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...museum, a month-long art project, is not enclosed in four walls—in fact, its display changes daily because it is created by the people who ‘visit’ it. The virtual museum, accessible via phone or on-line, is meant for and created by the people who live in the neighborhood of Somerville...
...Mobile software for PDA phones ($30, but there?s a free trial). Using Sprint's UTStarcom PPC 6700, operating on a highspeed data network similar to Verizon's, I could pull up the cable box - live shows and ones I had already recorded. My only complaint is that the virtual remote control gets in the way of the on-screen program guide, so you can't see what you're trying to select. My clumsy solution was to keep toggling the remote...
...biggest complaint was that the LocationFree?s virtual on-screen remote didn?t have the right buttons to control my cable box. There was no List button, so I could not access a single show that I had recorded earlier. Also noticeably absent were the back-skip and live-TV buttons. My viewing options were basically limited to live...
Admittedly, the cost of recording and storing these videos would be high. But it can be managed. According to FAS Assistant Dean Robert G. Doyle, three different steps are needed get a class online: preparation, recording, and editing. Considering all human capital, virtual storage, and technical cost, a one-hour lecture costs around 75 dollars. At this point in time, it seems prohibitively expensive to record all classes; nevertheless, we can still do better than the status quo. Until costs become small enough to record everything, we should rely on CUE guide ratings and even departmental discretion to choose...
...editors: Re: “Virtual Veritas,” magazine, Apr. 13. At a recent round-table discussion with students, President Summers pledged to expand the for-credit distance education programs currently offered through the Harvard Extension School. As an alumnus of the Extension School and an adjunct professor at a community college, I have no objection to non-traditional venues of higher education. I also understand and appreciate the educational potential afforded by the Internet. Nevertheless, I must part company with the outgoing President on the issue of Internet education at Harvard. The offering of Internet courses...