Thursday, December 04, 2008

Keep and Convert Video Web Site

The Keep Vid web site (see http://keepvid.com/) is the easiest method I've found to keep and convert videos such as FLV videos from YouTube. It also can find the original video format (e.g., Quicktime) if that is available. A very handy tool.

Microlearning Links

Different phones/costs/capabilities/systems

Below are [some of the] links compiled by Bev Ferrell (I think), the moderator of ITFORUM listserv, on topics related to microlearning. Microlearning are small unit of learning or short-term learning activities. They fit well with reusability schemes (as sharable content objects, for example).

http://www.microlearning.org/MicroWiki.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microlearning

http://online.cit.act.edu.au/mlearning/lowoconnell2006.pdf

Microdidactics
http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Microlearning

http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/mit4/papers/hug.pdf

http://learningspaces.org/n/papers/didaktiksandinstruction.doc
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Free preview page
http://www.springerlink.com/content/k205275167p48k24/fulltext.pdf?page=1

http://www.sivas.com/microcontent/articles/microlearning2005/microlearning.pdf

http://www.trainingpayback.com/

http://www.waag.org/domain/education

http://7scenes.com/

Snelson Paper
http://jolt.merlot.org/vol3no4/snelson.htm

Authoring Framework
http://www.microlearning.org/proceedings2006/ml2006_gugerbauer_paper_authoring_framework.pdf

Software game template
http://sat.researchstudio.at/downloads/publications/boehme_thesis_2007.pdf

http://www.scribd.com/doc/12389/On-Micromedia-Microlearning

Enterprise
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/marcia-conner/learn-all-levels/enterprise-micro-learning

ASTD
http://tk07.astd.org/Handouts%20for%20Web/TH102.pdf

Web 2.0 in Africa


This is an eight minute video from Business Africa/CTA video documenting actual cases on the use of Web 2.0 applications in the development sector, specifically among farmers in Africa.