October 2006

LearningOnlineInfo.Org

October 29, 2006

If you have arrived here looking for http://mylearning-online.info it’s time to update your bookmarks. Learning Online Info is now located at http://learningonlineinfo.org. Please note that the feed address remains the same: http://feeds.feedburner.com/LearningOnlineInfo. Thanks.

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The Economist.com Fall 2006 MBA Fair

October 25, 2006

The Economist.com Fall 2006 MBA Fair, October 30, 2006. ‘Choosing where and how to take your MBA is a momentous decision. A full-time MBA at a top-ranked school could conceivably set you back US$100,000 in tuition fees alone and that’s before you’ve considered factors such as forgone salary or living expenses. But it isn’t just [...]

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American Memory: The Learning Page

October 23, 2006

The Learning Page is designed to help educators use the American Memory Collections to teach history and culture. It offers tips and tricks, definitions and rationale for using primary sources, activities, discussions, lesson plans and suggestions for using the collections in classroom curriculum. American Memory is an online archive of over 100 collections of rare [...]

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BrainMeld: Promoting the use of Video Games in Education

October 23, 2006

BrainMeld – Bridging the gap between gaming and education. ‘The Educational and Video Games industries may seem like completely different worlds, but they have one very important thing in common: They both share the same audience. A growing body of research shows that mainstream video games are incredibly powerful learning tools and can be used [...]

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Adobe eLearning Tools

October 22, 2006

Adobe eLearning – Maximum knowledge in minimum time. ‘Adobe is motivated by the belief that great experiences create great learning outcomes. Our Rapid eLearning and Traditional eLearning software tools, including Adobe Presenter, Acrobat Connect Professional, Adobe Connect Training, Acrobat, Flash, Dreamweaver, Adobe Captivate, and Authorware, empower trainers, developers, and instructional designers to create and deliver [...]

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SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series

October 22, 2006

SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series. ‘The SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series reports on helpful and important topics in e-Learning, Learning Management Systems, custom online training development, instructional design, performance management, talent management, and human capital management.’ Episode 1: Selecting the Right e-Learning Development Tool for You and Your Company Episode 3: Developing Learning Activities and Simulations in [...]

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Online Course Tools at Virginia Tech

October 15, 2006

Effective Uses of Online Course Tools. ‘As new online tool suites such as WebCT and CourseInfo are introduced across campus, it is important to consider how the various tool features within these systems can be used to support teaching and learning (e.g., discussion boards, chat rooms, electronic groups). In a Fall 1999 Educational Technologies survey [...]

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NoteMesh – Wiki for Student Notes

October 15, 2006

NoteMesh – Collaborate to Graduate. ‘NoteMesh is a free service that allows college students in the same classes to share notes with each other. It works by creating a wiki for individual classes that users can edit. Users are free to post their own lecture notes or contribute to existing lecture notes. The idea is [...]

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