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Book Summary
A Learner's Guide to...
Online Learning
Pass
this along to all your students, or provide to all employees
who are new to distance learning...Learn to participate
effectively in on-line learning experiences, contribute
to discussion groups and chat rooms, handle e-learning peer
evaluations, participate in online group projects. Get
4-page book summary (pdf).
Best
Blogging Guide Currently Available
Comprehensive
Guide to a Professional Blog Site: A Wordpress Example
goes from the basic topics to the most advanced, in a very
readable first person perspective.
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Blackboard
Gains
Monopoly -- Acquires WebCT
Great
coup for Blackboard executives. Black day for customers
of both companies.With 2/3 of the marketplace locked up
and no real competition, it will be up to open source products
to keep Blackboard honest.
Saba
Acquires Centra - Back in race against SumTotal
Well
now another vendor can claim "$100 million in annual
revenue."
FlashEarth
FlashEarth
started as an experiment in applying a Flash layer onto
Google maps. Really cool. Start out with a view of the whole
planet and zoom and try to find stuff. Set your kids loose
on it (can they find their house? can they find relatives'
and friends' houses? can they find the White House?)
Will
Sparkle Replace Flash?
Microsoft's
Sparkle will be targeted at developers of a variety of business,
Web and online training/sales applications—all markets
that make heavy use today of Macromedia’s Flash platform,
sources said. eWeek
article
eNorway 2009 - The Digital Leap
Even
if you don’t care about Norway, this
PDF is worth a quick scan or airplane read. Much to
find interesting and amusing...great design...unusually
specific goals. Does your country (organization) have a
strategic learning plan?
Ranking
US Education -- From 1st to 9th in last 20 years
According
to the Organization for Cooperation and Development, the
US is ranked 7th and 9th in terms of percent of population
that holds a college or high school degree, respectively.
Twenty years ago the US was ranked first in both categories.
Read
article.
Know
anyone who's an online learning participant, or a blogger,
or into maps? Or maybe you know a Norwegian? Hey, pass this
email along and they'll thank you.
Here's
to satellite photo's of my Weber grill,
-- Kevin
Kevin
Kruse is an author, columnist, speaker and consultant.
He can be reached at kkruse@e-learningguru.com.
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