Just a link for those interested:
Automatic Classification of Web resources using Java and Dewey Decimal Classification
There is also an implementation in the form of a directory and a search.
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Software Patents: A disincentive for innovation
February 23, 2007 – 11:52 am
The recent attention that the Blackboard patent situation has received made it fairly clear that in the education sector patents are unacceptable to most people.
What may not be clear is that it is becoming more generally accepted that software patents as a whole do little to increase innovation, and in fact create a significant risk.
The […]
Add Education.au blogs to your browser’s search
February 9, 2007 – 1:23 pm
There’s no doubt that the set of bloggers we have here at education.au are a wonderful resource who’s collective wisdom would enhance the day of any person.
That’s why I’ve enabled OpenSearch on the blogs.educationau.edu.au website: now you can search our collected writing directly from your browser.
The next time you visit the blogs.educationau.edu.au site you’ll see […]
Try the One Laptop Per Child software on Windows
November 22, 2006 – 10:54 am
Those following the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project (aka “the $100 laptop) may be interested to learn it is now possible to download and run the OLPC software on Windows.
Pictures of the first finished versions are now available, too.
No substitute for real-world experience?
November 15, 2006 – 10:41 am
It’s pretty common to hear people complain that education is no substitute for real-world experience. What if you gain real experience in a virtual world, though?
In an effort to foster entrepreneurialism within Second Life, Edelman and The Electric Sheep Company are teaming up to sponsor a Second Life Business Plan competition.
Have you dreamt of that […]
Subscribing to feeds in FireFox 2
October 25, 2006 – 11:25 am
Firefox 2.0 has just been released, and should become the browser of choice for many people.
One of its many improvements is a much better way to subscibe to website RSS feeds.
In this post I’ll show how you can subscribe to the rss feed for blogs.educationau.edu.au.
Firstly, download and install Firefox 2.0. This post will still be […]
A custom search engine for blogs.educationau.edu.au
October 25, 2006 – 9:08 am
The blogs.educationau.edu.au site has now been going for nearly 2 months, and has been quite successful. There have been over 80 posts by 9 different authors, over 10,000 pageloads and around 40 subscribers according to FeedBurner (as well as many subscribers who subscribe to individual blogs).
This success has caused a few problems, most notably the […]
Social Software in Teaching and Learning
October 19, 2006 – 8:56 pm
Val Evans over at the Social Software for Learning blog asks
What about using social software, viz blogs, wikis, social bookmarking and virtual conferencing in the VTE teaching and learning environment? How are they being used now? How could they be used better? Which disciplines do they suit best? Should they be used at all?
And what […]
