Academe Links July 23, 2007

A July 2007 “snapshot” of UK Higher and Further Education

Developments in Second Life

John Kirriemuir www.silversprite.com

July 16th 2007

Eduserv Foundation

http://www.eduserv.org.uk/upload/foundation/sl/uksnapshot072007/final.pdf

The author and the Austen plot that exposed publishers' pride and prejudice

http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2129738,00.html

Siva Vaidhyanathan's fellowship at the Institute for the Future of the Book

http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/2007/07/siva_vaidhyanathans_fellowship.html

Open Library

http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2007/07/open-library.php

Update on Duke’s wireless network and Apple’s iPhones

http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/07/cisco_apple.html

Apples and Oranges in International Statistics

http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/07/23/compare

Building on a Budget

http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/07/23/building

Showdown Over File Sharing

http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/07/23/fileshare

Tool: Jing Project

http://www.jingproject.com/

Chips: High tech aids or tracking tools?

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1700AP_Chipping_America.html

Knowing Knowledge pdfs

http://knowingknowledge.com/2006/10/knowing_knowledge_pdf_files.php

Do Internet Filters Undermine the Teaching of 21st Century Citizenship?

http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2007/07/do_internet_filters_undermine_1.html

American broadband slower than other nations': new study

http://b2e.nitle.org/index.php/2007/07/19/american_broadband_slower_than_other_nat

The Impact of Facebook's Platform

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_impact_of_facebooks_platform.php

Summary: Open Source Software and the User Experience in Higher Education

http://blog.worldcampus.psu.edu/index.php/2007/07/21/summary-open-source-software-and-the-user-experience-in-higher-education/

University of New Orleans Offers Course in Second Life

http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?page_id=30&Content_ID=428

Entrepreneurship Education and High School Education

http://theteachinglife.blogspot.com/2007/07/entrepreneurship-education-and-high.html

world information society report2007

I n t e r n a t i o n a l T e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n U n i o n

U n i t e d N a t i o n s C o n f e r e n c e o n T r a d e a n d D e v e l o p m e n t

Beyond WSIS

http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/publications/worldinformationsociety/2007/WISR07_full-free.pdf

Tool: Transana

http://www.transana.org/

College Majors and the Knowledge Content of Jobs

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2941.pdf

Tool: MyClipboard

http://gayanonline.blogspot.com/2007/07/myclipboard-free-opensource-project.html

R. C. Rybnikar

Babson College Archives

x4570

http://www.babson.edu/archives