December 9, 2006 • 9:27 PM 1
Who doesn’t know the problem, tons of emails every day and the email inbox is filling up rapidly. Not to mention that a working spam filter is a must in these days.
I just ran across a blog entry at downloadsquad by Grant Robertson. He explains how to manage the madness of incoming mail by following five simple rules. If you have a problem to manage your incoming mail I suggest to have a look at them.
December 8, 2006 • 12:18 AM 0
Jay Cross just published his “Presentation: No more tachers, no more books” (mp3 only) that he gave at Training Solutions Conference & Expo, held in Denver on October the 24th 2006 online. For all of you who like to look into the informal way of learning I would recommend to listen into his talk.
Filed under: Informal Learning, Informal Learning, Jay Cross, learning, mp3
December 7, 2006 • 11:52 PM 0
I just ran across an article from Lisa Neal that gives some insights on how formative evaluation can provide guidance to verify design decisions in order to enhance the effectiveness. “Formative Evaluation: A Practical Guide” provides an easy to follow step-by-step guidance on how evaluation can contribute to the design of an online course up from a very early stage. The article gives a good point to start from or to check if this kind of evaluation is a fit for you purpose.
“Effectively Evaluating Online Learning Programs” is another pretty comprehensive article that falls into this category. I especially like the bullet points and their emphasize on what to avoid and what an alternative approach could look like. For example “evaluation is a part of the bigger picture. avoid: evaluation as episode; evaluation as autopsy; alternative: integrate evaluation in into ongoing practice”. The latter one goes back to the point Lisa Neal makes in here before mentioned article.
Filed under: Evaluation, eLearning, Evaluation
December 5, 2006 • 2:57 PM 0
When I went to school cell phones and other electronic devices didn’t exist in the classroom. Well, maybe a TV was mounted on the wall to watch some educational programing.
Today things look quiet different, especially when it comes to the way of using new technology to let everybody else know what is going on inside the classroom. The New York Times published a story (registration required; free) about two teenage students who willingly aggravated one of their teachers. The incidence has been recorded and the footage went online at Youtube. The 33 year old teacher is on voluntary sick leave who taught students with a learning disabilities.
The video has been removed from Youtube upon request from the Portages-de-l’Outaouais school board and the two students have been suspended from the school.
Filed under: Technology, New York Times, Technology, youtube
December 5, 2006 • 2:01 PM 0
The P2P Foundation published a list of the Top 50 Potcasts by topic. Under the “Education & Learning” topic for instance podcasts from David Wiley, Stephen Downes and Doc Searls are listed. I have not had a chance yet to really tune in to some of the podcasts but will report as soon as I get a chance to do so.
December 5, 2006 • 9:47 AM 0
Brandon Hall just publishes a new report how organizations like McDonalds, Microsoft, Health Partners and Bank of America organize pleasant work environments for their employees. The report features 21 case studies on 99 pages and in addition to “high-profile companies” it also takes a look a the vendors who create their content.
A free excerpt is available and contains the table of content, introduction plus one sample case study and an excerpt of one course. The full report is available online for $345 and can be ordered here.
Filed under: Corporate Learning, brandon hall, case study, corporate, Corporate Learning, learning, report
