Friday, March 18, 2005

Towards Self-Replicating Rapid Prototypers [Slashdot:] 1:04:30 PM      Google It!.

WebCT expands e-learning market in China. WebCT, provider of higher education's most flexible and widely used e-learning solutions, today announced that Chinese universities are rapidly adopting WebCT solutions as their e-learning platforms. Even before appointing a new executive to oversee China [Online Learning Update] 12:58:59 PM      Google It!.

Electronic Portfolios and Dimensions of Learning. The article is pretty superficial, but it makes a point work repeating here: "Give students the academic freedom to help develop what makes a good portfolio." Now if you think about that, the concept of academic freedom for students, especially younger students, is a novel one. Since when have students ever had the freedom to define for themselves what counts as good? But it seems to me that in an age of ubiquitous multimedia, the development of such a capacity may be a critical skill. The rest of the article builds on this idea, so though the treatment is light it deserves a read. Via elearnspace. By Frederick Conway, T.H.E. Journal, March 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 8:52:35 AM      Google It!.