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Derek Gittler

Adam Curtis - All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace - 0 views

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    Another amazing Documentary by Adam Curtis Individuals acting as independent agents, without hierarchy, form orders without design, and how network computer technologies facilitate this in society. This is Part 1, Just shown tonight on the BBC in England, but copyright laws what they are, the links to LiveLeak in this Reddit post will probably be taken down soon.  But there are always other means.
Emily Rimland

Alison J. Head on Modeling the Information-Seeking Process of College Students in the D... - 0 views

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    "What is it like to be a college student in the digital age? Alison Head - lead researcher for the national study, Project Information Literacy, Berkman Fellow, and Research Scientist in University of Washington's Information School - presents a working typology of the undergraduate information-seeking process, including students' reliance on and use of Web sources."
Chris Millet

2 Universities Under the Legal Gun - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 1 views

  • What they're fighting about: The educational video publishers claim that UCLA is violating copyright and breaching its contract by copying DVD's of Shakespeare plays acquired from Ambrose and streaming them online for faculty and students to use in courses. They say UCLA had the right only to lend copies to teachers for in-class use or to show the DVD's in the library itself.
  • The university did not "secure the right to stream our programs from a library server to any class and any student whenever it chooses," said Allen Dohra, president of the trade group, in a written statement. UCLA says copyright law permits streaming.
  • Much is also at stake for publishers, who say UCLA's practice could be catastrophic for the educational-video business. They fear it will cut off new markets for distributors like Ambrose, which sells its own streaming service.
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  • Kevin Smith, the university's scholarly-communications officer, described the plaintiffs' request to limit how much material can be used as "a nightmare scenario for higher education."
  • Publishers Weekly described the case as "the most significant copyright trial for publishers since the Kinko's course-pack litigation," referring to a 1991 case in which Basic Books sued the Kinko's chain for copyright infringement. (The publisher won.)
Christian Johansen

England riots: Government mulls social media controls - 0 views

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    Government response to social media during social unrest is paranoic. Or not? Tough ethical question for everyone not living under a rock.
Derek Gittler

Tangled in an endless web of distractions - Boston.com - 2 views

  • “Students are totally shameless about how they use their computers in class,’’ said David Jones, an MIT professor. “I fantasize about having a Wi-Fi jammer in my lecture halls to block access to distractions.’’While MIT has yet to unwire a single lecture hall, some law schools, including the University of Chicago’s, have in recent years blocked wireless access in classrooms to keep students engaged in Socratic discussions instead of their classmates’ Groupon and eBay activitie
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