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Megatrends – are they friends or foes of sustainability?

Learning Pool

While many of these, such as technological innovation, promise to enrich our lives, they also affect the planet and its resources. For example, the majority of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) utilise lithium-ion batteries which are difficult to recycle. Energy and the race to net zero.

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Are eBooks More Environmentally Friendly?

Kitaboo

eBooks Reduce the Carbon Footprint Papermaking utilizes different natural resources. Printing & Distribution: It Doesn't End with Production We spoke about how papermaking utilizes many natural resources like water, electricity, etc. uses various resources and energy. This is a known fact.

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Social Media Goals

Clark Quinn

Talking to them, and the others there (Vignette & Lithium) has me reflecting more broadly. And, of course, there’s now Sharepoint’s integration of social tools around resources. Lithium was advertising ’successful’ communities, and so I naturally inquired about their approach.

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Web 2.0 Applications in Learning

Tony Karrer

There were about 7 examples mentioned including Intuit using a Wiki-like system for customers to ask questions/get advice around taxes, using a group blog with students prior to a formal learning event, the US Army's use of collaboration tools to share best practices in Iraq, and several others. Choose the top 3-5. There were a few others.

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Hot List - April 1, 2009 to April 11, 2009

Tony Karrer

In my previous post on this topic, I outlined five change factors: The E-learning Curve blog shares thought-provoking commentary and practical knowledge for e-learning professionals. Some links to resources are now no longer current. Blog CBT Distance Learning University 2.0 That's so old, I blogged about it last week.