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Started by Joel Josephson, Sept. 4, 2011 See also the various links provided in the discussion.

Terry Anderson and Jon Dron Athabasca University, Canada This paper defines and examines three generations of distance education pedagogy. Unlike earlier classifications of distance education based on the technology used, this analysis focuses on the pedagogy that defines the learning experiences encapsulated in the learning design.

Excellent video--what state couldn't use this? The Did You Know? (Shift Happens) videos have been seen by at least 40 million people online and perhaps that many again during face-to-face conferences, workshops, etc. This week saw The release of The latest version, this one focused on The state of Iowa.

"Buchem, I., Attwell, G. & Torres, R. (2011). Understanding Personal Learning Environments: Literature Review and Syntheis Through Activity theory Lense. In: Proceedings on the PLE Conference 2011. List of References used for the literature review in alphabetical order:" Note: this is a wiki, so watch for updates (CA)

"August 15, 2011. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has begun a rulemaking to strengThen and expand Their current TV closed captioning standards for both English TV and French TV broadcasts. However, They will not be looking at standards for digital and new media platforms in this process. The CRTC seeks input on:"

Andreas Fuchs Aug. 18, 2011 "At CinemaCon 2011 in Las Vegas, the National Association of theatre Owners (NATO) hosted a special Accessibility Demonstration for Digital Cinema. Alongside legislative mandates across many states and numerous community commitment programs that North American theatre circuits have in place, NATO deserves special credit for calling attention to the opportunities afforded by digital technologies in providing access to all guests."

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"One thing is clear: those of us who don't supply our own digital infrastructure depend on intermediaries who are increasingly willing to roll over at the slightest pressure. It's time to start devoting some of our creative attention to ways of clearing away the choke-points and leaning back on those companies that are getting leaned upon by powerful, established forces."

Collected by Danielle Nicole DeVoss on Mar 09 11 "What does it mean to be "visually" literate? How can we encourage students to be more deliberate and careful in how they look at the images that circulate in today's digital culture? (...) What I've included here are some historical examples and discussion points, some contemporary examples and discussion points, and some ways to educate ourselves and to engage students in critical visual literacy."

Not really a "breaking news" bookmark, but shared on the strength of Pound's "Culture is news that remains news".

June 17, 2011, 5:11 pm By Marc Parry "Colleges and libraries have been up in arms all week over a proposed budget that would have forced the University of Wisconsin to return $39-million in broadband grants and withdraw from a nonprofit high-speed networking cooperative. Well, state lawmakers have changed course-for now, anyway."

Results of a debate in the UK about formal and informal learning. the question was, Is informal learning more style than substance?

"A new national center founded to spur breakthrough technologies that can help transform the way teachers teach and students learn. Educators Empowering you with tools to help you reach every single student. Innovators Making it easier for you to turn a great idea into a product that delivers results for learners of all ages. Researchers Translating cutting-edge research on how we learn into cutting-edge technologies that can help us learn. Citizens Preparing Americans of all races, regions, and backgrounds to succeed in college and a career. ..."

Main site of the Digital Promise initiative

"By Roberta Ranzani, June 7, 2011 Considerazioni varie su eG8 nelle parole di alcuni tweeter che stavano seguendo il forum in diretta ( o in streaming) e in qualche link."

Christian Butiköfer April 2, 2011 "Deutsche Behörden haben Personen aus dem Umfeld des Musik-Verbandes IFPI im Visier. Die Beamten interessieren sich für Steuerfragen. Die Lobby der Schweizer Musikindustrie hält die Vorwürfe für haltlos, hat aber eine externe Prüfung angeordnet."

Not "News" in that the article is dated April 2, 2011. But it's the one that had disappeared I wrote about in http://etcjournal.com/2011/04/03/cot-death-and-rebirth-of-an-article-about-ifpi-and-taxes/ . And today it's back online, with an explanation to come on Facebook soon.

YANICK PHILIPPONNAT 26/07/2011, 06 h 00 | Mis à jour le 26/07/2011, 12 h 26 Midilibre.fr "Pour arriver à ses fins, à savoir avoir des relations sexuelles avec sa belle-fille, un Clermontais n'a pas hésité à user d'un stratagème particulièrement pervers. Cette affaire, qui vient d'éclater, a débuté voilà six mois dans le secteur de Clermont-l'Hérault. Le mis en cause, 46 ans, responsable de maintenance, a branché à son insu la webcam de l'ordinateur de la victime, âgée de 15 ans, avec laquelle il vit en compagnie de la mère de cette dernière. Il a ainsi capté des images de l'adolescente nue, la caméra se trouvant dans sa chambre."

A stepfather places a webcam in his 15 year-old stepdaughter's room, then befriends her on Facebook under "fake profiles" and threatens her to reveal the videos to her parents lest she has sex with him. Yet another confirmation that sexual violence is most often perpetrated by people known to the victim.

Scribd photographic PDF of the Court decision

"Chloe Albanesius July 18, 2011 "We are delighted that Copiepresse has given us assurances that we can re-include their sites in our Google search index without court-ordered penalties," Google said in a Monday statement. "We never wanted to take their sites out of our index, but we needed to respect a court order until Copiepresse acted. We remain open to working in collaboration with Copiepresse members in the future.""

(nothing about the Appeal Court's May 5 2011 decision) "Google BIEN AVANT GOOGLE ... UNE GESTION COMPLEXE GOOGLE NEWS ET LA REACTION DES EDITEURS UNE ACTIVITE BASEE SUR L'USURPATION DES CONTENUS D'AUTRUI UNE MENACE QUI PESE SUR LA LIBERTE D'EXPRESSION "