DIVERSE OnLine - NEWS IN BRIEF
November 2004
Radioqualia's new Linux streaming manual
Radioqualia have just finished the first version of a streaming manual for those wishing to learn how to stream under Linux. Its intended as a manual to accompany a hands-on self-learning or workshop based approach. No previous knowledge of Linux is assumed. Another manual on 'advanced topics' will be forthcoming. Topics include:font>
The manual is released under Creatice
Commonds Attributive ShareAlike NonCommercial License 2.0.
Feel free to nuse, ammend, distribute. It is available as a
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Radioqualia webiste can be found at http://www.radioqualia.net or contact Adam Hyde for details at adam@xs4all.nl/font>
Email forwarded by Murray Weston, BUFVC, November 2004
Innovate online
Innovate is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed online periodical (ISSN 1552-3233) published by the Fischler School of Education and Human Services at Nova Southeastern University. The journal focuses on the creative use of information technology (IT) to enhance educational processes in academic, commercial, and government settings.
We welcome submissions from a wide community of practitioners—from professors, teachers, trainers, and support specialists to program administrators, software designers, and leaders in the information technology industry. See http://www.innovateonline.info for details.
Email forwarded by James Morrison, Editor-in-Chief, November 2004
DIVERSIFY under development
WHY DIVERSIFY?
At the bottom left of the website we'll be adding a section labelled DIVERSIFY. Although the rest of the site is largely about the network that has developed around the DIVERSE conferences, we also wanted to expand this network, and also connect to other activities and groups that are around.
In this section, then, we'll have links to other projects in video and videoconferencing in education, resources that can support implementing teaching or technology, forums about calls for projects (so that interested parties can come together to create a consortium to apply for funding) and announcements of other conferences in the field. The list doesn't stop there, we can adapt the section to incorporate any ideas you may have, anything that can help us connect to the larger community out there.
Mark Childs, November 2004
Second National Workshop and Tutorial on Handheld Computers in Universities and Colleges
The day will focus on giving lecturers, teachers, staff developers and learning technologists the necessary conceptual and practical background to make informed decisions about deploying handheld computers in their departments, classes and courses. Each delegate will receive a complimentary Palm handheld computer and a CD-ROM loaded with educational software.
Place: Moathouse Hotel, Telford, ShropshireTime: 10 am - 4 pm
Date: Wednesday 12 January 2005
Fee: £ 205 (lunch and refreshments included)
Speakers to date:
1. M-moderating and m-tivities - Prof. Gilly Salmon, Leicester University, author of best-sellers on e-moderating and e-tvities
2. Mobile Learning: Progress and Potential - John Traxler, University of Wolverhampton
3. Context-Aware Mobile Learning - Peter Lonsdale, University of Birmingham
4. Usability - Dr. Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, IET, Open University
5. Delivering Content - Andy Ramsden, Bristol University
6. Technology and Tools - Jon Trinder, Glasgow University
BOOKING FORM
Please book on-line at www.e-innovationcentre.co.uk Further information from: e-Innovation Centre, University of Wolverhampton, Telford Campus, Priorslee, Telford TF2 9NT. Tel. 01902 322834 fax 01902 323952 e-mail info@eic.wlv.ac.uk
Cross posted on behalf of R.Symbalist, UKERNA, UK, October 2004
Dutch version Creative Commons
On 18 June the Dutch version of the Creative Commons licenses were launched.
In the presence of 200 representatives of the arts, culture, legal and government bodies Lawrence Lessig, the initiator of the licensing system, presented the Dutch version. The American initiative aims at optimally stimulating the Internet distribution of copyright-protected works of art and learning without infringing these copyrights. This occurs through the availability of Creative Commons licenses that stipulate the conditions under which these works can be used. Via a simple web-application makers can add one of the licenses to their work.
Throughout the world, artists have relinquished partial or total copyright on three million works of music, video, text and digital art. This has been achieved by assigning each work a Creative Commons license on the Internet. In the subsequent lively debate the monopoly of collective copyright organizations like BUMA/STEMRA and CEDAR were discussed.
More information: www.creativecommons.org
Submitted by J.Oomen, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision / Webstroom community - September 2004
Launch BIRTH portal
The BIRTH portal (www.birth-of-tv.org), containing streaming material from different European Broadcasters will be officially launched during the on October 15th, 2004.
Content from the time when television was in its infancy is barely accessible. This is true for the television professional, the scientific community and for the general public. Following a call for pilot projects in the MEDIA PLUS programme of the European Union, the BIRTH project has been launched to establish an online platform to make audiovisual content and supporting material available to the European citizens and professionals. An initial consortium of five major audiovisual archives and two technology providers has set up a Web portal offering uniform access to selected material from several heterogeneous sources. Material from the early days of television together with information on how television production looked in these early days can be immediately retrieved and viewed. The content provided is not limited to early programs, but includes also TV schedules, photographs, statistical figures and historically prepared articles. Particular attention is given to provide language independent search possibilities and to offer comparisons on different development paths in several countries over Europe. Extensive search facilities and an easy ordering system allow professionals to get high-quality archive material without hassle and in short time. From one single point, the BIRTH portal, material from several European archives can be searched and ordered.
The website can be found at: www.birth-of-tv.org
Submitted by J.Oomen, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision / Webstroom community - September 2004