Posted in OER/FREE, Papers on September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of OER (pdf version)
Open Educational Resources (OER) Stories
GIVING KNOWLEDGE FOR FREE?“Learning resources are often considered key intellectual property in a competitive higher education world. However, more and more institutions and individuals are sharing their digital learning resources over the Internet, openly and for free, as Open Educational Resources (OER). [...]
Posted in OER/FREE, videos on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Wikipedia
Warren Buffett MBA Talk (1 hr 28 min video)
WHO?Warren Edward Buffett (b. August 30, 1930, Omaha, Nebraska), often called the “Sage of Omaha” or the “Oracle of Omaha”, is an American investor, businessperson and philanthropist ($30 billion donation to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation!). Buffett has amassed an enormous fortune from astute investments [...]
Posted in Conference, Papers, e-learning on September 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
OLDaily Post: http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=41817Downes’s Slidespace: http://www.slideshare.net/DownesConference Blog: http://www.brandonhallconference.com/blog/
CONFERENCE?
“The theme of Brandon Hall Innovations conference is “Doing, Playing, Sharing, and Understanding.” They’ve designed this exciting event to maximize the participants hands-on experience with innovative tools and technologies and to provide them with a glimpse into the future of learning. You’ll leave the conference with actual skills they [...]
Posted in learning skills on September 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Home: http://www.mycoted.com/Main_PageTools (184): http://www.mycoted.com/Category:Creativity_TechniquesPuzzles (58): http://www.mycoted.com/Category:Puzzles
WHAT?Mycoted is dedicated to improving Creativity and Innovation for solving problems worldwide, with that in mind, they provide a central repository for Creativity and Innovation on the Internet as a summary of tools, techniques, mind exercises, puzzles, book reviews etc, that is open to all – and can be written [...]
Posted in Papers, e-learning on September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Clive’s Columns (pdf): http://www.fastrak-consulting.co.uk/clives_columns.pdfClive’s Blog: http://clive-shepherd.blogspot.com/
WHAT?
This excellent free resource is “A compendium of 33 of Clive Shepherd’s columns on e-learning and blended learning, originally published between 2003 and 2007 in IT Training and Learning & Development magazines.”
COPYRIGHT?
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works License. You are free to share – to [...]
Posted in Papers, teaching and learning on September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
URL: http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/change/sub.asp?key=98&subkey=2105
EXTRACTED JUICE:
“In the past dozen years or so, pedagogical reformers in higher education have registered their sense of the faculty’s teacherly flaws by proclaiming that the effective teacher should be “a guide by the side” rather than “a sage on the stage.” Many practicing faculty members find this jingle insulting; it embeds an implication [...]
Posted in Fun, learning tools, videos on September 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Google Docs Tour: http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.htmlCommoncraft: http://www.commoncraft.com/
GOOGLE DOCS?
Create Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations online
Share and collaborate in real time
Upload your existing files – DOC, XLS, ODT, ODS, RTF, CSV, PPT, etc.
Easily save and export copies. – You can save your documents and spreadsheets to your own computer in DOC, XLS, CSV, ODS, ODT, PDF, RTF and HTML [...]
Posted in e-learning, learning tools on September 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Tutorial (PDF Version): http://econtent.typepad.com/GoogleBooks/Google-Book-Search.html Google Book Search: http://books.google.com/Google Book Advanced Search: http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search
WHAT?Search the full text of books to find ones that interest you and learn where to buy or borrow them.
HOW?
Book Search works just like web search: Try a search on Google Book Search or on Google.com. When they find a book whose content contains [...]
Posted in Learning Series, learning tools on September 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Home: http://www.edu20.org/Tour: http://www.edu20.org/company/tourFeatures: http://www.edu20.org/company/features
WHAT?edu 2.0, meaning ‘Next Generation Education’. This is a Free web-based education site with a comprehensive set of features for teachers, students and parents. Now, anyone can teach and/or learn using the system, whether it’s at school (College or University), at home, or on the move.
Will edu 2.0 remain FREE? Yes. [...]
Posted in e-books, e-learning, instructional design on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
e-Book: http://www.elearningpulse.com/eBook/EngagingInteractionsForELearning.pdfBlog: http://www.engaginginteractions.com/
” The interactions presented in this FREE ebook (35 pages) are designed to be used within eLearning courses or in any other training scenarios where you see fit. The interactions are designed to wake up learners and get their brains into gear. We want them to be interested, inquisitive, challenged, and engaged. We [...]
