From the site: "Imagine an e-portfolio based on personal publishing and social networking that can automatically link you to others with similar interests. The idea is simple but powerful: give students a personal space online to pose questions, publish work in progress and link to and comment on relevant resources. It also gives them a way to find and link up with other learners with similar interests to create an ad-hoc learning community.
This is the thinking behind a cutting-edge project known as Elgg, which is attempting to combine social software such as weblogs and wikis to produce software specifically for education - software that could help reshape e-learning into something far more personal and social." Added on: 10-Mar-2006 | hits: 886 Report broken link | Details
From the site: "At a recent news conference, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sought to impugn the character of the free/open source world by implying that it had no respect for the intellectual property [IP] rights of others. It's not just the enormous ignorance embodied by this duplicitous braggadocio that caught my eye, it's the fact that the claim is coming from a man associated with Microsoft, which is far and away the most notorious IP thief of all time." Added on: 24-Feb-2007 | hits: 1054 Report broken link | Details
Can free software satisfactorily meet the online teaching and learning needs of students, faculty, and instructional technologists? California State University faculty and staff seem to think so. Added on: 20-Sep-2005 | hits: 4347 Report broken link | Details
From the site: "Blended learning is a powerful training solution that combines e-learning with a variety of other delivery methods for a superior learning experience. This article reveals what makes blended learning so powerful, and how to choose the right mix of delivery methods for the best blend of skill enhancement and sustainability to ensure a company’s long-term competitive advantage." Added on: 03-Apr-2006 | hits: 636 Report broken link | Details
From the site: "What if there was alternative for Microsoft Word that would install and open in 6 seconds, read and write Microsoft Word .doc files and run on Macintosh, Microsoft Windows or Linux computers? And oh yeah, it was FREE so consumers didn't have to pay $499 for Microsoft Office. I'm excited to announce that day is here." Added on: 23-Mar-2006 | hits: 2802 Report broken link | Details
CNet News.com article detailing the adoption of MySQL database technology by major technology corporations. 8/10/2005. Added on: 10-Aug-2005 | hits: 718 Report broken link | Details
From the site: "A recent study by the Open University that found huge energy savings associated with online learning. How do these findings apply to organizational training? Here are some practical ways to use e-learning to reduce energy consumption." Added on: 06-Jul-2006 | hits: 1855 Report broken link | Details
From the site: "An emerging set of standards for ensuring the interoperability, accessibility, and reusability of digital instructional materials will have an enormous impact on eLearning. The standards' creators say they will open the door for educators to share, contribute, and reuse digital learning objects at will, regardless of the content management platform schools might use." Added on: 09-Apr-2006 | hits: 2338 Report broken link | Details
From the Wired News article: "Google will begin serving up the entire contents of books and government documents on Thursday..." Added on: 03-Nov-2005 | hits: 928 Report broken link | Details
