Blog Revolution: Expanding classroom horizons with Web logs.

Blog Revolution: Expanding classroom horizons with Web logs.: "Think blogs are a passing fad? Then consider this: A new blog is created every second. There are more than 900,000 blog posts a day. Some two million blogs are updated every week. At this point, I think it's safe to say that blogs are here to stay. As any journalist, politician, or business executive will tell you, a world inhabited by content-producing ordinary people�also known as bloggers�means big changes. That's soon to be true for educators, as well."

Collaborative Learning Environments

Collaborative Learning EnvironmentsA diary of my involvement in a project on collaborative learning in the psychology department at the University of South Africa.

Blended Instruction: Adapting Conventional Instruction for Large Classes

Blended Instruction: Adapting Conventional Instruction for Large Classes: "Abstract
This article provides a discussion of issues confronting institutions of higher education in their efforts to reduce costs and improve the quality of instruction for large classes. Blended learning is described with examples of technology applications referenced to existing courses at various universities. A discussion of cost reduction strategies is included. The article concludes with a summary of the types of adaptations and alternatives that instructors may use in teaching large classes, consideration of reusable course content, and the relationship of technology to instructional costs. "

What One Needs to know To Create Successful Hybrid/Blended Program

Educause 2004: Scott: "What You Need to Know to Create Successful Hybrid/Blended Programs"

Value Chain Analysis: A Strategic Approach to Online Learning

Value Chain Analysis: A Strategic Approach to Online Learning
Only by integrating the Internet into overall strategy will this
powerful new technology become an equally powerful force for
competitive advantage. (Porter, 2001, p. 78)
Introduction
Distance education uses mediated information and instruction,
encompassing all available technologies and a variety of other
forms of instruction at a distance, to deliver knowledge and skills
to the learner. Online education is an extension of the traditional
form of distance education.

Developing Cost-Effective DL Programs ()trategies

Strategies: "The successful management of telecommunicated learning programs requires analysis on many levels: needs assessment, market analysis, cost feasibility, assessment of student readiness, evaluation of cognitive and behavioral gains, assessment of satisfaction with programs, technology and services offered. Far too little attention has been given to cost-effectiveness of distance learning programs. This article provides an overview of (1) the roles of various assessments and analyses in the pre-development, mid-development, and full implementation stages of distance learning projects; and (2) cost analysis strategies and their functions. "

BLOGs WIKIs etc Tools Exploring Online Resources TLT Group Faculty Professional Development Workshop Tailored Website

BLOGs WIKIs etc Tools Exploring Online Resources TLT Group Faculty Professional Development Workshop Tailored Website: "
Exploration Guide: Educational Uses of Blogs, Wikis, etc.
Recommended starting places - Links for work in computer lab or online - esp. in small groups"

Egalitarian Finland most competitive, too - Yahoo! News

Egalitarian Finland most competitive, too - Yahoo! News: "HELSINKI, FINLAND - Fifty years ago, Finland was known for little more than the wood pulp from its endless forests. A poverty-stricken land of poorly educated loggers and farmers on the edge of the Arctic Circle, few paid it any attention.
ADVERTISEMENT. Today, this small Nordic nation boasts a thriving hi-tech economy ranked the most competitive in the world, the best educated citizenry of all the industrialized countries, and a welfare state that has created one of the globe's most egalitarian societies."

Inside Higher Ed :: The Sounds of Stanford, via the iPod

Inside Higher Ed :: The Sounds of Stanford, via the iPod: "Through its iPod player and the iTunes Web site through which it sells individual songs, Apple has helped to change the way music is distributed. The company has grand ambitions to do the same with other kinds of content in fields like higher education, and it took another step in that direction Thursday with Stanford University�s announcement that it would make a range of audio content available to its alumni and others through iTunes"

Online Degrees More Acceptable in the Workplace, According to New Vault Survey

Online Degrees More Acceptable in the Workplace, According to New Vault Survey: "NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 2005--According to career publisher Vault Inc.'s new Online Degrees Survey, 85% of employers feel that online degrees are more acceptable today than they were just five years ago. "

Learning Styles and Study Habits

Learning Styles and Study Habits: "The online classroom is a new learning environment for learners and instructors alike; and while many participants in your online courses will have been very successful in the traditional training classroom, the e-learning environment offers an array of obstacles and opportunities that learnes must attend to in order to continue their success."

Wake-Up Call: Open Source LMS

Wake-Up Call: Open Source LMS: "There is a growing market demand for Open Source learning management system (OS LMS) products. This demand has attracted the attention of many corporate and government clients. Clients have begun to ask if Open Source LMSs are now viable alternatives to commercial platforms. Essentially, they are asking, �Are OS LMS platforms as good as commercial products yet?�
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Stanford provides access to university content through iTunes

Stanford provides access to university content through iTunes: "Today, the university will publicly debut a project called Stanford on iTunes, providing Stanford-related audio content via the iTunes Music Store, Apple's popular music jukebox and online music store. Stanford on iTunes will give alumni and the general public free access to a wide range of Stanford-specific digital audio content."

eLearning Reviews: Why Faculty Did � and Did Not � Integrate Instructional Software in Their Undergraduate Classrooms

eLearning Reviews: Why Faculty Did � and Did Not � Integrate Instructional Software in Their Undergraduate Classrooms: "Starting from the notice that in spite of its obvious benefits to instructors and students a great deal of educational technology never reaches the classroom or is only used sporadically the author introduces to the guiding question of his study: �Why do instructors use or do not use new software in their classroom?� Within an eclectic presentation of some literature studies about technology integration in K-12 and university settings the author introduces the two-barrier model of Ertmer (1999): First order barriers are frequently encountered by teachers who attempt minor changes to instruction and face extrinsic obstacles, e. g. poor technical infrastructure and access. Second-order barriers are �intrinsic� barriers which are grounded in the instructors believes and values of the teachers and prevent them from fundamentally changing their instructional design."

E-Learning In Higher Ed. (A PPT Presentation)

E-learning in Higher Education is the title of a ppt presentation given to faculty at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, CA, USA, on Oct. 19, 2005. The presentation is based on results of sabbitical research begun in January 2005, and concluding (yet ongoing) officially in May 2005.

FSF - The Free Software Foundation

FSF - The Free Software FoundationThe Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Boston, MA, USA. We rely on support from individuals like you to carry out our mission to preserve, protect and promote the freedom to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer software, and to defend the rights of all Free Software users.

elearnspace: Connectivism and Web 2.0

elearnspace: Connectivism and Web 2.0: "PowerPoint copy of a presentation delivered at University of Manitoba today: Connectivism and Web 2.0. I'll upload an audio section soon to clarify some concepts (especially the notion that we exist as nodes on our own network...and that networks reflect back on themselves as filtering nodes...and that thinking and cognition exist in space and time)."

Auricle

Auricle: "The really really rough guide to e-Learning benchmarking in Higher Education"

(beelerspace) � Us.ef.ul

(beelerspace) � Us.ef.ul: "There are several reasons you should probably be using del.icio.us. If you use computers in multiple locations, say one at home and one at work, delicious can synchronize your bookmarks"

Electronic Portfolios for Integrative Learning | National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research

Electronic Portfolios for Integrative Learning | National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research

Inside Higher Ed :: Blackboard vs....

Inside Higher Ed :: Blackboard vs....: "Last week�s news that Blackboard was buying WebCT, its top competitor for course management systems, caught many academics by surprise. Now that they have had a little time to think about it, campus technology administrators and faculty members who use the systems (and alternatives) offer a variety of views on what the merger means."

MERLOT Teaching and Technology

MERLOT Teaching and Technology: "Welcome to the new MERLOT Teaching and Technology Portal, the gateway to educational resources for all your teaching-with-technology needs. "

Blackboard and WebCT Announce Plans to Merge

Blackboard and WebCT Announce Plans to Merge: "Blackboard and WebCT, leading providers of enterprise software and services to the education industry have announced plans to merge. The announcement was made at October 12th at 4 pm EST in a news release posted on PR News wire. "

Global Learning FachNews: Infos und News zu E-Learning Markt, Bildungspolitik und Weiterbildung

Global Learning FachNews: Infos und News zu E-Learning Markt, Bildungspolitik und Weiterbildung: "10/05 - On a per capita basis, Canada�s e-learning industry is second to none. Approximately 300 companies offer a wide range of e-learning products and services from coast to coast. E-learning is supported by university research and promoted by government agencies, and is increasingly used by Canadian corporations, governments, and educational organizations. National industry associations such as the Canadian Interactive Alliance / Alliance interactive canadienne (CI@IC), the voice of interactive media content in Canada, and the Canadian eLearning Enterprise Alliance (CeLEA), support e-learning in their conferences and organizational initiatives."