The Case for Online Communities
Commentators have in recent months become increasingly sceptical of online communities, citing the number of dot com collapses as evidence for their conclusions. But the evidence belies their scepticism, as this article illustrates. Supported with some telling research, the authors show that community features increase sales and increase customer loyalty in an e-commerce site. More...
Researchers Test Small-Dish Satellite Links for Distance Education
Satellites are a good way to provide internet connectivity to less populated regions of the world. They may also provide access where a telecommunications infastructure is not available. Researchers with the Internet 2 project in Ohio are looking at their use to provide distance learning to these regions. More...
Harvard Business School Publishing Chooses XanEdu To Distribute Education Content Worldwide
The Harvard School of Business has decided to distribute its case studies library online through Bell & Howell's XanEdu service. The deal also includes the distribution of articles from the Harvard Business Review. More...
MyEurope Chats
A good example of using the internet to develop a wider learning community, myEurope Chats connect students in Europe to talk about such topical issues as racism, unemployment, school uniforms and religion. More...
Intellectual Stimulation
Interesting point of view - it makes sense to encourage participation in non-work-related communities of practice because skills and aptitudes from these hobbies transfer themselves to the work environment - an "intellectual osmosis across organizational structures and hierarchies." What's interesting is that this article thereby also provides a good argument for a broader education as opposed to a narrow education focused on job training. More...
NewsFuture
The Media Center at the American Press Institute has published the first edition of NewsFuture, a monthly e-mail newsletter focused on the future of Internet and multi-platform convergence publishing. Looks like it will be a good read. More...
Too Much Quality is Bad
It's just a tiny short article but it's caused a storm of controversy on the WWWDEV list. The premise of the article is that too great a focus on quality can actually be bad. More...
Why College Radio Fears the DMCA
College radio stations may be on the air, but because of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, they may not be on the web. More...
KIDS Brings News to School
Is this online learning? As far as I'm concerned, it it. Sure, it's not a bunch of prepackaged classes over the internet - it's a group of elementary school students producing their own news broadcast. But the students are as tuned into technology as it's possible to get. More...
General Approaches Respecting the Ongoing Development of The Learning Manager (TLM)
This item is a 17 page PDF download that captures in a nutshell the justification for moving from traditional learning management system (LMS) solutions for e-learning to learning content management systems (LCMS). More...
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