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The Learning Experience as a Mobile Endeavor

CLO Magazine

Because when I enrolled at Indiana University in 2005, the Internet ran the show. Nowadays, relying on an Internet feed on my clunky laptop to facilitate and implement learning would be considered “so 2005.” I had the opportunity to discuss mobile learning with two representatives of Blackboard Inc. , a vendor in the space.

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Online Learning Works – So Why are Schools Failing at it?

eLearning 24-7

In the late 90’s led by Blackboard, more institutions of higher education and even some schools were joining the online learning experience. An estimated 700,000 students (K-12) took at least one online course in 2005-2006 (Piccano and Seaman, 2007). E-Learning (the actual term) for online education started in 1993.

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Growth of online learning

eFront

Research undertaken by the National Center for Education Statistics revealed that, between 2002 and 2005, 65% more K-12 students enrolled in online distance learning programs. More and more educational resources began to emerge from this point, including BlackBoard in 1997 and SmartThinking in 1999.

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A first look at Sakai 3

Clive on Learning

I've worked for many years with Moodle and Blackboard, but have had absolutely no contact with Sakai, so what he had to show us was interesting: In the development of version 3, they have borrowed ideas from social media sites and built these ideas into the VLE, rather than "going out into the wild.

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Interview with Terry Anderson

Learning with e's

Second,to follow from Marshall McLuhan the Medium is the Pedagogy (first coined by Cousin (2005). In a few years we will likely smile when we think of terms like ‘e-learning’ or ‘online learning’ as being as antiquated as talking about ‘blackboard or ball point pen enhanced learning’. Steve: Terry, thank you very much. Land and S.

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Harold Jarche is Wicked Smart and We Need to Talk about Curriculum

Mark Oehlert

Look at some of the quotes from a 2005 speech that Bill Gates gave to the National Governor's Association: "When we looked at the millions of students that our high schools are not preparing for higher education – and we looked at the damaging impact that has on their lives – we came to a painful conclusion: America’s high schools are obsolete.

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Knowledge and Learning In The News - 1/8/2006

Big Dog, Little Dog

The top 10 technology trends affecting education in 2005 - The Philadelphia Inquirer. Blackboard's takeover of Web CT 9. Leadership Forecast 2005-2006: Best Practices For Tomorrow's Global Leaders - DDI. The release of Open Office 2.0 A renewed debate 5. Podcasting! The $100 laptop 3. Wikipedia's news reporting 2.

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