Finally, after sending in a fax (so old technology), my standard paypal account got re-activated… I’m still baffled by their unresponsiveness to my repeated efforts to resolve this issue via their ONLINE resolution centre… Strange for an online payment service that offline means of communication are the only ones to…
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“Steep Learning Curve” or how human intuition has failed us again…
This morning, while checking tech news about all-things-mac, I’ve found a short news article about the rumored Tablet or Slate that Apple, Inc. is supposed to introduce end of January 2010. So far, nothing new… 🙂 However, Mac Essentials was reporting that Cult of Mac got a stunning piece of…
Kindle for iPhone: Now also in Luxembourg
I’ve just read the big news! Kindle for iPhone has been release for 60 countries, including Luxembourg… the app is free, you can buy the eBook online, using your normal browser or the iPhone Safari and then your purchases get automatically downloaded to your iPhone… I just bought “The Brain…
12 eLearning Predictions for 2009 : eLearning Technology
12 eLearning Predictions for 2009 : eLearning Technology via elearningtech.blogspot.com Tony Karrer has listed on his blog, what he calls his 12 eLearning Predictions for 2009… I think establishing such a list is truly a heroic act in itself, because even if you get one prediction wrong, people will point…
A Teacher’s Guide To Web 2.0 at School
via slideshare.net I highly recommend that those interested in the Integration of Technology into Teaching & Learning have a look at this slideshow by Sacha Chua… It’s not only very nicely made, the content is highly interesting too… I’m waiting for your comments, questions and reactions… Posted via web from…
Preparing exam questions
I’ve been thinking about a question (based on a rather natural anxiety) that some of my students have asked me: “What will the questions in the final written exam look like?” and my spontaneous response was that I wouldn’t answer this question, or at least that I would not give…
eLearning is about eConversation, not eDelivery
I’ve been thinking and reflecting a lot over the last years about the benefits and pitfalls of iTunesU and the like and the views that many university administrators have on eLearning… thinking that recording all lectures and putting them online will yield more and better student learning… I beg to…
COMMENT ON: Social networking sites: why no abuse report button?
Social networking sites: why no abuse report button? Nic Fleming, contributor Facebook and MySpace are failing to protect children from paedophiles and bullies, a former senior police officer says. The social networking sites have refused to embed a “report button” that would allow users to report abuse. The Child Exploitation…
GLOSSARY: Crowdsourcing – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Crowdsourcing is a neologism for the act of taking tasks traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing them to a group (crowd) of people or community in the form of an open call. For example, the public may be invited to develop a…
Being knowledgeable at the beginning or being allowed to develop yourself?
When it comes to selecting candidates for a study program or for a job, one always has to define certain skills, knowledge contents & levels or competences that one expects the candidates to bring along into the class or the workplace… However, in life-long-learning settings, we will always have to…