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Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds Conference

August 26, 2010
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1st Global Conference Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds (Call for Papers), 20th–22nd March 2011, Prague, Czech Republic. The aim of this conference will be to examine formal and informal learning in virtual worlds in an attempt to critique both its essential characteristics and its future possibilities. Teachers of all levels, university faculty, virtual world players, [...]

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How to Spot and Avoid a Diploma Mill

July 26, 2010

Diploma mills, sometimes called “degree mills,” are scams; they are businesses that pose as universities or other academic institutions, and they charge individuals for transcripts, diplomas, and other mediocre services. The degrees one can receive from this school will involve very little if any actual education and will be worthless in the real world. Unfortunately, [...]

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Presentation: PowerPoint Clone Included on Google Docs

September 24, 2007

C|Net News: Google Presentations gets the green light. ‘Google announced the launch on Monday night of its long-awaited, Web-based competitor to PowerPoint. Google Presentations, which is free, is part of the company’s online office suite, Google Docs. Right off the bat, you will notice that Presentations has some of the same basic functionality as Microsoft’s [...]

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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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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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Oracle Education Foundation

July 8, 2006

Oracle Education Foundation. ‘The Oracle Education Foundation is an independent, philanthropic organization funded by Oracle Corporation. As part of its mission, the Foundation provides ThinkQuest and Think.com as free services to the global primary and secondary school community. These programs are designed to connect students around the world and engage them in collaborative, project-based learning [...]

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Anystream’s Apreso Classroom: Lectures on Demand

May 3, 2006

Technology creates lectures on demand. ‘A video-capture technology first adopted by network news outlets such as CNN and Fox News is now appearing on college campuses, including Harvard, Michigan State, and Temple universities, to record live classroom lectures and presentations and post them to the internet for students to review. University officials say the technology [...]

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