I can’t begin to say how much I agree with this. Standards and open platforms for online social networking would be huge. The network effect would likely slow a migration down, but I’m glad someone is working on it. Could open source tools make Facebook the next AOL? – Computerworld.
One of my favorite blogs that doesn’t often make it to posts here is OSNews. Their editor, Eugenia, takes on an issue that I’ve been giving a lot of thought to lately–Internet TV (The Next Big Tech Battleground: the TV). She starts out by stating, “I’m a couch potato.” Aren’t we all? Eugenia’s experience with …
One of the ongoing struggles of the educational technologist is dealing with FERPA law and instructor/student expectations. Frequently an instructor will want to use a tool (hosted on campus or elsewhere) and want students to have access to the tool via automatic rostering. Registrars can sometimes be hesitant to share this data. The health sector …
On Facebook, Google, and Our Evolving Social Mores Online – John Battelle’s Searchblog. This is along the same lines of my previous post about the Tweeting CNN editor, but zooms out for a much broader view of the impact of online social networks on our moral frameworks. I have to dig deeper on this one, …
John is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He studies the social impact of media technology law and policy, with a special emphasis on copyright. He also is an instructional technology consultant for DoIT-Academic Technology.
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