May 4, 2007

Elearning News

'e-Learning Software Gets an A+' Students & Teachers Maximize ...
Newswire Today (press release) - London,UK
Test Pro Developer 8.0 is a Microsoft Windows application which enables students and teachers in K-12 to create eLearning courseware, tests, quizzes, ...

Article in Checkpoint eLearning -- Vula Means "Open"
Cape Town (ZA), May 2007 รข€" Open Source and informal use of eLearning are buzzwords in the eLearning world. Stephen Marquard, Learning Technologies Co-ordinator at the University of Cape Town (UCT) will give us a lesson from practice, ...
sakaiproject.org - http://sakaiproject.org

Widgets in eLearning
By Geetha Krishnan(Geetha Krishnan)
How can widgets be used in eLearning? They can convert a static, standalone, instructor-defined eLearning program into a collaborative, peer-to-peer interactive, self-sustaining, self-improving eLearning system. So what kind of widgets ...
Simply Speaking - http://simply-speaking.blogspot.com/

eLearning 2.0 - I'm tring to DO IT
By Tony Karrer(Tony Karrer)
I just saw this post - eLearning 2.0 - I'm tring to DO IT - that's a response to my post eLearning 2.0 - Go DO IT. I got back from the conference and started this blogging and not only that but I'm keeping it up. ...
eLearning Technology - http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/

Try this again - ultra mobile and ELearning 2
By Raj
The first session that i'm at brought up an interesting thought - cms as ELearning 1.0 is going to be only part of ELearning 2.0 as students have their content all over the place and the thought of being only in one place might be a ...
EDITing in the Dark - http://www.boora.ca/blog

 

April 15, 2007

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April 14, 2007

Elearning Newsclips

Update on eLearning Guild Conference
Quick belated update on the sessions I spoke at: The first was a panel of "The future of rapid e-learning tools" with Adobe Captivate, Articulate, Qarbon, and Jay Cross. I think you can get a good impression by reading Clive Shepherds ...

New to eLearning? Count The Cost.
As more and more non-profits head into the world of computer based learning and training, they often venture into territory that is very new and very unfamiliar. There is a good quote: “Is there anyone planning to build a new house who ...

Mainstreaming e-Learning
Keynote address from John Stone of the Learning & Skills Network, at RSC South East's 2006 ILT Fair, Merrist Wood.

Keep your eyes on the Horizon Project
Thank you Barbara and John and Ed for believing that such projects can be done! Technorati Tags: hz07 horizonproject07 teacher_reflections vickidavis. Sharing ideas about eLearning and digital literacy in education.

April 10, 2007

Elearning Interesting Reading

Comparing Costs: eLearning vs Traditional
Their key finding: e-learning is less expensive to deliver almost regardless of the participant population. For example: in populations where the participants number 100 or more, e-learning had clear cost advantages and as the ...
Increase your comprehension - http://www.increase-comprehension.com/blog

The landscape of commercial eLearning curriculum options
An amazing array of eLearning curriculum options continues to proliferate on the web, and I would like to get my head around both the choices and the way those choices are differentiated from each other. ...
Moving at the Speed of Creativity - http://www.speedofcreativity.org

The eLearning must be timely, cost-effective, and deliverable
Was the cost to produce and deliver the eLearning relevant to its importance? A $100000 eLearning on nuclear power plant safety is easier to justify than a $100000 eLearning on how to ship a package overnight. ...
Training Metrics | Gyrus Systems - http://blog.gyrus.com/public/blog/129326

 

March 31, 2007

Elearning Links and Resources

BMG Showcases Innovation Best Practices Of Blue-Chip Companies ...
WebitPR (press release) - North Hykeham,Lincoln,UK
London, UK, 30th of March 2007: Breakthrough Management Group (BMG) is to release ‘Inside the Innovation Elite’, an online executive briefing that features ...
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On Danny Hillis, eLearning, Freebase, Metaweb, Semantic Web and ...
By The Edge
It is about advanced and accellerating eLearning, the next phase of the web after the current entertainment and community phase within Web 2.0. Focusing in factual and procedural knowledge. There are many interesting and current case ...
Inspire ! - http://yuri.typepad.com/yuri_blog/

New website on Chinese Accounting Standards/IFRS eLearning in Chinese
RobinB: Deloitte has launched a new website in Chinese devoted to Chinese Accounting Standards as a counterpart to its extremely successful English, German an... (1 post)
ProZ.com: Translator resources forum - http://www.proz.com/forum/12

Best practices for eLearning Posted By : Michel Dionne
Let's say it, training for new employees is usually done "on the go", while their performance takes its time to show. Moreover, 80% of the accumulated knowledge of an enterprise is in the mind of its personnel and this knowledge leaves ...
The Free Internet Articles Directory:... - http://freeinternetarticles.com

 

March 30, 2007

Elearning Report

datango Takes Their "dks" Electronic Performance Support System on ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The eLearning Guild Annual Gathering will be datango's first step. They will not only be manning a booth at the conference from April 11th to the 13th, ...
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Gatlin Learning and the University of New Mexico announce ...
Training Press Releases (press release) - UK
26-Mar-2007 » Training Press Releases » Gatlin Learning, Inc. and the University of New Mexico have partnered to host a Web site for The eLearning Center, ...
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Harris Stratex Networks Launches eLearning Tools for Customer Training
Carolina Newswire (press release) - NC,USA
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC -- Harris Stratex Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSTX), the leading independent supplier of turnkey wireless network solutions, ...
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New portal about WEBconference : Tele-efficiency.com
Mass Media Distribution LLC (press release) - Naples,FL,USA
Better yet, we will show you the best practices for WEBinar, eSales, eService, eCRM, eMeeting and eLearning. A WEB conference takes place on the WEB just ...
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10 years of Hyperwave: 2006 was a milestone in the company's ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
The integration of eLearning and web conferencing solutions in the new release of the Hyperwave Server Platform IS/6 has contributed significantly to the ...
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Blogs, Community and Discussion Tracking - What's Really Needed
By Tony Karrer(Tony Karrer)
I received some great questions from Christy Tucker in reference to my recent post Types of Blog Discussions. I have started using CoComment based on your mention of it a while back. I admit that I really wasn't doing much commenting ...
eLearning Technology - http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/index.html

Marines landing - how introduction of eLearning works
By cgrune
Just got this from Peter Sereinigg, Learning Consultant and Moodle “Activist” in Austria as a picture, how eLearning works: BTW: good example for competence development too, at least in the present logig of pressing ...
relearn - http://www.grune.de

eLearning Trends
A whole bunch of links to his own posts, but they do hand together pretty well as a list of trends in the field. Tony Karrer, eLearning Technology, March 29, 2007 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily - http://www.downes.ca/

Audiocast Effective Integration of eLearning
By mguhlin@yahoo.com (Miguel Guhlin - www.mguhlin....
Dorothy Burt (PT England) is sharing about Effective Integration of eLearning in the Classroom. I really enjoyed her presentation! It's been important to find solutions that engage and motivate our students. ...
Around the Corner - MGuhlin.net - http://www.mguhlin.net/index.htm

 

March 22, 2007

Elearning Report March 22

TRG and Brazilian-based Multimedia Company Align
Assodigitale - Seregno (MI),Lombardia,Italy
TRG, a leading provider of transformative global training, today announces a partnership with eRede, provider of cutting-edge elearning solutions and ...
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RapideL Launched New Ticket Service
Newswire Today (press release) - London,UK
RapideL, the Rapid eLearning suite developed by Brainvisa enables Instructional Designers and SMEs to author content in the basic MS-Word authoring ...
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Dissection becoming virtually obsolete
Naples Sun Times - Naples,FL,USA
Froguts (www.froguts.com) seems to be in the lead, but Froggy and others are offering up starfish, cows' eyes and sundry other morsels of Bio-eLearning ...
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Raptivity Simulation TurboPack Released-New immersive learning ...
Training Press Releases (press release) - UK
"When Raptivity won the eLearning Guild Platinum Award for Simulations, we knew organizations are looking for ways to push the envelope on immersive ...
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Wildform Releases WildPresenter Pro 3.1 Update Includes Numerous ...
Siggraph news (press release) - Newport Beach,CA,USA
In addition to recent honors from Elearning magazine and Computer Times, Bob & Joy Schwabach, just wrote in their syndicated On Computers column that: ...
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Missed one Brandon Hall Blogger
By Tony Karrer(Tony Karrer)
In my last post: Brandon Hall Researchers Blogging - Implications? - I missed Richard Nantel - example post: Information Overload By the way, he's the CEO of Brandon Hall research, and he does a brief explanation of what he'll cover in: ...
eLearning Technology - http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/index.html

Free video lectures
By Terence Armentano, M.Ed.(Terence Armentano, M.Ed.)
I just came across this resource today which I have not had a lot of time to explore, however, it looks promising. This website resource claims to have on-demand free video lectures from the world's leading scientists. ...
TerenceOnline: An eLearning Resource... - http://terenceonline.blogspot.com/index.html

Rives on TED Talks
By Bryan Zug
The TED conference videos are some of the most amazing pieces of free learning I have ever seen. While working out last week I was going through the que of them on my iPod when I came across this 4 minute piece by spoken word artist ...
eLearning Skinny - http://elearningskinny.com

“Accelerated Learning”
By shalin@ksu.edu(shalin@ksu.edu)
Elearning’s rich functionalities may play a large role in the support and promotion of accelerated learning. A recent conference I attended defined this term as the following type of learning situation. Accelerated learning ...
Instructional Design Open Studio - http://ome.ksu.edu/id/blog/

Models of Practice report
By christina
The final report from the Models of Practice project is now available. The report is quite lenghty but gives a good overview of the current status of learning design with the sector and the challenges faced by practitioners to develop ...
JISC e-Learning Focus - http://www.elearning.ac.uk

 

March 21, 2007

Elearning Report

State of Colorado Chooses MindIQ's Design-a-Course eLearning
The Open Press (press release) - USA
Design-a-Course is a quick, easy, and inexpensive elearning software tool allows novice users to create sophisticated web-based training (WBT) courses ...
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TRG and Brazilian-based Multimedia Company Align
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
TRG will collaborate with eRede in areas of elearning design and development, software simulation and production. As a global provider of several ...
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Neverfail Updates eLearning Programs for Both Customers and Partners
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
The new eLearning program offers a state-of-the-art, Web-based curriculum detailing Neverfail's suite of high availability products for Windows(R)-based ...
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International eLearning Usage Pattern Differences
By Tony Karrer(Tony Karrer)
... deferential to the instructor and diligent in their studies than their American counterparts who are likely to challenge the instructor and find every angle to reduce their effort. These differences appear to carry through to eLearning.
eLearning Technology - http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/index.html

Neverfail Updates eLearning Programs for Both Customers and Partners
The new eLearning program offers a state-of-the-art, Web-based curriculum detailing Neverfail's suite of high availability products for Windows(R)-based applications. From the comfort of their own home or office, Neverfail partners and ...
PR-inside.com News - http://www.pr-inside.com/

After the event - YOU produce the slides
By rlubensky(rlubensky)
I've suffered a thousands deaths by PowerPoint. But the culprit isn't the technology (so much) as the way it's used. David Wilcox links in his blog Designing for a Civil Society to an event during which the usual order of proceedings is ...
eLearning Moments - http://members.optusnet.com.au/rlubensky/elearningmoments.html

Open Training Platform
By elearning(n/a)
Major site launched by UNESCO to provide resources to people involved in training. Resources are free and well organized by category and community. There is news. RSS feeds available for updates.
The Newest Searchles Posts - http://www.searchles.com

 

March 17, 2007

Elearning Report

Gatlin Learning and CSU Monterey Bay Announce eLearning Center Website
Newswire Today (press release) - London,UK
Gatlin Learning, Inc. has partnered with California State University Monterey Bay to host a Web site for The eLearning Center, a comprehensive resource of ...
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DePauw Announces National eLearning Center
DePauw University - Greencastle,IN,USA
eLearning represents use of computers, the Internet, digital video, and multimedia presentations by students and faculty members both in the classroom and ...
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eLearning Africa (eLA) 2007
If you are interested in how digital learning is shifting the learning process in third world countries, then you may want to consider attending or monitoring the annual conference for eLearning Africa (eLA) that is being held on May ...
Teaching & Learning Network -... - http://tln.tc-library.org

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
By lorenzo cantoni(lorenzo cantoni)
new issue available >>>
internet & eLearning - http://newmine.blogspot.com/index.html

Creating Passionate Users: Face-to-Face Trumps Twitter, Blogs ...
By Bryan Zug
God bless Kathy Sierra. Over the last few months Ive found myself trying to explain the deepening (and real community) aspects of meatspace interactions that my wife Jen and I have been drawn into as a result of participating in online ...
eLearning Skinny - http://elearningskinny.com

Nursing Students in the Learning Blogosphere
By Brent Schlenker(Brent Schlenker)
As experienced learning professionals, what thoughts can we offer them as they experience the blogosphere during their graduate experience? I'm certain their thoughts and reflections on the current state of elearning and instructional ...
Corporate eLearning Strategies... - http://elearndev.blogspot.com/index.html

Get Together at Conferences - F2F Still Matters
By Tony Karrer(Tony Karrer)
Just yesterday, I posted about Conference Preparation and I'm preparing for a couple of conferences so I definitely looked back at: Be an Insanely Great Professional Conference Attendee. One of the questions I often ask attendees ...
eLearning Technology - http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/index.html

 

March 15, 2007

Elearning Report

e-Learning and your competitive advantage
By chief
Can you improve your competitive position by investing in online training and e-learning management systems? YES. Learn how powered by performancing firefox.
eLeaP Blog eLearning, Training... - http://www.eleapblog.com

Serious Games
By EOD(EOD)
A lot of game technology businesses have tools that could work for eLearning. But those businesses have really never been concerned with providing content for business applications or management issues. ...
Digital education in the 21st century. - http://ossidian.blogspot.com/blogger.html