NORDLET – The Nordic Baltic Community for Open Education is launched
We have now lauched our brand new network called NORDLET, that will (citing the project summary:) build a Nordic-Baltic network and Community of Practice set to develop and harness a region-specific perspective on the use of technology in Learning, Education and Training. The common ground for the NORDLET Open Educational Community is to provide a [...]
Announcing the Open Web Foundation
An interesting initiative, I wonder where it will go…
This morning at OSCON, David Recordon announced the creation of the Open Web Foundation. The Open Web Foundation is an attempt to create a home for community-driven specifications. Following the open source model similar to the Apache Software Foundation, the foundation is aimed at building a lightweight [...]
Sharing Vocabularies on the Web via SKOS
On 21 July 2008 an event "Sharing Vocabularies on the Web via SKOS", was held in the UK. It is now possible to take part of the presentations and recordings from that event. Some of them seem to be really interesting. In fact, the phenomenon Simple Knowledge Organization System is interesting.
This event, the third [...]
The Google Generation is a myth!
I have not read this study, but by the press release it appears to be an interesting study. See also the project website and in the Guardian.
Press release
‘Google Generation’ is a myth, says new research
New report reveals the information needs of the researchers and learners of the
future
16th January, 2008. A new report, commissioned [...]
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