The concept of distance learning has been with us for many years but upon the advent of the internet its popularity and efficacy was greatly increased because the new technology made the learning process much faster, more cost effective and far more efficient overall. We have seen this in the corporate space with the value organization find with learning management systems.  For the academic space, is distance learning for everyone? Part-time learning. distance learning qualification could well be the perfect solution to such a problem. Jeffrey A. MORE >>

I’ve been using Instructure for several weeks for a course that I’m teaching with Tecnológico de Monterrey on networked and connected learning. I’ve used a large number of learning management systems over the last several years, and Instructure presents one of the more impressive educator and end-user experiences. Moodle, an LMS with a low learning curve, feels very clunky in comparison. On the one hand, they are eager to learn from others…on the other hand, they are confident that they have the right answer. MORE >>

He was recognized throughout the e-learning and learning communities. live it, perhaps too much, yet the other day I came across a learning blog informing its readers that in order for the LMS to survive: Must become modular. Social learning – in many cases it is a more robust than your standard chat, discussion, etc. Advertising and Politics are leaders of perpetuating myths to their audiences  (and no, I’m not talking about e-learning or learning). People who perceive online learning as doomsday to learning, especially classroom based. MORE >>

As a result of this wonderful learning conversation (comments) and exploration (adventure), we have discovered several more free screencasting tools, which are: Screencast-O-Matic Is a Java-based application that anyone can use to create screencasts of their screen with no additional software to download. The irony of this whole learning adventure is that their post was published a few days earlier than mine (27nd October, 2008) , meaning if I had found it earlier, it would have saved me. In short, learning and discovering together and apart makes a screencasting lot of sense :). MORE >>

While the technology itself isn’t new, the discussion about how these technologies can improve teaching and learning has taken on a new urgency. Khan didn’t invent the idea of the flipped classroom, it was initially proposed by Lage, Platt and Treglia in their article “ Inverting the Classroom: A Gateway to Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment.” Published in the Journal of Economic Education in 2000, they proposed that moving lectures out of the classroom could appeal to a broader range of learning styles. The intersection between teaching, learning and technology. MORE >>