__     __ __     __ __     __   web's eye view (November 3, 1998)
| | /| / /| | /| / /| | /| / /   alan levine                        
| |/ |/ / | |/ |/ / | |/ |/ /    Maricopa Center for Learning & Instruction
|__/ |__/ |__/|__/  |__/|__/     http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/eye/
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It's been a busy week at the URL shop, so we've got another bag of URLs, 
ready for pickup at:

   http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/eye/bag/curr.html
   
Keep them coming to us at:

   http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/eye/bag/drop.html
   
And you can find past selections by keyword searching among the previous 1500
items:

   http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/eye/bag/search.html
   
   
Finally, some new HTML Lessons
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We are making progress in updating our "Writing HTML" tutorial:

  http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/
  
with typo fixes, cleaned-up explanations, better visuals, and new lessons
on META tags and targetting browser windows. Over the next month we will
add more lessons for frames, forms, some javascript, perhaps embedding 
multimedia, DHTML, and Cascading Style Sheets.


Searching Never Ends
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Yet another web search engine: "Searchopolis":

  http://www.searchopolis.com/
  
turns out to pretty responsive returns decent results for a search site. What's
your favorite? Hoe many dogpile fans do we have:

 http://www.dogpile.com/
 
 
Online Education -Who Owns It?
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Edupage, 3 November 1998
DESPERATELY SEEKING A BUSINESS MODEL FOR ONLINE EDUCATION
Different financial arrangements are developing within the various academic
institutions that are busy developing online course offerings.  Two
examples:  Penn State is splitting revenues with the faculty members who
develop courses and their departments, whereas New York University will hold
ownership rights for its online courses.  Is there a lot of money to split
up?  NYU's Gerald A. Heeger, dean of continuing and professional studies,
warns:  "Online is a big, important field in higher education, but it does
not have a business model that works.  The dirty little secret is that
nobody's making any money."  However, he thinks someday that will change.
(New York Times 2 Nov 98)


Tired: Java / Wired: Chai
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Edupage, 1 November 1998
HP PREFERS CHAI OVER JAVA FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Hewlett-Packard, discontented with Sun Microsystems' control over its Java
programming language, has banded together with 13 other companies, including
Microsoft, to form the Real-Time Java Working Group, which will develop new
versions of the language for electronic devices.  The panel's creation is
the most recent clash in HP's battle with Sun over Java.  In March, HP
announced it was developing its own version of Java called "Chai" (after the
popular tea drink), which could be used in devices such as printers and
laboratory equipment.  An HP spokesman says the group was formed to ensure
that no one entity would have total control over the development of Java for
the devices.  Meanwhile, Sun and HP continue to work together on Java
products for servers and workstations.  (Wall Street Journal 3 Nov 98)