Learning Repository Community wiki
Because this site is a Wiki, anybody could may add to it. It's a good initiative, launched by ADL. The site currently has some basic information about learning object repositories and links to a number of resources. More...
eLearnopedia
eLearnopedia
Three items from Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) this week, all culled from today's Academic ADL Co-Lab News Report. This first item is a lot like OLDaily - a daily selection of links and resources in the field of e-learning. More...
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The Tyranny of Copyright?
The Tyranny of Copyright?
This is a great observation: "The recording industry is a $12 billion a year business, compared with the telephone business, which is a more than $250 billion a year business. That is what economists call a 'revealed willingness to pay,' a clear preference for a technology that allows you to participate in work, socializing and interaction in general, over a technology that allows you to be a passive consumer of a packaged good." This item comes within the context of an article depicting (oh so fairly, mind you) a copyright regime that is out of control. More...
Industry Standard Is Latest Dot.Com-Era Publication to Try a Comeback
Industry Standard Is Latest Dot.Com-Era Publication to Try a Comeback
Back in the heyday, the Industry Standard was one of my favorite online pubs, along with Wired, Red Herring and Business 2.0. One by one, they all died, of course, or became subscription-only shadows of their former selves. More...
European E-skills Newsletter
European E-skills Newsletter
Cedefop has launched the first edition of the European e-skills newsletter. Unfortunately, the newsletter is available only as a PDF file, which defeats the whole purpose of launching a newsletter. More...
Trends in Collaboration
Trends in Collaboration
This 25 minute presentation will take you, well, 25 minutes to get through (audio presentations completely negate the advantage of speed reading), but it's a sampling of the best of Jay Cross. More...
T and D Blog
T and D Blog
George Siemens points to this new blog from Training & Development magazine. As he and others point out, the blog really needs an RSS feed, which though Blogger doesn't support it, could easily be provided using RSSify. More...
The Mythical e-Learning Hour
The Mythical e-Learning Hour
This item has been getting good circulation in the blogging community. In a nutshell: learning should not be measured in terms of time, because that is a measure of activity, not outcome. More...
Scholars and Scoundrels
Scholars and Scoundrels
On the one hand, as this article notes, the tranditional universities sometimes act like a cartel when it comes to accrediting online and distance learning universities. On the other hand, there are a lot of fishy institutions out there. More...