Evaluation Report of the Becta Digital Video Pilot Project
When I was at AusWeb 01 I spent most of the conference working on a video project (I never did get my CD - if anyone out there has a copy of the video we created, please send it to me so I can share it with the list), making it one of my more interesting conference experiences. More...
Bill Would Ease Copyright Limits For E-Learning
Overview of the Technology Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act, considered likely to pass this fall. It's a good summary, listing the major improvements offered by the act, such as the extension of fair use to digital material, and also outlining the limitations, such as the restriction to techer-led classes at accredited institutions. More...
"Should the Computer Teach the Student..." 30 Years Later
An odd article. 30 years ago, the author presented a paper called "Should the Computer Teach the Student, or Vice-Versa?" at a Boston conference. This article revisits that paper. But it does so without any insight as to what is happening in online learning today. More...
Lack of School Discipline Rapped
The OECD releases the strangest surveys sometimes. This report is one of those, in which it is noted that while Canadian students "have more access to computers, labs and libraries than almost anywhere on Earth," their classes "are noisy and disorderly, and nearly half complained students do nothing at all for more than five minutes at the start of every class.". More...
Google: What's it Worth to You?
Google yesterday launched a service after a six month beta test, the Google answer service, in which customers submit a question and specify how much they are willing to pay for a solution (and how quickly they need the answer). More...
IBM Bets $10 Billion on 'On-Demand' Computing
Just a quick note on this one: if IBM can offer "on-demand computing" how hard could it be to offer "on-demand learning". More...
Latest from AOL, MSN Represent Evolution of Digital Dinosaurs
I don't cover AOL and MSN very much, precisely because I think that they are dinosaurs. But this article is worth a read because it identifies why they are dinosaurs, and there's a lesson for e-learning there. More...
CANARIE Provides the RACOL Project $1.3 Million
Canadian readers will want to take note of this latest program announcement from CANARIE, funding for the Rural Advanced Community of Learners (RACOL) project. More...
Points of Learning and Teaching Systems
Drawing from the concept of 'point of sale' in business, the instant a person decides to purchase a good or service, the author describes the 'point of learning and teaching systems' (POLTS) in education, which is roughly the instant a person decides to access learning. More...
How to Market E-Learning in Your Company
This issue is a bit of a flavour of the month, having shown up in a number of places recently. It won't last, because there's not much to say, and most of it is said here. More...
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