Wikiversity proposal
As a proposed project of Wikipedia, the Board appears to support the concept with proposed modifications. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiversity
Although a kernel of a project, it has possibilities.
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Swarming for National Security
Swarming for TTIC information sharing http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0106/011106mm.htm
BlogSafer Wiki to promote free speech blogs in multiple languages
"Spirit of America releases Anonymous Blogging Guides in English, Arabic, Chinese and Persian" BlogSafer Wiki includes guides on how to blog in countries that discourage free speech. http://www.spiritofamerica.net/site/press/679
"Researchers recommend wikis for government information"
Perhaps a wiki overlying a database of government information? This might allow federal goverment to federate information and enhance information sharing.
If I understand the proposal, each community would have a database of information it publishes. A second layer would allow collaboration where contextual information is added and "disparate strands of data" might be pulled together. And the wiki would facilitate the community members collaborating to add context that would maintain those semantic relationships within the data.
Interesting article from Government Computer News http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/37943-1.html
Theory: Corporate blogs are predictors of performance
Interesting theory: Large corporations tend to use Blogs when the company is in trouble, and they need to regain trust of customers. http://www.thelongtail.com/the_long_tail/2005/12/announcing_the_.html
To test this theory, a directory of Fortune 500 business blogs must be created. http://www.socialtext.net/bizblogs/index.cgi
Collaborative tools as indicators of financial performance ..... Or signs of corporate desparation?
WikiBooks portal
Wikibooks: open-content textbooks collection in 45 different languages http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks_portal Truly a global collaboration building 13,327 book modules since 2003.
Blog spots take political sides
European Commission Vice President, Margot Wallstroem, had harsh words in her blog for Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google. Seems the companies are cooperating with the Chinese government to squash free speech. The BBC UK story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4541524.stm links you to VP Wallstroem's blog http://weblog.jrc.cec.eu.int/page/wallstrom Forbes article, Jan 4, 2006, includes more information on the MSN spaces blogs being shut down in China. http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2006/01/04/afx2427279.html
Look, Ma! I'm on the news!
BBC contributor, Jo Twist, thinks 2005 was "The Year of the Digital Citizen" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4566712.stm. Victims providing live images of catastrophes. Will a media organization in 2020 simply fact checking and aggregating news and images citizens produce? Surely an inexpensive way to generate content. A billion unpaid stringers seems like a good business decision to me.
But pardon my skepticism. Political vlogs as mandatory? Citizens are eager to view political vlogs? Seems just hype to scare politicians into purchasing consulting services to create vlogs.
So we need a network for Podcasts?
Yes, educators continue to innovate and adopt technologies for the benefit of their students.
Education Podcast Network aggregates podcast programming for teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century.
[ http://epnweb.org/ ]
