CORES Registry
Unless you are in the business of developing and using metadata this site won't be of a lot of interest. However, if you are in this business, the CORES registry of metadata schemas may become a valuable tool. More...
14 mai 2018
14 mai 2018
Boardroom Despatches: E-learning - Will Its Day Ever Come?
Boardroom Despatches: E-learning - Will Its Day Ever Come?
This oddly disjointed article asks whether e-learning's day will ever come. It concludes that it will, but in between is a somewhat suspect comparison between British and American model of learning, one that involves flying a student from Scotland to the U.S. every couple of months. More...
14 mai 2018
Facility for Interoperability Testing
Facility for Interoperability Testing
This link responds to a request for information on where to test specifications-compliant learning technology. More...
14 mai 2018
DLESE-IMS Metadata
DLESE-IMS Metadata
More on uning opening open archiving to distribute learning objects. The days of the rights-bound bundled collections of learning content are over. More...
14 mai 2018
Puzzling Out Google's Blogger Acquisition
Puzzling Out Google's Blogger Acquisition
Why did Google buy Pyra, the company behind Blogger? This article is a good analysis: it's that weblogs are the ultimate search tool. More...
14 mai 2018
Bookmarklets
Bookmarklets
This one has been around for a while, but Rod sent the link around and I think it's worth passing along. Bookmarklets are little bits of Javascript you insert instead of URLs in your bookmarks (or favorites) list. More...
14 mai 2018
All-UC Video Conference: MIT Open CourseWare Initiative
All-UC Video Conference: MIT Open CourseWare Initiative
I haven't had the chance to view this, since I'm creating this newsletter in the lobby of the Robson Square conference centre, but Fred Beshears from Berkeley thought I'd like to pass along this video recording of a conference between them at staff at the Open Courseware project at MIT. More...
14 mai 2018
No, Really, This is What We Want
No, Really, This is What We Want
Another short newsletter, but lots of great content (if I do say so myself). This links to PowerPoint slides from my presentation to the IMS Open Technical Forum in Vancouver today. More...
14 mai 2018
Emerging Trends in Post-Secondary Education - The View to 2012
Emerging Trends in Post-Secondary Education - The View to 2012
The point of this comprehensive series of slides is to demonstrate that there is a huge market for online learning waiting just around the corner, a market that has already begun to see the mergence of some major players, such as the University of Phoenix and the Apollo group, but which because of a virtually limitless demand will see an even greater increase. More...
14 mai 2018
The Paradox of the Best Network
The Paradox of the Best Network
The principle supported in this short item is that "The best network is the hardest one to make money running." By "the best network" the authors mean an network that "delivers bits in the largest volumes at the fastest speeds," is open to innovation, and closes off the fewest futures. More...
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