What Is 'Usable' e-Learning?

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Enterprise Learning Associates
Celebrates One Year of Improving
Corporate Learning

Enterprise Learning Associates
Celebrates One Year of Improving
Corporate Learning 07/01/2004 02:08 AM
Enterprise Learning Associates, a San Francisco based consulting firm, announces one year of successfully improving corporate learning. During the companies first year, Enterprise Learning Associates (ELA) assisted clients to develop, implement, deploy, and measure learning strategies. ELA's clients represent a broad range of industries including: energy, financial services, manufacturing, professional services and software. [PRWEB Jul 1, 2004]

QuickMind Introduces “Rapid e-Learning”
to Brazilian Market - Dramatic New
Innovation Presented at e-Learning
Conference

QuickMind Introduces “Rapid e-Learning”
to Brazilian Market - Dramatic New
Innovation Presented at e-Learning
Conference 06/22/2005 02:46 AM
QuickMind Knowledge Management, a Brazilian partner of IntraLearn Latin America Ltda (ILLA), introduced its industry-leading “Rapid e-Learning” program last week at the e-Learning Brazil Conference, the main eLearning conference of the HR industry in Brazil. [PRWEB Jun 21, 2005]

Sentient Learning Launches Learning
Object Repository - With a Difference

Sentient Learning Launches Learning
Object Repository - With a Difference 12/24/2004 12:19 PM
Sentient Learning has announced the launch of a new learning object repository, Sentient LearnBase, which was showcased for the first time to hundreds of academics and information professionals at the Online Information event December 2004. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2004]

Global Learning Systems and KeyStone
Learning Systems Consolidate Operations
in Frederick, MD

Global Learning Systems and KeyStone
Learning Systems Consolidate Operations
in Frederick, MD 07/01/2004 03:45 AM
Global Learning Systems and its sister company Keystone Learning Systems have announced the opening of their joint facility in Frederick, Maryland. GLS creates innovative technology-based custom learning solutions for the education, corporate and government e-Learning marketplaces. KLS has been a leading provider of information technology and IT certification training for more than 15 years. [PRWEB Jul 1, 2004]

m-learning

m-learning 07/21/2004 05:53 AM
m-learning
http://www.m-learning.org /index.shtml

m-learning is a European research and development project supported by the European Commission's Information Society Technologies (IST) programme. Its mission is "to develop prototype products and services which will deliver information and learning experiences via technologies that are inexpensive, portable and accessible to the majority of EU citizens." The products and services currently being designed are targeted for "young adults (16 to 24) who are not currently taking part in education or training" and who are unemployed, under-employed or homeless. The products employ themes such as football and music and include activities designed to develop aspects of literacy and numeracy. Research reports and Powerpoint presentations are available online, along with video clips and summaries about the group's work.

Learning by Doing

Learning by Doing 12/19/2004 03:41 PM
Real-time programmer Jack W. Crenshaw has written a fascinating, if not directly robotics-related, article on the differing opportunities for learning by doing that exist for kids today compared to a generation ago. Jack learned by taking apart model trains, clocks, and the Sturmey-Archer 3-speed hub from his bicycle. But how could someone growing up in today's world learn about computers in the same way? He goes on to describe toy-like machines that implement digital principals such as flip-flops, counters, and logic-gates in a mechanical way that allows you to see, touch, and disassemble them. He doesn't mention it in his article, but I think robotics kits offer kids some of the same opportunities to take apart and understand modern machines.

Learning Imp 1.1.2

Learning Imp 1.1.2 11/14/2003 04:05 PM
Education software to build your own lessons for language learning or other categories.

Learning to let go

Learning to let go 05/19/2004 02:41 AM
Accessibility and Usability are discussed a lot more lately than the last few years. Many rumours and half truths about accessibility and the law make non technical colleagues come up to us with questions about accessiibility. Most developers make the mistake of considering accessibility a technological problem, which is only partly the case. We do not need new technology, as old browsers are here to stay, we need to rethink the design of the products we make, we need to learn to let go.

Learning C# On Mac OS X

Learning C# On Mac OS X 06/14/2004 02:14 AM

FC Now: Learning to Be Lean

FC Now: Learning to Be Lean 09/08/2004 05:11 AM
Various contributors have touched on lean manufacturing's application to other aspects of work previously. This evening, I came across an article makes the case much...

Learning from NTT DoCoMo

Learning from NTT DoCoMo 11/10/2003 11:08 PM
The Nation - Thailand Nov 10 2003 7:43PM ET

Learning From the Mistakes of Others

Learning From the Mistakes of Others 04/28/2004 03:16 AM
Since so many people are still out there hunting for jobs in this tough economy, I would like to offer...

PHPnuke and E-Learning

PHPnuke and E-Learning 03/08/2004 11:22 PM
Submission by Claudio Erba PHPNuke The most used CMS in the world has been integrated with spaghettilearning. Now you can have School / University / Business / Government portal integrated with Learning Management system Spaghettilearning. Every user can enter in both reserved areas with the same password using a single database. System works as a user syncronizer and use PHPNuke 6.9 + NSN Your Account Modification + Spaghettileanring 1.1 Release candidate. A special syncronizer for already existing installation has been included. Read the README file before using it!. DOWNLOAD IT FROM HERE

BBC LEARNING - TO THE RESCUE

BBC LEARNING - TO THE RESCUE 03/08/2004 11:20 PM
http://game.panlogic.net/ ....Because Friday Funnies sometimes have to happen on Monday.....

Learning to Rest

Learning to Rest 12/08/2003 08:08 AM

Adam Bosworth: I admit to not being a REST expert and the people commenting, Mike Dierkin and Mark Baker in particular, certainly are. They tell me I'm all wet about the REST issues. I'll dig into it. But I admit, I don't get it. I need to be educated.

I personally think that the place to start is to first tease apart the "HTTP is the one true protocol" from the "REST is the one true architecture", and then initially focus on the latter.  Once done, you may come back to believe in one or both of these, but they can be addressed independently.

To draw an analogy, Java 1.0 did not have a component model.  A convention of getters and setters methods corresponding to a property emerged.  Getters always have zero parameters, setters typically have one.

On the web, there is an analogous component model.  Resources have a GET and POST method (as well as a few others).  This is not one per property, but one per resource (object).  This encourages a coarse grained approach to integration - something that scales better than fine grained access.

Nothing in REST requires or precludes an equivalent to WSDL.  However, nothing in WSDL today models the interaction that is typical of WSDL itself: "at this address is a document of a given type.  If you GET it, you will find a strongly typed description of another resource (endpoint)".

Anybody with experience in database design will tell you that it makes sense to focus a lot of energy on optimizing reads.  The web does this well.

Other principles that apply: all persistent resources have identifiers.  No implicit state.

I have further thoughts posted at REST+SOAP.  I'd also point to The Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing, but alas, it has gone 404.  (The concept of 404 itself is an important implication of a REST design).

Learning Photo

Learning Photo 08/19/2004 03:21 PM

There are lots of great sites to help you learn the basics of photography and keep up with the latest news, but recently I came across the new site Learning Photo which is doing something a bit different than the others.

For each shot shared on the site, the photographer describes the location and how it was taken, and why any changes were made while shooting. Then, in addition to the information and final photo, the original images are offered for download if you'd like to see exactly what Joe started with. It's the first time I've seen a photographer offer RAW images for download and tweaking by others. Serious digital photographers shoot in RAW because it allows for fine-tuned control and pre-processing in an application like Photoshop CS, and it's great to see a photographer letting readers go "behind the curtain" in this way. The RAW images are licensed under a non-derivative license, so you'll have to ask Joe's permission if you want to post a black-and-white version of his shots online, but in the case of learning how to shoot and process the best photographs possible, sharing RAW images under a Creative Commons License is a great way to share source with prospective students while protecting your photographs from being exploited by others.

E-learning takes off at RAF

E-learning takes off at RAF 02/18/2004 07:33 AM
Personal Computer World Feb 18 2004 11:46AM GMT

ASP.NET Learning Curve

ASP.NET Learning Curve 01/18/2004 08:12 AM

Here is a particularly useful information on ASP.NET: Application Instances, Application Events, and Application State in ASP.NET.  This is the line that surprised me:

The ASP.NET runtime creates as many instances of application classes as needed to process requests simultaneously.  ... Application instances are used in a thread-safe manner, that is, one request at a time.

Gee, thanks for that curve ball.  If you didn't know this before, now you know why application instance variables were behaving weirdly.  Yes, you were sleeping with her twin sister, so to speak.

Here is another one, this time from Dr. GUI: Am I Losing Memory?

A key reason that the Application object exists in ASP.NET is for compatibility with classic ASP code ... consider storing data in static members of the application class rather than in the Application object.

This begs the question “Why limit oneself to 'static members of the application class' instead of just 'static members'?”  That's just a good way to add unnecessary dependencies.

BTW, it's funny how many pure ASP.NET applications are using HttpApplicationState.  Old habits die hard.

Learning from Google's IPO

Learning from Google's IPO 09/01/2004 07:40 AM
Experts at Wharton say Google's initial public offering seems to be a success, but they note it's too early to issue a verdict.

Learning to use the C word

Learning to use the C word 08/03/2004 03:42 AM
Site Offer Programming in C at 30 per cent off

Learning through play

Learning through play 02/16/2004 11:58 PM
Computer Times Asia Feb 17 2004 3:37AM GMT

Apple And Sun: Learning From Each Other

Apple And Sun: Learning From Each Other 08/10/2004 09:19 PM
Apple needs to learn from Sun how to share. By Rob Enderle, TechNewsWorld (via MyAppleMenu)

E-learning sent to Coventry

E-learning sent to Coventry 02/10/2004 07:15 AM
Personal Computer World Feb 10 2004 11:43AM GMT

IT Learning Materials

IT Learning Materials 05/04/2004 06:37 AM
IT Learning Materials
http://www.itlearningmateria ls.com

IT Learning Materials provides annotated internet links for educators, students, and new teachers. There is also a section of tutorials on computer applications and concepts, including: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Photoshop, C, C++, Visual Basic, JAVA programming, Operating Systems, Search Engines. and Web Design. This will be added to Education and Distance Learning Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide.

learning from experience

learning from experience 06/27/2004 09:15 PM
One of the things I've learned of late is that, despite being a wonderful, generous community of truly warm-hearted people,...

Re-learning that same old lesson...

Re-learning that same old lesson... 12/29/2002 10:35 PM
I went to the grocery store today. On an empty stomach. Now I have more food that I ought to. I really thought it'd be different this time. I knew what I was doing but still managed to buy too...

Language Learning

Language Learning 04/20/2004 04:40 AM
LangLear 0.4.5 released

Learning To SMILe

Learning To SMILe 11/21/2002 06:12 PM
Take a tour of SMIL, the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language, and find out how you can use it to quickly and rapidly build Web-based multimedia offerings incorporating multiple media types.

Biological Learning and AI

Biological Learning and AI 07/07/2004 07:46 PM
Cogprints just announced the addition of a 1994 research paper (PDF format) by Christian Balkenius on the implications of biological learning mechanisms to artificial intelligence. The paper is ten years old but still relevant today. It ties in nicely with Rodeny Brooks' subsumption approach to behavioural robotics and suggests that prior AI research efforts to find a generalized set of learning algorithms were fundamentally wrong.

Learning About Spyware

Learning About Spyware 03/30/2005 11:47 AM
How safe are you really from Spyware? Do you know what really is really lurking in your machines, reporting on where you go and what you do? Does your machine seem slower than it used to be? Is it doing odd, inexplicable things? Before you call the Ghostbusters, maybe it's time to learn about Spyware and [...]

Learning to use Audacity

Learning to use Audacity 05/07/2004 06:16 AM
Audacity is a free-as-in-GPLd, cross-platform sound editor for Windows, Mac, and Unix. I've recently spent some time learning how to use it. I can tell you already that it's a gem, ranking up there in my all-time top ten list of free Linux applications. Before the review police start whacking away on this story, let me make one thing perfectly clear: this is not a review. I'll leave that to those who know a lot more about sound engineering than I do. This is the tale of an ordinary user learning to how use a kick-ass application.

Web Tools for Learning

Web Tools for Learning 11/10/2003 10:51 PM
Web Tools for Learning
http://wwwtools.cityu.edu.hk/

Web Tools for Learning is a one-stop resource for university instructors interested in the World Wide Web as a teaching tool. Here you'll find:

* free software tools in support of teaching;
* a directory of available course-delivery tools & methods;
* an active forum for technology-in-education issues;
* a weekly newsletter on tech/ed issues, challenges, tools & resources;
* a searchable catalog of our favorite online resources--add yours!
* announcements of conferences worldwide related to technology in education.

A + next to any link indicates a recent update.

Injecting Fun Into Learning

Injecting Fun Into Learning 06/15/2004 06:03 PM
Students in Michelle Loya's combined third-, fourth- and fifth-grade special education class are showing how a fledgling computer project can help them tap their creativity and better express themselves. By Mike Perrault, The Desert Sun (via MyAppleMenu)

Learning Xcode

Learning Xcode 11/10/2003 11:19 PM
I’ve been using Xcode for a couple weeks now. I’m learning it slowly, just learning new things as I notice them.

There are a few small but nice touches that I’ve come to rely on already. I haven’t seen these mentioned elsewhere, so I figured I’d mention them.

1. The Project toolbar button in source file windows.

When you’re editing a source file, you can get back to the Project window quickly by clicking the Project icon. I do this all the time.

2. The Show Editor toolbar button in project windows.

You can switch from three-paned-view to two-paned view easily. In other words, you can hide and show the source editor within the main project window.

3. The Console Window toolbar button in debugger windows.

By default, there’s a button for showing a Console drawer. But even on my 21" screen I need to make the console a separate window so I can stretch out the stack and source panes.

So if you do a customize toolbar on the debugger window you’ll find a Console Window button.

Little Learning, Big Risks

Little Learning, Big Risks 03/19/2005 03:23 AM
Given the way this smells, it is only a matter of time before Hersh or his clone will write up a story for the New Yorker that turns it into a PR nightmare.The insurgents featured on these shows are likely detainees captured by the US.  Also, the network airing the program is funded by the Pentagon (it is broadcast from the Green Zone).  We have our fingerprints all over this (at high levels).  Do the people in the Green Zone actually think things through?

Science Learning Network (SLN)

Science Learning Network (SLN) 08/22/2004 05:57 AM
Science Learning Network (SLN)
http://www.sln.org/

The Science Learning Network (SLN) is an online community of educators, students, schools, science museums and other institutions demonstrating a new model for inquiry science education. The SLN has recently expanded to include international members, outside of the framework of the original SLN project. These new museums are collaborating with the six founding SLN museums to create new resources for the SLN website. SLN originated as a three-year, $6.5M project funded by the National Science Foundation and Unisys Corporation. The project incorporates inquiry-based teaching approaches, telecomputing, collaboration among geographically dispersed teachers and classrooms, and Internet/World Wide Web content resources. This will be added to Education and Distance Learning Resources 2004-05 Internet MiniGuide.

PlayStation potential to learning

PlayStation potential to learning 08/12/2004 03:26 PM
The PlayStation games console could be developed into a learning tool for children, says a Northumberland head teacher.

Online learning an alternative?

Online learning an alternative? 06/18/2004 05:02 AM
Newsok.com - Fri Jun 18, 08:36 am GMT

Learning Python, 2nd Edition

Learning Python, 2nd Edition 01/22/2004 03:19 AM

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