Blogging from the BarrioA Tech Sensei's Blog from Chicago's Barrio of Pilsen. <p> News, rants and stuff from a Post-Constitutional America!(Untitled)- April 30, 2003 Open Source Courseware -- Evaluation and Rating. Rob Reynolds over at Xplana has posted this useful piece that helps frame some of the issues an institution should factor in when considering looking at an open source solution to course management systems, proposes a rating scheme based on these factors and rates many of the currently available options. While I might differ on a few small points (OCW is not a CMS!!) I think I would also end up suggesting the same four...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100504/2003/04/29.html#a607 Ride the MetaMap Train- April 30, 2003 MetaMap - Graphical Map of Metadata and other Standards Initiatives. "The MetaMap is a pedagogical graphic which takes the form of a subway map. Its aim is to help the information science community to understand metadata standards, sets, and initiatives of interest in this area." Now this is extremely cool and helpful - this map shows both what issues particular standards and initiatives try to address (the 'lines' they reside on), the media types they apply to (the colours of the...http://mapageweb.umontreal.ca/turner/meta/english/ Off to California- April 24, 2003 Off to Santa Barbara til Sunday. National Writing Project Urban sites meetings.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100504/2003/04/24.html#a605 (Untitled)- April 24, 2003 Smarter, Simpler, Social. Smarter, Simpler, Social Quote: "In some respects, this first wave of online communication technology adoption is coming to an end... elearnspace blog Good Article! For some reason,centralized bloatware is something that will haunt us for a while.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100504/2003/04/24.html#a604 Even the General Accounting Office doesn't believe Bush Voodoo Economics- April 22, 2003 MEANWHILE ON THE HOME FRONT. Now that Bush is back pushing his reckless "class warfare" tax cut for the rich, Kevin Moore of In Contempt comics reminds us what's at stake. How to Save the World Even the General Accounting Office doesn't believe Bush Voodoo Economics. The GAO boss is a Republican and they can't figure out how Bush comes up with his conclusionshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0100504/2003/04/22.html#a603 (Untitled)- April 21, 2003 IF WAR ISN'T THE ANSWER, WHAT IS. Last month I asked the question "Who's Next After Iraq" among the 81 countries (shown in purple on the map above) whose people live under undemocratic, mostly oppressive regimes, many with WMD or the potential to produce them, and most with long litanies of human rights abuses. The retort to the "Who's next" question is often another question "If war isn't the answer, what is" It's a fair...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100504/2003/04/20.html#a602 |