February 2007

OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

February 16, 2007

OER Commons: Open Educational Resources. ‘OER Commons is the first comprehensive open learning network where teachers and professors (from pre-K to graduate school) can access their colleagues’ course materials, share their own, and collaborate on affecting today’s classrooms. It uses Web 2.0 features (tags, ratings, comments, reviews, and social networking) to create an online experience [...]

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Learning Impact 2007

February 15, 2007

Learning Impact 2007 is IMS Global Learning Consortium’s annual conference that brings together the world’s leading creators, vendors, users, and buyers of learning technology to participate in program tracks focused on the latest innovations in learning systems, digital learning content, the learning enterprise, and open technologies. Presenters answer a key challenge question designed to inform [...]

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IMS: February 2007 Learning Technology Satisfaction and Trends Report

February 15, 2007

IMS Global Learning Consortium Releases February 2007 Learning Technology Trends Report and LearnSat Ratings. ‘The IMS Global Learning Consortium today released the latest version of its Learning Technology Satisfaction and Trends Report for February 2007. Based on responses from about 200 qualified leaders of Internet-supported learning initiatives in the North American Higher Education segment over [...]

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ELearning! Magazine: Best of Elearning! Awards 2006

February 9, 2007

ELearning! Magazine Readers Select the Best of Elearning. ‘In its 2nd year, the Best of Elearning! Awards received hundreds of product and company nominations from e-learning professionals and executives worldwide. Because 49% of users rely on advice from peers when sourcing e-learning solutions and services, Elearning! Magazine is committed to sharing these results annually. Which [...]

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eLearning Guild Members Choice Awards for Immersive Learning Simulations (ILS)

February 9, 2007

The eLearning Guild Announces Immersive Learning Simulations (ILS) Member’s Choice Awards.’The eLearning Guild announced today (February 6) the winners of the new eLearning Guild Members Choice Awards for Immersive Learning Simulations (ILS). The awards are announced in conjunction with the publication of the Guild’s premier Guild Research 360o Report on Immersive Learning Simulations (ILS) which [...]

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Curriki – Global Education & Learning Community

February 7, 2007

Curriki – The Global Education & Learning Community. ‘Curriki is a community of educators, learners and committed education experts who are working together to create quality materials that will benefit teachers and students around the world.Curriki is an online environment created to support the development and free distribution of world-class educational materials to anyone who [...]

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The Academic Blog Portal

February 7, 2007

The Academic Blog Portal. ‘Brad DeLong has described the academic blogosphere as a kind of Invisible College – this site is supposed to help make the College a little more visible to itself and its readers. It is a work in progress and will remain that way. It draws on updated information from (a) the [...]

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Handheld Learning: Mobile Technologies in Teaching and Learning

February 2, 2007

Handheld Learning promotes the use of mobile technologies and mobility to enable transformational improvements in teaching and learning through conferences, online knowledge sharing, consulting, teacher training and the provision of innovative software. Handheld Learning was formed in 2004 by Graham Brown-Martin who had envisaged the use of mobile computing devices for learning by children since [...]

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