VoIP in the Enterprise
I have always hated telephones, and I discovered when I installed Skype onto my computer that I hate them as much online as in the traditional form. But most people like telephones, and they are looking for the ease and savings that may be obtained by transferring voice communications to the internet. More...

Review of Learning Design Tools
Link to and description of A Review of Learning Design: Concept, Specifications and Tools, a report for the JISC E-learning Pedagogy Programme by Sandy Britain (MS Word doc). If you have any interest in learning design at all, or just want to learn about it, you should read this report. More...

WebJay
So of course there's a whole community around the idea of 'playlists', which is the generic term for what I created with Ed Radio. Seb pointed me to the author of this site, which takes any HTML page containing links to MP3 files and converts it to a playlist which you can play using Real or some other audio player - just what I did with Ed Radio, but (presumably) without the bugs. More...

The Wide World of Wiki: Choosing a Wiki for an Element of a Fully Online Undergraduate Course
James Farmer provides a nice review of wiki software that can be used to support an online class (a wiki is essentially a website that allows any reader to chaneg the contents). More...

NUTN 2004: Quality in Distance Learning
I am off to Kennebunkport, Maine, in a few minutes to speak at the National University Telecommunications Network (NUTN) annual conference. I thought going to Maine would be easy because it's just down the road - but this has turned out to be one of my more difficult trips to plan. More...

In the Land of Confusion
A nice application by Seb Fiedler of Philip Candy's 1991 Self-direction for lifelong learning to some of the confusion surrounding self-directed learning on the web. Fiedler draws on Candy's notion of "ownership" where in some cases of self-directed learning the influence of the professor may linger, while in others it is absent. More...

Let’s Build More “Learning” into Even Basic IT Tools
I don't think I really like this idea but I'll pass it along in any case. The author's proposal is that the software tools students use on campus should have educational ads built into them. More...

When the Cows Come Home: A Proven Path of Professional Development for Faculty Pursuing E-Learning
The title promises more than the article delivers, but this summary of the University of Houston's CampusNet Online Workshop, or COW, is worth reading. More...

How to use Weblogs to Create Engaging Learning Experiences
Nice overview article that describes the educational uses of weblogs and describes three-step design process using blogs to teach a program. More...

Designing Collaborative E-Learning For Results
Case study of the adaptation of a two-hour lunch seminar on conflict resolution to online deliver. More...