Understanding the Ins and Outs of ‘Open Content’ Licensing Good article that explains the pros and cons of open content. Overall, I see this as a positive movement in education. Two possible negatives from my perspective are: Lack of systematic way to provide peer-review of content – We’re counting on a wikipedia model rather than having […]
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Quest Atlantis
National Science Foundation funded project by the University of Indiana that uses a multi-user game-like environment to engage 9-15 year-old students in educational tasks. (delicious tags: digital Education eLearning Games learning science Technology virtualworlds Gaming K-12)
Drunk driving & facebook, Online Cheating Legislation
Don’t drink and drive, then post on Facebook Here’s a reminder to think twice before posting something on a social networking site. It doesn’t appear as if the people mentioned in this article were thinking at all. (delicious tags: K-12 Facebook higher_ed MySpace socialnetworking) New Systems Keep a Close Eye on Online Students at Home […]
New Mexico chooses Blackboard for K-20 elearning solution
New Mexico Launches Statewide eLearning Initiative New Mexico chose Blackboard for its K-20+ elearning solution. All public institutions of learning will use Blackboard. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. There are advantages and disadvantages to standardizing on a single learning management system. Training should be simplified. However, I find most LMS software […]
New Mexico chooses Blackboard for K-20 elearning solution
New Mexico Launches Statewide eLearning Initiative New Mexico chose Blackboard for its K-20+ elearning solution. All public institutions of learning will use Blackboard. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. There are advantages and disadvantages to standardizing on a single learning management system. Training should be simplified. However, I find most LMS software […]
Google’s Lively offers free alternative to Second Life
Technology Review: Google ventures into virtual reality with ‘Lively’ Google introduces “Lively” to compete with Second Life in the virtual world market. Several advantages, Lively is free and users aren’t tethered together in a single website. Also, even though there is no cost, this new virtual world tool comes without Google ads. Lively is an easy […]
Alabama high schools are going online, iTunes U critique, More mini-laptops
Alabama Distance Learning Rolls Out Statewide for 2009-2010 Alabama plans to be the first in the nation to have distance learning (synchronous and asynchronous) at all of its high schools. This should give students access to courses their school may not offer. Will this allow students to take online courses from other schools rather than face […]
Open content providers using wikis to share
Curriki Wiki site for instructors to share their curriculum. An example of open content curriculum. (tags: content course curriculum e-learning opencourseware opensource wikis wiki education Technology)
Would mini laptops be a good choice for your school?
Mini laptops a hit with schools California school district buys about 10,000 mini-laptops. This may truly be “the fall to go small.” (tags: 1:1 OLPC mini-laptops one-to-one)
Delicious links for 2008-07-12
Is Google Making Us Stupid? Good article on how our reading habits may be changing by the way we use the Internet. (tags: academic computers future information internet learning online online_learning reference research brain google) Web Anywhere Free screen reader for the web that doesn’t require new software to be downloaded. (tags: accessibility free reader […]
