Friday, March 11, 2005

Developing Self-Directed Learners. Summary of research on self-directed learning, including a useful chart matching specific work to types of self-directed learning. Most of the article addresses student motivation and linking student choice to responsibility. Some discussion of linking self-directed learning to state curricula and high-stakes testing. Good starting document. Via Rosanna Tarsiero at IFETS. By Unknown, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, December 31, 200-31 8:33 p.m. [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 5:34:19 PM      Google It!.

Only 15% of Gamers are Internet Addicts [Slashdot:] 8:44:12 AM      Google It!.

How tunes get stuck in your head. Scientists say they have pinpointed the part of the brain where the "hook" of catchy tunes is caught. [BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition] 8:42:39 AM      Google It!.

Samsung Cell Phone Features 3GB Hard Drive [Slashdot:] 8:39:50 AM      Google It!.

GroupUserFolder 3.2 released. GRUF 3.2 is out! GRUF (GroupUserFolder) is the groups management tool provided with Plone. [Plone RSS] 8:37:34 AM      Google It!.

Google Punishes Self for Cloaking [Slashdot:] 8:35:22 AM      Google It!.

The Community Engine Blog: A Learning Blogosphere (1): Into the Deep [Edubloggers Links Feed] 8:29:30 AM      Google It!.

Revenue jumps 60 percent for eCollege - Denver BizJournal. Online education provider eCollege on Thursday reported record revenue of $24.4 million for the fourth quarter, ending Dec. 31, 2004. That's up 60 percent from the $15.2 million in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2003. The Q4 revenue include $9.3 million [Online Learning Update] 8:22:59 AM      Google It!.

Hindsight: Reversible Computing [Slashdot:] 8:18:15 AM      Google It!.

UBCWiki: LibraryBlogs/IntroductionToWeblogs [Edubloggers Links Feed] 8:15:51 AM      Google It!.

Novell To Ship Xen in Next Version of Suse [Slashdot:] 8:13:56 AM      Google It!.

Microsoft to Acquire Groove Networks [Slashdot:] 8:05:06 AM      Google It!.