Open Courseware is a recent phenomenon that looks as if it may take hold for the long run. Open Courseware is freely available course materials provided by universities and other institutions that include lectures, class notes and other relevant learning materials. These courses are all “open source”; which means they are freely available.
Top schools such [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 24, 2008
Top 100 Open Courseware Projects | OEDb
February 22, 2008
Alvin Toffler Interview
Futurist Alvin Toffler in an interesting interview on Al Jazeera
Thoughtware.TV – World Changing Videos: Connect. Empower. Inspire. Evolve.
February 21, 2008
Google Maps: No screenshot required
The image above is NOT a screenshot but being served from Google directly. See how the static map wizard works here.
February 19, 2008
The simplest podcast API ever (Scripting News)
This is the sort of thing the future may hold when it comes to technology. This service has made the process of creating a podcast AND publishing it via an RSS feed as easy as making a phone call. Because that’s all you have to do; call the number and the rest is done automatically.
I [...]
February 18, 2008
Teach Yourself Instructional Design (Short list)
Cammy Bean has derived a shortlist from John Curry’s long list of suggested books for learning instructional design.
The good news, for me at least, is that I’ve either got most of them or read them already. And this is a GOOD list!!!
February 18, 2008
Give your computer the finger
This article from Computer World provides a glimpse into the future of computer interfaces by exploring the latest “touch” interfaces. It touches on the iPhone, Microsoft’s Surface table-top computer (which is very cool if you haven’t seen it yet), and other touch methods of interacting with a computer. There is even a system that [...]
February 16, 2008
Future of Learning Manifesto
This ( http://thinklab.typepad.com/think_lab/2007/01/the_future_of_l.html ) is an interesting piece written by an English teacher in Texas about how learning has changed (and is changing).
Here’s one part that I really like:
“If you’re so smart, why are you asking me to give you the answers?
More importantly, are you teaching me how to ask great questions? “
Check it out [...]
February 15, 2008
Self-learn Instructional Design Skills
There has been a GREAT discussion going on about the merits of formal education when it comes to being a good instructional designer. It this post, John Curry shares some books, etc. to serve as a starting point if you were to learn it all on your own. Great stuff!
How to get an Instructional Design [...]
February 9, 2008
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008
This post could almost be renamed “Top Free Tools for Learning”. It struck me that all but one of the top 20 were free. And that the top two ”pay for” tools are PowerPoint and Word which could easily be replaced by free alternatives. I wonder if this is specific to the learning arena or are we just more open [...]
February 7, 2008
The World is Flat: The #1 Free Podcast on iTunesU | Open Culture
Thought I’d share this since this is one of the books on our reading list.
Thomas Friedman’s The World Is Flat is the most downloaded podcast on iTunesU. Capturing a talk presented at M.I.T. in 2005, this video podcast introduces you to Friedman’s concept of Globalization 3.0. Note: you can access the talk in multiple [...]
