The Theory & Practice of Online Learning is concerned with assisting providers of online education w ... The Theory & Practice of Online Learning is concerned with assisting providers of online education with useful tools to carry out the teaching and learning transactions online. It presents, in an easily readable form, the theory, administration, tools, and methods of designing and delivering learning online. Athabasca University (Alberta, Canada) has published the book as open source under a Creative Commons License, thus making it available to educators all over the world at no cost From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 10, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..
Restoring Profitability in Online Programs Many institutions offering online programs have found that no matter how much they boost their fees and tuitions, they're still in a profitability trap -- the more students they attract, the more money the institution loses. Their operating costs are sky-high for a number of factors, including small section sizes, high stipends, high support costs, too-brief course durations, high drop-out rates. From Xplana on April 10, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..
Interface Impact: Interview with Roger M. Slatt In this interview, the impact and implications of interface and instructional design are discussed by Roger M. Slatt, a prominent geoscientist, who develops and delivers online courses in geology and geosciences in conjunction with his research, publishing, and traditional bricks-and-mortar academic activities. Name: Roger M. Slatt Do you develop online courses? Yes.What subject matter do you prefer to work with? Geology, mainly petroleum.Who are the in From Xplana on April 10, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..
Creating a Sense of Adventure in Online Courses: Interview with Catherine Kerley Name: Catherine Kerley Do you develop online courses? Yes. I develop undergraduate and graduate level courses at the University of Oklahoma. From Xplana on April 10, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..
Older Learners and Online Education Programs: Not What You Might Expect Contrary to conventional wisdom and expectations, the “early adopters” of the --> From Xplana on April 10, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..
Adaptive E-Learning: New Directions and Possibilities Adaptive e-learning, taken to new levels by incorporating advances in other areas, such as interactive role-playing games, customizable avatars, guided presentation of content, just-in-time knowledge acquisition, CAT (computer adaptive testing), could bring about a total paradigm shift in online education. Imagine a truly individualized educational experience, with an AI mentor (in the guise of an avatar) t From Xplana on April 10, 2004 at 9:49 p.m..
Online Courses for Active-Duty Military Personnel Successful completion of an online course is often more difficult for the military student than for the regular working adult. Educational program administrators who have strictly adhered to commonly-adopted best practices may find that their policies, procedures, and instructional strategies conflict with operational realities of their military students who must overcome obstacles such as deployment, frequent TDYs, field training, remote locations, and security restrictions. Even military students who have worked carefully with education officers find that there is a gap betweeXplana on April 10, 2004 at 9:49 p.m..
The Joys of Instructional Design: Notes from the Field What do you like most about developing online courses? The thing I enjoy most about developing online courses is that it’s like one of those candies from the Willy Wonka movie, an everlasting Gobstopper – only without literally turning into a blueberry at the end of the candy. But, as I see it, online courses are like Gobsto From Xplana on April 10, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..
Best Practices Checklist: Faculty, Student, Quality & Instructional Strategies The following checklists deal with instructional strategy, student and faculty support, and quality considerations. They complement the Best Practices / Learning Effectiveness Checklist presented earlier. While these are a composite of generally agreed-upon best practices, it must be kept in mind tha From Xplana on April 10, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..
Best Practices Checklist: Consistency Issues Consistency across the curriculum and online programs is important, not only for branding, but for facilitating the learning and instructional processes. Both learners and instructors benefit from courses that have a similar look and feel, as well as the same conventions with respect to learning objects. Needless From Xplana on April 10, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..
On Not Blogging It's been a while since I've been less motivated to get in here and babble on about something blog tech related, but I'm hitting the proverbial wall, I think. Too much stuff going on between spring and house projects and travel and the end of my class and...well you get the idea. And with all that's been in the news of late, all of this seems pretty inconsequential when you get right down to it. I've been spending my writing time in other spaces where no one knows me and I can rant and rave as much as I want. And there, it's not really blogging anyway...blogging f From weblogged News on April 10, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..
Brazil - South American Dream Einer meiner Lieblingsfilme als Oster-Zitat, time is fleeting madness took it all => One for the Night Easter Eggs sind bekanntlich kleine, in Programmen versteckte Überraschungen. Aber auch in Filmen gibt es East... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on April 10, 2004 at 7:46 p.m..
ArtRage: what is Apple doing?! I'm waiting for a tablet-Mac, how long would that take? My daughter is now 23 months old and starting to draw. ArtRage - Bilder malen auf dem TabletPC Gemalt von Nina (10 Jahre). Klick für Originalgröße... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on April 10, 2004 at 7:46 p.m..
Political Humor Boomerangs Via Wonkette, here's a slightly unfair but powerful rejoinder to President Bush's jokes about weapons of mass destruction. Media is in the hands of everyone, and people are going to use it to hold powerful people -- including media people, such as the Washington correspondents who found Bush's performance so hilarious -- to account. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 10, 2004 at 7:46 p.m..
Reformation in American Political Campaigns What America needs today, is not more lawyers, millionaires and professional politicians in office. What America needs is honest debate and grassroots campaigning which will bring more citizens to elected office. Charles Fowler is in the process of launching a campaign of fresh ideas in his bid to succeed retiring Republican Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell. It is this kind of campaign that will bring the American voters back to the polling place and insure the words of President Abraham Lincoln: "A government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth." [P From PR Web on April 10, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Best Practices Checklist: Learning Effectiveness Best Practices checklists are convenient for annual reviews of online programs and courses. The one featured below was inspired by a number of studies and publications, b From Xplana on April 10, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..
Atom references Collecting references to Atom (alternative to RSS): AtomEnabled: main Atom site:Atom is a simple way to read and write information on the web, allowing you to easily keep track of more sites in less time, and to seamlessly share your words and ideas by publishing to the web. If you're new to Atom, you can find out more about what Atom can do for you. Or if you just want to get started, tools and services which work with the Atom format are listed in the AtomEnabled directory. Created by leading se From carvingCode on April 10, 2004 at 5:47 p.m..
EFF Also Has Privacy Questions About Gmail The Electronic Frontier Foundation posts this preliminary analysis on the privacy aspects of Google's Gmail service. Says the EFF, correctly, "The remedy to the situation is obvious: Google needs to let us all know precisely what the privacy/convenience trade-off is for using Gmail, and soon. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 10, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..
Two new pieces in the Nature OA debate There are two new contributions to to the Nature OA debate.
Weekend Wacko Update Jeff Skilling of Enron fame was released from New York-Presbyterian Hospital after what sounds like a solid night of serious drinking. From The Gadflyer | All Feeds on April 10, 2004 at 2:49 p.m..
What's the blogging point? John Farmer comments on why students should blog in particular settings - and I comment that these settings are (unfortunatly) not the norm. From owrede_log on April 10, 2004 at 2:46 p.m..
More White House Rollbacks on 9/11
Microsoft Can't be Civilized Cringley on Microsoft's hegemony: "When they say they work in a heterogeneous environment, they list MS 95, MS98, NT4, W2K. Oh yeah, that's heterogeneous. In Silicon Valley, hardware people look forward to the day someone like Cisco buys their company or technology and makes them rich. Software people fear the day that Microsoft notices their niche because they will get sucked dry. Some have even said that venture capital people are tending to avoid software companies '...because Microsoft wil From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 10, 2004 at 2:46 p.m..
Lewis Calendar Using PHP iCalendar PHP iCalendar PHP iCalendar is a php-based iCal file parser. Its based on v2.0 of the IETF spec. It displays iCal files in a nice logical, clean manner with day, week, month, and year navigation, printer view, RSS-enabled, and searchable. It supports 12 languages, is fully theme-able, and has complete timezone support. We are using this on the Lewis Elementary site to share our school calendar. Our school secretary is using the calendar tool in Mozilla to keep track of school events. The iCal file that is created is published to the calendar directory on the server and the pages... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on April 10, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..
New mailing list: TechieLibrarian - for metadata library and information science professionals ... New mailing list: TechieLibrarian - for metadata library and information science professionals From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 10, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..
Google has teamed up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 16 other universities around ... Google has teamed up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 16 other universities around the world to provide a way to search the institutions' collections of scholarly papers - Chronicle From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 10, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..
EOS International has announced the immediate availability of EOS.Web EOS International has announced the immediate availability of EOS.Web From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 10, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..
ProQuest Information and Learning and Extenza e-Publishing Services have announced a strategic allia ... ProQuest Information and Learning and Extenza e-Publishing Services have announced a strategic alliance to offer a broad portfolio of e-journal and database services for publishers and libraries. The agreement delivers a complete distribution and hosting solution for publishers, simplifies access for end users, and streamlines e-journal management for libraries From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 10, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..
Globe and Mail on Lessig's Free Culture David Akin, Righting copywrongs, the Globe and Mail, April 10, 2004. Akin summarizes Lessig's experience convincing Penguin and Amazon.com to release Free Culture as a free download under a Creative Commons license. It is noted that Free Culture at one point held 36th position on Amazon's best-seller list. "'Here's Amazon trying do one thing: sell books. So why are they giving away a book that they're trying to sell? I think they understand, too, that this is a good way to g From FOS News on April 10, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
OCLC to harvest DSpace for non-OAI reharvesting OCLC has launched a project to harvest metadata from participating DSpace repositories and make it available in a non-OAI format for reharvesting by non-OAI services like Google. (PS: This subtracts nothing from OAI interoperability and adds greatly to the visibility of OAI-compliant resources, or at least the DSpace subset of them. According to OCLC's announcement page, it has an April 9 FOS News on April 10, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
An identity question I've been trying to work through some issues about digital identity by thinking about ordinary language uses of "identity," and this morning I came up with a question: If Superman is Clark Kent's secret identity,is Clark Kent Superman's secret identity? Talk amongst yourselves.... From Joho the Blog on April 10, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
Open Source software lacks good interface design From owrede_log on April 10, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..
Gurus vs. Bloggers From owrede_log on April 10, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..
Card sorting: a definitive guide From owrede_log on April 10, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..
IM Spam Expected to Triple - Robyn Greenspan, Clickz Stats The annoying unwanted messages that overflow inboxes are now also spreading onto desktops in the form of SPIM [define] " spam over instant messaging (IM). The Radicati Group estimates that SPIM will account for roughly 5 percent of instant messages tra From Techno-News Blog on April 10, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..
Archive-friendly PDF in the works: Slimmed-down PDF could become a standard - Florence Olsen, FCW Two of the largest bankruptcy filings in U.S. history " Enron Corp. and Global Crossing " produced a record number of PDF documents, which federal courts must figure out how to archive and preserve. The archival challenges those bankruptcies created ex From Techno-News Blog on April 10, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..
OS X Trojan Horse Is a Nag - Leander Kahney, Wired Security experts on Friday slammed security firm Intego for exaggerating the threat of what the company identified as the first Trojan for Mac OS X. On Thursday, Intego issued a press release saying it had found OS X's first Trojan Horse, a piece of ma From Techno-News Blog on April 10, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..
OS X Trojan Horse Is a Nag - Leander Kahney, Wired Security experts on Friday slammed security firm Intego for exaggerating the threat of what the company identified as the first Trojan for Mac OS X. On Thursday, Intego issued a press release saying it had found OS X's first Trojan Horse, a piece of m From Educational Technology on April 10, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..
Virtual school aims to educate lawmakers - eSchool News The Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is taking an innovative approach to promoting support for virtual education by inviting legislators to become students. This spring, FLVS began offering a mini-course to provide elected officials and U.S. Department o From Educational Technology on April 10, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..
Opponents Take Swing at GMO Grass Lawn-products company Scotts is testing a bioengineered version of a creeping grass favored by golf courses. The company claims the Roundup-resistant grass is unlikely to spread, but a surprising assortment of challengers disagree. From Wired News on April 10, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
USDA Rejects Drug-Laced Rice The agency turns down a biotech company's proposal to grow rice that's been genetically modified to produce proteins that fight infection. The rice could contaminate normal crops, critics say. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on April 10, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Women Drive Changes in Car Design Volvo unveils a concept car at the New York Auto Show designed with a woman's touch -- eight of them, actually. An all-female team of engineers put it together. John Gartner reports from New York. From Wired News on April 10, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Gator, er, Claria Files for IPO Even with high-profile lawsuits, complaints from users and new state laws banning ad-spouting programs, the adware company formerly known as Gator has filed to go public. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on April 10, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Space Celebration Circles Globe April 12 is the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's pioneering orbit of Earth, so what's the best way to mark it? Party around the world! By James Bernard Frost. From Wired News on April 10, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Errors for Learning? I have a question. Remember the old 'error free' learning approach, that suggested that properly designed learning would have the learner making no errors? On the opposite end, Roger Schank suggests that learning doesn't happen until you fail. As a, perhaps, middle position, Brian Gaines has suggested that "optimum performance involves the learning agent being correct 37% of the time--i.e. an error rate of 63%". Even if he was suggesting it for machine learning (and... From Learning Circuits Blog on April 10, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..
Galiceno.com reopens its website with new information, photos of brand new foals, and a new direction in preserving the rare small horse of the Conquistadors! The Hardcastle Ranch in Texas is dedicated to preserving the original qualities of the rare Galiceno horse, a small framed {12-14 hands} horse that was originally brought over to the North American continent by the Conquistadors. [PRWEB Apr 10, 2004] From PR Web on April 10, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
The Nightingale Conant "2003 Acres Of Diamonds" Award goes to...Deremiah, *CPE, St. Charles, IL, Motivational Speaker Living the message of personal empowerment: Changing the world by impacting the community. [PRWEB Apr 10, 2004] From PR Web on April 10, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
Bill May Bar a Medical Suit on Price Fixing A provision in the pension bill could derail an antitrust lawsuit against a national program that matches medical residents with jobs in teaching hospitals around the country. From New York Times: Education on April 10, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
Teachers Face New Demand to Document Failing Pupils At the end of the school year, teachers will have to create an extensive portfolio for each third-grade student in danger of being held back. From New York Times: Education on April 10, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
Inventory Shows an Uneven Distribution of School Computers New York City Council members disagree, saying there is one computer for every six children in public schools. From New York Times: Education on April 10, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
Archdiocese Lets Ailing School Stay Open for One More Year The Archdiocese of New York has given the East Harlem Mount Carmel School permission to remain open for another year. From New York Times: Education on April 10, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
First Grader. Model Student. Great-Grandfather. Kimani Nganga Maruge is living proof that an old man, even one who leans heavily on a cane and cannot see or hear too well, can learn new tricks. From New York Times: Education on April 10, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
The 'Privacy' Jihad Immediately after 9/11, politicians and pundits slammed the Bush administration for failing to "connect the dots" foreshadowing the attack. What a difference a little amnesia makes. For two years now, left- and right-wing advocates have shot down nearly every proposal to use intelligence more effectively--to connect the dots--as an assault on "privacy." Though their facts are often wrong and their arguments specious, they have come to dominate the national security debate virtually without challenge. The consequence has been devastating: just when the country should be unleashing its From kuro5hin.org on April 10, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
Gmail accessibility The only way to use Gmail is the way that the Gmail designers use Gmail. The only way Gmail could be less accessible is if the entire site were built in Flash. (1995 words) From dive into mark on April 10, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
Gurus v. Bloggers, Round 1 Andrei Herasimchuk of Design By Fire judges a "showdown" between the sites of the gurus versus the bloggers. To quote: I've gathered examples of web sites of a few well known -- and highly respected -- web, design, and technology... From Column Two on April 9, 2004 at 11:48 p.m..
Making guidelines part of the team Tanya Rabourn has written an article on the use of guidelines. To quote: Guidelines. We seem to have a love-hate relationship with them. At the same time we construct them, we worry they’ll come back to haunt us. How did... From Column Two on April 9, 2004 at 11:48 p.m..
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