Elearning Prof

Free Software for 2009

As the buzzword for late 2008 to early 2009 seems to be ‘recession’ , I would like to counter the pessism it connotes by offering some resource links to those who need to cut their budgets for acquiring new tools, but believe in using good technologies to move their learning–or their business–forward.  Visit http://directory.fsf.org/ , the Directory for Free Software, for a...

Elearning Prof

Is M-Learning Still Alive?

M-learning was a trend based on the the rise of handy, Net-enabled mobile phones. It was considered to be the most popular, most promising blending learning methodology as the portability of the device helped reinforce learning in ways that classroom teaching could not.   2008 was heralded as the year of m-learning in e-learning circles.     However, in the most popular technology article for...

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Facebook Apps for Ed: Teach the People

Now that I’ve finally been caught in the web-within-the-web social network of Facebook , tried poring over the applications if there’s anything on e-learning.  A quick scan shows FB applications such as Study Groups (whose developers look like teenyboppers to me!) ,created by the members themselves.  Then there’s Teach the People.  As reported by Crunch Base, the application lets...

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Windows Live Writer Review

From Maish’s E-learningpost Aug. 18 links:  Robin Good has created a video to demo the new Windows Live Writer blog tool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY6gf5aa93E Try it out, let me know what you think!

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More Reviews on iBlog 2. . .iBlog 3 in the Works?

Ms. Janette Toral of the Philippine Internet Review was nice enough to mention Architelago's review on iBlog 2. Thanks, Ms. Janette. All the more, I am convinced that this move to WordPress is a great,wonderful thing. Wouldn't have known about Janette's comments if not for the meta features of WordPress.  Her post led me to the intriguing article of  Erwin Oliva of...