http://www.elearningpost.com/ en maish@elearningpost.com Copyright 2012 2012-01-19T15:19:48+00:00 http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/hands_on_with_ibooks_author http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/hands_on_with_ibooks_author#When:15:19:48Z Check out what it is like to author textbooks using iBooks Author. Everything feels very fluid and it’s obvious that the same team that worked on iWork was also responsible for this product. This isn’t iPhoto for books, by any means, though. While it’s not Adobe InDesign or a complex design tool like either, it’s clearly meant for users who are willing to put in a bit of time to create the best possible product… 2012-01-19T15:19:48+00:00 http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/wolfram_education_portal http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/wolfram_education_portal#When:14:06:47Z From the Wolfram Education Portal: Wolfram has long been a trusted name in education—as the makers of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and the Wolfram Demonstrations Project, we’ve created some of the most dynamic teaching and learning tools available. We are pleased to offer the best of all of our technologies to you here in the Wolfram Education Portal, organized by course. In the portal you’ll find a dynamic textbook, lesson plans, widgets, interactive Demonstrations, and more built by Wolfram education experts. 2012-01-19T14:06:47+00:00 http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/can_technology_transform_education_before_its_too_late http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/can_technology_transform_education_before_its_too_late#When:14:07:31Z Another TechCrunch article on Education: We are in a time of convergence: teachers are incorporating technology from their everyday lives to increase student engagement, while visionary administrators are using the momentum of grassroots digital learning movements to move our institutions forward. Hopefully education will catch up before the Singularity arrives. 2012-01-16T14:07:31+00:00 http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/vinod_khosla_on_education http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/vinod_khosla_on_education#When:14:47:17Z Vinod Khosla on Will we need teachers or algorithms? We have focused so much of our education system on children attending primary school, then middle school, then high school, all with the objective of attending university. This is a progression that still remains unchanged and largely unchallenged. Yet, this system is completely linear and, most tragically, unwaveringly standardized not only through instruction methods, but also through testing. Worse, it is mostly what I call “fixed time, variable learning” (the four-year high school) instead of “fixed learning, variable time” to account for individual students’ capabilities and status. Vinod goes on to discuss decentralization and gamification as two trends to watch out for. 2012-01-15T14:47:17+00:00 http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/richard_feynman_no_ordinary_genius http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/richard_feynman_no_ordinary_genius#When:00:38:31Z Full documentary on this amazing person. 2012-01-14T00:38:31+00:00 http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/recoding_the_classroom http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/recoding_the_classroom#When:23:07:02Z Nice article from ThinkGoogle on what is going to bring about change in the classroom.  “Though our world is changing, the spaces in which we teach are stuck in a time warp. According to some forward-thinking experts, only by embracing new technology and ideas can twenty-first-century schooling stay up to speed with the kids.” 2012-01-09T23:07:02+00:00 http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/steve_jobs_on_higher_education http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/steve_jobs_on_higher_education#When:02:24:44Z Interesting to see what Steve had in mind for higher education when making plans for NeXT Computer. Simulations and the learning experience were high on his agenda. 2012-01-08T02:24:44+00:00 http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/observations_on_use_of_mobile_devices_at_airports_and_train_stations http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/observations_on_use_of_mobile_devices_at_airports_and_train_stations#When:22:46:57Z We just published a new post titled “Observations on use of mobile devices at airports and train stations”. We visited airports and train stations and sketched out how people interact with their phones and tablets. We learnt a few things in the process. 2012-01-04T22:46:57+00:00 http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/managers_guidebook_on_intranet_redesign_projects http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/managers_guidebook_on_intranet_redesign_projects#When:23:34:58Z When consulting on intranet projects we often found ourselves having long discussions with intranet managers on the many things that would unfold in such projects and how they could be better prepared for the long journey. These discussions would give them the confidence and the time needed to get things in order inside their organisations. Today, we release the Manager’s guidebook on intranet redesign projects— the result of those discussions with intranet managers. This 64-page guidebook (free download) takes the manager through eight stages of a typical intranet design project. Each stage has many activities that go under it. We’ve described the activities and included the insights we’ve gathered over the years. Enjoy! 2011-07-16T23:34:58+00:00 http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/using_tag_bundles_in_intranets http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/using_tag_bundles_in_intranets#When:01:01:37Z Our new article on tag bundles is up. Here’s the summary: It’s common for enterprises to have a document library in their intranets that houses all types of administrative and operational content. Such a document library usually has a taxonomy to improve the discoverability and findability of content. However, there is one problem: documents need to get into the library first! Submitting a document to the library involves filing or tagging the document with the right taxonomic terms, a procedure that can make people see red if not done properly. Tag bundles can help simplify this procedure and also improve the use of such document libraries. 2011-06-27T01:01:37+00:00