elearning2.0 linklog

brief but lively and user-ccentric, with some good links...'Have you ever seen one of these or these while viewing a webpage and clicked on it only to see (to your horror) a screen of seemingly unintelligible code appear before your eyes? Quickly you ru

note to self: dig here for technique for in-order presentation-to-set workflow

[I had to listen for some minutes without visuals while the Flash downloaded; load the page again when visuals start if that happens] ... useful but not polished runthrough of features [via abject learning]

faster start / smaller filesize version of Jason Toal's google-reader screencast. started quickly for me (unlike the high-rez version :o)

'..an important paper. It is both academically respectable, readable (though a little longish for time constrained Deputy Ministers and the like) and 'gets it' without being fanatical or evangelical. Send it on to those who can help affect this change.

'..he does a really fine job of demonstrating the strengths of the application, including some snazzy interface goodies, clustering feeds, and the RSS output of starred items (which gets outputted on his personal page and elsewhere)

pitched clearly and vividly to make sense to busy executives or corporate trainers. a useful resource... 'Most corporations over-invest in formal training while leaving the more natural, simple ways we learn to chance.

..'I'm curious about what it might mean to look at the world by foregrounding objects rather than subjects. Making things public implies that we understand what makes a thing significant, and what a public is. These are important considerations for teache

[also NB great use-case descr + plea for s/w help with it]..'[We need] a place in the day where students can experiment and socialize and maybe process. They need a class where applications become more important than content. Students need time/chance...

'CBC Radio’s Michael Enright sits down with me to talk about how to interview someone, how to be interviewed, and he confesses his most embarassing interview moment. A must-listen for anyone who makes podcasts or are interested in radio.

(CEDH)..'1. What tasks will your students be expected to perform after completing training? 2. What do they need to learn to perform these tasks? 3. How will you know how well they are learning? 4. How can you most effectively facilitate student learning?

'If people perform better when they have a mix of modalities and methods of learning, what defines the most effective mix? ...suggests 5 critical ingredients for blended learning, and uses both traditional and modern instructional design to back it up.

With CCRT you can validate and import your own IMS Learning Design packages and play these in the integrated web player - not intended to be used in a real life deployment- should be considered an introduction to the possibilities of IMS LD and CopperCore

'argues that first time eLearners often experience cognitive overload in the early stages of an online course and it is suggested that this is a likely contributor to high drop out rates, particularly in terms of those withdrawing within the first few wee

'example shows how the RSS feed from my blog is rendered into a PDF file and other formats are also available. When students use blogs and websites as a part of their studies and wish to submit them for assessment, the University gets bogged down by quali

'XFruits makes possible the Mashup RSS creation in a very simple way thanks to the Composer. You can assemble the bricks together so as to build your own feed-based service. "xFruiter" service's users are referenced.