Tech & Learning eNews - September 2, 2010

Take a closer look at these top stories - 09.02.10.


• Future edtech leaders added to T&L’s top 100 list
• Top 10 social networks for education
• Vote for best teacher projects
• Back to school with Web 2.0
• Are today's students less creative?


Source: Tech & Learning

Tech & Learning eNews - September 2, 2010

Take a closer look at these top stories - 09.02.10.


• Future edtech leaders added to T&L’s top 100 list
• Top 10 social networks for education
• Vote for best teacher projects
• Back to school with Web 2.0
• Are today's students less creative?


Source: Tech & Learning

"Social Media for Trainers" Blog Book Tour Starts Thursday! by Jane Bozarth

Jane Bozarth writes on her blog: "the Social Media for Trainers blog book tour begins this Thursday, September 2, with a kickoff post from the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies' Jane Hart."

This will be followed by a constellation of blogging stars from the training and eLearning fields.

Take a look at the blog book tour schedule

Check out the "look inside" feature on Amazon.co

"Social Media for Trainers" Blog Book Tour Starts Thursday! by Jane Bozarth

Jane Bozarth writes on her blog: "the Social Media for Trainers blog book tour begins this Thursday, September 2, with a kickoff post from the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies' Jane Hart."

This will be followed by a constellation of blogging stars from the training and eLearning fields.

Take a look at the blog book tour schedule

Check out the "look inside" feature on Amazon.co

500,000 members sign up to free interactive courses website

Irish company, ALISON, a free online learning website, has seen its numbers of registered learners worldwide reach 500,000. 40,000 of these are Irish people. Providing over 150 high quality interactive multimedia certified courses in a diverse range of subjects, the number of ALISON learners is set to grow exponentially over the next year, as more people are looking to up skill themselves in order to avail of opportunities that arise.

ALISON provides interactive multimedia courses for subjects as diverse as IT Literacy, English Language, Financial Literacy, Math, Business Skills and Health & Safety for Schools. It serves both the adult and second level learners.
All these courses are available for free, and are interactive; they contain audio, video, Adobe Flash, online quizzes, assessments and SCORM compliant content. After successfully completing these courses, you will be able to download your Certificate of Completion.

Since the beginning of 2007, ALISON has acquired learners in every country worldwide. It's mission is to enable anyone, anywhere to educate themselves for free via the Internet.

An example of an ALISON course is ABC IT, which is the most popular IT skills certification. It includes comprehensive training on the Internet, key desktop applications like Word and Excel as well as the full range of practical IT skills, including touch-typing and the efficient use of Web-based e-mail. It is also prefaced by a beginner's guide to a personal computer, and so is ideal for learners who have no IT experience. For Certification, ALISON uses a highly innovative approach of Flash-Testing, where anyone, anywhere, can be challenged to take a five minute test to validate their certification attainment via ALISON.
In this way, both training and testing are provided free of charge.
Read more...

ABOUT ALISON
ALISON provides FREE online learning via interactive multimedia for basic and essential workplace and life skills. It has registered learners in every country worldwide covering subjects such as IT Skills, Health and Safety, English Language, Psychometric tests, Financial Literacy, Financial and Health Literacy. Corporate, Human Resource, Operations, Project and Information Technology Management, Accounting, Psychology, Biology, Economics, Government Policy, English Grammar, English Literature, English Writing, General Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Human Health, Mathematics, Law, Outdoor Education, Coaching, Training Theory, Adventure, Visual Communication and Design.
ALISON also provides free learner group management for trainers, teachers, tutors and HR Manager's in schools, colleges and universities. ALISON is a privately-owned social enterprise headquartered in Galway, Ireland and promoted with the assistance of over 3,000 volunteers worldwide. The mission of ALISON is to enable, anyone, anywhere, to educate themselves for free via interactive multimedia on any subject online.
ALISON stands for Advance Learning Interactive Systems Online.
For the full list of new courses, go to the website http://alison.com/course/

Source: Training Press Releases

500,000 members sign up to free interactive courses website

Irish company, ALISON, a free online learning website, has seen its numbers of registered learners worldwide reach 500,000. 40,000 of these are Irish people. Providing over 150 high quality interactive multimedia certified courses in a diverse range of subjects, the number of ALISON learners is set to grow exponentially over the next year, as more people are looking to up skill themselves in order to avail of opportunities that arise.

ALISON provides interactive multimedia courses for subjects as diverse as IT Literacy, English Language, Financial Literacy, Math, Business Skills and Health & Safety for Schools. It serves both the adult and second level learners.
All these courses are available for free, and are interactive; they contain audio, video, Adobe Flash, online quizzes, assessments and SCORM compliant content. After successfully completing these courses, you will be able to download your Certificate of Completion.

Since the beginning of 2007, ALISON has acquired learners in every country worldwide. It's mission is to enable anyone, anywhere to educate themselves for free via the Internet.

An example of an ALISON course is ABC IT, which is the most popular IT skills certification. It includes comprehensive training on the Internet, key desktop applications like Word and Excel as well as the full range of practical IT skills, including touch-typing and the efficient use of Web-based e-mail. It is also prefaced by a beginner's guide to a personal computer, and so is ideal for learners who have no IT experience. For Certification, ALISON uses a highly innovative approach of Flash-Testing, where anyone, anywhere, can be challenged to take a five minute test to validate their certification attainment via ALISON.
In this way, both training and testing are provided free of charge.
Read more...

ABOUT ALISON
ALISON provides FREE online learning via interactive multimedia for basic and essential workplace and life skills. It has registered learners in every country worldwide covering subjects such as IT Skills, Health and Safety, English Language, Psychometric tests, Financial Literacy, Financial and Health Literacy. Corporate, Human Resource, Operations, Project and Information Technology Management, Accounting, Psychology, Biology, Economics, Government Policy, English Grammar, English Literature, English Writing, General Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Human Health, Mathematics, Law, Outdoor Education, Coaching, Training Theory, Adventure, Visual Communication and Design.
ALISON also provides free learner group management for trainers, teachers, tutors and HR Manager's in schools, colleges and universities. ALISON is a privately-owned social enterprise headquartered in Galway, Ireland and promoted with the assistance of over 3,000 volunteers worldwide. The mission of ALISON is to enable, anyone, anywhere, to educate themselves for free via interactive multimedia on any subject online.
ALISON stands for Advance Learning Interactive Systems Online.
For the full list of new courses, go to the website http://alison.com/course/

Source: Training Press Releases

10 Things the Class of 2014 Hasn’t Experienced

Ken Martin has been in touch to reminds us about the following 10 Things the Class of 2014 Hasn’t Experienced.

Every once in a while, it hits you – "Man, I’m old." Many of us are having the same experience as we realize the incoming class of college freshmen was born in 1991 and 1992, when Clinton was in the process of becoming the 42nd president, the first Iraq War was a resounding success and you were slow jamming to Boyz II Men.

Today, we have our first African American president, we’re mired in a now seven-and-a-half year war in Iraq, and Lady Gaga is making us forget about Madonna. Other aspects of our lives have changed as well, making our day-to-day activities easier to accomplish. Below is a list of the 10 things the class of 2014 hasn’t experienced, or more accurately, the 10 things a majority of 18-year-olds haven’t experienced firsthand.

Read more...

Thanks to Ken!

Source: Match A College

10 Things the Class of 2014 Hasn’t Experienced

Ken Martin has been in touch to reminds us about the following 10 Things the Class of 2014 Hasn’t Experienced.

Every once in a while, it hits you – "Man, I’m old." Many of us are having the same experience as we realize the incoming class of college freshmen was born in 1991 and 1992, when Clinton was in the process of becoming the 42nd president, the first Iraq War was a resounding success and you were slow jamming to Boyz II Men.

Today, we have our first African American president, we’re mired in a now seven-and-a-half year war in Iraq, and Lady Gaga is making us forget about Madonna. Other aspects of our lives have changed as well, making our day-to-day activities easier to accomplish. Below is a list of the 10 things the class of 2014 hasn’t experienced, or more accurately, the 10 things a majority of 18-year-olds haven’t experienced firsthand.

Read more...

Thanks to Ken!

Source: Match A College

UCF Online Classes: Many Students Hardly Need To Set Foot on Campus

UCF online-learning experts have been called upon to speak at conferences and share expertise with other colleges and universities across the country, said Joel Hartman, vice provost for information technologies and resources.

Through the years, Hartman has guided the expansion of a comprehensive course-development system that includes intensive training for instructors and constant research into new technology. The goal is to make the online class experience as engaging and rigorous as any face-to-face class.

Taking courses online requires students “to stay focused and manage your time well,” student Kyle Hickman said.

As students descend on the University of Central Florida’s main campus this week for a new academic year, a growing form of traffic is set to rival the school’s notorious morning rush to find a parking space.
Online traffic is burgeoning as UCF students take more courses by computer.

Photo: 2010 UCF Today.

Checking into class online from a dorm room or an off-campus home, coffee shop or even poolside could help ease the traffic tie-ups and classroom crowding fueled by UCF’s record enrollment growth, officials say.

Surveys show students like the quality of their instruction in addition to the flexibility that going online adds to their schedules, UCF officials say.
Read more...

Source: UCF TODAY

UCF Online Classes: Many Students Hardly Need To Set Foot on Campus

UCF online-learning experts have been called upon to speak at conferences and share expertise with other colleges and universities across the country, said Joel Hartman, vice provost for information technologies and resources.

Through the years, Hartman has guided the expansion of a comprehensive course-development system that includes intensive training for instructors and constant research into new technology. The goal is to make the online class experience as engaging and rigorous as any face-to-face class.

Taking courses online requires students “to stay focused and manage your time well,” student Kyle Hickman said.

As students descend on the University of Central Florida’s main campus this week for a new academic year, a growing form of traffic is set to rival the school’s notorious morning rush to find a parking space.
Online traffic is burgeoning as UCF students take more courses by computer.

Photo: 2010 UCF Today.

Checking into class online from a dorm room or an off-campus home, coffee shop or even poolside could help ease the traffic tie-ups and classroom crowding fueled by UCF’s record enrollment growth, officials say.

Surveys show students like the quality of their instruction in addition to the flexibility that going online adds to their schedules, UCF officials say.
Read more...

Source: UCF TODAY