Articles in the e-learning 2.0 Category
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IT Industry is probably the most dynamic industry compared to any other industry. The basic IT fundamentals keeps on evolving, latest technologies keep on replacing the older ones and ever-increasing competition makes it even tougher for IT companies, from small to large, to keep up with the cashflows, especially in the days of recession.
And the same scenario holds true for IT employment as well. Fast technological advancement always puts across a challenge for experienced IT professionals to keep on updating their skillset and knowledge for sustaining …
e-learning 2.0 »
We keep writing about ‘e-learning industry’ every now and then. Once, we covered frontrunners of e-learning 2.0 , and also covered e-learning oriented startups such as Myngle, Ziizoo and Teachmate. We have also described the current scenario of Monopolised Online learning industry(especially when it comes to certifications).
But if there are plenty of positives then there has to be some limitations of Online learning as well. One such limitation is the ‘time duration’ that it takes for a learner to …
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We have already covered some of those websites that have been performing really well in the emerging field of e-learning 2.0. Another form of ‘New age e-learning’ that’s getting a lot of attention is ‘Virtual Classroom learning’.
In brief, Virtual Classroom learning is an evolving way of learning where the learner attends LIVE lectures remotely on his/her computer terminal, given by the subject matter experts or instructors at other end, using Internet as the medium between the learner and instructor. As lectures are given LIVE …
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Ok,let’s get it clarified first of all…
The title of this post is not at all an over-exaggeration or a biased opinion towards ziizoo(An online tutoring portal).It also does not symbolize ziizoo‘s current status(ex. market share) in its native sector(online tutoring industry).
What we mean by comparing ziizoo with Google is the ‘Awkwardness’ that Google debued with(in 1998) in Search industry and the same sort of behaviour by ziizoo in Online tutoring industry(debued in 2007).
If we talk about the internet age when websites such as Yahoo!,Excite …
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It’s good to see that e-learning sector is emerging really fast and every facet of learning is getting technology support so that a global approach can be followed in education sector as well.
An area which has been typecasted as an “offline only” facet in education sector is “Foreign language learning”.There have been very limited attempts to create a intelligent online marketplace for foreign language learning till date.One of such attempts is Myngle(another is edufire,which we covered recently).
Myngle,an Amsterdam based …
e-learning 2.0, video »
As Teacher’s day has just passed by,we dugg out a video on Teachers.tv which,according to us is a “Must Watch“ video for any educator in this generation of “Unsocial Web“.
This video outlines simple classroom activities to help educators take practical steps to keep pupils safe online.
It also suggests various methods to increase awareness of the potential dangers of internet usage.
The practices suggested in this video are very simple and effective.
You can watch the video here
