May 2006

Evolving e-learning: main conclusions of the Helios yearly report 2005/2006. ‘Nowadays a high number of organisations are professionally collecting, analysing and producing information on e-Learning (i.e. EUROSTAT, Eurydice, IEA, OECD, EUN Insight, Eurobarometer, as well as observatory projects within the e-Learning and IST Programmes) using different methodologies and providing different outputs, in terms of timing, [...]

Skills for Access : The Comprehensive Guide to Creating Accessible Multimedia for e-Learning. ‘This web site provides you with a comprehensive resource on issues relating to multimedia, e-learning and accessibility. Whether you’re new to e-learning, want to know more about specific accessibility issues, or are an expert multimedia developer, we believe you’ll find information relevant [...]

E-Learning: A Guidebook of Principles, Procedures and Practices. ‘This guidebook will help readers to systematically approach their engagement with e-learning, irrespective of the educational sector or level within which they may be working. The content of this guidebook has been carefully selected to enable readers to consider all the issues in relation to e-learning. Besides [...]

Tools for the Teks: Classroom Audio Podcasting. ‘Education in the twenty-first century should focus on the development of authentic literacy skills for students. Learning to read, write, listen, speak, critically analyze information and communicate ideas using a variety of modalities is vital for children of all ages. Some of the most frequent complaints of writing [...]

UNESCO at 60: Focus on Distance Learning. ‘UNESCO is celebrating its 60th anniversary over 60 weeks, with each week devoted to a theme. The week of 29 May-4 June is dedicated to Distance Learning.’ Technorati Tags: UNESCO, Distance Learning

Education Podcast Network. ‘The Education Podcast Network is an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century. Most of the producers of these programs [...]