The Whole Equals Much More than The Sum of Its Parts
Nice paper delivered today at NAWeb describing the collaborative process involved in the launch of the Alberta Teachers of Psychology (AToP) and plans for the Great Canadian Psychology Web Site. More...
Developing Online From Simplicity toward Complexity
The web is, as numerous commentators have pointed out, non-linear in design. But most courses are taught in a linear manner. This creates an incongruity, but at the same time, suggests the non-linear design of online courses. The theoretical basis behind this kind of course design, argues the author, may be found in complexity theory. More...
The USA's Public Broadcasting Service - Online Educational Resources
Web Tools newsletter continues it's look on public education broadcasting, this week with coverage of the United States in general and PBS in particular. More...
NAWeb 03
I am NAWeb 2003 in Fredericton, New Briunswick, and like last year I have created a blog which is being added to by people here at the conference. In addition to the papers described below, I have summarized talks by Silicon Chalk's Murray Goldberg and Princeton's Howard Strauss. More...
The Blogging Iceberg
The results of this survey should not be surprising. The authors estimate that while more than 4 million blogs have been created on blog hosting services, almost 3 million of them have been abandoned, leaving (only) a little more than a million active blogs. More...
Define E-Learning? Let Me Count the Ways...
So is it E-learning, e-Learning, or Elearning? And why can't people who work in online learning fix their friends' computers. More...
Ideas as Corridors
The idea that ideas are a corridor is like saying that ideas are situated in clusters; think of the corridor as being similar to a particular culture, environment or zeitgeist. New ideas, situated beyond the corridor, are resisted, and people adapt to them in the following stages: they ignore the ideas, they deny them, they reject them, they integrate them, and finally, they make the transition to the new world view. More...
In Defense of the Essay
Given that I write essays almost exclusively, it feels odd to read this item about the genre as being second-rate, under-valued, and dismissed. Though I have dabbled with fiction, it is the essay that has always attracted me (these days it is the 100 word essay, but I digress). More...
RCDEO To Enter IEEE Standardization Process
The IMS Reusable Definitions for Competencies and Educational Objectives (RDCEO) will be put into IEEE format by the Learning Technology SubCommittee (LTSC) and submitted as an IEEE formal standard. More...
In Israel, which boasts the greatest number of start-ups per capita in the world, entrepreneurship courses have been sprouting at universities and colleges throughout the country to meet a grassroots demand. These aim to arm students with much needed theory and a toolbox of mentorships, networking and tips on how best to approach investors for funding, writes Shoshanna Solomon for The Times of Israel./https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
