17 octobre 2018

For Most Africans, Internet Access Is Little More Than a Pipe Dream
Good story showing internet access figures in a number of African countries, making the point (stated in the title) that internet access is not a reality in Africa. Of course, a lot of things are not realities in Africa, so it may be hard for people to see computers and the internet as a priority. More...

Top 10 Open Source Tools for eActivism
This is a nice guide to the major open source communication and collaboration tools (blog tools, wiki tools, community sites, newsletter tools) - useful for eActivism, of course, but equally useful for online learning. More...

The Edible Schoolyard
I think this is a great idea, on so many levels. Basically, the idea is that you eat what you grow (and cook, and serve). The idea is something like this: "We're in the middle of a health epidemic," says Waters. More...

EduTopia
This is a neat idea: "In addition to our top current stories, our new "random generation" feature serves you two different home page articles on each visit! The feature pulls articles from our deep well of over 400 articles and interviews, placing two pieces in our "From the Archives" section each time you refresh the site. More...

Do We Really Use Only 10 Percent of our Brains?
The answer to the question, offered in this Scientific American article, is no. If you think about it, "Losing far less than 90 percent of the brain to accident or disease has catastrophic consequences." There is a great deal of myth surrounding how the brain functions. More...

SA, India, Brazil Outline Co-Operation
Distance learning is a part of this agreement, just signed in New Delhi by South Africa, India and Brazil. More...

Patrick Henry College Grooming Conservative Leaders
One of the outcomes of online learning has been enhanced support for home schooling. And one of the outcomes of the rising home schooling movement has been the development of colleges that target support to this sector. However, this development has been noted with concern by some, since the movement has allowed for the development of educational institutions with specific political and religious leanings. More...

Merger For Rival RSS/ATOM Formats?
I think we're still a long way away from merging the various content syndication formats, but the discussion was ignited again over the weekend with a proposal from RSS 2.0 advocate Dave Winer that such a merger occur. More...

Copyright, Access and Digital Texts
Good overview of the case for open access to educational materials, with a lot of links later on in the paper to open content projects. More...

A Method of Evaluating Training
Nice short white paper describing what the author calls the DMAIC methodology for training return on investment (ROI). DMAIC stands for Design, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control. More...