- January 10, 2007
Self-Directed Learning Terms Any time you start studying something new, you realize pretty quickly that each area of interest has its own unique vocabulary. It's challenging to sort it all out, especially when individuals in each field seem to be intent on inventing new labels and terms for their own pet theories and ideas that aren't really that different from existing ones. In looking at self-directed learning, I found this very helpful list of Most Frequently Used Self-Directed Terms and...
http://radio.weblogs.com/0110222/categories/eLearning/2007/01/09.html#a2222
- January 10, 2007
Recommender Systems
Stephen Downes linked to this older (1999) page on Recommender Systems in his recent paper on Learning Networks and Connective Knowledge . It pre-dates the social-software boom, but still acts as a nice overview and notes the value of recommendations in finding people in addition to movies, books and other items:
"Although currently recommender systems are mostly used for finding things, such as books and CDs, Resnick thinks that one promising application may be...
http://radio.weblogs.com/0110222/categories/eLearning/2007/01/09.html#a2221
- January 10, 2007
Quality in an E-Learning Course featuring Mobile Learning. How does one determine quality in e-learning and mobile learning courses It is important to look at the content, learning goals, user needs and equipment, learning conditions, and faculty capabilities. The following is a checklist of points to keep in mind when evaluating a course or an elearning or m-learning program. The points do not appear in order of priority or importance -- they are a starting point. XplanaZine
http://radio.weblogs.com/0110222/categories/eLearning/2007/01/09.html#a2220
- January 10, 2007
The Thinking Person's Sim: ExperiencePoint. ExperiencePoint.com, a developer of simulations and serious games for business and education, offers a role-playing experience that puts less emphasis on graphics and effects and more on theory and educational support. For example, Sockeyes, a game in which the player... XplanaZine
http://radio.weblogs.com/0110222/categories/eLearning/2007/01/09.html#a2219
- January 10, 2007
Bookmarks for collaboration.
Hey, you can use this, starting today!
diigo and del.icio.us.
You may have noticed (or you may not have) the daily bookmarks posting that has been showing up here for the past few days. It&146;s a list of all of the sitesposts that I have been saving to my diigo account, which in case you haven&146;t heard of it, is a social bookmarking tool that feels like a combination of del.icio.us and Furl plus a bit more.
With diigo, you can do most of what you can with...
http://radio.weblogs.com/0110222/categories/elearning/2007/01/09.html#a2218
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