Academe Links July 5, 2007

Openness in Higher Education:

Open Source, Open Standards, Open Access http://elpub.scix.net/data/works/att/140_elpub2007.content.pdf

Metaverse Roadmap Report

http://www.openthefuture.com/2007/06/metaverse_roadmap_report_1.html

Visualizing the Signatures of Social Roles in Online Discussion Groups http://www.cmu.edu/joss/content/articles/volume8/Welser/

Nature Network - a thinking person's social network?

http://efoundations.typepad.com/efoundations/2007/07/nature-network-.html

Tool: Picasa Mobile

http://milt.blogspot.com/2007/07/picasa-mobile.html

iPhone & Learning: Early Report

http://www.learning2007.com/iphone1

Pedagogical affordances of syndication, aggregation, and mash-up of content on the Web http://tesl-ej.org/ej41/int.html

Tool/Resource: Zentation

http://zentation.com/index.php

California Threatens to Sue Corinthian Colleges Over Allegations Involving Job-Placement Promises http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/07/2007070506n.htm?rss

In 'Groundbreaking' Settlement, U. of Washington Adjuncts Win Back Pay, Raises http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/07/2007070503n.htm?rss

Tenure Shrugged: A Scholar's Affinity for the Philosophy of Ayn Rand Cost Him His Job http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/07/2007070501n.htm?rss

Tool: Pixer

http://pixer.us/

Tool: Tumblr

http://www.tumblr.com/

Tool: LiveEcon

http://www.interactyx.com/index.html

Tool: SnapPages

http://www.snappages.com/

Tool/Resource: Thoof

http://thoof.com/home

Resource: ALISON

http://alison.com/index.php

Massachusetts: Office XML is coming, Office XML is coming!

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070704-massachusetts-office-xml-is-coming-office-xml-is-coming.html

Online Social Networks, Virtual Communities, Enterprises, and Information Professionals — Part 1. Past and Present http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jul07/Reid_Grey.shtml

Less Than 1 Percent Overlap in Major Search Engine First-Page Results http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2007/06/12/less-than-1-percent-overlap-in-major-search-engine-first-page-results/

Two Off-topic diversions: Literary Stamps & Book Inscription Project http://literarystamps.blogspot.com/

http://bookinscriptions.com/books/

Earliest Records in WorldCat

http://worldcat.org/profiles/ThomasBHickey/lists/8040

When Worlds Collide: Learning Activity Management for Avatars http://www.slideshare.net/eduservfoundation/when-worlds-collide-learning-activity-management-for-avatars

Census Bureau Publishes First-Ever Reports on Veteran Entrepreneurs and Their Businesses

http://www.docuticker.com/?p=14601

R. C. Rybnikar

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