Comprehensive report on the state of online learning at the K-12 level in Canada.
http://www.inacol.org/research/docs/iNACOL_CanadaStudy_200911.pdf…
E-learning 2.0
E-learning as we know it has been around for ten years or so. During that time, it has emerged from being a radical idea—the effectiveness of which was yet to be proven—to something that is widely regarded as mainstream. It’s …
25 practical ideas for using Mobile Phones in the Classroom
Good list of ideas, credited to Doug Belshaw.
http://www.pontydysgu.org/2009/11/25-practical-ideas-for-using-mobile-phones-in-the-classroom/…
Kindle comes to Canada without browser
Kindle comes to Canada without browser
The Kindle e-book reader is now available to Canadians, Amazon.com announced Tuesday (Nov. 17th), but without some key features.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/17/tech-amazon-kindle-canada.html…
Why you want to use scenarios in your elearning
This presentations suggests a design approach based more on getting learners to solve problems rather than remember facts.
http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2009/11/why-you-want-to-use-scenarios-in-your-elearning/…
Meet Go, Google’s New Programming Language
Google has released a brand-new programming language it hopes will solve some of the problems with existing languages such as Java and C++. The language is called Go, and it was released under an open source license Tuesday.” It’s very …
Surprise: Windows 7 Passes Mac OS X in Market Share
Surprise: Windows 7 Passes Mac OS X in Market Share
Bring math lessons to life with DreamBox Teacher Tools!
Pearson is collecting teacher e-mail addresses, and the way they’re doing it is by offering these math lesson demonstration tools. They’re not the only ones doing this, of course; Adobe was giving away free software at ECOO, but only if …
How do you connect to people online? (the video)
Video with contributions from people around the world (but mostly from Canada and the U.S.) describing how we connect with each other. There is broad agreement that the most important thing (as Alan Levine says) is to find something that’s …