Wednesday, November 09, 2005

eLearning platform Open University going Moodle - eGov Monitor. The Open University builds student online environment with Moodle and more.The OU’s expertise in supported distance learning has always meant it being a leader in developing the best technology to support its students. Now, The Open University’s Learning [Online Learning Update] 10:52:07 PM    comment

PDA Texas college pilots classes on PDAs — the digital kind - WENDY GRAGG, Killeen Daily Herald. Central Texas College is about to take college education where it has never gone before — your pocket. CTC is piloting a program that will allow a small number of students to take an entire college course on a personal digital assistant. "There's nothing [Online Learning Update] 10:45:36 PM    comment

genetics Children of bipolar parents score higher on creativity test. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown for the first time that a sample of children who either have or are at high risk for bipolar disorder score higher on a creativity index than healthy children. The findings add to existing evidence that a link exists between mood disorders and creativity. [Science Blog -] 9:35:55 PM    comment

ePortfolio Integral ePortfolio Interoperability. Here's a draft of a chapter I'm working on for The The Handbook of Research on ePortfolios. Although it's not really a handbook--more like a really large edited collection--and it's not always clear what the editors count as research, I think it will be a useful book and hope it will find a wide readership. I know and value the work of many of hte authors. However, because the volume is extremely expensive, it's unlikely many individuals will buy it. My chapter explains the centrality of integrity to the concept and tradition of portfolios and how that theory informs the design of the IMS ePortfolio Specification. [National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research blogs] 9:33:41 PM    comment

ePortfolio The Essential Guide to ePortfolios Services. Video of the workshop Peter Rees Jones and I led at the 2005 Alt-I-Lab last summer is now available from IMS in Europe. Given that the workshop was help in a room without air conditioning in ninety degree F heat before the effects of the lighting the video guys set up, we don't look half bad. I'm amazed the participants were able to stay as engaged as they were through most of the three hours. Because the workshop was being taped, Peter and I did a lot more talking than we would have under other circumstances. It's difficult to capture group interaction, and participants are likely to be less open when they know they're being taped. During the whole group discussion portions of the workshop, speakers had to wait for a guy with a boom mike to rush over to them before they could speak, making for somewhat stilted conversation. I like the interface the producers of the site have constructed. It makes it easy to navigate to the part of the video in which you're interested. The complete workshop is quite long, making this feature especially helpful. [National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research blogs] 9:32:44 PM    comment