Blog PLEs are one of the areas which attract elearner’s attention. As far as PLEs are concerned, I feel the following article, Why Personal Learning Environments? at http://franklin- consulting.co.uk/LinkedDocuments/PLE.doc might provide the starting point to get an idea about PLEs. I also felt the following links might be useful. Details of PLE Workshop_2006 http://del.icio.us/tag/PLE_Workshop_2006 Personal learning...

• Sep 26, 2006 08:54 AM
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Blog "Notes of a teleconference between Blackboard Inc. and the Association for Learning , Technology (ALT) – 16.00 to 17.50 UK time, 23 August 2006" The teleconference highlights the patent issue raised by Blackboard on Desire2Learn for patent infringement (http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/ALT_Blackboard_20060823.pdf) For a detailed background click the following hyperlink oer4highereducation Title : FOSS for...

• Sep 17, 2006 09:59 PM
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Blog Hi, I am one of the 200 and odd participants taking part in “FOSS for Education and FOSS solutions for Open Educational Resources” forum organized by UNESCO. The new session of the “FOSS for Education and FOSS solutions for Open Educational Resources” forum organized by UNESCO started on Sep 11. and...

• Sep 17, 2006 01:10 AM
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Blog Hi, I just came across this useful piece of information about the course, website for Law in the Court of Public Opinion. “This course is being offered jointly in the Harvard Law School and the Harvard Extension School in the fall semester, 2006.” “It is a course in persuasive, empathic argument in...

• Sep 17, 2006 12:41 AM
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Blog "Previously untapped properties of electrons and nuclear particles may lead to unimaginably small and power-efficient computers." I came across this interesting article, where "The work of Jim Allen, a physicist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is so far removed from everyday experience that he has to explain it by...

• Sep 07, 2006 04:06 AM
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Blog “Google Inc. has launched Google Apps for Your Domain, a suite of hosted collaboration applications for small to medium-size businesses, universities and other groups, with plans to expand to larger companies by year's end. Organizations will be able to sign up for the beta version of the free browser-based, hosted-application service...

• Aug 28, 2006 11:02 PM
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Blog “Empressr is the first Ajax/Flash-based web application that lets you create, share and store presentations online. It goes beyond current presentation applications by enabling you to incorporate rich media features, like streaming video and animation, to create and share the most dynamic presentations possible….” “Not only is it free to use,...

• Jul 17, 2006 04:17 AM
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Blog Wikipedia defines FOSS -Free and Open Source Software, as a “software which is liberally licensed to grant the right of users to study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code”. FOSS can be used in setting up the ICT infrastructure in educational institutions like the server...

• Jul 09, 2006 06:42 AM
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Blog Microsoft Corp.for the first time will allow users to test the next version of Office online without having to download software. “Customers can visit Microsoft's Web site to "test drive" the software from within their Web browsers. This marks the first time Microsoft has offered this kind of browser-based Office...

• Jun 27, 2006 11:01 AM
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Blog Qunu "Qunu is a next-generation expertise matching service. We use instant messaging to connect -- in real time -- people who have software or tech-related questions with experts who are passionate and willing to help." "How's it different to other ask-an-expert services? It's different to the ones you've seen because...

• Jun 25, 2006 10:58 PM
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