Monday, December 06, 2004

A Library and Cinema in Your Pocket. The increasing power of cellphones is fast shaping innovative forms of compact culture: micro-lit, phone soap operas and made-for-mobile dramas. By By DOREEN CARVAJAL. [NYT > Technology] 10:08:01 PM      Google It!.

Generation Raised With Internet Grows Up. Worth noting is that the generation described in this article is not only entering the workforce, it's enetering your classroom. "Assignments are dispersed online. Students are much more likely to do research online than use the library. And even the proverbial class handout has gone the way of the Web, posted on electronic bulletin boards for downloading after class." By Marth Irvine, Associated Press, December 6, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 3:47:03 PM      Google It!.

Mobile Learning Resource Portal. http://www3.telus.net/~kdeanna/mlearning/ I don't know for a fact, but I believe this decent set of articles and pointers to resources on 'Mobile Learning' is the result of some class work in Athabasca University's Master's in Distance Education program. - SWL [EdTechPost] 10:47:46 AM      Google It!.

AOL, ClassesUSA Partner Up on Learning Site - Scott Van Camp, Technology Marketing. America Online and online degree portal ClassesUSA.com have partnered to provide AOL members with a directory of accredited online degree and certificate programs. As part of AOL's Research & Learn site, as of last week members could access ClassesUSA [Online Learning Update] 9:14:59 AM      Google It!.

Inclusion for Special Populations - Eva Ng-Chin, techLearning. What is inclusion? To some it means no one is left out, regardless of race, color, creed, or physical disabilities...." WEAC gives a fuller explanation of inclusion, "a term which expresses commitment to educate each child, to the maximum extent appro [Online Learning Update] 9:13:44 AM      Google It!.