By Stephen Downes
June 14, 2004
Quality Standards: It’s All About Teaching
and Learning?
Power Point slides and the audio version of my talk at NUTN are now
available on my website. There will be no newsletter
tomorrow as I will not have internet access;
Wednesday's will be sent from the Halifax airport, which
has wireless access, if all goes well. By Stephen Downes,
Stephen's Web, June 14, 2004
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Multimedia Tools for Public Exam Preparation
Launched
Just launched, this site is an "online
service that will assist high school students preparing to
write public examinations." According to the Newfoundland
government, "A series of multimedia learning clips were
developed by practicing classroom teachers and have been
designed to provide a thorough review to complement, not
replace, in-class preparations for public examinations."
There are 50 to 100 clips per class, available to
students in the province (we would like to see them
made available to a wider audience). By Press Release,
Government of Newfoundland, June 9, 2004
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Who Knows?
It's funny, isn't it?
When people need to know something, they are more likley to
ask someone they know - even though the person may have no
expertise - rather than to consult an online database or
knowledge repository. That's why Jay Cross talks about the
need to get social networks into the workplace - so when
people ask someone, they ask someone who knows. By Jay
Cross, Chief Learning Officer, June, 2004
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Next-Generation Wireless
Technologies
Useful and timely report on next
generation wireless technologies with an emphasis on their
application in schools. Gets at the technical stuff -
including reference to a format I hadn't seen before
(802.11n) - but in a clear enough manner to be read by
non-technologists. Numerous links to providers and a case
study, but the article should also have linked to reviews.
By eSchool News staff, June, 2004
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CTCNet International
Symposium
Andy Carvin is at the CTCNet
conference in Seattle and has
posted several reports, along with photos and an audio
blog. "If you're interested in community technology
centers," he writes, "and haven't been able to attend in
person, please fee free to come visit the blog." How long,
I wonder, before conference organizers begin hiring
bloggers to post summaries online? By Andy Carvin, Andy
Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth, June 13, 2004
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Employees Keen to Learn On-line, Board
Finds
Via ADL: Employees are keen to take
courses online, according to a report from the Conference
Board of Canada (a business issues group). "They value the
flexibility, the increased control and the opportunity to
develop themselves and increase their value to the
organization that e-learning can provide." I would expect
they also like taking courses from their desktop in the
office during business hours rather than killing a full
Saturday to accomplish the same purpose. By Virginia Galt,
Globe and Mail, June 12, 2004
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How to Get Great Content From
People
It's common advice, but it's worth
restating from time to time. "Let’s connect the creator
with the reader. Let’s reward and motivate those who create
high-quality content. Let’s ask some basic questions of
content we publish. Is this content creating genuine value?
Does anyone really need to read it?" Remember, you can
connect with this writer by clicking on [Reflect]
after each item. By Gerry McGovern, New Thinking, June 14,
2004
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