Tennessee launches Electronic Learning Center

Posted in Distance Education, E-Learning, K-12 Education by Rob on the December 21st, 2008

The Tennessee Department of Education announced the launch of its
electronic learning center to give students, parents and educators
access to learning and professional development resources anytime,
anywhere.

Tennessee launches Electronic Learning Center on The Murfreesboro Post

Need help with class? YouTube videos await.

Posted in Cool Tools, E-Learning, Mobile Learning, Web 2.0 by Rob on the December 20th, 2008

When University of Central Florida junior Nicole Nissim got
stumped in trigonometry, she checked out what was showing on YouTube.

Nissim typically scours the video-sharing Web site for clips of
bands and comedy skits. But this time she wasn’t there to procrastinate
on her homework. It turned out YouTube was also full of math videos.

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Making sense of the ’semantic Web’

Posted in Future Watch by Rob on the December 18th, 2008

The “semantic Web” does not sound like it’s fun and easy to use, but it
could make surfing Web 3.0 a more rewarding and interactive experience.
Some believe it could even lead to a new form of artificial
intelligence.

Making sense of the ’semantic Web’ - CNN.com

Mr. Obama’s Internet Agenda

Posted in Future Watch by Rob on the December 16th, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama recently announced an ambitious plan to
build up the nation’s Internet infrastructure as part of his proposed
economic stimulus package. Upgrading the Internet is a particularly
smart kind of stimulus, one that would spread knowledge, promote
entrepreneurship and make this country more competitive globally.

Editorial - Mr. Obama’s Internet Agenda - NYTimes.com

California Community College System Gets Expanded Collaboration Tools

Posted in Distance Education, Higher Education by Rob on the December 16th, 2008

CCC Confer, a project out of Palomar College
in San Marcos, CA, is expanding its Web collaboration capabilities. The
organization, which provides Web-based conferencing capabilities for
the massive California Community College System (CCCS) enterprise-wide, has upgraded to the Elluminate Learning Suite unlimited license.

California Community College System Gets Expanded Collaboration Tools — Campus Technology

Ed tech central to Obama’s recovery plan

Posted in Hardware, Headlines, Higher Education, K-12 Education by Rob on the December 14th, 2008

To boost the sinking economy, government needs to invest in
modernizing and upgrading school buildings, expanding broadband
internet access, making public buildings more energy efficient, and
launching a public works program to rebuild the nation’s highways, said
President-elect Barack Obama in a Dec. 6 radio address.

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Tech trends every school leader should know

Posted in Uncategorized by Rob on the December 13th, 2008

A new generation of students with vastly different learning needs
is redefining expectations for classroom instruction, and a growing
emphasis on school accountability is changing the role of the school
district IT leader: These were two of the main ideas outlined in a Dec.
10 webcast from the Consortium of School Networking titled “Major
Technology Trends that School District CTOs Must Know.”

Top News - Tech trends every school leader should know

U of M moves from distance learning to online learning digital campus

Posted in Distance Education by Rob on the November 28th, 2008

The University of Minnesota announced its new “digital campus” initiative today, unveiling a new Web site that consolidates all of its online learning opportunities into a single Web site.

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Minnesota State Colleges Plan to Offer One-Fourth of Credits via Online Learning by 2015

Posted in Distance Education by Rob on the November 27th, 2008

In hopes of saving tax dollars and reaching more students, state leaders in Minnesota say they plan to offer a substantially higher percentage of their courses online in the next seven years.

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Do Instructional Design Training Programs in India Need a Revamp?

Posted in Distance Education, E-Learning by Rob on the November 27th, 2008

I have been looking at some of the training programs that are being offered for aspiring Instructional Designers (ID) in India. I looked at these courses from the perspective of:

  • An aspiring Instructional Designer who has no clue about Instructional Designing and wants to quickly gain instructional designing skills
  • An Instructional Designer who has started with Instructional Designing at work, but has lots of queries and needs lots of inputs to improve his/her instructional designing skill.

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