One Quarter of Online Americans Have Heard of VOIP
This shortish report (more of a memo, really) from Pew documents what observers have been sensing for some time: that voice over internet (VoIP) is catching on and is well into the 'early adopter' phase of the technology cycle. More...
E-Learning For Short Attention Spans
E-Learning For Short Attention Spans
I've hit this point before but it's nice to see a reasonably comprehensive article - with a good case study from Dow Chemical - argue in favour of short e-learning units, especially for corporate learning - rtaher than the traditional course. More...
Hong Kong to Build E-learning Society: Official
Hong Kong to Build E-learning Society: Official
Short article containing the statement and some statistics on computer use in Hong Kong schools. More...
Take It, It's Free
Take It, It's Free
I have had serious people email me and argue that the publishing model of high subscription prices helps subsidize access for people in developing countries. That subsidy, though, doesn't seem to work its way down, not when you read about people in India paying half their stipend on reserach articles. More...
Amplify
Amplify
I spent about an hour or so playing around with this last night and I don't know what to think. Amplify is a toolbar that lets you highlight an area of a web page you are viewing, and will retrieve the highlighted area (including images and even video or multimedia content) and place it on an individual 'amp. More...
Evaluation as a Strategic Tool
Evaluation as a Strategic Tool
Brief outline of Kirkpatrick's levels of evaluation of learning reosurces, by Kirkpatrick. Useful quick reference. More...
Teachers Learning New Tools
Teachers Learning New Tools
When people ask whether e-learning is 'just as good' as traditional learning, this isn't one of the metrics that really shows up: improved access and independence for special education students. More...
Personalized News? Findory News Has Them
Personalized News? Findory News Has Them
Robin Good points us to this resource, Findory, that cretaes a personalized online newspaper, providing a short description and link to a Findory page containing news reports about Findory (nice). More...
The Conversing Company: Its Culture, Power and Potential
The Conversing Company: Its Culture, Power and Potential
With stories, links, descriptions, diagrams, case studies and more, Alan Stewart presents a fascinating excursion into the benefits of conversation for companies. Originally presented in Vienna in 2001, this resource, passed along via elearningpost, provides a refreshing look at an old topic. More...
Italy School Foils Cheats by Blocking Phone Signals
Italy School Foils Cheats by Blocking Phone Signals
Tech fights tech - this short item, describes the use of jamming equipment to block cell (mobile) phones during tests at a school in Italy. Heh. More...