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Education for the iPod generation- through Mobile devices, podcasting, PDAs and Web 2.0 platforms. Anything and everything regarding the next generation of educational technology (Learning 2.0)

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Giving Capitalism Its Due The head of the Kauffman Foundation on the importance of entrepreneurship. NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY Carl Schramm doesn't buy the idea that some businesses are "too big to fail." That notion, says the president of the Kansas City-based Kauffman Foundation, only creates obstacles for entrepreneurs. Instead, he sees the failure of big companies as the "moment when 1,000 flowers can bloom." Zina Saunders The Kauffman Foundation, known to National Public Radio listeners and a few others as "the foundation for entrepreneurship," is difficult to categorize, but its president seems to like it that way. Last Sunday afternoon at the largely deserted ... Read Full Story
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The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation last week released its latest Index of Entrepreneurial Activity . The Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity indicated that overall entrepreneurial activity increased in the United States last year. In 2008, an average of 0.32 percent of the adult population, or 320 out of 100,000 adults, created a new business each month. In 2007, the overall entrepreneurial activity rate was 0.30 percent. The latest index showed the biggest increase in entrepreneurial activity since the foundation began tracking the activity in 1996. The index also showed that more lower-income than higher-income ventures were started — a sign that many people turned ... Read Full Story
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Workshop on ‘towards excellence in e-learning for adults with needs in literacy, language & numeracy’ with Dr. Niki Davis & David Earle from the University of Canterbury. Details of project and report available s oon & also via project blog . How characteristics of programmes (mixed mode, blended, online) etc. cope with literacy needs of learners. Initial literature review include ALLs survey (not many people are able to self access their own literacy to the right levels), low levels of adult literacy have a direct impact on the economy and reduce life chances for adults & their children, there are many challenges in supporting ... Read Full Story
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Boston – June 8, 2009 – OutStart, Inc., the leader in social business software and learning systems , has extended the reach of its solutions by merging with mobile leader Hot Lava Software, a company with applications for reaching the world’s estimated 4.1 billion mobile cellular subscribers. The newly combined companies will conduct business as OutStart. Massood Zarrabian continues as CEO and president of OutStart, while Bob Sanregret, CEO of Hot Lava Software, becomes vice president of the OutStart Hot Lava Mobile business unit. “Increasingly, we’ve seen customers express keen interest in mobile pilots and applications,” said Zarrabian. “We identified Hot Lava Software as ... Read Full Story
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Guaranteed Advertising ROI in a Tough Economy The offer is selected by the advertiser. The copy is written by the advertiser. The production is again handled by the advertiser. The broadcaster has to trust that the advertiser has done all of these things well. How much risk will broadcasters take? Frankly, it depends on the amount of unsold commercial time on their stations. How Do YOU Use Twitter? Are you on Twitter yet? Or should I ask, "Do you Tweet?" Twitter seems to be sweeping the world as the latest and greatest social networking tool. It's totally free... Kauffman Foundation Reports Entrepreneurship Was Strong ... Read Full Story
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These are my notes from Prof Ronghuai Huang’s presentation, “eLearning in the Chinese Context” at the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo held Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2009 at Xi Hu, China, also known as West Lake. West Lake is in the center of Hangzhou, China, which is about an hour by [...]  
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Social and Semantic Web. Read at Learnlets; Comments (0); Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 9:49 am. Yesterday I attended the Social Web incubator Bar Camp of the W3C, focusing on issues in web support for social media. ...  
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At last count, there were more than 1 million enrollments in K-12 online schools in the United States. And according to recent research, the number of students taking courses online will jump to more than 10 million in the next five years. But even with this rapid growth (up from zero enrollments in the mid-1990s), online education is only beginning to address the needs of American students. What's standing in the way of even more widespread...  
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In the latest Interface magazine, David Warlick says that teachers should focus on information and learning, not on the technology and simply getting ICT into their classrooms. "The purpose should be creating the new information environment, one that's Read More......(read more)  
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