17 June 2005

Personalised and Collaborative Trails of Digital and Non-Digital Learning Objects : www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/trails/ To apply new technologies to the challenge of trail-support in e-Learning.

Authors Paul Arthur and Romedi Passini coined the terms "signage" and "http://www.paularthur-wayfinding.com/pages/0061chapters.html#Anchor-Chapter-45521 )the use of pictograms, words, colors, and architecture to help people find their way quickly and easily in a built environment (this book has become a standard on the subject for graphic designers and architects worldwide : http://www.paularthur-wayfinding.com/pages/1006contents.html ).

Computer Geek's History of the Internet : http://www.wbglinks.net/pages/history/ (via Stephen's Web )

Report by by Charles Leadbeater and Paul Miller that makes it clear that (not merely an internet phenomenon); 'pro-ams', as they call them, are sweeping through all sectors of society. : http://www.demos.co.uk/proamrevolutionfinal_pdf_media_public.aspx (via Stephen's Web )

"Some people can read a musical score and in their minds hear the music... Others can see, in their mind's eye, great beauty and structure in certain mathematical functions...Lesser folks, like me, need to hear music played and see numbers rendered to appreciate their structures." -Peter B. Schroeder
"All experience shows that technological changes profoundly transform political and social relationships." -John von Neumann
"They that would give up essential liberty to attain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin

"...consider taking the path less traveled, going within, and getting quiet. Being yourself, shining your light, and reaching out to others.... not that they might be an alternative to living high on the hog, in the fast lane, loaded down with embarrassing wealth... but as a means to attaining these things." - The Universe

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