August 2007

PLOTEUS – Portal on Learning Opportunities Throughout Europe

August 19, 2007

PLOTEUS – Portal on Learning Opportunities Throughout Europe. ‘PLOTEUS was set upon order to respond to the conclusions of the Lisbon and Stockholm European Councils (March 2000 and March 2001), which invited the European Commission and Member States to create a Europe-wide service providing information on jobs and learning opportunities. The purpose of PLOTEUS, just [...]

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eBook: Taking One-to-One Computing to the Next Level

August 16, 2007

Taking One-to-One Computing to the Next Level – Laptop Learning Lightens Up Simple Storage Solutions. ‘One-to-one computing holds out the exciting promise of engaging students and empowering educators. Convertible notebook PCs, in particular, can be powerful tools to stimulate inspiration and interaction. This eBook contains suggestions on incorporating some of these new technologies into a [...]

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Nuts & Bolts: Distance Learning Tutorial

August 14, 2007

CDLP Nuts & Bolts – Distance Learning in Adult Education. ‘Animated tutorial covers distance learning basics, distance learners, popular approaches and how to start a program.’ CDLP – California Distance Learning Project. ‘The California Distance Learning Project goal is to help expand learner access to adult basic education services in California. This goal has four [...]

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Top-Ten Technology-Related Teaching and Learning Issues According to EDUCAUSE

August 7, 2007

Top-Ten Teaching and Learning Issues, 2007 by John P. Campbell, Diana G. Oblinger and Colleagues, Educause Quarterly, vol. 30 (3), 2007. ‘Creating a culture of evidence tops the list of important issues as the academic technology profession moves to an “Instruction 2.0″ world. The EDUCAUSE Advisory Committee for Teaching and Learning (ACTL) has identified the [...]

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The Renaissance of ee-Learning

August 5, 2007

Some Historical Thoughts on the ee-Learning Renaissance by Jack M. Nilles, Innovate 3 (6), 2007. Synopsis: Jack Nilles surveys the evolution of ee-learning at the University of Southern California, together with the first formal telecommuting demonstration program, from its beginnings in the early 1970s to the relevant trends in 2006. Although the basic technologies of [...]

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Jane Hart’s Top Ten Tools: My Contribution

August 1, 2007

Jane Hart, author of the well-known Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day and Directory of Learning Tools, asked a number of people what their Top Ten Tools were “for their own personal working and learning or for creating and delivering learning solutions”. The aim is to build the Top 100 Tools: the most popular tools [...]

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