Ok, since this conversation originated on Twitter I thought that the most appropriate tool to use to adjudicate the decision was Twitter. Earlier this afternoon, Ben Martin aka @bkmcae, the boy genius of the A-List Blogosphere as recognized by Mensa, proudly stated that he was “being good today“. A short while later he had a [...]
Here’s who’s shaping what you read, watch, hear, write, buy, sell, befriend, flame, and otherwise do online. Despite what Time magazine would have you believe, you are not the most powerful or influential person on the Web. At PC World we love online personals, social networks, and videos of people falling on their keisters as [...]
Adding and editing content via wikis growing in popularity at companies. Just as employers are figuring out the role of blogs, their value and downside, along come wikis. Actually, wikis have been around for quite some time, but experts say it’s just now that mainstream employers are starting to tap into the power of such [...]
U.S. media conglomerate Viacom Inc. Tuesday unveiled a licensing deal with Joost, a new Internet service that specializes in commercial video content. Key to the agreement was Joost’s promise it would protect Viacom’s copyrights, Viacom Chief Executive Officer Philippe Dauman said. This stumbling block led to the collapse of similar talks with YouTube parent Google [...]
Employers see big benefits from e-learning compared to more traditional training methods, according to research from e-skills UK. Eight in 10 employers said the biggest drivers for using technology to teach is the accessibility, flexibility and cost-effectiveness that high-tech courses offer. Currently these courses generally consist of training programmes offered to staff on their PCs [...]
In response to a challenge from a free and open software group, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has agreed to re-examine all 44 claims of a patent that covers e-learning tools.Patent No. 6,988,138, awarded last year to the academic technology company Blackboard, is titled “Internet-based education support system and methods.” It involves the ability [...]
Jane Hart is building an E-Learning for Free Information Service to create a one-stop place to access a variety of free resources not only to create different learning and performance solutions but to provide the best advice and best practice in doing so. The site is still growing, but there are already some great resources [...]
As it tries to usher in a new era in computing, Google is promoting its software applications in kindergarten through high school classrooms, where kids who have grown up with the Web are more likely to experiment with different technology. CNN.com
It looks like the education space could be the first, real place where Linux could grab beachhead in the desktop PC market. The Chart
WordPress Easter Egg
I’ve been using WordPress for quite some time for my personal site and sites that I develop for my clients. I won’t get into the merits/virtues now, suffice it to say I find it extremely flexible and extensible. In my new job – more on this in a future post – I am lucky to [...]