CNET: Macromedia lends helping hand
CNET: Macromedia lends helping hand"RoboHelp X5 will include FlashHelp, a set of simplified tools for transforming static tutorials into interactive Flash presentations."
Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, January 20, 2004
David Krish: Metacognition, Distributed Cognition and Visual Design
David Krish: Metacognition, Distributed Cognition and Visual DesignI've provided the link to Krish's homepage for those who might want to explore his works further. This article targets e-learning environments --"Metacognition is associated with planning, monitoring, evaluating and repairing performance. Designers of elearning systems can improve the quality of their environments by explicitly structuring the visual and interactive display of learning contexts to facilitate metacognition."
[The paper is under "Selected Publications".]
[thanks infodesign]
Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, January 20, 2004
IDEO: Extra Special
IDEO: Extra SpecialA new book that examines IDEO's design of interactive elements.
Add tag Permalink | Monday, January 19, 2004
MarketingProfs: Best Practices and Case Studies: Be Very Afraid
MarketingProfs: Best Practices and Case Studies: Be Very AfraidBest practices and case studies are real world, to be sure (unless the data and results have been sanitized or fudged, of course). These people like to learn from the specific instance to the general
Add tag Permalink | Monday, January 19, 2004
Maas Digital: Mars Exploration Rover
Maas Digital: Mars Exploration RoverFantastic animation of the Rover. Really like the bouncing landing technique.
[Thanks xBlog]
Add tag Permalink | Monday, January 19, 2004
Training Magazine: Building Better Learners
Training Magazine: Building Better Learners"It's an area of training that is somehow ubiquitous yet under-the-radar, obvious yet ill-defined. Like its cousin informal learning, self-directed learning (SDL) is greatly desired by some organizations and barely noticed by others. But make no mistake: The smarter and speedier the world gets, the more you'll wish that your learners had some of that self-directed mojo."
Add tag Permalink | Friday, January 16, 2004
Web writing that works: Resources
Web writing that works: ResourcesI use this site regularly to review and check my own writing. It is very useful resource to have at hand.
writing Add tag Permalink | Friday, January 16, 2004
Narrative: 2003 in Pictures
Narrative: 2003 in PicturesVery nicely done.
narratives Add tag Permalink | Thursday, January 15, 2004
Peter-Paul Koch: The Behavior Layer
Peter-Paul Koch: The Behavior Layer"In this column I
Add tag Permalink | Thursday, January 15, 2004
Fast Company: If He’s So Smart…Steve Jobs, Apple, and the Limits of Innovation
Fast Company: If He's So Smart...Steve Jobs, Apple, and the Limits of InnovationGood article describing Apple's failure to profit from its numerous innovations. Here's the best part:
Innovation: Getting it Right
- Not All Innovation Is Equal
Technical innovation will earn you lots of adoring fans (think Apple). Business-model innovation will earn you lots of money (think Dell). - Innovate for Cash, Not Cachet
If your cool new thing doesn't generate enough money to cover costs and make a profit, it isn't innovation. It's art. - Don't Hoard Your Goodies
Getting to market on time and at the right price is vital. If that means licensing your idea to an outside manufacturer or marketer, do it. - Innovation Doesn't Generate Growth. Management Does
If you covet awards for creativity, go to Hollywood. Managers get rewarded for results, which come from customers. - Attention Deficit Has No Place Here
Every innovation worth doing deserves your commitment. Don't leap from one new thing to another. If your creation doesn't appear important to you, it won't be important to anyone else.
innovation Add tag Permalink | Thursday, January 15, 2004
60 Minutes: The Eyes Have It
60 Minutes: The Eyes Have ItHarvard Professor of Landscape John Stilgoe: Harvard has some of the finest students in the world, but most of them are visual illiterates. Their academic lives have been programmed around verbal and mathematical tests that will get them into a good college, but they lack a sense of spontaneity.
Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Fast Company: Help Wanted: a Chief Knowledge Officer
Fast Company: Help Wanted: a Chief Knowledge Officer"In our increasingly knowledge-based economy, every company will eventually have such an officer, and those that get there first will have a competitive edge... The CKO's duties may be as varied as recommending whether a company should buy, sell, or make its technologies, or determining where technology is going and where new competitors may arise. But there is no better example of the need for a chief knowledge officer than the necessity for some companies to manage decline skillfully..."
Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, January 14, 2004
First Monday: Spinning yarns around the digital fire: Storytelling and dialogue among youth on the I
First Monday: Spinning yarns around the digital fire: Storytelling and dialogue among youth on the Internet"This paper hypothesizes that online forums and virtual communities, including message boards, Weblogs and instant messaging software (IM), allow children important spaces to share ideas and feelings, discuss issues and projects, ask and answer each other
storytelling Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, January 14, 2004
World Bank: E-discussion Toolkit
World Bank: E-discussion ToolkitGuide on organizing, marketing, moderating, and measuring online discussions.
Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Courier Mail: Online revenue rush a threat to education
Courier Mail: Online revenue rush a threat to education"The report says while online learning can be a powerful tool for distance education, both students and staff suspect universities are using it as a money-maker and not investing adequate resources."
Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Column Two: Five ways to identify intranet usability issues
Column Two: Five ways to identify intranet usability issues- Stakeholder interviews
- Walking through scenarios
- Review existing data
- Usability evaluation
- Expert review
usability Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Ramana Rao: Leveraging Content in Enterprise Knowledge Processes
Ramana Rao: Leveraging Content in Enterprise Knowledge Processes"knowledge work, by its very nature, can not be tied down in strict workflows. The processes are inherently exploratory, creative and analytical in nature. The challenges become evident even in finding documents, never mind using them. Search tools are brittle in that they provide almost no value when you don
Add tag Permalink | Monday, January 12, 2004
Ramana Rao: From Unstructured Data to Actionable Content
Ramana Rao: From Unstructured Data to Actionable Content"This article explains two key technologies for generating metadata about content--automatic categorization and information extraction. These technologies, and the applications that metadata makes possible, can transform an organization
Add tag Permalink | Monday, January 12, 2004
William Denton: How to Make a Faceted Classification and Put It On the Web
William Denton: How to Make a Faceted Classification and Put It On the Web"This paper will attempt to bridge the gap by giving procedures and advice on all the steps involved in making a faceted classification and putting it on the web. Web people will benefit by having a rigorous seven-step process to follow for creating faceted classifications, and librarians will benefit by understanding how to store such a classification on a computer and make it available on the web. The paper is meant for both webmasters and information architects who do not know a lot about library and information science, and librarians who do not know a lot about building databases and web sites."
Add tag Permalink | Monday, January 12, 2004
Still on the road.
Still on the road. Will resume posting on the 12th. - MaishAdd tag Permalink | Thursday, January 08, 2004
Season’s Greetings
Season's GreetingsThis is probably my last post of the year. So see you next year. Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year! - Maish
Add tag Permalink | Friday, December 19, 2003
Inside Learning: Network Learning Environments
Inside Learning: Network Learning EnvironmentsThis is related to Dina's post below. "A network learning environment focuses learning on the creation and strategic use of connections and relationships. It is a coordinated set of situations and circumstances for learning that empower the learner to create and evolve a range of experiences across people, places and things. In other words, the learner is intimately involved in shaping the learning environment to support his or her own motivation for learning. The means to coordinate a network learning environment is called interaction design."
[thanks elearnspace]
Add tag Permalink | Friday, December 19, 2003
Dina Mehta: Indian Joint Family System
Dina Mehta: Indian Joint Family SystemVery touching post by Dina. Brings out the importance of human interactions in relationships and how these interactions are the real sources of power and wisdom.
Add tag Permalink | Friday, December 19, 2003
eLearn Magazine: Feelin
eLearn Magazine: FeelinAdd tag Permalink | Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Intranet Journal: Content Management and Collaboration Converge
Intranet Journal: Content Management and Collaboration Converge on E-Learning"there are three broad categories of learning content based on the urgency of the information that needs to be learned: a) develop skills and competencies; b) critical knowledge transfer; and c) information broadcast. Critical knowledge transfer and information broadcasts involve rapid e-learning, which needs they are high-volume applications and need some type of content management to facilitate their use..."
content management Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, December 17, 2003