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Ray Schroeder: YouTube plans to caption most videos automatically - Mike Swift, Mercury News

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:08:08+00:00

YouTube said Thursday that it will start automatically captioning videos on its site, opening up a huge share of its content to people who are hearing-impaired, and a first step in creating a network of videos that could be subtitled between many languages. For now, YouTube can only transcribe videos uploaded in English into text, which can then be translated into text captions in other languages. But given the 20 hours of video content that YouTube uploads each minute, the San Bruno unit of Google said this is the largest effort ever tried on the Internet to harness evolving speech recognition technology to caption video content.<br /><strong>Editor Note: Imagine the impact on online learning! Open captioning of video - automatically upon upload! Auto-Translation available to all viewers!</strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-1441245086056832575?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Hybrid foreign language courses introduced for summer - Amanda Munger, UW Oshkosh Today

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:08:02+00:00

Hybrid foreign language courses introduced for summer - Amanda Munger, UW Oshkosh TodayUniversity of Wisconsin Oshkosh students can now work on part of their foreign language requirements from home. Hybrid courses, a mix of online learning and in-the-classroom instruction, are being introduced as part of the foreign language departments 2010 Summer Session offerings.<br />Catherine Bryan, co-chair of the foreign language department, said hybrid classes combine the convenience of online courses and the personal learning of regular classes.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-2839137298061349997?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Plan would allow online learning on snow days - Associated Press

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:07:55+00:00

Ohio students who may be used to sledding or playing video games on snow days could instead be given schoolwork via computer, under a proposal from state lawmakers. A bill offered by a bipartisan group of legislators would let schools use online lessons so as many as five school days called off for bad weather or other calamities would not have to be made up. Districts could immediately post assignments on their Web sites for students to complete within two weeks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-1866663085687462912?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Online learning might be in session if school's not - Jim Siegel, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:07:47+00:00

Under the bipartisan bill, when a district cancels school, it could immediately post lessons to its Web site for each grade level or class, allowing students to download the material and turn in the work within two weeks. The bill would let schools use the e-lessons to replace up to five days missed because of snow, ice or other unscheduled closures. Supporters say the bill also could have an extra benefit: pushing districts to blend technology with classroom work to expand student learning beyond the traditional school day or year.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-1539335685935935725?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Online learning college enrollment growing - TMCnet.com

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:07:41+00:00

In Berkshire County, where online courses weren't available even 10 years ago, more than 1,000 high school and college students are enrolled today in online courses -- ranging from bio-ethics symposiums to Mandarin Chinese."This is the technology generation," said Carol Arnold, a Virtual High School spokeswoman. "They live on instant messaging and email and Facebook, so this is really tapping into that."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-7853704643947933251?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: At HISD lab, dropouts get chance for better life - JENNIFER RADCLIFFE, HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:07:36+00:00

The stage for redemption, it turns out, can be a dingy, florescent-lit room tucked down a long hall at Sharpstown High School. Here, on mismatched chairs and a second-hand sofa, teens toil on laptops for hours on end trying to atone for bad decisions and reclaim their dreams of earning high school diplomas. The Grad Lab as it's being called at Sharpstown and the Houston Independent School District's 26 other comprehensive high schools has become a focal point for would-be dropouts since opening in January. More than 100 students come each day, even Saturdays, trying to make good on their second chance.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-5830812315830822616?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Learning online - JOHN NORTON, THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:07:30+00:00

Pam Ice, online support director for the Colorado Department of Education, said recently, Students in Colorado continue to see the value of online learning. The 2008-09 school year brought improvements in student success in many of Colorados online programs. Graduation rates and completion rates increased, more programs employ guidance counselors and credentialed staff for special education and English Language Learners. These efforts are paying off for the programs. The Colorado Department of Education monitors 18 online programs around the state, ranging in size from the six-student Crowley County Online Academy to the Colorado Virtual Academy with more than 5,000 students.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-7104030059082470800?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Distance online learning vs. in-class, on-campus instruction - David Medaris, Isthmus

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:07:24+00:00

Any residual doubt regarding the explosive growth potential of distance education may have been dispelled last month, when the AFL-CIO announced it was teaming up with the National Labor College and the Princeton Review to launch an online college for the labor federation's 11.5 million members and their families. With projected courses in allied health sciences, business and other disciplines at an estimated $200 per credit, you could almost hear the whir of file servers straining under the anticipated load.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-190907044541803367?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Hybrid foreign language courses introduced for summer - Amanda Munger, UW Oshkosh Today

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:07:18+00:00

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh students can now work on part of their foreign language requirements from home. Hybrid courses, a mix of online learning and in-the-classroom instruction, are being introduced as part of the foreign language departments 2010 Summer Session offerings.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-8057612932257109375?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Online learning classes could benefit from state effort

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:07:12+00:00

A task force to expand the state's online programs at colleges and universities could boost growing programs at local schools, officials say. Online classes are a way for students to gain college credit without entering the classroom. Lectures, homework, discussions and sometimes testing are all handled through the Internet. Bruce Chaloux, an online-learning expert who works at the Southern Educational Regional Board, said national enrollment in online courses is growing at about 17 percent per year compared to 1.2 percent annual growth for traditional college classes. But Chaloux said there is still a lot of room to improve.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-2969806990779339990?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Kepcher: Online degree easier for working parents - Carolyn Kepcher, New York Daily News

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:07:06+00:00

For working adults, juggling the demands of college is considerably tougher. It can be so tough for working parents that many find they cant pull it off. But if youre in that group and think a college degree is beyond the realm of possibility, think again. Online education has made it easier than ever to earn a degree while you hold a job.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-1683245454851598006?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Online Learning: Who needs a prof? - Stephanie Findlay, MacLeans on Campus

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:07:00+00:00

Students turn to their laptops for free online courses from Ivy League scholars. Last year, I was obliged to take a course as part of my undergraduate political science degree. It was described as political game theory. I needed to make it through the course, so I did what many others have done: I turned to the Internet. There, on a site called Academic Earth, I learned everything I was later tested on from Benjamin Polak, a professor of economics teaching at Yale, whose full course on game theory was videotaped and posted online, complete with worksheets and exams. I used only Polaks material for all my assignments and exams. And so I wondered: why was I paying for this class when I got a better education online and for free?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-4306375016556648372?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Course evaluations to be moved online - Martha Shanahan, Tufts Daily

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:06:55+00:00

Tufts students may no longer have to turn to Tufts Reviews for course evaluations. Students may in the next two years be able to fill out and access course evaluations online, thanks to a collaborative project by Tufts Community Union (TCU) senators and administrators. According to senior Emily Maretsky, TCU Senate trustee representative for academic affairs, senators are working with the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) and the Academic Affairs Committee to work out the details of the plan.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-647258800837934965?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Online Learning: Going Greener: SUNY Canton Decreases Waste by 21 Percent - SUNY Canton

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:06:49+00:00

Many of the courses and departments are making the effort to reduce paper usage. The printers and copiers in the library have been set to print on both sides of one sheet of paper, and the campus Telecom department has switched to an online, automated phone billing process. The College's online division, SUNY CantonOL, has seen an increased number of faculty members encouraging students to print out less materials for their online classes, further realizing the full potential of the ANGEL online learning platform.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-4482772619284519005?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: More schools add online learning options to traditional schedules - Erin Richards, the Journal Sentinel

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:06:43+00:00

In Milwaukee and elsewhere, more middle and high schools are starting to offer online classes to students during the day in place of one or more face-to-face classes. Fully virtual schools in Wisconsin continue to attract students who pursue their entire educations through the Internet, but adding online classes to the options students have during a traditional school day is a trend that may combine the best of both worlds. Advocates say students learn to work independently and can take harder courses in preparation for college while also getting in-school support from teachers and peers.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-3415500459776715818?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Some colleges charge higher tuition for online classes - Tim Post, Minnesota Public Radio

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:06:37+00:00

Data from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system shows online classes at MnSCU schools cost an average of 19 percent more than those taught in the classroom. MnSCU schools can decide individually how much to charge per credit. The University of Minnesota charges extra for its online courses as well, tacking on a fee that can range from $15 to $30 per credit hour. It's something colleges and universities in surrounding states do as well.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-3723118796178745161?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Cascade Model for Online Discussion Boards in an Online Learning Environment - V. Kumar, iJet

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:06:31+00:00

This report is an outcome of five years of higher education teaching and managing groups of students in an online learning environment. Some course management software allow users to create groups and add different links within each group that has been created by e-moderators. Distinct platforms with various sections can be formed within those links for any given project. Students, as well as instructors, can manage the project for 6 to 8 weeks, cascading one discussion board into one or multiple platforms. This provides better understanding of the project material due to the step-by-step layout of a given exercise, leading to increased group management and greater communication among the e-moderators, group leaders and group members. This report provides the step-by-step procedure for cascading one discussion board into various platforms to manage online group projects and provide a more controlled online environment for students in higher education.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-4129312673917096176?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Adult Learners Motivation for the Use of Micro-Blogging During Online Learning Courses - Jutta Pauschenwein and Anastasia Sfiri, iJET

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:06:25+00:00

In this article we discuss our key idea that informal exchange in twitter contributes to the motivation of participants in online courses. Micro-blogging (via twitter)was introduced to groups of educators that participated in three online courses on the use of Web2.0 technologies and Online Didactics in educational settings. We used qualitative as well as quantitative methods to investigate their use of twitter and found out that informal exchange in twitter contributed to the motivation of learners during their participation in the online course. The participants extended the irrelatedness within the group, reflected their personal growth and supported others via acknowledging their inputs in a certain extent.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-1287215383414554879?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Online Learning Management Systems: Are They Knowledge Management Tools? - B. A. AbuShawar, and J. A. Al-Sadi, iJET

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:06:19+00:00

The new adventure of online world has helped to improve many domains and sectors. Knowledge manage mentera which originally related to business sector is now required in industry, health, or any institute that needs to manage its knowledge. Education is no exception! The advancement in computers speed and memory, and the growth of Internet usage are behind the inspiration of e-learning approach. In which the computer is used as a medium to deliver and share educational materials and knowledge insteadof face-to-face tutoring. This makes education available to any one, any place, and any time as learner need. This paper presents the relationship between knowledge management and learning management system (LMS) that is used in e-learning paradigms. A detailed description ofthe LMS used at Arab Open University (AOU) is included in this paper. We claim that the most common LMS can be considered as a knowledge management tool.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-913593648418875096?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Online Learning: E-books could save students money - Ethan Walker, Univesity of Minnesota Duluth

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:06:14+00:00

I was one of the lucky ones this semester. I spent $292.50 on my school textbooks. For many years college students have bought textbooks at outrageously high prices and watched as those prices continued to soar while their bank accounts barely manage to stay afloat. It appears that this trend may change with a new development in digital textbooks. That development involves Macmillan, one of the largest textbook manufacturing companies in the world, which has now opened the door for teachers to sort through textbooks and cater them to their specific online classes.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-7143481479694535833?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: E-textbooks: The New Best-sellers - Knowledge@Wharton

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:06:08+00:00

Will Apple's iPad kill the textbook? Many educators are pointing to Apple Computer's recently announced iPad as the prototype for an e-reader that will be able to hold all the textbooks a student needs. Its color touch-screen, interactive-video capability and virtual keyboard, they say, give it greater potential for textbook users than monochrome readers like Amazon's Kindle. Apple has been quiet about its designs on the textbook business since unveiling its new device, which will go on sale this month. Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard and Dell have also announced portable tablet computers, and Microsoft is rumored to be developing a two-screen model.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-4646323128629471522?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Online Learning: Students use online reviews to find easy graders on faculty - Maureen Downey, Atlanta Journal Constitution

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:06:02+00:00

With online sites that rate college professors, students have a lot more information at their fingertips when they choose their classes. Now, a survey suggests that a possible byproduct of these teacher review sites is grade inflation as students use the information to identify the easiest professors and those most likely to award higher grades. (I question the accuracy of Internet reviews since I think disgruntled students are more likely to submit comments than happy ones)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-195908211023752783?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: The Future of Online Learning Is More Growth - David Nagel, Campus Technology

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:05:56+00:00

By virtually every measure, electronic learning is experiencing unprecedented growth and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. A new analysis and forecast released this month by research firm Ambient Insight bolstered previous research in this area, showing that electronic learning, by dollar volume, reached $27.1 billion in 2009 and predicting this figure will nearly double that by 2014, with academic institutions leading the way.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-1627704056905741894?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Above the Law: Classes get Second Life online learning - Josh Law, the East Texan

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:05:48+00:00

Second Life is a virtual online world where users can log in and quite literally live a second life. The service is totally free to use, though there are options if you wish to pay money for a subscription that allows you to own more land and have more money in the world. The users avatar can be anything, and I do mean anything. Some users choose to look like themselves, and others choose to be an animal or plant. Once you have created this avatar for yourself, you are off and running in the virtual world.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-6098233978729672254?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

Ray Schroeder: Why Families Choose Online Learning - Katie Nordeen, WDIO

Ray — 2010-03-16T17:05:42+00:00

In this digital age, the world is at our fingertips. It's no wonder then, that an increasing number of today's students are logging online for their schooling. But as this form of education grows, so too does the debate over whether it works.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-6680390517562209243?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div></content>

OSS Watch News: Alfresco meetup, London, 29 April 2010

2010-03-16T11:08:37+00:00

Alfresco is planning another series of 'Alfresco Meetups', with the London event set to take place on 29 April. The meetups cover a range of open source topics, and are designed to inform and educate the community on all the latest company news.

George Siemens: Social Networks and Learning: Research/Doctoral Seminar

gsiemens — 2010-03-16T10:44:14+00:00

I’m excited about this initiative we are hosting via TEKRI June 21-25 – Social Networks and Learning: “Social media and networked technologies have altered the ways in which society communicates, educates and produces. Research into social networks and learning, while still nascent, is progressing rapidly.” And this week-long seminar is a response to this trend and aims to develop a research agenda around the topic.

George Siemens: From ICT integration to systemic transformation

gsiemens — 2010-03-16T08:14:48+00:00

Having gone PowerPoint free for the last several presentations, I decided to return to a more traditional format – largely for the ability to post to slideshare. Presentations seem to have a longer life when some type of artifact is available. I’m in Madrid, delivering a presentation on moving from ICT integration to systemic transformation. Spain currently has the EU Presidency and they’ve made education a core focus. Slides are available on slideshare.

Eduforge Blogs: One of the latest club to survey recruitment tends to ease

2010-03-16T03:38:52+00:00

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Eduforge Blogs: Nike Air Jordan Shoes Create Miracle

2010-03-16T01:15:18+00:00

Nike Air Jordan Shoes Create Miracle

Today, we will introduce an Air Jordan Force IX Fusion shoes to sneaker aficionados. This Air Jordan Force IX Fusion is not yet available as they have not given any words for its official release dates. Expect this though to be seen on selected Air Jordan retailers soon. This new Air Jordan Force IX Force Fusion is created by combining two of the most known sneaker models from each brand.

The introduction of Nike Air Jordan shoes e market instigated the idea that athletic shoes are more than just what is worn on the court; these shoes can make the player. Michael Jordan shoes are designed to aid athletic performance. These shoes are engineered specifically to streamline athletic feats, support challenging maneuvers, and provide feet with lightweight comfort. However, these shoes will not result in a drastic change of performance. Fans of Michael Jordan should not expect to absorb Jordan's athletic prowess while wearing his shoe line.

Frankly speaking, since the Nike Air Jordan 1 Shoes were released in the market, a large of people have attracted by it. Aside from these, this Jordan shoe is created with a good and clean looking upper highlighted in white color way. This upper is made of a smooth leather material except from the side panels which includes a rough detailing.

Eduforge Blogs: My Classic Overview about Nike Shoes

2010-03-16T01:07:09+00:00

My Classic Overview about Nike Shoes

Nike Shoes A complete guide to Nike and Nike shoes containing articles and shopping resources, as well as information on Nike slogans, logo, and history. Hugely popular, but tough to find online, here's a list of web sites that carry authentic Nike basketball shoes.

No matter which style it is, if it carries the Jordan Brand name, you can be sure that it will be among the most coveted athletic shoes of the year. Here are some of the best places to find new and retro Jordan shoes. Your workouts will never be the same. If you're looking for the fashion shoes, it's best to play it safe and avoid fakes. Sometimes those "too good to be true" prices you see for Air Jordan and other popular athletic shoes really ARE too good to be true. Check out this information from in style shoes on how to spot the fakes before you buy.

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Eduforge Blogs: You Cannot Miss Nike Air Jordan Shoes

2010-03-16T01:02:21+00:00

You Cannot Miss Nike Air Jordan Shoes

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With the birth of the Jordan 1, Mr. Jordan experienced great financial success as he continued to introduce a numerical sequence of basketball shoes. The basketball shoe industry from this point on was literally turned upside down by Michael Jordan's new brand of shoe.

As a result of overwhelming victories in slam dunk contests that Michael Jordan entered in 1986 and 1987, at the Seattle Coliseum, the "Jump man" logo was conceived, and has been around to this day. The path to Mr. Jordan's success with the Jordan shoe began with controversy though, as according to the rules and regulations of the NBA, the stylish flavor that was worn on the feet of the superstar was banned, and Mike was fined $5,000 for each game the he wore his own shoe. Now that the Jordan Brand shoe was operating on its own, the Air Jordan XIII (Jordan 13) was soon introduced as a representation of Jordan Brand's move separate and away from Nike, Inc.

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Eduforge Blogs: He wrote his first low-res work

2010-03-16T00:58:35+00:00

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admin — 2010-03-15T19:07:41+00:00

Interesting article about the University of the People. No tuition, and open access:

It is a grand vision: a global college with no tuition, accessible to anyone with an Internet connection.

When the higher education entrepreneur Shai Reshef laid out his ambitious plan to build a free university that would use modern technology to spread the promise of a college degree to all corners of the earth, he got an enthusiastic reaction from some high-profile institutions. The United Nations has backed the venture. So has Yale Law School’s Information Society Project. Reshef and his lieutenants also like to mention the many letters of support and offers to pitch in from professors worldwide.

via News: A Great Experiment – Inside Higher Ed.

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admin — 2010-03-15T19:04:58+00:00

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Stephen Downes: Assessment in a Web 2.0 Environment

2010-03-15T18:35:58+00:00

Gardner Campbell sums up the difficulties inherent in evaluating learning in a web 2.0 environment. "I agree in principle that we who work in education should be able to describe what we intend to do, and that it is important that we find a way to demonstrate to what extent we have met those goals. But that principle is a principle of almost unimaginable complexity." What this means, he argues, is that the simple measures used today are not up to the task. "I really, truly do not think that Likert scales or uniform tests or other simplistic measures are up to the task of helping us map or understand this most profound practice we call 'education.'" Gardner Campbell, Gardner Writes, March 15, 2010 [Tags: Assessment, Web 2.0] [Link] [Comment]

Stephen Downes: The Digital World of Young Children: Emergent Literacy

2010-03-15T18:31:18+00:00

A Pearson Foundation white paper argues that:
* "Opportunities to engage with digital media increasingly prevail through the use of mobile devices – and in developing countries access to mobile devices is more commonplace than access to other technologies
* "Developmental milestones are changing as young people's access to mobile and digital technology grows.
* "Digital media positively impacts children's opinion of learning, providing engagement opportunities not always seen with print materials."
As always, I question the emphasis on closed mobile platforms (which, while publishers dreams, are harmful to open discourse - see the post about Apple below). Via Garry Putland.
Jay Blanchard and Terry Moore, Pearson Foundation, March 15, 2010 [Tags: Apple Inc., Books] [Link] [Comment]

Stephen Downes: QOTD: a new Alexandria

2010-03-15T18:25:29+00:00

Summary of a New Republic article that "discusses the continuity of the scholarly record in a richly allusive text." Dempsey writes, "I sensed three strands. First, the scholarly record is evermore diffused through media and formats, embracing source materials, and presents changes of identification and curation. Second, the licensed journal literature is enclosed behind paywalls, and current developments may extend that fate to the book literature. And third, the relevance of the scholarly record to the wider world and to future generations, and the influence of researchers, is diminished by this lack of access."

Remembering what happened to the first Library of Alexandria, I worry a bit about centralizing the archive (and about anything from the New Republic) but reading the article find a robust propoisal with the public interest firmly in mind. "Imagine that this library is electronic and in the public domain: sustainable, stable, linked, and searchable through universal semantic catalogue standards. Imagine that it has open source-ware, allowing legacy digital resources and new digital knowledge to be integrated in real time. Imagine that its Second Web capabilities allowed universal researches of the bibliome."

The argument for change from the traditional system of academic publishing is compelling, I think, and has two major threads. First, "If scholars continue to hide away and lock up their knowledge, do they not risk their own irrelevance? An immediately important debate, I think, is to be had over how academics fail to engage with their natural constituency (and former students): journalists, business leaders, lawyers, entrepreneurs, politicians, and civil servants." And second, "What if our next 'peasant poet,' as John Clare was known, twitters? What if he writes a blog or shojo manga? What if he publishes via a desktop or vanity publisher? Will his output count as part of legal deposit material? What if there is a masterpiece being filmed in Bollywood? What if one among many Nigerian novelettes, which typically address a young heroine's agonized choice between a village boy and a 'big man,' turns out to be written by a Jane Austen?"

Scholars of the future will be astonished at how few voices out of the collective six billion were ever actually remembered, and will wonder how we could let such a cultural tragedy occur. Lorcan Dempsey, Weblog, March 15, 2010 [Tags: Twitter, Books, Semantic Web, Research, Open Source, Academia, Web Logs] [Link] [Comment]

Stephen Downes: Secret iPhone Agreement (now public) and Apple User Ethics

2010-03-15T18:14:14+00:00

The secret iPhone developer's agreement is now public. Here are the conditions Apple imposes on developers:
# Ban on Public Statements [by developers]
# App Store Only [for distribution]
# Ban on Reverse Engineering
# No Tinkering with Any Apple Products
# Kill Your App Any Time [Apple can]
# We (Apple) Never Owe You More than Fifty Dollars
Wesley Fryer, Moving at the Speed of Creativity, March 15, 2010 [Tags: Apple Inc.] [Link] [Comment]

Stephen Downes: The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book!

2010-03-15T18:09:55+00:00

Terry Freedman has released a free ebook on Web 2.0 projects. The book of a compilation of interesting classroom activities using Web 2.0 technologies submitted by several dozen contributors. It's pretty light and breezy, but the information is well-structured (using a template that identifies things like age ranges, applications used, reactions and outcomes) and the content is clearly and well written throughout. Terry Freedman, Website, March 15, 2010 [Tags: Books, Web 2.0, Project Based Learning] [Link] [Comment]

Stephen Downes: Social media & workplace performance matrix

2010-03-15T18:04:31+00:00

This social media matrix is pretty handy now and would be really handy with a large number of contributors. It lists organizations by sector, describes the social media innovation, and describes the return on investment. I'd like to see links referring to the case studies or other resources describing the innovation. Harold Jarche, Weblog, March 15, 2010 [Tags: Video, Google] [Link] [Comment]

Stephen Downes: Changing the System at a National Level

2010-03-15T17:42:00+00:00

Good overview and discussion of Portugal's Magellan project. "Portugal has initiated an unprecedented roll out of computers in a device called the Magellan. Magellan is a small computer based on Intel's Classmate – dual boot Linux/Windows XP – that costs each student about 50 Euro (~$65 USD)."

I agree with Siemens's basic focus in thew discussion that follows, but wonder who is this "we" of whom he speaks? For example, he says, "We adopt catch phrases from popular media pundits. What we need is substance – a vision and a means to discover the suitability of that vision." Who is this "we"? Not me, I don't think. I know there's a writing tactic, where you identify with the audience and find points in common. But I'm not going to say "we" when I mean "you" or some specific pundit, popular or otherwise, who needs criticizing. George Siemens, Connectivism, March 15, 2010 [Tags: Connectivism, Project Based Learning, Microsoft] [Link] [Comment]

Stephen Downes: Here Is Where I Grew Up...

2010-03-15T16:41:29+00:00

Inspired by Dough Peterson's My Childhood Community, I have collected some Google Street view images from my old home town. Here is where I grew up, the small town of Metcalfe, Ontario, about a half hour south of Ottawa. I was here from Grade 4 (moving from a suburb of Montreal) to Grade 12 (ages 10-18). This was a lot of fun for me (perfect work for a sick day), and would make a great activity for kids of any age, don't you think? Stephen Downes, Half an Hour, March 15, 2010 [Tags: Google, Thomson Corporation] [Link] [Comment]

Stephen Downes: CSS Off Results

2010-03-15T14:21:38+00:00

Those that like the minutia of design will really enjoy this list of winners from the CSS Off contest. The contestants were given a design to implement and the entries were judges against a strict set of criteria. So the pages look very similar, but the differences will stand out. These are experts at work and it really is a pleasure to look at the results.
Chris Coyier, CSS-Tricks, March 15, 2010 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]

Robin Good: Website Usability Testing: Guide To The Best Professional Usability Testing Tools And Services

Daniele Bazzano — 2010-03-15T09:27:00+00:00

Website usability testing is a troubleshooting methodology that helps you discover specific ambiguities, pitfalls or issues in your website design and interface that spoil the effective use, legibility and navigation of your web pages. If you want to improve the user experience on your website, in this MasterNewMedia guide you can find all the best paid-for commercial website usability testing tools now available on the market. Heat map of Google homepage At a very basic level, website usability testing does not require any special equipment or software. In fact, you just need someone (a friend or even a random user) that is kind enough to spend a few minutes on your website while trying to carry out a specifically assigned task. While the selected tester navigates your website, you look at her and jot down her comments and what she likes / dislikes about your design. Your goal is to uncover all those elements in your website layout that are ambiguous and confuse your typical reader, slow her down, or, at worst, forbid her to carry out specific critical actiona like purchasing a product, downloading a file or finding specific document. If you are building a new website from scratch or you are thinking of redesigning your existing website layout, usability testing is a very effective way to gain useful insights into how to best organize your content layout and site navigation for your readers. But while this approach works well if you just need minor design refinements or have little time to spend on usability testing, if you are serious about improving your website layout and create actual conversions, you definitely need a more professional and reliable usability testing solution. Lucky for you, now there are a number of professional website usability testing tools that come in every flavor and for every pocket size. Depending on the specific features you need and the type of tool you are looking for (software or web-based), there is a wide price range of $9/month to $1500 where you can find the ideal usability testing tool for your website. These professional website usability testing tools work all pretty much in the same way: you just let the tool record the screen of your potential user and highlight for you all the operations that she carries out on your pages. Mouse movements, clicks, form inputs, page scrolling, the whole user experience is recorded on video so that you can watch it at your own pace and take your notes. To help you you identify and select the most appropriate website usability testing tool for your specific needs, you will find in this guide a set of individual reviews, comparative tables and a comprehensive mindmap of all the usability testing tools available out there to immediately get you started. Here below are the specific selection criteria that I have used to compare all the usability testing tools I have listed for you inside this guide:

Screen recording: Screen capture of testers' computer screens, whether remotely or inside a local network.
Screen sharing: Real-time sharing of the computer screen of testers from one or multiple computers.
Voice recording: Recording of the microphone input of testers.
Webcam recording: Recording of the webcam video stream of testers.
Visual maps of user behavior: Visualization on a heat map of the elements in your website design where visitors click or look and which path they follow to carry on specific tasks.
Analytics reporting: Report with analytical data that allows you to evaluate the quality of website design and user interface.
Usability reporting: Report highlighting key elements in website design that user favor or find difficult to use.
Coding required to install: Mandatory HTML or Javascript code snippet to be pasted on your web pages to be able to record users.
Free trial: Free testing trial period.
Price: Starting price.

However, if you don't feel like spending any money for a usability testing tool, you might want to check the MasterNewMedia guide about free website usability testing tools.

Professional Website Usability Testing Tools - Comparative Tables

Professional Website Usability Testing Tools

Morae
TechSmith Morae is a professional suite for Windows that you can use to conduct both remote and local usability testing sessions. Morae is made up of three separate software components that you can also purchase separately: Recorder (for audio / video capture), Observer (for remote screen-sharing) and Manager (for analytics and reports). Morae does not require any coding knowledge to get started, but the software needs to be installed to all the machines that will participate to the usability testing session. Voice and webcam recording are fully supported, but heat maps are not available. Morae is priced at $1495 and you can test the software for 30 days before purchase.
http://www.techsmith.com/morae.asp
UserVue
UserVue is a professional usability testing software from TechSmith that you can use to remotely monitor the behavior of your customers and improve the design of your website. The service records the screen of your potential customers and also their voice to gain insights on your website design and user experience. Currently UserVue is only available in the U.S. and Canada and only for Windows computers. No screen-sharing, webcam recording, nor heat maps are supported. Usability and analytics reporting are also not available. No coding knowledge is required to install UserVue. The service is priced at $149/month and can be tested for 14 days before purchase.
http://www.techsmith.com/uservue.asp
Userfly
Userfly is a professional online tool to run remote usability testing sessions on your website. Userfly records the screen of your customers and tracks also their mouse movements (but not voice or their webcam) to help you discover ambiguities or interface issues in your website design. No screen-sharing, nor heat maps are supported. Usability and analytics reporting are also not available. To allow Userfly to track your website you need to paste a few lines of code to your web pages. Userfly costs $10/month and a 30-day trial period is available to let you evaluate the purchase.
http://userfly.com/
UserTesting
UserTesting is a professional web-based tool that helps you evaluate the usability of your website. With UserTesting you can remotely record the screen and voice of your customers and also their on-screen mouse movements. At the end of each test you get a comprehensive written summary which analyzes what users liked / didn’t like and also all the issues in your design that were confusing or forced the users to leave. No screen-sharing, webcam recording, analytics reporting, nor heat maps are supported. No coding knowledge is required to run UserTesting. The service costs $39 per user tested. No free trial is available.
http://www.usertesting.com/
Silverback
Silverback is a Mac-only professional website usability testing software. Silverback allows you to remotely record the screen, the voice and even the webcam of your potential users while they run through your website. By watching the recording of the usability session, you can later understand which elements in your website layout are most difficult to operate and may lead to low conversion rates. No screen-sharing, heat maps, nor usability or analytics reporting are available. To use Silverback you do not need to paste any code to your web pages. Silverback costs $49.95 and allows a 30-day free trial period.
http://silverbackapp.com/
OpenHallway
OpenHallway is an online commercial usability testing tool that you can use to improve the design of your website. OpenHallway lets you create both remote and local testing sessions where you record the screen and voice of your customers and also their on-screen mouse movements. No heat maps, screen-sharing, nor webcam recording are supported. Also, no usability or analytics reporting are available. To record the screen of your customers you do not need any coding knowledge. OpenHallway is priced at $19/month and you can run the first usability testing session for free.
http://www.openhallway.com/
CrazyEgg
CrazyEgg is a professional website usability testing tool that allows you to visualize the behavior of your users while they navigate your web pages. Without downloading anything to your machine, and just by adding one line of code to your website, CrazyEgg tracks all mouse movements on your web pages and then highlights those areas that receive most clicks using a heat map. The service also provides you with a detailed analytics report to monitor all your website traffic data. No voice and webcam recording, screen-sharing, nor usability reporting are available. CrazyEgg costs $9/month. No free trial is available.
http://crazyegg.com/
ClickTale
ClickTake is a professional online usability testing tool that you can use to monitor the behavior of your website users. Without downloading anything to your machine, and just by pasting a small portion of code to your web pages, the service tracks all mouse movements and clicks while highlighting the areas that receive most clicks. ClickTale also generates comprehensive reports that contain useful analytics and usability data for your website. No voice and webcam recording, nor screen-sharing are available. ClickTale is priced at $99/month. You can test the service on one website for free to track up to 400 recorded pageviews/month.
http://www.clicktale.com/
Clixpy
Clixpy is a professional remote website usability testing service. By pasting some lines of code into your web pages you can record all mouse movements, scrolling, clicks and form inputs and then replay a video that show all the actions performed by your website visitors. No heat maps, screen-sharing, nor webcam and voice recording are supported. Also, no usability or analytics reporting are available. Clixpy costs $5 per 100 recording sessions. No free trial.
http://www.clixpy.com/
Userzoom
Userzoom is a professional tool that helps you test the usability of your website. With Userzoom you can remotely record the screen of your customers without installing anything on your machine and with no knowledge of coding required. At the end of each usability test, Userzoom generates comprehensive usability and analytics reports that give you useful insights to evaluate the quality of your website design and interface. No screen-sharing, webcam recording, voice recording, nor heat maps are supported. For pricing details you need to contact Userzoom sales department. No free trial is available.
http://www.userzoom.com/

Originally prepared by Daniele Bazzano for MasterNewMedia, and first published on March 15th, 2010 as "Website Usability Testing: Guide To The Best Professional Usability Testing Tools And Services".

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2010-03-15T05:27:18+00:00

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2010-03-15T05:26:08+00:00

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Eduforge Blogs: NIH Panel: End Bans on Vaginal Birth After C-Section

2010-03-15T03:33:51+00:00

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Charles Severance — 2010-03-14T16:25:55+00:00

I was going to write a long message to John Norman about wishing for a 2.x PMC that functioned without higher-level priority setting authority and came across this note from John to Clay and Anthony on January 24 about the...

George Siemens: You are who you know

gsiemens — 2010-03-14T11:08:54+00:00

I’ve been making this point for several years: You are who you know. As the study details, what we reveal about ourselves in Facebook (or similar SNS) profiles is not as critical as mining the profiles of people we list as “friends”. I may be quite discrete in our privacy settings, but if 95% of my friends are of a certain faith or political party, an astute observer could infer things about me that I didn’t intend to reveal to them. I know what my network knows. And it appears that I am what my network is.

George Siemens: The New Entrepreneur

gsiemens — 2010-03-14T10:19:03+00:00

Creation and innovation are key elements in education. Research is concerned with discovering new schemes of connectedness between entities and evaluating the validity of those connections. No where does informal research, innovation, creating, and personal agency find a greater nexus point than in the work of entrepreneurs. I’ve owned several business in the past. An entrepreneur is a consistent, constant, learner. Y Combinator is a great example of supporting structures for entrepreneurs (though the main attempt here is for VC funding). Other organizations, such as Startup Edmonton, provide a combination of mentoring and guidance to assist individuals in moving from idea to product. The Hub is another great example of an informal system of entrepreneurial support. At TEKRI, I’ve been trying to make the argument that universities should be linked to innovative entrepreneurial activity. Not for the sake of generating revenue, but for the sake of being part of a learning ecology.
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George Siemens: Data Visualization

gsiemens — 2010-03-14T09:57:16+00:00

Roughly everything we do online is content of some sort. Each click can be captured. Each thought expressed in digital format serves as a future connection point. The trails we leave may not have much value today, but when someone decides to analyze trails left through a data mining tool, suddenly our data becomes alive (again). Educators have done a very poor job of visualizing and analyzing the data trails left by students. Several years ago, Alec Couros, Clarence Fisher, and I discussed setting up an educational analytics model to help teachers/learners/administrators understand ways to make use of data for learner purposes. Not much came of that. But the concept of effective use of the data produced by learners continues to grow in importance. I’d like, for example, to have a Google Data Explorer tool for education. Instead of confined to educator control (as LMS reports currently are), this tool should be available to both learners and educators. Awareness of trends and hidden patterns can be for great meta-learning.

Chuck Severance: Managing Sakai 2.x Going Forward

Charles Severance — 2010-03-13T17:28:50+00:00

There is some recent discussion on the Sakai lists about the role of the maintenance team, product council, and product management w.r.t. Sakai 2.x. I have become increasingly frustrated about how this community treating the Sakai 2.x / Sakai 3.x...

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EdTechPost: Follow up on BC WordCampEd discussion…

Scott — 2010-03-12T19:25:34+00:00

So there’s been more discussion, both in the comment thread of my initial post and in emails, about how best to facilitate some sort of gathering of BC educational WPMUHeads (so sue me!) in conjunction with the June ETUG workshop at UVIc. I want to make it clear, *I’m* not in charge here, and if someone feels different and wants to do something different, have at ‘er, fill yer boots, etc.

A few things became clear that led us to our current thinking. One was that Sunday was likely a no-go; folks from UBC indicated they couldn’t make it, and many others, myself included, didn’t feel too inclined to give up our Sunday. Wednesday also meant an extra night staying over for those from away, so more cost and time away from the office, thus less desireable. And while we’re using the ETUG gathering as a convenient way to get together people who are already going to be together, we don’t want to hijack that event or create a competing draw. So…

What a few of us (me, Clint Lalonde from Camosun, Grant Potter from UNBC and Katy Chan from UVic) seem to have settled on is the idea of proposing two formal sessions as *part* of the ETUG conference; one, a technical session, on the top five lessons learned in implementing WPMU (a discussion hosted by Clint and Grant), and a second, less technical/more pedagogical “teaching with blogs/WPMU” session (for whom a few have stepped up as potential facilitators). My hope is that, first off , both of these will be accepted, and second that they’ll be really vigorous discussion sessions (hopefully there are conference rooms suited for this that *aren’t* lecture -style rooms), not “presentations.”

We’re also hoping these get scheduled on the Monday, so that we can all convene to the pub before the BBQ that night. Part of this exercise is about community building, and so hopefully this combination of intense hour long discussion and socializing afterwards can help strengthen those bonds and see the conversation and collaborations flourish online afterwards. this was very much part of our thinking - what should we be trying to do in a f2f session that we can’t already do well online.

So there you have it. At least as far as I am concerned. I won’t be organizing a separate WordCampEd event. I expect some will be disappointed - well, speak up, it’s early enough (this isn’t until June, right?) that we can change course or that you can still organize something if you feel so moved, and I think everyone involved so far would still be interested in hearing a plan and potentially collaborating. But this felt like a good plan to accomodate the vagaries of this year’s ETUG scheduling and travel issues while still meeting the goals of facilitating some good specific discussions on applying WPMU AND buildling local community. Hope to see you there! - SWL

Stephen Downes: DYI Garage Biotech

2010-03-12T18:24:32+00:00

If today I were a young man with a hacker mentality, I'd be cooking up biotech in my garage. If I had a garage, that it. Tomorrow's Microsoft or Apple probably exists as just such a lab today, two or three people with an idea and an incubator. There's already a whole literature on do-it-yourself biotech. It's funny to see the reaction from the mainstream as almost exactly what we saw in the 1980s - in this video, even though utterly nothing happened, dig the full environmental suits, the drawn weapons and even the scary music in this 'news' report. Wow. Kevin Kelly, The Technium, March 12, 2010 [Tags: Apple Inc., Video, Microsoft, Hackers] [Link] [Comment]

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