by Derek Morrison, 19 December 2010 I come across the odd gem in my eclectic podcast listening and such was the case with an item in the BBC World Service radio programme Digital Planet of 15 September 2010 which focused on the work of Glovico.org which in its own words describes itself as : “,,, […]
Archive for the ‘Open Access’ Category
Ebooks in the ‘e-filling station’?
May 20th, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 20 May 2010 Any views expressed in this online essay are those of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the view of any other individuals or organisations. Today’s posting is an addition to my de facto segue on ebooks, words and techno-anxiety a topic I’ve addressed at […]
More universities going Google Apps
January 23rd, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 23 January 2010 N.B. The following item represents the views of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the views of any other individual or organisation. The UK Open University is joining the growing number of institutions adopting or exploring the Google Apps for Education offering. Another notable […]
Google as the digital ‘Library of Alexandria’?
November 3rd, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 3 November 2009 There’s an interesting On the Media item called The Infinite Shelf (27 March 2009) about Google’s vision of creating the digital equivalent of the Library of Alexandria. I think it’s well worth listening to the MP3 download of this interview with Harvard’s Robert Darnton author of Google & the […]
Open opportunties, open threats? – Postscript
October 5th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, originally posted 1 May 2009, updated 5 October 2009 N.B. The following posting represents the personal views of the author and should not be construed as necessarily representative of any other individual or organisation. One of the “messages” in my earlier Open opportunties, open threats? posting (Auricle, 30 April 2009) was that […]
Books are a networked object?
July 6th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 6 July 2009 There was a most interesting feature about the Open Library initiative titled The Library that Never Closes in last week’s Guardian (2 July 2009) which I think is worth reading. Here’s a few snippets to encourage you to read the full article. “Imagine books more as a networked object, […]
An “Amazing” business model
June 17th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 17 June 2009 While some are wondering if the digital zeitgeist will obliterate their ‘traditional’ business models others are looking at how the they can enhance theirs. One such new kid on the national UK digital radio/ internet radio block is called Amazing Radio which is broadcasting test transmissions at the time […]
Research Councils UK e’ related news
May 8th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 8 May 2009 Two recent items at the RCUK site that the ‘e’ oriented may find interesting are: New centres to transform the way we live in Digital Britain and RCUK publishes report on open access study. Download article as PDF
Project Canvas
March 7th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 7 March 2009 The BBC’s iPlayer is undoubtedly successful but yet the service constrains its users to viewing its streamed or downloaded material on a computer. Not for much longer apparently. Over on the BBC Trust site we find an account of Project Canvas which in essence seems to be broadband connection […]
eBooks and the e-learning ‘filling station’ revisited
September 25th, 2008
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by Derek Morrison, 25 September 2008 (addendum added 26 September 2008, Plastic Logic update 19 February 2009) In my November 2004 Auricle post A ‘filling station’ model of e-learning? I posited a ‘filling station’ view of e-learning which was at variance with the then dominant VLE view of the online learning world. I reflected on […]
