The Federal Trade Commission released a preliminary report, “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change,” for public comment today. Among other things, it
From Information Superhighway to Information Metrosystem
The new FTC report on consumer privacy has an interesting graphic in an appendix. It purports to be a model of the “Personal Data Ecosystem.”
Leaking Irony
While I work on more extended analysis of the WikiLeaks situation (among other things the obvious connection to my work on how geometries of information
Work Slowdown in Soc of Info
Readers, Have been swamped with teaching and administrative work of late, and trying to spend two days a week at the Center for Advanced Study
Peer to Peer Education: Can Students Teach One Another?
One of society’s major “information institutions” is, of course, the university (and colleges, too). In these institutions information is generated, classified, evaluated, sanctioned, organized, and
Closing the Loop in Practice: Does Assessment Get Assessment?
At a liberal arts college with which I am familiar, the administration recently distributed “syllabus guidelines” with 34 items for inclusion on course syllabi. Faculty
Innoeduvation 