2001-10-30

Open Source as Strategic Direction


2001-10-29

How to learn French on the Internet

What's available to learn French on the Internet, especially listening and speaking skills ?

2001-10-24

Five Easy Pieces for Technology Planning

Frank Watson, from UVM's College of Education (emeritus), has developed a five point program for assessing information technology plans emphasizinig data collection and action planning. The key elements are:
  1. A needs based professional development assessment (Millikan based)
  2. Student standards development (collecting samples of student work)
  3. Support structure assessment (feelings and committment of leaders)
  4. Overall, external technology plan assessment (every 2 or 3 years)
  5. Policy development strategy (how does the plan itself development, e.g. vis a vis hiring policies)

2001-10-22

Agents Everywhere

What's the current state of agency ?


2001-10-18

Physics - e-learning versus s-teaching

Why is it that undergraduate students have such a hard time "grokking" physics ? There's a lot of information, but more interesting is the apparently larger number of courses that ignor it (evidenced by course notes and catalog descriptions. (undergraduate failure to learn newton's laws)

2001-10-16

I Spy for the RIAA

How does the RIAA track down copyright violations ? Do they use human agents ? Robot agents ?

2001-10-12

Japanese Cell Phone Straps


2001-10-03

Super Hornet Juice

Naoko Takahashi, the women's marathon winner at the Sydney Olympics has revealed the secret of her success --- she drank the stomach juices of giant, killer hornets that fly 100km a day at up to 25 km/hour.


World Calendar Society

What are the holidays of the world?


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