Have a Nice Day and Cross-cultural Communication
I have wondered of late if Second Life is dying in much the same way that virtual worlds peaked and died in the 1990’s. With this in mind, I read a press release I received last week about a European […]
Mobile Africa
Discussions about eLearning (or rather, education in general) in Africa have really surprised me, in a good way. The leaders of the education movement, it seems, are prepared to take bold steps by skipping a whole bunch of technology in […]
Is This a Joke or a Brilliant Idea?: Outsourcing Social Media
On April Fool’s Day, one tends to be wary of news. Elliott Masie’s newsletter, Learning TRENDS, reported on “Friends-R-Us: Outsourcing Friends and Social Media”. Elliott’s announcement: As professionals and large organizations consider the appropriate use of social media, a new […]
A Distance Learning Pioneer Dies
A distance learning pioneer, Anne Slack, died. The elegant Algerian-born Mme. Slack, who had a perfect Parisian accent, “pioneered distance learning before the term even existed” through her television shows in the late ’50’s and early ’60’s, “Fun with French” […]
Tasting Webinars
Lisa Neal Gualtieri, Editor-in-Chief of eLearn Magazine previously wrote about scented learning after she picked up a story about scented webinars. Here’s another interesting webinar idea, from the Constellation Academy of Wine. The webinars are part of a blended learning […]