blogs: MoodViews

worth a trial >>>

buona Pasqua! happy Easter!

STOSS, Veit

High Altar of St Mary (Resurrection)
1477-89
Wood
Church of St. Mary, Cracow

eLearning: language learning and communication pragmatics

Tactical Iraqi (TM) is a computer-based, self-paced, learning program that in about 80 hours teaches English-speaking people totally unfamiliar with Iraqi Arabic how to speak enough to accomplish tasks and missions in Arabic.

eLearning: iPod in Medicine

Updating the Stethoscope with an iPod >>>

Learning: how I work, by Bill Gates

in Fortune, April 7, 2006 >>>

eGovernment: UK

Transformational Government Enabled by Technology >>>

eGovernment: un seminario

Seminario a Bellinzona (a cui intervengo anch'io), del 18 maggio 2006: Il Governo elettronico. Amministrazioni pubbliche e nuovi strumenti per la democrazia e la comunicazione

technology & internet: games

CEA study finds adults spend more time gaming than teens >>>

internet: pragmatics

two relevant articles:
Six degrees of reputation: The use and abuse of online review and recommendation systems, by Shay David and Trevor Pinch, First Monday, volume 11, number 3 (2006)

The Transformation of the Web: How Emerging Communities Shape the Information we Consume, by Josef Kolbitsch and Hermann Maurer, Journal of Universal Computer Science, volume 12, issue 2 (2006)

eGovernment: Politics Faces Sweeping Change via the Web

the New York Times, 2 April 2006, by Adam Nagourney >>>

internet: logfile analysis

Web Log Storming: a very good tool >>>

eLearning: Swiss Virtual Campus Days

The Swiss Virtual Campus Days took place on March 13-14 in Basel.
All plenary activities were recorded, and are available online >>>
I took part a in the Panel Discussion and Conclusion of SVC Days 2006, with Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmitt, Dr. Charles Kleiber, Dr. Nivardo Ischi, Prof. Dr. Marcel Jufer, Prof. Dr. Dieter Euler, Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Cantoni.

internet: MSN launches "live.com"

worth a visit >>>

internet & communication: Third Conference on Innovation Journalism

april 5-7, Stanford University >>>
about Innovation Journalism

eCulture in Europe

European Commission steps up efforts to put Europe’s memory on the Web via a “European Digital Library” >>>
La Commissione europea intensifica gli sforzi per creare la Biblioteca Digitale Europea, destinata a perpetuare la memoria dell’Europa su Internet >>>

internet communication

Online Reputation Monitoring Beginners Guide

technology: Ultra-Mobile PC

[it was Origami] by Microsoft >>>

internet: archive

A Research Library Based on the Historical Collections of the Internet Archive, an article by William Y. Arms, Selcuk Aya, Pavel Dmitriev, Blazej Kot, Ruth Mitchell, Lucia Walle

eLearning @ Carnegie Mellon

Carnegie Mellon Collaborates With EA to Revolutionize Computer Science Education >>>

Formazione

per chi è dalle parti di Milano tra oggi e il 18 marzo 2006 >>>

eGovernment: online political fundraising

Small donors, online donors and first-timers in the presidential election of 2004, a report released by the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet (IPDI) and the Campaign Finance Institute (CFI)
press release
document

internet: Web Tools Employ The Human Factor

an article by Leslie Walker >>>

eLearning: online market and stock exchange simulations

about simulations, a good starting point is:
http://compsimgames.about.com/od/online/

for market simulations and stock exchange simulations, you could consider:
http://www.stockmarketgame.org/
http://www.wallstreetforkids.com/
http://kidscansave.gc.ca/

sponsored by banks:
http://www.orangekids.com/
http://www.smithbarney.com/yin/

Comunicazione. Teoria e pratiche

Lorenzo Cantoni & Nicoletta di Blas, Comunicazione. Teoria e Pratiche, Apogeo, Milano 2006 (2a ed. riveduta e ampliata di Teoria e pratiche della comunicazione, Apogeo, Milano 2002)

VIP (very important post): Aging Workforce

Aging Workforce a Concern for US Tech Firms, an article by Gene Koprowski >>>

the press release by Comptia >>>

internet: China Splits from the Internet? Probably Not

an article by Kevin Murphy >>>

technology: TechFest at Microsoft

see for instance Stepping Through Your Inbox: One of Many Innovations in the Spotlight at Microsoft Research TechFest >>>

eLearning acceptance in university

a seminar held by Marko Krevs (right), Karl Donert (left) and myself, in Logarska Dolina (Slovenia), 13 February 2006, presenting to the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Ljubljana a roadmap to adopt eLearning.

internet diffusion

The (Teaching) Role of Universities in the Diffusion of the Internet, by Avi Goldfarb

internet: the book cover!

L. Cantoni & S. Tardini, Internet [RIMC: Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications], Routledge, London 2006

a volte sbaglia anche google...

difficile iscriversi a un seminario del 16 dicembre 2005... >>>

internet & olimpic games

The Gold Medal of Questions: Is the Web TV?
an article by Pete Blackshaw

internet & tourism: podcast

podcasts in tourism:
travelcasts by LonelyPlanet
iToors bz Rough Guides
SoundWalk

Internet: Kosmix

search Health (beta), Travel (alpha) and Politics (alpha). worth a trial

eLearning: mySchool

mySchool, le portail éducatif du Grand-Duché de Luxembourgau service des écoles

Internet: search engines

Search Sites Better At Getting Shoppers To Buy: a Study, by Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

"Introduction to Mobile Search" (7 pages; PDF) by the Mobile Marketing Association

Internet: un uso molto interessante di Google maps

una collaborazione tra Google e Fiat, da pensare anche per il turismo e tanto altro

Technology: Skype 2.0, now with video calling

Official release. Version: 2.0.0.81.
Release date: February 8, 2006

e-(?): Stanford on Itunes

Download faculty lectures, interviews, music and sports.
Play audio on your iPod, Mac or PC, or burn a CD.
Stay Connected anytime anywhere.
Experience Stanford on iTunes today and continue learning with Stanford.
>>>

eGovernment: White paper on a European Communication Policy

Commission's press release
The document in several languages: White paper on a European Communication Policy

PA: UN World Public Sector Report 2005

Unlocking the Human Potential for Public Sector Performance, the 2005 Report by UN

internet: in the future of libraries

internet archive "universal access to human knowledge"
google library project

eGovernment: Italia e Svizzera

IT: il Codice dell'amministrazione digitale
CH: Strategia del Consiglio federale per una società dell'informazione in Svizzera

internet/eGovernment: 2005 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey

just published: 2005 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey

internet: a master thesis on blogs

BLOGS. A GLOBAL CONVERSATION, a Master’s Thesis on the Social Phenomenon of Blogs, by James Torio (in pdf)
a master student at the USI - University of Lugano is writing her thesis on the use of blogs in education (more to come...)

technology: byte wars

Waging war through the Internet America is far more vulnerable to terrorists who hack systems than missions to blow things up, by John Arquilla (Sunday, January 15, 2006, San Francisco Chronicle).

a book to be read on the subject: Byte Wars: The Impact of September 11 on Information Technology, by Edward Yourdon

technology: how to put furniture on the internet

worth a trial:
http://www.icovia.com/

technology: virtual cities by Planet9

http://www.planet9.com/demos.html

(google and Microsoft maps going in this direction).

technology: build your own CNN channel online

a new life to "push" sytems? www.cnn.com/pipeline/

about push systems see: Benedetto Lepori, L. Cantoni e Riccardo Mazza, Push Communication Services: A Short History, a Concrete Experience and Some Critical Reflections, «Studies in Communication Sciences», 2/1 (2002), pp. 149-164 (soon available online in the NewMinE Library)

eLearning: un corso d'area sanitaria da provare

il corso: Emergenze a rischio di vita nello studio dentistico, sviluppato dal NewMinE Lab per la SSO - Società Svizzera di Odontologia e Stomatologia.

p.s.: da guardare anche www.firstaidpod.com

internet: browsers' war 2005

tantissimi auguri di un santo Natale! Merry Christmas!

Gentile da Fabriano (1370-1427)

Adorazione dei Magi

1423, Tempera su legno, Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze.

internet: search engines

The Year in Search: A 2005 Review >>>

Technology: The MobiLenin system (nothing to do with Gulag)

09.11.05 Best Arts Paper Award. Jürgen Scheible and Timo Ojala were awarded the Best Arts Paper Award at the premier international ACM Multimedia 2005 conference in Singapore. Paper: MobiLenin – Combining A Multi-Track Music Video, Personal Mobile Phones and A Public Display into Multi-User Interactive Entertainment.

eGovernment: disponibile il nuovo Osservatorio semestrale della Società dell'Informazione

Osservatorio semestrale della Società dell'Informazione. Evoluzione dell'innovazione in Italia secondo i parametri eEurope 2005, Federcomin Centro Studi MIT, N.3 - novembre 2005

eLearning - eTwinning: more than 10000 registred schools

eTwinning is the main action of the European Union's eLearning programme.
It promotes the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) at schools in Europe. Teachers and students use the Internet to work together across borders. They cooperate, exchange information and share learning materials >>>

eTwinning è la principale iniziativa nell'ambito del programma di eLearning dell'Unione Europea.
Promuove l'uso delle tecnologie dell'informazione e della comunicazione (TIC) nelle scuole europee. Gli insegnanti e gli studenti usano Internet per collaborare al di là dei confini. Cooperano, scambiano informazioni e condividono materiale didattico >>>

eGovernment: accessibility of public websites

eAccessibility of public sector services in the European Union, a report by the UK e-Government Unit, Cabinet Office

technology: VHS going to die?

VHS format heading to extinction

eLearning futures

(from EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 40, no. 6 (November/December 2005): 14–31).
Tomorrowland: When New Technologies Get Newer
see also the full 2005 reports

technology: a great November 2005 issue of D-Lib

see in particular:
Requirements for Digital Preservation Systems & Report on the 5th International Web Archiving Workshop (IWAW)

how to organize e-mails: SNARF

SNARF, the Social Network and Relationship Finder by Microsoft Research.

eLearning: a useful (and brief) manual available online

Lepori, B., Cantoni, L., Rezzonico S. (eds.) (2005) EDUM eLearning Manual, NewMinE Lab, Lugano (Switzerland)

internet: search engine use

Search engine use shoots up in the past year and edges towards email as the primary internet application, a report >>>

internet: Google testing click-to-call service

the service FAQ

eGovernment Library

eGovernment Library: essential eGovernment documentation at your fingertips >>>

la Carta nazionale delle professioni museali

la Carta nazionale delle professioni museali (also in english).
See in particular the sections devoted to "Responsabile del sito web (Website editor)" as well as:
"Responsabile dei servizi educativi (Educational services supervisor)" and "Operatore dei servizi educativi (Educational services assistant)".

Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (EPIC)

a quite new field, which is likely to grow a lot:
EPIC 2005
an article about it

technology: machine translation

an interesting article in Wired: applications in military and other fields.

eLearning: a great leanring experience at the NewMinE Graduate School

working with Etienne Wenger, Otto Peters, Stefano Tardini, many friends/learners.
(the program).

in the pictures: the outsite scenario and the group in the auditorium ...

technology: problems for some Sony BMG disks

the problem as presented in the NYT
the dedicated website set up by Sony BMG

eLearning: anthropomorphic interface agents

a project at the Florida Stata University: >>>

eGovernment: new EU state-of-the-art publication

EU: eGovernment in the Member States of the European Union – 2nd edition

eLearning and podcasts

"Podcasts and e-Learning: A Primer To Getting Started", offered by Symstruct.

"Learning Feeds", the service offered by Eliott Masie.

eGovernment: about China again

Critics Press Companies on Internet Rights Issues, by Tom Zeller Jr., NYT, November 8, 2005 (access to the site is free, first-time visitors must register).

eLearning: two experiences in large corporations

two experiences, which are going to be presented at online educa in Berlin:
eBay Online-Training (in German)
Nanfor Ibérica and Digital Simulations (in Spanish)

eLearning: "The No Significant Difference Phenomenon" website

website designed to serve as a companion piece to Thomas L. Russell's book, "The No Significant Difference Phenomenon" (2001, IDECC, fifth edition).
www.nosignificantdifference.org

eGovernment: electronic voting systems (a report by US GAO)

"Federal Efforts to Improve Security and Reliability of Electronic Voting Systems Are Under Way, but Key Activities Need to Be Completed", Report to Congressional Requesters by GAO, United States Government Accountability Office (September 2005, in PDF).

formare per i media: le nuove professioni della comunicazione formativa

martedì 8 novembre 2005, presso l'Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, intervengo alla tavola rotonda in occasione della conclusione e consegna dei diplomi del Master in Comunicazione e Formazione e del Corso di Perfezionamento in Media Education >>>

formazione per l'amministrazione pubblica

lunedì 14 novembre 2005, a Milano, inaugurazione dell'anno formativo 2006 di I.Re.F. e seminario su "La formazione per la pubblica amministrazione: sfide e proposte": un'occasione per riflettere su un ambito formativo molto importante >>>

half of European Internet users get government information online

from eGovernment News – 28 October 2005

eLearning: the Melbourne Declaration

The text of the Melbourne Declaration and some further contextual info.

PowerPoint

Edward Tufte against the cognitive style of PowerPoint: >>>
Don Norman in defence of PowerPoint: >>>
how to make PowerPoint presentations interactive: >>>
professional templates (not so expensive): >>>

iPods & China

two articles on the subject, by Stefano Zecchi (in italiano) and Thomas Friedman (in English).

The Dawn of Digital TV

By Robert M. Rast
in IEEE Spectrum Article, October 2005.

extreme Flash

un laboratorio con alcuni esperimenti assai interessanti

Fake PageRank Detection Tool

clever: da studiare

MIT OCW's approach to evaluation

Over the course of the next month, visitors to the MIT OCW Web site will receive a pop-up window asking them to fill out a user survey. This survey, the third such annual user survey instrumented since the launch of MIT OCW in 2002, will be in effect for the next month. Results will be published on the MIT OCW Web site in early 2006.
To read more about MIT OCW's approach to evaluation

tre eventi su formazione, usabilità & eLearning

20 ottobre, a Bologna, II Convegno Nazionale AIF Pubblica Amministrazione, intervengo su:
Formazione al servizio dell'innovazione: esperienze in Regione Lombardia
programma (in PDF)

3 novembre, a Lugano, evento in occasione del world usability day, in cui parlo di Comunicazione, qualità e usabilità:
programma

20-23 novembre, a Menaggio, seminario esidenziale della Graduate School New Media in Education, in cui intervengono Etienne Wenger, Otto Peters e Stefano Tardini. Parlerò di Future trends in eLearning: a discussion
programma

Blogging in the Enterprise

a survey conducted by research firm Guidewire Group and corporate blogging solutions provider iUpload:
http://www.iupload.com/

eLearning acceptance

Eliott Masie interviews Chiara Succi, from the NewMinE Lab.

eGovernment: internet filtering in China

"China operates the most extensive, technologically sophisticated, and broad-reaching system of Internet filtering in the world. The implications of this distorted on-line information environment for China’s users are profound, and disturbing", by the Open Net Initiative.

Other coutry studies

eLearning: Blackboard and WebCT to Merge

see: Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - Oct 12, 2005, #357.

eLearning & blogs

Instructional Blogging: Promoting Interactivity, Student-Centered Learning, and Peer Input, by Stuart Glogoff.

eLearning skepticism

Larry Cuban, Oversold and underused: computers in the classroom, Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Ma) 2001

Robert Zemsky and William F. Massy, Thwarted Innovation. What Happened to e-learning and Why, A Learning Alliance Report, 2004

internet in the physical world

Pipe§net.

eLearning: Saba Buys Centra

Saba Buys Centra: Eliott Masie interviews the two CEO.

Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks

published by AskSam.

eLearning: Visions 2020.2

The U.S. Department of Education, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce and NetDay, has released Visions 2020.2: Student Views on Transforming Education and Training Through Advanced Technologies

il laptop da 100 dollari

Nicholas Negroponte ha proposto di recente di realizzare un laptop da 100 dollari, per consentirne la distribuzione a larga parte della popolazione mondiale.
il progetto
i disegni del laptop

il Domesday Book (1086) e l'obsolescenza delle tecnologie digitali

il Domesday Book fu terminato nel 1086 ed è ancora accessibile presso i National Archives di Londra.
900 anni dopo, nel 1986, la BBC ne curò una versione digitalizzata su due laser-disk. solo pochi anni dopo il sistema in grado di leggere i due dischi non esisteva più, e ci sono voluti due anni e mezzo per rendere accessibile il materiale su un sistema pc compatibile (nel 2003).
la storia completa
la morale della favola
un progetto di Universal Virtual Computer, il cui compito è quello di garantire l'accessiblità di materiale digitalizzato anche con differenti piattaforme hardware e sistemi software.