Content Village: e-learning resources
Content Village: e-learning resources- Nice collection of links to (mostly) European websites
Add tag Permalink | Monday, October 21, 2002
Forbes: The Psychology Of Success
Forbes: The Psychology Of SuccessSo far there is one other big difference between those who go into business for themselves and those who don't... Entrepreneurs don't care what other people think about them. "They really don't care as much...They're just happy to go ahead and do what they're doing."
Add tag Permalink | Monday, October 21, 2002
CETIS: “SCORM is not for everyone”- ADL responds
CETIS: "SCORM is not for everyone"- ADL respondsDan Rehak: SCORM's pedagogical model is limited, and is not suitable for everyone, particularly primary and HE.
ADL: SCORM really focuses on is reusable, interoperable content. I think those principles can be applied in primary and HE. It set out to and has succeeded in addressing the ability to reuse, locate, and provide for interoperability of learning content to LMSs.
Add tag Permalink | Friday, October 18, 2002
NetImperative: BBC admits misleading court over e-learning claims
NetImperative: BBC admits misleading court over e-learning claimsThe BBC has begun an internal investigation after admitting it started developing services for the government's new digital curriculum initiative before receiving approval from the government to do so.
Add tag Permalink | Friday, October 18, 2002
GUUUI: InfoRomanticism on the Internet
GUUUI: InfoRomanticism on the InternetArticle about envisioning data-intensive information on the web through actions of conceptualization, collaboration, and by building upon the work of the pioneers of visual communication.
Add tag Permalink | Thursday, October 17, 2002
Education Unlimited: At a distance
Education Unlimited: At a distanceAs Israeli roadblocks make access difficult to Birzeit University in the West Bank, the institute is being forced to increasingly rely on distance learning... distance learning is not only an emergency measure, but an investment in the future - although at the moment it is on an "informal" basis. Lecture notes are going up on the site, and email is crucial for lecturer/student communications and class discussion.
Add tag Permalink | Thursday, October 17, 2002
Nua Surveys: College staff use Net to prepare coursework
Nua Surveys: College staff use Net to prepare courseworkOver 80 percent of faculty staff at North American colleges and universities believe that web-based technology is a key contributor to student success.
Add tag Permalink | Thursday, October 17, 2002
IT & Society: The Impact of Internet Use on Sociability: Time-Diary Findings
IT & Society: The Impact of Internet Use on Sociability: Time-Diary FindingsThis article explores the complex ways in which the Internet affects interpersonal communication and sociability. Dynamic new time-diary data identify when and where Internet use impacts face-to-face interactions. Internet use at home has a strong negative impact on time spent with friends and family as well as time spent on social activities, but Internet use at work has no such effect...
Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, October 16, 2002
Business 2.0: The Management Secrets of the Brain
Business 2.0: The Management Secrets of the BrainYour brain is the ultimate example of a complex, decentralized organization. And because we (usually) behave coherently, smoothly integrating new circumstances as they arise, the brain is also the epitome of an adaptive organization, a learning organization, a shared-vision organization -- in short, the ideal modern company. And you could learn a lot from something so well run...
- Never try to micromanage a large, complex organization.
- Don't let bottom-up self-organization go wild.
- The best way to control your subordinates is to just point them in the right direction.
- Be careful listening to the voice of experience -- that voice could be your own.
Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, October 16, 2002
Boxes and Arrows: Consolidated Assessment:
Boxes and Arrows: Consolidated AssessmentA user-research approach which integrates our best tools into a single session... This approach works best with sites that involve goal-driven users who come to a site with a purpose. They have an idea of what they are looking for, so it is an example of known item or known task based site usage. That includes sites built around scenarios and activities rather than simple document retrieval (for which pure card sorting is well suited). And to achieve these pre-specified goals, the user has to complete some specific tasks that are more involved than simple document retrieval. We're not talking about finding articles, but going through a set of steps to complete a task.
card sorting Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, October 16, 2002
Hot Text: Hurray for FAQs
Hot Text: Hurray for FAQsTraditional Help, even when it is mounted on a Web site, energized with Dynamic HTML and JavaScript, linked to embedded customer assistance, and delivered as active server pages, ... well, even then Help seems like a lecture.
On the other hand, a set of Frequently Asked Questions, even when done poorly, seems like a conversation...
style guide, writing Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, October 16, 2002
IT-Analysis: Managing the knowledge worker
IT-Analysis: Managing the knowledge workerMost knowledge workers want recognition of their importance to the organisation. That means getting them involved in what is going on - taking notice of their input. In many cases they are peers, rather than true subordinates, to their manager, whose job should be to lead and enable, rather than control and put down.
Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, October 15, 2002
Information Week: The Next Web
Information Week: The Next WebConsider the hypothetical case of an automobile manufacturer that needs to find the perfect part for a new car it's developing. The carmaker could instruct a semantic search tool to find nuts that are lightweight, very resistant to heat, of a certain size, cost less than a penny, and can be delivered at the same time each week. By accessing the relatable semantic tags in product catalogs from a variety of suppliers, a program could compare, contrast, and evaluate the options, presenting the carmaker with a list of nuts that best meet its criteria.
Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, October 15, 2002
Intranet Journal: Communicating Clearly with Internal Customers
Intranet Journal: Communicating Clearly with Internal CustomersYou may be the most talented technical guru the intranet world has ever seen, but if you can't communicate with your customers (or have someone on your team who can do it for you); you might consider a career change. Why? Technology for technology sake is irrelevant in today's organizations, and in addition to a solid base of technical skills, today's IT worker also needs a generous helping of communication skills.
Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, October 15, 2002
The Chronicle: Electronic Books Have a Supporting Role in a Play at Ball State U.
The Chronicle: E-Books Have a Supporting Role in a Play at Ball State U.Theater has always had an interactive element, but at Ball State University, a faculty director and student performers are carrying that interaction into the digital age... More than half of the audience members get the e-books when they file through the door to see a play about Lizzie Borden... During the show, audience members can tap around on the e-books to see digitized historical photos of the Bordens and the crime scene, and to read commentary especially written for this production.
Add tag Permalink | Monday, October 14, 2002
Salon: Riding along with the Internet Bookmobile
Salon: Riding along with the Internet BookmobileThe Internet Bookmobile is a van on a mission: to drive across the country, stopping at schools, museums and libraries, making books for kids and spreading the word about the digital library that is the Net.
Add tag Permalink | Monday, October 14, 2002
User Interface Engineering: Making Tips Work
User Interface Engineering: Making Tips WorkWhen users run into a problem, they seem to make a subconscious decision as to whether the additional information they will gain is worth the "cost" of finding it. The cost the user pays is in terms of concentration... If users perceive the cost of finding information to be small, they are more likely to pursue the information. Feedback from users suggests that a term such as "tips" implies a smaller cost
interface Add tag Permalink | Monday, October 14, 2002
IT Training: Don
IT Training: DonAdd tag Permalink | Friday, October 11, 2002
CNET: MIT tries free Web education
CNET: MIT tries free Web educationJust putting the courses online has been an education in technology, according to MIT. While the pilot was published using hand coded, "brute force" methods, the school is now evaluating a number of content-managing systems it hopes will ease the process of publishing the remaining 1,968 courses.
Add tag Permalink | Friday, October 11, 2002
Information Week: E-Training Equips Rescue Workers
Information Week: E-Training Equips Rescue WorkersThe California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is using E-learning to train its firefighters and emergency personnel on topics ranging from anthrax detection to firearm safety. It's a big change for the department, which had been using prerecorded videotapes for training...
Add tag Permalink | Thursday, October 10, 2002
KM.GOV: KM Quick: A KM Tool for Government Practitioners
KM.GOV: KM QuickKM Quick is the genesis of an outline of knowledge management (KM) provided for KM practitioners in the Government. Practitioners in the private sector may also be interested in using it. Many individuals are expressing appreciation for a quick reference that lists various aspects of KM. Since KM touches numerous disciplines, professionals who provide KM expertise find themselves overwhelmed when implementing and integrating KM. Under these circumstances, KM Quick allows one to quickly scan for related KM subjects.
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knowledge management Add tag Permalink | Thursday, October 10, 2002
Stephen Downes: Design Principles for a Distributed Learning Object Repository Network
Stephen Downes: Design Principles for a Distributed Learning Object Repository NetworkThese principles are in one sense descriptive and in another sense prescriptive. They are descriptive in the sense that they attempt to capture the essential elements of what is likely to be the most successful system for the distribution and use of learning materials on the internet. They are prescriptive in the sense that they are intended to inform the development of such a network.
Add tag Permalink | Thursday, October 10, 2002
The Chronicle: Looking Online First
The Chronicle: Looking Online FirstDespite the triumph of print as a reliable source of information, most of the respondents tended to go first to online sources in studies and research. Almost 90 percent of researchers said they went online first, then consulted print sources. About 75 percent of students said they used the Internet first, then went to a professor or librarian for assistance, and consulted print sources last.
Add tag Permalink | Thursday, October 10, 2002
Dilbert Does Interface Design
Dilbert does interface designSo true!
Part I
Part II
interface Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, October 09, 2002
First Monday: Hypertext Links: Whither Thou Goest, and Why
First Monday: Hypertext Links: Whither Thou Goest, and WhyThe link is the basic element of hypertext, and researchers have long recognized that links provide semantic relationships for users. Yet little work has been done to understand the nature of these relationships, particularly in conjunction with the purposes of organizational/informational Web sites. This paper explores the semantic and rhetorical principles underlying link development and proposes a systematic, comprehensive classification of link types that would be of use to researchers and Web production teams.