

Posted on 2005-09-07 by site admin

AlterNet: How to Help – at last something useful rather than sensational

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Writing for the Web: Hurricane Blogs

Posted on 2005-09-06 by site admin

Crawford Killian reports the advent of more Hurricane Blogs. My own sense is that blog references to Katrina have been slow to show up – at least within the edtech arena.

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Writing for the Web: The World’s Greatest Online Journalism

Posted on 2005-09-04 by site admin

Writing for the Web: The World’s Greatest Online Journalism

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NOLA.com: Hurricane Katrina 2005

Posted on 2005-09-03 by site admin

NOLA.com: Hurricane Katrina 2005 coverage from the NewOrleans local newspaper

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Michael Geist – The Coming Battle Over Education and Copyright

Posted on 2005-08-29 by site admin

Michael Geist – The Coming Battle Over Education and Copyright

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CogDogBlog � Blog Archive � Conversations: Tree People and Cave Dwellers

Posted on 2005-08-25 by site admin

This comment on the Moodle discussion of blogs CogDogBlog � Blog Archive � Conversations: Tree People and Cave Dwellers came via Downes’ OLDaily

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Vocational Math Ed Resources

Posted on 2005-08-25 by site admin

Check for app links in Math Education Web Resources

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CogDogBlog � Blog Archive � Distributed Conversations: More Than Four Reasons

Posted on 2005-08-18 by site admin

CogDogBlog � Blog Archive � Distributed Conversations: More Than Four Reasons

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American Scientist Online – Group Theory in the Bedroom

Posted on 2005-08-16 by site admin

American Scientist Online – Group Theory in the Bedroom

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2 Cents Worth � Blog Archive � Four Reasons Why the Blogsphere Might Make a Better Professional Collaborative Environment than Discussion Forums

Posted on 2005-08-16 by site admin

2 Cents Worth � Blog Archive � Four Reasons Why the Blogsphere Might Make a Better Professional Collaborative Environment than Discussion Forums

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Flu Bloggers Getting Alarmed

Posted on 2005-08-05 by site admin

In thetyee.ca Avian Flu Bloggers Getting Alarmed Crawford Killian notes what seems to him a slow uptake of the Bird Flu issue by mainstream media – is this another y2k or something we should be reacting to?

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More on the Telus Censorship Issue

Posted on 2005-08-04 by site admin

thetyee.ca To Censor Pro-Union Web Site, Telus Blocked 766 Others

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E-Learning Queen: Communities of Practice: The Role of Classification Schemes and Taxonomies

Posted on 2005-08-03 by site admin

E-Learning Queen: Communities of Practice: The Role of Classification Schemes and Taxonomies – more about how to identify stuff for easy retrieval

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HP Free Online Courses

Posted on 2005-08-01 by site admin

Golden Swamp � Blog Archive � HP Free Online Courses makes a suggestion which could represent the thin end of the wedge for the eventual commercialization of all education

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Using Moodle: Blogs, Forums and the nature of discussion

Posted on 2005-08-01 by site admin

A discussion of Blogs, Forums and the nature of discussion started by one of the fonders of he ‘Moodle’ CMS

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Voices For Change

Posted on 2005-07-25 by site admin

Voices For Change is the site blocked by Telus from access by its internet customers. It is obviously essential that the law should prohibit such censorship by service providers (along with similar actions by broadcast and print media to restrict … Continue reading →

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[Odrl-interest] Comments on REL patents, third-party standards, and MPEG LA

Posted on 2005-07-23 by site admin

These [Odrl-interest] Comments on REL patents, third-party standards, and MPEG LA by Steve Rowat came to me via Stephen Downes’ OLDaily. Here a former patent industry worker says “bowing to such a demand – to pay for patents that are … Continue reading →

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The Times Online guest contributors Opinion

Posted on 2005-07-19 by site admin

This Times Online guest contributors Opinion touches on an issue that needs more work

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Visual Calculus – Curve Fitting

Posted on 2005-07-19 by site admin

Visual Calculus – Curve Fitting is something else to check out

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Michael Geist – The Price of Canadian Heritage

Posted on 2005-07-14 by site admin

This came via OLdaily

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