Mobile apps for editing video like iMovie, Vitrimpro or Pinnacle are cost effective and easy to use. 'Web video, as a means to deliver educational content, is clearly an idea whose time has come. What started as the result of the full motion compression (MPEG) efforts of Philips Interactive Media in 1992, has resulted in the proliferation of web-based instructional video content.  For example, YouTube reports that over 72 hours of video content is uploaded to its platform every minute.  Many of those videos are instructional or educational in nature. But, there is a solution. MORE >>

Random photos - like this one of rock star  David Lee Roth  (but no pictures have him in his heyday, long haired pinnacle of rock stardom, like the one in the Fast Company article).  Image via Wikipedia. have found a new tool (hopefully it’s not just a shiny object?), which I am pretty excited about.  It’s called Zemanta , it’s totally integrated into WordPress and it takes your boring text and recommends images/media and links that might enhance your post. . That’s likely what they have on their website anyway. . Or is that blogstar? Is Is it: Interesting links. MORE >>

It's the type of evaluation that's at the pinnacle of a spectrum. I was giving some input over the weekend to a book I'm co-writing with my friend Stefan. In one of the sections, I mused about an article I had posted previously about social networking ROI (Return On Investment). You don't have to go far to see that the debate continues. "Social media measurement is one of those topics about which everyone has an opinion, but nobody agrees on the solution." " ~ Aaron Uhrmacher, Mashable. " (Level 1) , and "Did you learn anything?" " (Level 4). MORE >>

The Engagement Pyramid (Adapted from Altimeter Group) The pinnacle of engagement is clearly the ability to generate one''s own content and then add value to it for others. 'Some while ago, I wrote a post entitled '' Lurking and Loafing '' about students who are on the peripheral of learning, and whose activity is often to ''lurk'' without appearing to directly or productively participate. If you are involved in education you will know exactly what I mean. The silent student who sit in the corner, watching, but not overtly involved. It looks as though they really don''t want to be there. MORE >>

Traditional education systems are set for competition throughout their framework, with grade scores and attainment being at the pinnacle of this system. John Nash sits awkwardly and alone, surrounded by papers and a half-drunk beer in a smoky 1940’s bar. His peers gather around him, captivated by the blonde woman who just walked in. They sit; smoking and drinking whilst pontificating on which one of them will bag the blonde. Each agrees that the others have no chance with her, but they are willing to back themselves. Nash sits quietly, pencil twiddling in his hands. Incomplete!” MORE >>