Defining Virtual Reality: Dimensions Determining Telepresence
Written by an author who along with Lou Rossetto, Howard Rheingold, and others, co-founded Wired.com, and later helped launch C/NET, this paper is a foundational document in the history of cyberspace. Yet it is not (to my perception) widely known, hence, its inclusion today. More...
News On the Go
Is a mobile tide fast approaching online media? It's already happening in Europe and Japan and while North Americans aren't yet quick to pull out their handheld for directions to a good Indian restaurant, previous experience with cellphones suggests that the transformation will occur almost overnight. More...
E-learning, At a Snail's Pace
Sobering survey results in the U.K. show that e-learning has made its way into only a small percentage of training programs. "The CIPD survey canvasses training managers from 502 UK organisations with more than 25 employees. Only 30.5% - 153 respondents - say they used e-learning for any group of employees within their establishments." The results echo a similar survey conducted by ASTD in the U.S. More...
Microsoft Explores New Game-based Learning Environment
On the one hand this is pretty cool: Microsoft, working in partnership with institutions such as MIT, is developing games designed to facilitate learning. " As in popular computer games, students can use different 'virtual' tools, like a crane, to help complete their quest. More...
Collaborative Software
The navigation is a bit difficult but the information is useful to anyone looking at online collaboration tools. This website summarizes a variety of survey and evaluation reults to help distance educators and their students to select appropriate methods of course development and delivery. More...
Read All About It: Online Learning Facing 80% Attrition Rates
We've all heard stories of dramatically high drop-out rates in e-learning. Can they be true? Well yes, but an explanation is in order, argues the author. More...
Killing the Biggest Myth of Web Design
It's called "dumbing down" and the point of this article is to argue that web readers want no part of it. "Users don't read. Users don't scroll. Users need small words, small sentences, bullet lists, anchor links, pats on the head, and milk and cookies before bedtime. Each of these panels I attend leaves another small, burning hole in my stomach." Well, yeah. More...
Distributed Program to Translate Many Languages
OK, there are all sorts of quality-control issues, and the logistics are daunting. But the concept is novel and exciting. More...
Ontology Usage and Applications White Paper
Every once in a while in an article I say things like "...and the learning object will access an online service that summarizes the content and adds metatags..." in an offhand manner as though to suggest that it could actually be done. It can actually be done, for example, as described in this white paper. More...
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