Heads up: Maxtor drives.

Maxtor Clings to Life. A new debt offering by the disk-drive maker adds a new level of risk. [The Motley Fool]

11:46:34 AM    

Blog ad risks.

Blog Advertising Comes with Risks, Benefits. After Yahoo was recently sued by the parents of a boy who said his picture was posted by a pedophile in a user-run Yahoo chatroom, some advertisers have grown wary of advertising on... [MarketingVOX - The Voice of Online Marketing]

11:44:01 AM    

RSS Advertising.

"Publishers that serve early adopter and tech markets are apparently seeing 40 percent month-over-month growth in RSS traffic, with corresponding declines in email subscriptions."

Buying (into) RSS Advertising. Pheedo CMO Bill Flitter launches a three-part series for ReveNews on "How to Buy RSS Advertising," beginning with RSS basics to set the stage for developing a media plan and measuring RSS ad... [MarketingVOX - The Voice of Online Marketing]

11:42:10 AM    

Buying (into) RSS Advertising.

Pheedo CMO Bill Flitter launches a three-part series for ReveNews on "How to Buy RSS Advertising," beginning with RSS basics to set the stage for developing a media plan and measuring RSS ad... [MarketingVOX - The Voice of Online Marketing]

11:22:44 AM    

Follow the money!

Online higher-education market to exceed $6B in 2005 - Westchester County Business Journal. The online distance education market is heating up, with enrollment expected to exceed 1 million students in 2005, representing a market of more than $6 billion, according to a recent report by Eduventures, an independent research firm. The study, Online [Online Learning Update]

11:21:43 AM    

Root causes of success in online learning.

These common denominators of success provide a framework for understanding why some initiatives succeed while others do not—and what conditions can be created to make improvements.

Implementing Best Practices in Online Learning - Rob Abel, Educause Quarterly. .... A recent study by the Alliance for Higher Education Competitiveness, Achieving Success in Internet-Supported Learning in Higher Education: Case Studies Illuminate Success Factors, Challenges, and Future Directions, pulled from the experiences of 21 i [Online Learning Update]

11:20:30 AM    

Royalty free photos for sale.

Looking for photos that won't cost you an arm and a leg? Looking for a place to sell your own photos? Try this. (via [MSN technology filter])

10:59:39 AM    

Evaluation: Kirkpatrick.

Why are we still messing about with Kirkpatrick? The levels are ineffective and misleading. We should just move on.

Revisiting Kirkpatrick's Level One. Whenever I am involved in an evaluation project, I advocate getting rid of the smile sheet completely, and replacing that tortured questionnaire with one closed question, plus an open follow-up to encourage respondents to reveal what really matters to them: “Would you recommend this course to a friend or colleague? Why or why not?” The response tells you unambiguously about the level of By noemail@noemail.org (Godfrey Parkin). [Parkin's Lot]

10:44:19 AM    

Why is podcasting a big deal?

1. Any one can relate their own ideas, stories, experiences, and explanations in their own voice, to anyone and everyone in the entire world who has the necessary technology and who is willing to listen. Like weblogging, this gives individuals the power to do what even a year ago required money, influence, and government permits to do.

2. Listeners can take the podcaster with them, wherever they happen to be, and they can forward the podcast in many other forms to others who were not able to access it.

3. People can listen to the podcaster at some other time than when the podcaster happens to be broadcasting.

To quote Dave Winer, "Every medium has its strengths and weaknesses. The great thing about podcasting is that you can take it with you, driving, running, walking, where ever, and just let your mind absorb ideas through your ears, which is a very nice way to get to know someone, very different from reading what they write. Where the written word only has the intonation the reader can infer (adding a lot of errors in doing so) and can be skimmed (lowers comprehension by orders of magnitude) the spoken word has great subtlety and subtext, and can seduce, cajole, wink, leer, lurk, and be lewd. Both forms of expression have their place."

10:36:11 AM    

Learning as network-creation.

This is a long essay by George Siemens on how a network-creation view of learning provides insight into learning and knowing in today's information environments. I share George's frustrations about the state of our knowledge regarding learning, but I'm having a hard time following his argument. Maybe I'll get it with more time and study.

[Connectivism Blog]

10:18:53 AM