Leigh Blackall: “There has been a long and [barren] relationship between education and popular culture for over a century now. Education has been absent from reality for as long as I’ve been a part of it and today is no …
The Next iPhone: What can we expect?
The current hardware version, for the 3GS, is 2.1 which was announced in June 2009 so we can expect another upgrade around the same time next year in June. Although nobody knows what the new iPhone will bring here are …
10 tech trends to look out for in 2010
In the future, your mouse will cook you breakfast, computers will float in the sky and the world will be a generally more peaceful place. Until then, here are a few interesting advancements that we reckon will shape technology during …
Turkey wants to give each of its 70 million citizens an email address (and a search engine too.)
Turkey’s Informational Technology Watchdog today announced its intentions to allocate an e-mail address to each of its 70 million citizens.
…Book Review: ‘Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology’
“Our fear is that social cohesion and equity inherent in the promise of public schooling will be undermined by (the Knowledge Revolution).” This fear comprises the lynchpin of the authors’ thesis: that new media technologies are changing how, where, and …
Should You Add Background Audio to Your E-Learning Courses?
Tom Kuhlmann: “I get a lot of questions about whether or not to add background music to e-learning courses. That’s like answering whether or not you should put a blue square in your course. If the blue square makes it …
Seven Habits of Highly Connected People
The first thing any connected person should be is receptive. Whether on a discussion forum, mailing list, or in a blogging community or gaming site, it is important to spend some time listening and getting the lay of the land.…
Buying an E-Book reader? Here’s What You Need to Know
Want to purchase an e-reader? There’s a lot of hype to cut through.
…Canadian Ebook Store Offers ‘Free’ Public Domain Ebooks – Claims Copyright Says You Can Only Make 1 Copy
Canadian Ebook Store Offers ‘Free’ Public Domain Ebooks — Claims Copyright Says You Can Only Make 1 Copy
…Selling Lessons Online Raises Cash and Questions
Selling Lessons Online Raises Cash and Questions
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/education/15plans.html?_r=1
…Quality post-secondary education in Canada: How can we know?
The Canadian Council for Learning has released another report, this time on quality in post secondary institutions in Canada.
…New Teen-Produced Reality Series Shows How Teens Use Digital Media to Shape Their Lives
This post post announces “the launch of StudentSpeak, a new teen-produced reality series on how teens use digital media in their day-to-day lives. Every other week, students will take viewers inside their world, and show how technology is transforming how …
Open Educational Resources: The implications for educational development (SEDA)
Dave Cormier questions some underlying presumptions of resource repositories in this examination of open educational resources (OERs). “There is a presumption in traditional learning design that a given trainer is somehow going to be able to divine the needs of …
Teaching Teachers to Use Blended Learning
In 2008, Charles Sturt University introduced CSU Interact, a learning management system based on the Sakai framework. Pedagogically, the new tool supports a social constructivist approach to e-learning. Students are required to wield a range of digital tools, such as …
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009: The Final List
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009: The Final List
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