Archive for June, 2008
Weblogg-Ed: A nice summer reading list.
Dave’s Whiteboard: The more senses you activate, the better it is for getting learning and memory happen.
The Relationship Economy …: Which mole are you whacking through your business practices? Jay Deragon has an interesting riff off of Seth Godin’s observations about improving your business model via the low-hanging fruit.
Janet Clarey: If you can’t beat social media, maybe you can just join it.
Avant Game: Why alternate reality games don’t work.
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The Associated Press recently decided that they were going to refuse to be quoted on blogs anymore, insisting that even some 35 word or less quotes were copyright violations. It’s wrong and illegal, they say, to quote them directly without paying them $2.50 per word.
As conversations about current events move online, what the AP seems likely to have done is to just cut themselves out of the link economy. Jeff Jarvis suggests that this could be the end of them.
It’s easy to say that they have every right to control their content as strictly as they want to, fair use be hanged. Though in this information age, that might not be the most ultimately self-interested way to look at the question. Consider the Recording Industry Association of America, the RIAA.
Lots of good conversations going on out there …
Janet Clarey: Even learning professionals sometimes get a little weary during the learning process.
eLearning Technology: The search for quick wins is likely to continue to define early adoption of performance support tools like wikis.
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When I was a kid, Mom explained to me that Elvis’ music and dance moves had once been considered scandalous.
Elvis!? Elvis impersonators officiate weddings. His music has joined that category of cultural artifact that’s now considered suitable for all ages. If he were performing on American Idol today, he would offend exactly none of the show’s faithful audience. For mainstream America, Elvis is establishment now.
Which is exactly how it should be in a culture that’s responsive to change.
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Exploring the edublogs once again …
Harold Jarche: Language learning expands without the costly infrastructure.
Janet Clarey: The edupunk way.
E-Learning Curve: A look at e-learning ecosystems and the failure of ADDIE, because knowledge delivery channels aren’t cognitively neutral.
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