It seems to me that people are becoming more and more interested in what’s going on outside the ballpark than inside.
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Archive for May, 2004
This weekend I finally talked myself into using the self-service checkout at WalMart. I had resisted for the last two months because it seemed too new to be stable. So, figuring that after two months there would be a few patches or at least an initial Service PacK, I scanned my two items, put them in the sack (be careful to do EXACTLY what the voice tells you to regarding the sack).
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The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act passed in November 2002 presents challenges and opportunities to all institutions involved in the production and dissemination of educational multimedia, digital resources, and research tools. At heart is the issue of intellectual property and complex issues of ownership and rights, which have been complicated not only by the widely publicized development of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, but by the way educational materials are presented in the digital classroom. Ironically, SCORM compliancy sets up a new area of contradiction and confusion, particularly in the way that the shared content objects (the SCOs) are managed and deployed.
Continue reading ‘“Fair Use” in Online Courses: Where Are We Now?’
Entering a saturated job market overflowing with Ivy leaguers and PhDs can undoubtedly be intimidating to anyone. These days it’s next to impossible to land a decent job without a college degree. And let’s face it: with less than a Master’s Degree you may as well envision yourself flipping burgers until retirement. But while you were toiling for that precious diploma that costs thousands of dollars, countless sleepless nights and possibly your sanity, someone else earned their degree with nothing more than a few hundred dollars and a finger cramp.
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Without a procedure for systematically analyzing or assessing one’s online programs, courses and administrative support, an institution is likely to encounter fairly intractable problems associated with growth and/or technological change. The series of diagnostics instruments developed here differ from typical instruments because the questions tie not only to best practices in one area, but incorporate vision, values and project management philosophy with tactics and strategy.
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All the suggestions and guidelines listed in this article are the result of years of hands-on experience in design, deployment, and administration of online courses and programs delivered to active-duty military personnel, deployed and with frequent travel. Although the situations can be challenging, the rewards of putting together effective courses and programs are real. In many cases, the military student regards his or her online educational experience with a fervency that may be difficult to understand until one realizes that the course represents tangible hope for the future, and it reintroduces sanity and structure in often overwhelming and discouraging circumstances.
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This weekend I finally talked myself into using the self-service checkout at WalMart. I had resisted for the last two months because it seemed too new to be stable. So, figuring that after two months there would be a few patches or at least an initial Service PacK, I scanned my two items, put them in the sack (be careful to do EXACTLY what the voice tells you to regarding the sack). Continue reading ‘The Effects of a Growing Self-Service Culture on Online Learning’
About five years ago, e-books were all the rage. A number of companies saw the products as the “next big thing” (NBT) for software and publishing. The cost to publishers was approximately $50K per title and most figured you needed a library of at least 100 titles to get started. About $5 million later, everyone realized that the market wasn’t strong enough to support that type of investment, and the publishers turned to a lower-cost and lower-level technology. The dot-com-born e-book companies vanished as rapidly as they had appeared.
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Interview with James Farmer of Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
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