Elearning in the Netherlands

This brief document provides an overview of e-learning in the Netherlands. Because there is no specific national program, most funding goes directly to schools. More...

Site to Centralize E-training
The U.S. government is finalizing plans to centralize e-learning provided by various government agencies under one roof. Office of Management and Budget launched the Government Online Learning Center in July of 2002 and on Wednesday launched the second phase of the program, which includes new features and enhancements to the site. More...

Find an Answer in E-Learning
This item is mostly a rehash of what readers have seen before (is there any other kind of rehash?) but provides three compact case studies of corporate e-learning: Home Depot, Ryders and Siemens. More...

Venture Capital: Online Education Attracting Support
Describes investors' attitudes toward online learning, illustraing that theme with an account of Howard Schultz's $7.5 million investment in Capella (Schultz is known for such other moderately successful enterprises as Starbucks and eBay). More...

Visible Narratives: Understanding Visual Organization
Anyone designing e-learning should be familiar with the elements of visual design. This article provides an unfortunately terse outline of some of the major concepts. But I like the approach: using design to tell a story visually. More...

So Sorry Adobe Urges More DMCA Busts

This white paper touts the benefits of e-learning in supply chain management. If you need ammunition for a business case this paper may help you. More...

The Future of E-Learning Models and the Language We Use to Describe Them
On Wednesday I released the text of my interview with Mark Oehlert, which he asked me for a week or two before posting a more general request on his website. My declaration of impatience was rewarded as on Thursday he released the slides and draft from his study. More...

Exposing Information Resources for E-learning - Harvesting and Searching IMS metadata Using the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting and Z39.50

Nice technical document that I wish people working on development in a large national learning object initiative (which will go nameless, to protect the guilty) would read. More...

Joining the Dots: Advances in Online Biomedical Literature Management
Good quick survey of some of the major approaches and technologies involved in online scientific literature management and distribution. I like this item because it provides a good index to the sort of material I select for this newsletter. More...

Five Tips for Type in Online Learning
This is mostly good advice. I disagree only with the first dictum: use only two type styles. I typically use three: one for headlines, one for body text, and one for site navigation. More...