By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. E-learning for Target Learner Groups – Youth
It has a publication date of March 31 but it showed up in the EdNA RSS feed on Wednesday. This report surveys major topics in learning for youth - the 'digital native', games, mobile learning, blogs. Some good content pointing clearly to the defects of traditional classroom instruction. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. HotGigs Offers E-Learning to Independent Contractors, Staffing Companies, Employers
Interesting lead: "HotGigs, the Contract Talent Marketplace, today launched thousands of business, professional, and technical e-learning courses on its Web site." Of course, when you issue a press release like that, you should follow up by actually putting the courses on your page (or, at least, some mention of them). More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Judi Hasson: E-learning: A Progress Report, Fcw August 30, 2005
E-learning is still strong in government, according to this report, because "The federal government is in a financial jam, and it's banking on e-learning to reduce the costs of technology training." The author is highlights the weaknesses of e-learning (in the course of three "reality checks"). More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Distance Education Course Taxonomy
I'm not sure whether it's possible to devote a whole blog to distance education course taxonomy. Then again, taxonomy forms the bulk of a lot of writing in the field. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Politics of E-Learning Standardization
Draft discussion of the role of standardization in e-learning. The authors explore the idea of "the function of standards as an instrument of justice" and in particular the nature of standards as understood by Actor Network Theory - that is, the idea that standards are not merely technnological black boxes but rather embody a host of social and cultural considerations. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Correction - ALT-C
OK, a correction from last week. alt-i-lab is an annual "advanced learning technology interoperability" conference run by IMS. That's not the one I'm going to. No, I will be at ALT-C, the annual conference of the UK's Association for Learning Technology. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Economy of E-Learning
Something I wrote over the weekend on business models in e-learning. Economic opportunities will exist, not in the production of new goods that will not be purchased, but rather in the support and servicing of increasingly self-managed educational activity. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, July 10, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect]. More...
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