I subscribe to a terrific web newsletter at Trendwatching.com. Their September 2006 Trend Briefing just came out and it dissects a growing consumer and business trend that they have been covering for months. Trendwatching has been following the consumer segment dubbed "Generation C " (consumers who want to acquire and share "C"ontent and "C"reativity), as…
… your husband walks in with the mail and exclaims, "Your geeky education magazine is here!" … and then you spend the next hour reading the September 2006 issue of T&D magazine and the ASTD publications catalog. By the way, here is a link to a list of real-time conferencing tools mentioned by Darin Hartley…
While I normal limit my referrals to "free stuff", this one falls in the "inexpensive" category. Given that I am a horrible speller, I may just have to shell out a few bucks to try one of the Merriam-Webster mobile dictionaries. For under $20, you can get one with 40,000 definitions, a thesaurus and audio…
Introducing the offical seal for this site. As I've stated before, this Drupal enabled site has become my Personal Learning Environment. This just makes it "official". p.s. If you would like to make your own official seal, check it out.
Dozens of grassroot rallys were held across the country to urge Senators (currently on recess) to oppose Senator Stevens’ telecom bill when they return to Washington next week. However, some question whether the bill will see a vote this year given the anticipated early adjournment (estimated at October 6th for upcoming fall elections) and the…
This podcast reviews the scale of online higher education in the United States. As more colleges offer online courses and more students enroll in them, will perceptions change? Links mentioned in this podcast include: The Sloan Consortium (Home Page) The Sloan Consortium (Publications: Survey Reports) The Sloan Consortium Report: "Growing by Degrees: Online Education in…
The podcast feed generated by my Drupal audio_playlist module made it through the iTunes Music Store gauntlet. This is the link to my podcast (audio only) in iTunes. I was unsuccessful in submitting a feedburner feed and the main site feed generated by the site. While either feed will work just fine within the iTunes…
In my IU Designing Instructional Systems course, we were asked to share some experiences that we have had with consultants. Working in large insurance companies for over 15 years, I have experience working with a lot of consultants – even some long term consultants who stayed around so long they blurred the lines between "consultant"…
In this podcast, I discuss the factors to consider when deciding whether an Online Education program is right for you. Here are the links that I mention during the podcast: US News.com Graduate School Reviews AECT: Curricula Data of Degree Programs in Educational Communications and Technology GSU: Instructional Technology Research Online – Collection of information…