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Stephen Downes

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There have been hints aplenty laid down about Apple's forthcoming announcement with the suggestion that it will impact online learning directly. If it's as suggested in this article - "Apple will announce tools to help create interactive e-books - the 'GarageBand for e-books,'" - then there may be something to it. Me, I've had a 'GarageBand for eBooks' for years - it's called my word processor or text editor, and I've been using it to distribute interactive multimedia content on the web for years. But maybe what I really needed was a proprietary interface and the Apple brand. And maybe a file format that won't play on the open web? Ah - but maybe I'm too cynical. Prepare to read the gushing reviews Thursday. More Here. And here.

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