January 2007

ClaimID: Managing Your Online Info

January 30, 2007

ClaimID – Manage Your Online Identity. ‘Imagine that you are applying for a job. You know that your prospective employer is going to search for your name online, and since you’re a rational person, that worries you. How will your employer know what online stuff is actually about you, and not about that other person [...]

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Odiogo: Convert Blog Entries into Podcasts

January 29, 2007

Odiogo™ announces the launch of a groundbreaking Web 2.0 application that enables text content providers to create new audio media in a snap. Blog entries are converted on the fly into high fidelity voice files ready to play on MP3 players, PDAs, phones, or laptop computers. Odiogo – a play on “Audio To Go” – [...]

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Kineo’s E-Learning Predictions for 2007 Book

January 26, 2007

Kineo’s E-learning Crystal Ball 2007. ‘If you want to live in the future, you have to make it up, right? So we asked some of the industry’s big thinkers to peer through the looking glass to paint us a picture of where e-learning is headed in 2007. Some made bold predictions (all references to hoverboards [...]

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Education Map of the Decade (2006-2016) Interactive Site Launched

January 23, 2007

To provoke thought leaders to think about the future of education in new ways, KnowledgeWorks Foundation has launched a fully interactive version of its 2006-2016 Map of Future Forces Affecting Education. Developed in partnership with the Institute for the Future, the Education Map of the Decade identifies external future forces that are likely to shape [...]

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SREB: EvaluTech – Free Resources for Teachers

January 23, 2007

SREB: EvaluTech – Timely, reliable, useful and free resources for teachers. ‘EvaluTech offers expanded access to resources that are aligned with the work of the Educational Technology Cooperative. It is committed to providing high-quality information to K-20 education agencies —states’ departments of education and higher education agencies— in the 16 states. EvaluTech grew out of [...]

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SREB: Checklist for Evaluating Online Courses

January 23, 2007

SREB (Southern Regional Education Board): Checklist for Evaluating Online Courses: Evaluation is key to ensuring that online courses provide students with access to quality instruction and resources. With sections on content, instructional design, student assessment and technology, this checklist is based on the SREB report Standards for Quality Online Courses and is designed to assist [...]

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StikiPad

January 22, 2007

StikiPad is a hosted wiki solution that gives you an easy way to organize your information and share information with others. StikiPad runs completely in your browser with no downloads and easy administration, letting you take your StikiPad wherever you have access to the Internet. StikiPad Examples Tags: StikiPad, Wikis

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Collaborative Coaching and Networking for Online Instructors

January 18, 2007

Collaborative Coaching and Networking for Online Instructors, Jason D. Baker, Kristin L. Redfield, Shauna Tonkin, Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, Volume IX, Number IV, Winter 2006. Abstract: This paper presents a model of professional development using collaborative coaching and networking which has been used to improve online instructor effectiveness. Components of the model are [...]

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