Category Archives: Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!)

U.S. Claims Global Jurisdiction of .net and .com Web Sites: Is .edu Next?

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Jim Farmer

On January 13, a UK magistrate ruled a 23-year-old student can be extradited to the United States for running a website posting links to pirated TV shows and films; this despite significant doubts over whether such sites break any UK … Continue reading →

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(I Hope This Isn’t a) 2012 Predictions Post

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Audrey Watters

Happy 2012. After writing a blog series outlining some of the major ed-tech trends of 2011 as well as a few obligatory posts with predictions for the new year, I figured I’d be off to the races, energized about my … Continue reading →

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The Zone of Proximal Curiosity

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Michael Feldstein

Gardner Campbell has a great piece at Campus Technology that asks the following question: What if we took another tack, specifying that students should not only remember information but also demonstrate increased curiosity? I have enormous sympathy for this line of inquiry. … Continue reading →

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Educational Publishers Appear to be Supporting SOPA

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Phil Hill

UPDATE 12/23: Per the House Judiciary Committee, it is now confirmed that these companies are on the record supporting SOPA and the Protect IP companion legislation. Yesterday the House Judiciary Committee began the process of marking up the Stop Online Piracy … Continue reading →

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How Georgia Tech Has Shown the Perils of SOPA

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Phil Hill

This has been a tough week for open education, at least in higher education.  First came the news that Georgia Tech has taken down a 14-year-old student wiki site that allowed discussions and collaboration across courses and across semesters.  Next … Continue reading →

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