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LA Times: College Education Online:

LA Times: College Education Online: Pass? Fail?
Will technological study aids, from crib notes posted on the Internet to online degree programs, enhance education? Or will "e-education" supplant bricks-and-mortar classrooms and perhaps degrade the quality of learning and instruction?

Permalink | Friday, September 28, 2001

USA Today: Wired colleges block

USA Today: Wired colleges block in-class Net browsing
Two colleges on the cutting edge of Internet technology are now pioneering solutions to a rapidly growing problem: students who pay more attention to their computers than to their professors.

Permalink | Friday, September 28, 2001

Strategy Week: Interview with Tom

Strategy Week: Interview with Tom Wisniewski, CEO of HorizonLive
In a university environment we're finding that two-way communication isn't always something they need to have in order to get done with what they're doing, but sometimes one-way audio with optional two-way or with chat is sufficient. Whereas in the corporate world, the expectation is a lot higher and they require two-way communication in order to have the right level of interaction.

Permalink | Friday, September 28, 2001

Marc Prensky: Video Games and

Marc Prensky: Video Games and the Attack on America
But up until now, this immersive, Digital Game-Based Learning has often received skeptical reactions from traditional educators, who wonder "does it really work?" It is hideously ironic that after last Tuesday we now have irrefutable proof of just how well training by games and simulation does work. It comes from the mouth of the horrified and unknowing aircraft trainer who said on TV that the terrorist pilots just sat in his simulator and "practiced turns."

Permalink | Thursday, September 27, 2001

CNET: It’s the people, stupid

CNET: It's the people, stupid
Many think that building something that is better is good enough for the market. It doesn't work. Market offerings can't just be better than alternatives. They need to be amazingly better--so great, in fact, that people will be motivated to change their behavior and spend money to boot.

Permalink | Thursday, September 27, 2001

Business 2.0: Right Now, the

Business 2.0: Right Now, the Only Capital That Matters Is Social Capital
If the events of the last fortnight have affirmed anything, it's the importance of what's often called social capital -- the stock of shared purpose, trust, experience, goodwill, and sheer (or mere) humanity that we draw on in times like this. It's social capital that brought, and continues to bring, hundreds of people to lower Manhattan to aid rescue efforts. It's social capital that has filled the nation's coffers with the very lifeblood of its people...

Permalink | Thursday, September 27, 2001

Forbes ASAP: Master of the

Forbes ASAP: Master of the Knowledge Universe
Some geniuses are driven by an inevitable force. Case in point: Michael Milken. Thus we find the former junk bond king, now 55 and barred for life from securities activities, sitting on the throne of a $1.75 billion private education empire that includes private and publicly traded companies. The old suspicions still dog him. But even those suspicious of him say that, by all appearances, he appears to be doing it right this time. So what's the catch?

Permalink | Wednesday, September 26, 2001

techLearning: Web Animation: Learning in

techLearning: Web Animation: Learning in Motion Tools, Tips and Techniques for Integration
The fact is, animation is able to convey a vast amount of information in a very short period of time, and can be a powerful method of reinforcing concepts and topics first introduced to students through text, discussion, or other media. Though still in its fledgling stage, animation holds the promise of allowing visual learners and those with special needs new and powerful ways to comprehend complex phenomena.

Permalink | Wednesday, September 26, 2001

HBS Working Knowledge: The Consumer

HBS Working Knowledge: The Consumer Anthropologist
When a new product needs testing for consumer reaction, companies traditionally turn to that old market-research mainstay, the focus group. Today, however, alternative techniques offer deeper insights that can inform the product development cycle like never before. Ethnographic market research�somewhat new to marketers but as old as the science of anthropology�is increasingly being used to provide new information about consumers. Using the anthropologist's tool kit of methods and theories, ethnographers are giving corporations an inside look at the cultural trends, attitudes, and lifestyle factors that influence consumer decisions about everything from bathtubs and toothpaste to insurance and batteries.

Permalink | Wednesday, September 26, 2001

Digital Web: User Experience issue

Digital Web: User Experience issue
Articles: Measuring User Experience; Being Thoughtful About the User Experience: An interview with the crew at Carbon IQ, and What happens when the people come?

Permalink | Wednesday, September 26, 2001

Learning Circuits: Expect More From

Learning Circuits: Expect More From E-Learning
It's often difficult to separate the truth from the hype when evaluating e-learning products. Many of us get bogged down in suppliers' bold guarantees and lose sight of what should be the real focus of the industry: learning. This article identifies a few characteristics of effective, interactive e-learning to help you sort the best from the rest.

Permalink | Tuesday, September 25, 2001

Workforce: Using Technology to Cut

Workforce: Using Technology to Cut Costs
Despite an ailing economy, many HR professionals report that technology -- used correctly -- can be an excellent cost-cutting tool. Ericsson Inc. is one firm that recently adopted a new technology approach, and it's already paying off.

Permalink | Tuesday, September 25, 2001

KM World: Knowledge management and

KM World: Knowledge management and peer-to-peer computing: making connections
Knowledge management and peer-to-peer enthusiasts share a common desire to realize the true potential of a networked society. Anyone interested in knowledge management--including knowledge management professionals, IT managers and software vendors--needs to be aware of the innovations that peer-to-peer technology is introducing in the areas such as knowledge sharing, information discovery and collaboration.

Permalink | Tuesday, September 25, 2001

NY Times: Travelers Warm Up

NY Times: Travelers Warm Up to Videoconferencing
No one expects a business culture that is filled with maxims like "you can't fax a handshake" to replace face-to-face meetings with videocameras and Internet chats. But executives across many industries say newly heightened concerns for safety are adding gravity to other factors that were already weighing against frequent business travel: technical advances, stretched schedules and an expanding universe of far-flung offices that are hard to get to.

Permalink | Tuesday, September 25, 2001

Syllabus: Higher Education in the

Syllabus: Higher Education in the Digital Age: Planning for an Uncertain Future The nearly exponential growth of information, coupled with the ability to exchange it more rapidly among more people than ever before, is creating a new environment for education, in which the university may have to negotiate its standing as the de facto source of scholarly knowledge.

Permalink | Monday, September 24, 2001

I3 Update: One Innovation Voice:

I³ Update: One Innovation Voice: Conversation in Basque Country
Perspectives and pearls of wisdom from the 18th World Conference of the International Association of Science and Technology Parks (ISAP) in Bilbao, Spain.

Permalink | Monday, September 24, 2001

Learning Circuits: Bringing Classroom Curriculum

Learning Circuits: Bringing Classroom Curriculum Up to E-Speed
Developing e-learning content is similar to developing software. Building content with text, hyperlinks, interactive graphics, and multimedia is fraught with glitches and necessary troubleshooting when development tools and Web browsers don�t support each other.

Permalink | Monday, September 24, 2001

Dallas News: Weblogs give fast

Dallas News: Weblogs give fast man-in-street reports of disaster
When information was incorrect, readers were quick to right it. "What we have here is instant correction," Slashdot's Mr. Miller said this week. "We have thousands of fact-checkers. We're not trying to compete with The New York Times. Our discussion boards are just better than theirs."

Permalink | Monday, September 24, 2001

NY Times: The Search for

NY Times: The Search for Intelligent Life on the Internet
At a moment when the world's need for information has never been greater, the Internet's role as the ultimate source of unmediated news has been matched only by its notorious ability to breed rumors, conspiracy theories and urban legends.

Permalink | Monday, September 24, 2001

Masie: Training Reactions to Terrorist

Masie: Training Reactions to Terrorist Attacks
How have organizations adjusted learning and collaboration in response to the terrorist attacks? This survey was done at the request of our Human Resource and Training colleagues, as they have worked to design a corporate response to recent events. The survey was taken by 1,609 training and human resource professionals from 25 countries around the world (86% U.S. and 14% international). The data was collected from 11 am, September19th to 5 pm, September 20th.