Googlesluts. Jan Haugland nominates David Harris for Googleslut of the century for temporarily renaming his blog Harry Potter 5 Summaries and News. Over 3000 hits this morning and counting…. [Radio Free Blogistan] [A blog doesn't need a clever name]

I think this is great fun, hilarious almost.

Writing RSS 1-2-3.

Faster than a speeding bullet, Alan turned out a proper trial RSS feed for the 'low threshold application' page from the TLTR group by the next morning. And in his inimitable style, offers another lesson in how to solve problems *and* educate at the same time. – SWL

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[EdTechPost]

interesting stuff, this is what can be done with a few minutes and a good idea

Expanding Access to Learning: The Role of Virtual Universities.

Hot off the presses, a new monograph from the PEW Symposia in Learning and Technology. The monograph “assesses the current state of statewide virtual university initiatives, discusses five critical success factors derived from that assessment, and offers an alternative strategy to the predominant collaborative model that can improve current practice.”

For those of us involved in virtual university/consortia projects, this is essential reading. While I think there are real differences in the US and Canadian contexts that effect these issues, there are enough similarities that we need to pay real attention to the lessons being learned south of the border. – SWL

[EdTechPost]

well, i've been pushing for disciplinary collaboration through online education, instead of remaking the bricks and mortar online, why not remake the society online…? a nice distributed university.

marble columns. Over 2000 wealthy tax payers paid no tax in 2000. Meanwhile, states are plunging into budget deficits. Perhaps the tax cuts are meant not to spur the economy, but to defund social programs? [MetaFilter]

ya think? nah, can't be{sarcasm} social programs don't work if they don't have money. motivation falls if people are underpaid. i recently heard that a master of social work costs around 90000, but pay is 25 to 30000, and usually in a city…. good luck digging out of that hole. but guess whose creating a larger one? you elected them, didn't ya.