Archive for May, 2011

Strengths of Video in E-Learning

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

Every form of media has its strengths. Video is NOT a good means for conveying lots of factual information. For that purpose, choose text, charts, or a table. But when emotion and the subtleties of human communication are critical to the message, nothing beats video.

Browser Wars: a Developer’s Perspective

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

For as long as there has been an internet, there has been a protracted war going on in the realm of the internet browser.   With each passing year, like another country entering an armed conflict, another browser seems to popup or an existing army upgrades its version.  All of these players create an enormous headache [...]

Dot Com 2.0?

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

With LinkedIn going public this week, here’s a roundup of other social networking sites slated for IPO within the year. Could another dot-com era be upon us?

Powering the Digital Age in the Developing World

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

I was recently in Malawi, Africa to kick off a small pilot test of using alternative technologies, in this case MP3 players, as a delivery vehicle for teacher training and continued professional development. In Malawi, like many other developing countries, a very small percentage of the population has access to electricity through an organized electrical [...]