Video on understanding the difference between an LMS and PLEs
PLEs meet LMSs
This 4 min 30 sec YouTube video is an 'animated' chat about the differences between Learning Management Systems (the man) and Personal...
A ‘free’ online MBA via Facebook?
Guttenplan, D. (2010) Poking, Tagging and Now Landing an M.B.A. New York Times, November 28
Note: this post was up-dated on 27 March 2023.
The above article...
Innovative e-learning in the Vancouver area
I worry about the often negative tone of many of my posts. It was therefore a great pleasure to attend the joint Justice Institute...
‘The notion of class time as separate from non-class time will vanish’
This is one of 20 predictions from the editors of the Futurist magazine.
'Each year since 1985, the editors of THE FUTURIST have selected the...
A vision for course management systems
Mazar, R. (2010) Episode 3: campus courseware University Affairs, November 8
Rochelle Mazar, an Emerging Technologies Librarian at the University of Toronto Mississauga, provides in...
UNESCO signs mobile learning agreement
Somewhat late news, but still important for this interested in developing mobile learning applications for developing countries:
UNESCO and telecommunications company Nokia have recently signed...
Journal: researching virtual worlds
The Researchers' Toolbox: Volume 3, No. 1, 2010 of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is now available. This is required reading for anyone...
Using web 2.0 for vocational and adult education in Europe
SVEA (2010) The Use of Web 2.0 in VET and Adult Education Training in SVEA Consortium's Regions Stuttgart Germany: SVEA (look for SVEA's Regional...
The future of the textbook?
Keith Hampson's Higher Education Management Group site has an interesting posting of Wired Magazine's video about a new digital biology textbook costing $10 million...
$300 iPads will eat Notebooks: Gartner
Nagel, D. (2010) Media Tablet Growth to be driven by iPad Campus Technology, October 26
Gartner Consultants has updated its forecast for overall worldwide enterprise...