Learning - Educational Technologies

Latest News Archive October 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.

New Media Literacy And Education: What To Teach? Public Voice - Part 2   New media literacy is the key missing component from our schools curricula. If you are to provide to your kids the mental tools and the manual skills required by today society you must help your sons master early in their teenage years how to express and... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Howard Rheingold - Education.Au -- October 28

Search Aggregated Social Media Networks And Selected Content Sources With Lijit   Personalized search is gaining in popularity, as information overload reaches a critical mass. Lijit takes this to the next level, allowing your site visitors to search across the variety of social networking platforms for your content, compounding your position as a trusted source of information. It would... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- October 22

New Media Literacy In Education: Learning Media Use While Developing Critical Thinking Skills   Media literacy is the notion that learning how to use new media technologies, online collaboration tools, personal publishing and live video streaming gear is not just about being cool and hip but it is a set of fundamental skills every young person should be equipped with... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Howard Rheingold - Education.Au -- October 21

Why Open-Source Does Not Protect Your Freedom: Richard Stallman Explains Why Free Software Is The Only Answer   Open-source misses the point of defending users freedom and assimilating open-source with Free Software only plays against the original Free Software movement ideals and goals. The necessities of commercial business have somehow eroded the original Free Software ideals and the operational advantages have rapidly gained... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Richard Stallman - Free Software Foundation -- October 13

Experience Design: Who Does It, What Is It, How Do You Do It?   Experience design is an emerging field of study and research that is strongly connected to design, marketing and the ergonomics and usability aspects of a product. But how do you carry out experience design work, who are the best interpreters of this new art, and which... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Elizabeth Sanders - MakeTools -- October 12

E-Book Readers: Are They Really Coming?   E-books, are they coming or not? Eight months ago, contaminated by the insight and enthusiasm of Antonio Tombolini, the Italian e-book pioneer, I had given in-depth coverage to this little talked about technology that is slowly but steadily improving its capabilities. Photo credit: Sony Apparently unnoticed by... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment John Blossom - Shore -- October 10

How To Spread Your Ideas Successfully - Seth Godin   How do you get your message to spread? How do make sure your voice and idea does not get lost into the raising noise all around you? Photo credit: Dangerouslyawesome How do you market your brand now that the TV industrial complex advertising mechanism costs more but... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Seth Godin - TED Talks -- October 7

Online Collaboration: Share More, Share Better   How do we share, collaborate and cooperatively support each other effectively online? Are there ways and methods we can use to improve our online sharing and collaboration abilities? Photo credit: Viewimages Joshua Porter, brings in another inspired short essay, this time focusing on what you need to... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Joshua Porter - Bokardo -- October 5

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