There are many reasons for this (she researches for non-US institute, while looking at US xMOOCs so outside the universities providing the courses, privacy issues, platform difficulties,). But, there are technical issues only being realized right now, and there is of course a market were business models that still needs to be fine-tuned (if not set up), and best practices need to be created, tough barriers for emerging (international) research fields. One of the main MOOC challenges: MOOC drop-out As drop-out rates are one of the main MOOC challenges, this research is a gift. MORE >>

There is a new free edition of the International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM). mobile mLearning journals research paper mobile learning eLearningGreat news! iJIM has just published its latest issue at --> [link]. In order to view the papers and articles, you only need to register (which is for free) and once you are registered you can access any article you want. learning's, in Particular the iPad’s Potentials in Education (György Molnár Dr.) [link] jim/article/view/2398 [link] ijim.v7i1.2398. MORE >>

“The basic unit of social business technology is personal knowledge management, not collaborative workspaces.” But when writing, and later books, came along, we had a new technology that could more widely distribute information created by the wise, and also the not so wise. Research shows that work teams that need to share complex knowledge need tighter social bonds. ” - Thierry de Baillon. Personal knowledge management (PKM) is a set of processes, individually constructed, to help each of us make sense of our world and work more effectively. Innovation. MORE >>

The researchers working on this project intend to collaborate with and involve experts and stakeholders from academia, government, industry, and the international community. The focus of the project is on exploring the intersection of multiple design and research methods in order better understand, and potentially influence how education and training professionals determine how to best utilize and leverage mobile-based technology to develop and implement optimal training and performance support solutions. this is your chance! guess that is all of us. MORE >>

This Creative Commons infographic covers the various licenses available very nicely as well as the ‘freedom’ (or lack of it) that each license gives you, the blogger / researcher / teacher / Learning Technologist / etc. eLearning Creative Commons Creativity Flickr Infographic Learning Objects Learning Technologist Learning Technology pelc12 PELeCON Photography TeacherDo you use images or photos? Do you check with the owner before saving or copying or using? Do you in fact understand what Creative Commons is? Right, so you understand CC now? MORE >>