Learning - Educational Technologies

Latest News Archive September 2007

E-learning, workflow learning, just-in-time learning, virtual classrooms and the world of education at a distance. Educational technologies are the new frontier for ay instructional designer: Blogs, RSS, wikis, collaboration systems, e-learning tools, presentation software, simulation tools, real-time videoconferencing, online classrooms.

What Is A Wiki: Wikis Explained In Simple Words   I have now been using wikis for over four years, and frankly I couldn't do without them anymore. Their ability to facilitate my frequent needs to create shared workspaces in which I can easily add, edit and upload information and files of all kinds makes them... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Lee and Sachi Lefever - CommonCraft -- September 30

Education: Do We Really Need Schools Or Do We Need To Better Understand What Education Should Really Be?   How do we educate our children to be active, critical thinkers and not dumb passive consumers serving someone else interests? For however strange this may sound to you, it may have been "marketing" itself to bring us the terrible education system most civilized countries have adopted... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment John Taylor Gatto - Harper's Magazine -- September 29

Best Of Breed Web Conferencing, Online Collaboration And Live Web Presentation Into One Tool: Acrobat Connect Professional Reviewed   Acrobat Connect Professional, the flagship web conferencing and online collaboration technology from Adobe, keeps, improving and remaining the real-time conferencing solution to beat. In this updated review I look again at Connect Professional key features, strengths and weaknesses to provide a comprehensive, independent evaluation of what... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Robin Good -- September 25

Personal Video Recorder On The Web: Record Italian TV Programming With Faucet PVR   A free web-based personal video recorder (PVR) allows the scheduled recording of Italian mainstream on-air network channels which can then be easily downloaded to your iPod or iPhone. The unique service which is purely in experimental "beta" mode and has no commercial ambitions, provides a truly... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Robin Good -- September 24

Design Philosophy: Should Design Serve Art Or Business? The Politics Of Design   Paul Rand, one of the most prolific and successful American graphic designers of the past century, lays down in this short essay the foundations of what the "politics of design" are all about. Rand's design philosophy is valuable for anyone interested in improving her understanding of... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Robin Good -- September 23

Web-Based Document Sharing: Google Docs Explained In Simple Words - Video Tutorial   If you are looking for an easy way to share and collaborate on documents with other people in your team, Google Docs is one of the most interesting web-based alternatives to a Microsoft Office suite with the integrated, built-in ability to make document collaboration a breeze. Google... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Lee Lefever - CommonCraft -- September 19

Google Presentations: The New Google Docs Module For Sharing, Co-Editing And Creating Online Presentations   "Maybe more than any other type of document, presentations are created to be shared. But assembling slide decks by emailing them around is as frustrating as it is time-consuming. The new presentations feature of Google Docs helps you to easily organize, share, present, and collaborate on... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Robin Good -- September 18

The Online Video Interview Recorder Is Here: SightSpeed 6 Review   Video interview recording is the ability to record good quality video out of one-to-one at-a-distance video conferencing calls for the purpose of conducting and publishing interviews done with people that cannot be physically present at your location. But for however simple it may sound, video recording both... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Robin Good -- September 17

Online Collaboration: Just-In-Time Screen-Sharing With All Your Skype Contacts - Yugma For Skype   Yugma Skype opens-up the door to contextual, just-in-time collaboration, making it possible for any existing Skype user to start screen-sharing, live annotating or giving remote control of the screen to anyone in a few mouse clicks. What's more impressive is that Yugma for Skype supports up... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Robin Good -- September 12

Creativity And Education: Is Creativity Being Driven Out Of Our Education Systems?   Are we are educating people out of their creative potential? Can we see through our present education system and understand that the purpose and structures on which it was originally built (not so long ago) have all deeply changed? How can we critically view and improve... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Sir Ken Robinson - Ted Talks -- September 9

Presentation Technologies: Breakthrough New Delivery Platform - Vcasmo Integrates PowerPoint With Video   Increasingly, web 2.0 web sites provide you with a flurry of new tools, services and technologies all supposed to help you better leverage your existing communication skills via social media networks, new online distribution and delivery options and emerging alternative media publishing opportunities. ...and if you are... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Robin Good -- September 7

Professional Blogger: How Do You Recognize One?   As the independent publishing industry gradually grows, an increasing number of online web publishers are running to find the resource they need the most: professional bloggers and talented content writers. Photo credit: Yanik Chauvin But it is not an easy search. In fact, while there are thousands of... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Robin Good -- September 4

Screencasting Examples - The Best Screencasts From Master New Media   Screencasting, the live screen-capture of you demonstrating a software or new application is increasingly the solution of choice when it comes to showcase, demonstrate, explain. A few hours ago Marshall Kirkpatrick of Splashcast twittered: "my ? is: what r some good methods 4 turning huge... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Robin Good -- September 2

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