Virtual Field Trip: San Diego Zoo
Virtual flames: New firefighter recruits train via online learning
Sub-$100 Laptops Have Finally Arrived
“OLPC had promised that it would be possible to mass produce a sub-$100 laptop. The folks at OLPC tried to realize that dream by re-imagining what a laptop looks like. How large of screen and keyboard it has. What OS runs on the laptop. Now that OLPC has decided to super size their systems to run Windows XP, the $100 price point has slipped beyond their reach. A Chinese firm has realized that dream. Taking the best from both the OLPC and EeePC. They ditched x86 compatibility and switched to a MIPS architecture to further reduce production costs. HiVision has managed to create a UMPC that sells right now for $120.00. They say they have refined the manufacturing process and have learned from building this laptop how to mass produce a laptop that will sell for $98.00.”
Slashdot | Sub-$100 Laptops Have Finally Arrived
Bringing Composers into Classrooms Through Skype
Virtual environment boosts reading skills
Here’s How to Build Your Next E-Learning Scenario
A while back my wife’s computer crashed. So I did a search online, found the information I needed, and then learned to do the repair. While I was going through the pages of content, at no time did I complain about the lack of interactivity or the fact that the content wasn’t media-rich. In fact, the only thing that concerned me was finding the right information to solve the problem.
Higher Education Groups Receive Grants (Including Online Learning) to Help Students with Disabilities
The three-year grants support projects that provide technical assistance and professional development to faculty and administrators who teach and counsel students with disabilities at institutions of higher
Open Source Textbooks Challenge a Paradigm
A small, digital book startup thinks it has a solution to the age-old student lament: overpriced textbooks that have little value when the course is over. The answer? Make them open source — and give them away.
Open Source Textbooks Challenge a Paradigm | Epicenter from Wired.com
What is Good Quality elearning?
How many times do you wonder if the elearning course you are making is of good quality? All the time? Most of the time? At least sometime?
I am sure there are enough matrices and checkpoints with the Reviewing/Quality Assurance/Testing teams that also give you the quality figures - defects/hour is the norm. The general belief is Zero Defects = Good quality. More the number of defects, poorer is the quality.