Re: [DDN] The future of DDN
Rather than use a wiki which can be clumsy, why not ry a ning - separate communities and multiple duscussions can occur - can also be invite only. www.ning.com :) BC Vice President, Advocacy Promotion, IASL: www.iasl-online.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.chs.ecu.edu.au/portals/LIS/index.php Transforming Information and Learning Conference http://conferences.scis.ecu.edu.au/TILC2007/ Barbara Combes, Lecturer School of Computer and Information Science Edith Cowan University, Perth Western Australia Ph: (08) 9370 6072 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation. Walter Cronkite This email is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify me immediately by return email or telephone and destroy the original message. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claude Almansi Sent: Saturday, 11 October 2008 5:44 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] The future of DDN Hi All, I am answering on the mailing-list (with Bcc to Adam Clare and Taran Rampersad) rather than on the wiki because today I have a problem with logging in at the wiki (1). About: ...To make the site easier to manage we propose the removal of the communities functionality and discussion boards of DDN and replacing the categorization system with tagging. DDN's strength lies in the active mailing list and TIG realizes that the mailing list isn't perfect. In an ideal setup the mailing list will also be accessed online and have greater stability. Online communities encourage discussions between users in more than one place, right now that discussion happens on the mailing list for DDN and less so on the website. To encourage more discussions we would like to implement commenting on most DDN content. ... (in http://wiki.digitaldivide.net/index.php?title=The_future_of_DDN) - Removal ot the communities and discussion boards: I agree; at first, each community had its own discussion board, but this stopped (around 2005?), which meant that there could be no diaogue within the communities. Anyway, even with that first set-up, there was little dialogue in community discussion boards and in discussion boards in general. - Mailing list: the archive is actually accessible online, but I'm not sure it's really necessary to be able to post to it from the web. However, until August 2006, the mailing-list archive had an RSS feed through which the last messages were automatically shown bottom right of the site in the Featured RSS feeds (2). That was a useful feature: would it be possible to have it again? For instance by using a yahoo or a google discussion list that have RSS feeds? - Making content taggable and discussable: great idea but in this case, would it not be simpler and cheaper to move rather than revamp? I'm thinking of Ning.com, where Steve Hargadon set up http://www.classroom20.com. And then he convinced the Ning administrators to make a special, ad-less, free offer for educators and provide a network for them, http://education.ning.com/ . One problem might be back-ups, though. Re Taran Rampersad's addition to http://wiki.digitaldivide.net/index.php?title=The_future_of_DDN : The Membership level is certainly worthwhile and is one that shows promise, since DDN membership probably would be tax deductible, though that needs to be clarified. While that is sufficient given enough buy-in from the community, I'd also suggest continued monetization of content through Google Ads (such as those found on email list archives) and Amazon advertising. Further comments for funding would probably require a prerequisite of what TIG has already tried to do such that we can avoid repeating things I agree. Moreover, how could the payments be made? Some members may not have a credit card. Best Claude Almansi (1) Yesterday evening I was automatically logged in at the http://wiki.digitaldivide.net wiki, presumably because I was logged in at the www.digitaldivide.net main site, and even able to add some things on the resource page of the wiki. Today I am logged in at the main site, but not at the wiki. The URL of the log-in link at the top right of the wiki pages is http://www.digitaldivide.net/includes/error.php?pushpath=http%3A%2F%2Fw iki.digitaldivide.net%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DThe_future_of_DDN which a) is on the main site where I am already logged in; b) has a message that says: Error, you must login to access this page. ; c) nevertheless also has login ID and password boxes, but they don't work. If I try to edit a page, say by opening http://wiki.digitaldivide.net/index.php?title=Main_Pageaction=edit, the page says Login required to edit, with a link to the Log
Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC
Hi All, A major aspect missing in the elearning environment that cannot be simulated is the teacher-learner dynamic. For some subjects especially highly technical ones such as computer programming - this is a real issue - Yuwanuch Gulatee's DIT research is on this topic. What needs to be a major component of this discussion is the recognition that elearning is a completely new paradigm, not the same as face-to-face and not an alternative. When this happens we will be able to move forward and introduce new learning frameworks and structures that cater for students in the different environment. Currently, we are trying to re-invent the old model. This about-face also means new ways of assessing learning, different learning resource formats and delivery modes. It also means some research into Human Computer Interaction, the types of skills required to interrogate learning materials on the screen and an individual's emotional response to learning in what is a very isolating environment - largely unexplored in any great detail. An observation from my own PhD research in this area - students use the cursor as a line of sight guide to read text on screen and everyone is still printing. Are we there yet? No - I don't think so. :) BC Vice President, Advocacy Promotion, IASL: www.iasl-online.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.chs.ecu.edu.au/portals/LIS/index.php Transforming Information and Learning Conference http://conferences.scis.ecu.edu.au/TILC2007/ Barbara Combes, Lecturer School of Computer and Information Science Edith Cowan University, Perth Western Australia Ph: (08) 9370 6072 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation. Walter Cronkite This email is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify me immediately by return email or telephone and destroy the original message. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Catherine Arden Sent: Monday, 6 October 2008 7:07 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC Hi Tom I agree that the sage on the stage in the brick space structure is an outdated model of education that perhaps has more to do with maintaining power and control than teaching and learningHowever, there are nonetheless real challenges working within our new paradigm. For instance, how do we value knowledge? How do we teach 'instrumental' skills such as literacy and numeracy effectively and how do we know they are learned? How do we recognise scholarly achievement? How do we 'transmit' cultural values? Are these questions really still about hegemony and fear of losing control or do we need to have some way of controlling education if we are to further our human development and not find ourselves wallowing in a sea of pseudo? Catherine Arden - Original Message - From: tom abeles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 1:36 AM Subject: Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC this conversation in several variances is being considered currently elsewhere on the net, particularly around the issue of virtual worlds Steve's example is right on target. academics hold the center stage because they control the grades/certification which provide for student advancement. That is the one unique product that universities, in click or brick space have to offer. And it is the one reason in the dominant US model that get's student attention for the sage on the stage What business has found out, as have many others, is that social networks (those articles that Steve cites as examples) allow knowledge to be gained in entirely different and collaborative fashion, a fashion that academics might call cheating or disrespectful of the sage. While, Mark is right, that these technologies will find a place in The Academy, they are, almost more importantly, a mirror for the educational system which passively makes the point that Steve so eloquently made. The brick space structure with the sage is a vestigial manifestation of the good old days, going back to pre-print where knowledge was transmitted by those who had the information stored in their heads or had access to the very few collections of knowledge such as the libraries of Alexandria. Even pre-internet, social networking provided ways for gaining critical information. What ICT's show us is that we now have many more and much more to access, perhaps more than a single sage on the stage can offer, except where it has been packaged for delivery in nice 3-credit experiences and vetted by a mid-term and a final
Re: [DDN] Interview footage from The Future of the InternetEconomy - OECD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Korea, June 16-18, 2008.
Hi All, Forget about physical access to information via the Internet. Cognitive access is an even bigger problem. Finding the right information and being able to use it effectively are going to be the major hurdles to any benefits the Internet can bring to the table. :| BC Vice President, Advocacy Promotion, IASL: www.iasl-online.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.chs.ecu.edu.au/portals/LIS/index.php Transforming Information and Learning Conference http://conferences.scis.ecu.edu.au/TILC2007/ Barbara Combes, Lecturer School of Computer and Information Science Edith Cowan University, Perth Western Australia Ph: (08) 9370 6072 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation. Walter Cronkite This email is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify me immediately by return email or telephone and destroy the original message. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Einfeldt Sent: Friday, 22 August 2008 6:29 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] Interview footage from The Future of the InternetEconomy - OECD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Korea,June 16-18, 2008. hi, On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Paperless Homework [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Fouad, Alan here again. I tried to view your video but somehow it is taking ages to download. Maybe the broadband we have is a bit slow. yeah, they are large files. It is better to try to watch the video on-line, I guess, because the files are smaller. To my view the greatest challenges in the years ahead is not to what levels Internet will take the human race to, but rather can Internet reaches out to the other 5 billion unconnected or excluded. I completely agree. That is the main point of our film, the Digital Tipping Point. Ironically, though, it is also the limited financial means of the remaining 5 billion people that will push Free Open Source Software. It is difficult to see how they can afford Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office at current prices. Ironically, it is these people who will be helping to restore competition to the North American market, because adoption in markets outside the US will drive improvement of the code base, thereby making it more difficult for Microsoft to continue to exert its monopoly power over the North American market. These poor people outside the US will therefore bring freedom to North America! Currently, North Americans largely agree that free software must be either stolen or low quality. They believe that only expensive things can have value. They mistakenly de-value both the Free Software and the people who use it, thinking that Free Software users must either be unintelligent or thieves or both. This mind set is imprisoning North Americans into dependence on one company (Microsoft) and perhaps two companies (Apple). People in North America are a huge resource for these companies, who regard North America and Europe as gold mines. The gold is in the pockets of the consumers, who are too focused on advertising to shape their technology choices. We want to change that focus. We want people to understand that you can get quality software for free as in beer and Free as in freedom. But we also want people to understand that even Free Software is not free software. People must give something. They must give either time or money to support their communities. So we are trying to encourage people to see value and purchase paid solutions, such as the small company Zareason.com, which offers high quality Free Software solutions at a reasonable price. Technology today is only able to reach out to the 1 billion or less people of the world and as it progresses to greater heights it would only be these 1 billion that would benefit. The others would be left even further behind. Exactly! How can Microsoft afford to support another 1 billion people with free copies of its non-Free software? It can't. On the other hand, the Free Open Souce Software projects can work with for-profit companies to spread the code to the developing work. A network of 3 billion people using Free Open Source Software is more powerful than a network of 900 million using expensive proprietary software. I think your offerings do have great future in such directions and emphasis should be into this direction. All of our video is your video. All you need is one place locally to be able to download and store the video, and then you can share it locally with sneaker networks. Our project is an open source project. We need someone to take responsibility for transcribing the video. We have 360 hours of video
[DDN] FW: TILC2007 - Call for papers
TILC2007 T2 : Transformations and Technology 30 November - 1 December 2007 Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley Campus Perth, Western Australia Call for papers TILC 2007, T2 : Transformations and Technology addresses the transformative potential of information and communications technologies (ICTs) across business, education and government. To facilitate the organisation of topics and events at the conference, submissions will be grouped into four major tracks: * Business transformation (Value IT) * Knowledge and information service transformation * Learning transformation * Government transformation The conference will include a significant focus on ICT transformation of Western Australian government, education and enterprise for the era of the knowledge economy. Topics provided below are for guidance only, and are indicative rather than exhaustive. * Communications and technology for business * Knowledge services for the 21st century citizen (transforming our libraries and information services) * eLearning * T-Government (information technology transformation of government processes, organisation and people) * Transforming information culture in organisations Papers Refereed Papers will be double blind, peer-reviewed and proceedings published in the conference proceedings. Virtual papers will also be peer reviewed and accepted for inclusion in the conference proceedings. Workplace Practice papers will be edited and included in the conference proceedings. Register your abstract online at the Conference web site http://conferences.scis.ecu.edu.au/ocs2/index.php/TILC/TILC2007 Key Dates Papers due: 10 September 2007 Acceptance notification: 15 October 2007 Cameras ready paper: 29 October 2007 Conference Chair: Dr Karen Anderson Enquiries: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Barbara Combes Vice President, Advocacy Promotion, IASL: http://www.iasl-slo.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.chs.ecu.edu.au/portals/LIS/index.php Convenor for the Transforming Information and Learning Conference http://www.chs.ecu.edu.au/TILC Barbara Combes, Lecturer School of Computer and Information Science Edith Cowan University, Perth Western Australia Ph: (08) 9370 6072 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation. Walter Cronkite This email is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify me immediately by return email or telephone and destroy the original message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
