Young lady balances 15 books on her head While reciting Pi to the 100th digit and solving a Rubik's cube

Spotted on Nothing to do with Arbroath

The tipping point for digital reading is 18 months away

Bookseller article by Liz Bury 23.3.10.The tipping point for digital reading is 18 months away and publishers should prepare by starting a parallel business to their print one - quoting Media Futurist Gerd Leonhard. Digital books first then print. The tipping point for the paperless office still remains elusive.

Samsung ereader

Samsung officially unveil an (a?) eReader the E6,costs $300, avaialble spring. Has WiFi no 3G.Includes MP3 player, speakers and wireless headphones. Supports EPub, PDF and TXT files.

http://ow.ly/1gZex

Google Public Data Explorer

Google Launches Public Data Explorer Tool from the ITProPortal Staff

Google launch Public Data Explorer, a new experimental application via Google Labs that could help everyone, from students to policy makers, in preparing informative charts using public data.

future global cultural relations

http://www.counterpoint-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/CloudCultureCharlesLeadbeater.pdf 

The internet, our relationship with it, and our culture is about to undergo a change as profound and unsettling as the development of Web 2.0 in the last decade, which saw Google and YouTube, Facebook and Twitter become mass, world-wide phenomena. Over the next ten years, the rise of cloud computing will not only accelerate the global battle for control of the digital landscape, but will almost certainly recast the very ways in which we exercise our creativity and forge relationships across the world’s cultures.

http://www.counterpoint-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/CloudCultureCharlesLeadbeater.pdf

Educause report Information Literacy -from engaged and curious to frustrated and overwhelmed

Information Literacy: A Neglected Core Competency
 Led to this from Martin Hughes

    * College students think of information seeking as a rote process and tend to use the same small set of information resources no matter their question.
    * Information literacy is essential for lifelong learning and empowers individuals and societies.
    * Our educational system should expose students to information literacy from elementary school through postsecondary education so that it is a habit of mind they can call upon throughout their lives.
    * Collaborative efforts between faculty, librarians, technology professionals, and others can develop students who graduate with information literacy competency.

Economics of LMS in HE

Soaring costs, no developent since 2004 - landmark study as reported by the Nose. Old post but just discovered "The Economics of Learning Management Systems in Higher Education"
Landmark study as reported by the Nose