Saludos! …to visitors from the UMN-FLACSO knowledge seminar! I hope that this blog will serve as good resource for exploring issues surrounding knowledge and innovation societies. There are three easy ways to navigate this site to find the information you’re interested in: Use the search box at the top of this page. Browse the list [...]
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UMN-FLACSO knowledge seminar begins tonight
6/11/2007
Our joint UMN-FLACSO knowledge seminar will begin tonight! (There are still a few seats available for Minnesota students — it’s not too late to register!) A growing glossary of key terms and ideas (in English and Spanish) is available at the course wiki. More news and ideas by all participants will be posted on the [...]
Singularity Institute blog launched
5/29/2007
The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence (SIAI) has launched a blog covering research and outreach updates, videos, articles, papers, events, goals, and relevant science and technology news. SIAI is a not-for-profit research institute in Palo Alto, California, with three major goals: furthering the nascent science of safe, beneficial advanced artificial intelligence (self-improving systems) through research [...]
Momentum building for collaborative knowledge course
5/21/2007
Cristobal Cobo notes that people at the Argentinian Ministry of Education, Science and Technology are taking interest in our joint knowledge seminar, offered by the University of Minnesota and FLACSO Mexico. The course blog and wiki are taking shape already… For more information, click on one of the links, below:
A course for knowledge and innovation workers
5/11/2007
I’ve been busy preparing an innovative course with Dr. Arthur Harkins and corresponding colleagues at FLACSO México that deals with moving “from information to innovative knowledge.” The course is offered in the Innovation Studies and Liberal Studies programs at the University of Minnesota; and will be offered concurrently by FLACSO México. The course will meet [...]
Blidget: Blog meets widget
2/1/2007
This seems like a good idea. From Crunch Gear: Widgetbox, a marketplace for Web widgets, now lets you quickly and easily build a widget for your blog. Called Blidgets, they combine the power of RSS feeds with the “easy page integration of widgets.” The Blidget Maker auto-discovers RSS feeds, images and descriptions for the blog [...]
Scott’s list of education blogs
1/29/2007
Just a quick note… Scott McLeod at Dangerously Irrelevant compiled a list of his take at what the top 30 education blogs might look like, based on Technorati rankings. He ranks himself at #24. Congratulations, Scott! The list, itself, is interesting. Read his post, then download the Excel file.
Solution Watch: Comment tracking with coComment
2/6/2006
Solution Watch writes about coComment: The way it works is very simple. When you signup to coComment, you are given a bookmarklet that you are asked to add to your browser. Then, the next time you come across a blog post that you want to comment on, click on the bookmarklet before commenting. You will [...]
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