Though it has some bumps and appears at first glance to be a little estoteric, this is a good article stressing the need to learn what people actually need to know before designing training for them. More...
A Software Development Process for a Team of One
What I like about this article is the way it demonstrates the thinking behind the planning and implementation of a small (one week, one person) development project. What I don't like about it is the way that it reminds me how slack so much of my own software development work is. More...
I read from time to time that nobody can really predict the future of technology. But while unexpected developments can and do occur, most of the big milestones can be identified and predicted. More...
Wal-Mart Trumps Moore's Law
OK, it's not exactly how I would make the point, but it's a point that needs to be made again and again - or so it seems - when talking with educators. It doesn't matter how much dazzle there is in your delivery if you price it out of reach of the WalMart generation. More...
Creating a Culture of Learning
With a title that promises oh so much more than this article delivers, the answer (it seems) to disappointed online learners is to (1) show them your best razzle-dazzle, (2) give them a paper-based manual, and (3) employ blended learning. More...
The Global Information Technology Report 2001-2002, Chapter 4: Ten Lessons for ICT and Education in the Developing World
Based largely on experiences with the World Bank's World Links project (use this link; the document contains the wrong URL) the author outlines ten 'lessons' for online learning in the developing world. Some are common sense - technical support, wireless access, community support. But some are no. More...
The Global Information Technology Report 2001-2002, Chapter 3. Rethinking Learning in the Digital Age
Nothing important is done in the field of online learning outside MIT's Media Lab. That, at least, is how this chapter reads. The chapter begins with the idea that learning is not merely information acquisition (aren't you glad you have MIT to tell you this?) and suggests that most people compare online learning with viewing the television. More...
The Global Information Technology Report 2001-2002, Chapter 1. Some Thoughts on How ICTs Could Really Change the World
Not as bad as some of the other chapters in this report. The author accurately summarizes some of the major trends in network technology and them provides some deeply misleading advice on how to prepare for it. The major insight relates to the gradual shift from massively centralized systems of access to decentralized network forms of access. More...
The Global Information Technology Report 2001-2002: Readiness for the Networked World
This report is probably going to be headline news by this time tomorrow (or next week), and unfortunately so because - as some of the more detailed discussion shows - it is a deeply flawed report. More...
Ever So Slowly, Colleges Start to Count Work With Technology in Tenure Decisions
OK, I guess I shouldn't be too snarky (there's plenty of time for that below): this report surveys the progress of colleges and universities in recognizing tenure. OK, it's not much of a step forward, but it's a step forward. More...
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