Please take a minute and check out the site TheWorldIsNotFlat.com. I am enthralled by it because it is: Drupal based (with a tricked out design by Rain City Studios) created by believers in Social Design for the Web August and my first day of summer "vacation" inspiration for the travel and blog about it aspirations […]
online learning in action – check it out! Read More »
Just pointing to an interesting take on e-learning 2.0 from the Read / Write Web site. technorati tags:elearning Blogged with Flock
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According to a recent article in Business 2.0, e-mail use is dropping among teens in favor of real time IM and text messaging. In my courses at IU, we share a lot of information via e-mail, but we also have weekly discussions via IM. While we also use Breeze for the more "formal" classroom-like discussions,
Reaching Students “Real Time” via IM, but what about Text Messaging? Read More »
The buzz today is that Sony is ready to introduce the new $350 mylo (short for my life online), a wi-fi enabled "broadband communicator" that doesn't have a cell phone (hence, no cell carrier Internet access). While the lack of a phone avoids the relatively high monthly data plans from a cell carrier, it would
Sony mylo: What’s the market for a $350 IM toy with no phone and wi-fi only Internet? Read More »
Similar to the letter CEO Michael Chasen sent to EdTech Talk, a "message" to the client "community" was released on the Blackboard Blog today. Apparently, the crush of criticism by edubloggers is "creating confusion for many people" (and maybe an Excedrin sized headache for Blackboard?) In the "message" of clarity, Chasen notes that: "Some of
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The EdTechTalk live webcast #58 on the Blackboard patent and DOPA issues just finished up and I encourage everyone to catch the recording once it is edited and uploaded. The shownotes include a letter from BlackBoard CEO, Michael Chasin submitted in response to EdTechTalk's request for a representative to appear on the show. Martin Dougiamas
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Since my post about meebo back in March, meebo has become my IM client of choice. I even use it in my discussion group for one of my classes. Web based means I can access it anywhere on any computer (on my Mac and PC) and with no downloads. Best of all, it works will
meebo me: IM Widget for your Personal Website Read More »
Windows Live Spaces went “live” – here is my test space. Maybe more than fashionably late with an update to MSN Spaces, it is a pretty good looking update none the less. Part blog platform / part social networking site / part mini-CMS (with photo storage), my first glance didn’t produce any a-has. Discoveryspaces.live.com displays
Windows Live Spaces – Better Late than Never? Read More »
Cnet news.com and Rollcall.com (from summary in FreePress.net) report that Senator Stevens is pushing hard to the get the support he needs to get a rapid vote before the August 7 – September 4 recess – So, it may be time to say, SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE! Here is how things currently
Net Neutrality Status: Stevens Pushing a Quick Vote before Recess? Read More »
Wow. I grabbed some sleep last night and woke to see this inspiring piece from Steven Downes. Seems the online learning world has once again rallied (gosh, net neutrality, then DOPA and now the Blackboard patent) and is quickly getting its collective ducks in a row pulling together a historical "prior art" record (see links
Online Learning World back to Blackboard: We ain’t playin’, either! Read More »