eCampus News October 15, 2007 Vol.1 No.6

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Top News... Internet2 upgrades to 100 Gbps http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7433 Officials from the ultra high-speed advanced networking consortium Internet2 have announced that efforts to upgrade the network's infrastructure--including a substantial boost in its overall operating speed--are complete. Among the cutting-edge capabilities of the new Internet2, which connects more than 200 member universities to aid in research and education, is the capability for university researchers to connect through a high-speed link from one research facility to another.  Full Story More from eCampus News... Illegal downloader ordered to pay $222K http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7429 A federal jury on Oct. 4 ordered a 30-year-old Minnesota woman to pay $222,000 for sharing copyrighted music online, marking the first time one of the industry's lawsuits against an individual downloader had gone to trial. The defendant, Jammie Thomas, a single mother of two sons, said she would appeal.  Full Story 'Fair use' confusion threatens media literacy http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7430 In an age when digital images and recordings to supplement and enhance education are abounding, unnecessary restrictions and a lack of understanding about copyright law are compromising the goal of using such technology in the classroom, says a new report. After interviewing educators, educational media producers and media-literacy organizations, the report's researchers conclude that educators have no shared understanding of what constitutes fair-use practices, and that teachers face conflicting information about their rights, and their students' rights, to use copyrighted works.  Full Story Web offerings spread in 'battle for desktop' http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7386 A move away from desktop applications toward greater use of internet-based software is spreading rapidly among businesses, but the trend has not caught on among educational institutions--yet.  Full Story Parents, kids don't see need for math, science skills http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7380 A new report commissioned as part of an initiative to improve Math, Science and Technology (MST) education throughout the Kansas City area suggests that on the whole, parents, students, and local communities nationwide are complacent about or even resisting efforts to strengthen MST education, failing to realize the opportunities that knowledge of such subjects can bring in the 21st century.  Full Story Feds tout computerized tests for key skills http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7424 A federal report funded by the National Center for Education Statistics says computer-based testing holds promise for measuring "21st-century" and higher-order thinking skills that cannot be measured easily via traditional pencil-and-paper exams. One of the study's researchers notes, however, that the United States may well be years away from developing the infrastructure to support such testing.  Full Story Smithsonian debuts 'virtual museum' http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7388 Social networking technology will allow visitors of an interactive web site to chart the future of the Smithsonian Institution's newest museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, set to open in 2015. Museum officials say the interactive technology will allow those who wish to share their memories, photos, essays, and oral histories, bringing together people interested in the African American experience and those who have "great stories to tell."  Full Story Why can't our data just get along? http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7428 The Schools Interoperability Framework Association (SIFA) and the Defense Department's Advanced Distributive Learning (ADL) Initiative are collaborating to improve interoperability in K-12 schools. Through the development of a new version of the Sharable Content Object Reference Model, or SCORM, the two groups hope to transform the way education content is shared, with a focus on improved teaching and learning. "Core SCORM" will feature capabilities including the aggregation of learning content, search and discovery, and tracking student achievement.  Full Story Online-learning patent dispute heats up http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7369 The patent dispute heats up between enterprise software makers Blackboard Inc. and Desire2Learn Inc. over patent rights that Blackboard was granted in January 2006 for its course-management software and other eLearning products.  Full Story Purdue puts emergency texting to the test http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7389 Officials say the successful results of a recent experiment conducted at Purdue University to test text messaging as a form of emergency communication could be a promising step in the effort to equip college campuses with reliable and adequate emergency response plans. Nearly 3,000 of the 9,979 volunteers who signed up for the experiment replied to the test text message within the first 10 minutes.  Full Story Officials praise Del. State's response to shooting http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7382 Officials are touting Delaware State University's response to a double shooting on campus last week as a textbook example of how to handle a crisis.  Full Story Report slams Va. Tech's response to shootings http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7368 A state-appointed panel in Virginia that spent the last four months investigating the April shootings at Virginia Tech. concludes that though the university's response to the emergency was prompt, effective and well-coordinated, a number of critical errors in judgment occurred prior to the shootings as well.  Full Story Sputnik's anniversary sparks reflection http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7427 Since the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was launched by the Soviet Union 50 years ago, satellite technology has transformed life on Earth in a myriad of ways. According to White House science adviser John Marburger, satellites have actually triggered heightened interest among the American people, not only in space, but in science, mathematics, and education.  Full Story	eCampus News Keep up with the technology of higher education without devoting your life to it. 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