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Monday, May 31, 2004

Syntactic Knowledge and Visual Knowledge. I've posted materials from Juan Dursteler's InfoVis previously. I very much appreciate his insights about cognitive maps, graphical displays, and the importance of graphical knowldege. "The traditional way of interacting with a computer needed what Ben Shneiderman calls 'syntactic' knowledge. The graphical user interface has substituted syntactic for visual knowledge. Each one has its own advantages and drawbacks." This short piece effectively contrasts the advantages and disadvantages of both styles of knowledge representation. I believe it is highly important to acquaint distance education instructors with these concepts. JH [EduResources Weblog--Higher Education Resources Online]
10:56:20 AM

Blended delivery creates effective courses - Siobhan McBride, Computerworld. The hype surrounding e-learning as the sole training method has passed as organizations realise the solution is in a blended mix of course delivery. According to Pathlore director sales and services David Hobbs, e-learning will not replace existing ed [Online Learning Update]
10:55:20 AM

The Editor in Design and Development of Online - Jan Thiessen & Vince Ambrock, Theory and Practice of Online Learning. Introduction: The editor has traditionally played a key role in the design and development of instructional and educational materials. As both the Web and the technology and processes for delivering instructional materials on it have evolved, so too ha [Online Learning Update]
10:54:32 AM

Educational Wikis: features and selection criteria.

Basic, useful, introduction toEducational Wikis (via Weblogs in Higher Education)

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10:53:49 AM

Show RSS Feeds Inside PowerPoint. PowerPoint presentations can now easily integrate RSS feeds and news headlines. The Take-off RSS news reader from DataPoint gathers RSS news and sends them directly into a Mircosoft Access database. From there they can be easily pulled inside one or more presentation slides. Find out more or download your free trial now. By Robin.Good@masternewmedia.org (Robin Good). [Lockergnome's RSS & Atom Tips]
10:52:47 AM

Something Wiki This Way Comes.

Good to see grassroots technology like the Wiki finding its way into businesses: "Peter Thoeny, creator of TWiki, a leading open-source wiki program, says at least 35,000 people have downloaded TWiki since 2001. Two-thirds of his programs are going into businesses -- Walt Disney, SAP, and Motorola among them."

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10:51:18 AM