Auteur : Pauline McNamara

dLCMS: ETH-Zurich’s CMS for learning content

dLCMS: ETH-Zurich’s CMS for learning content

It’s amazing what you come upon surfing around the world. EdTechPost mentions ETH-Z’s open source LCMS called dLCMS (dynamic content learning management system). Built on top of an open source CMS called Silva, the...

UCLA goes with Moodle

UCLA goes with Moodle

As stated on their webpage titled UCLA IT Strategic Vision: In November, 2006, the UCLA Faculty Committee on Educational Technology decided that UCLA should converge on Moodle as the single open source platform for...

The chipmunk effect

The chipmunk effect

If you’re using a Flash player to play sounds, you might have noticed that some sounds are played faster than they were recorded, also known as the chipmunk effect. The Flash player prefers sounds...

What is eLearning Anyway?

What is eLearning Anyway?

How would you define eLearning? To find out what the term eLearning means, my colleague Rolf and I did a little just-for-fun field research outside at the student café. Since we were in Fribourg...

Blogging to Learn…

Blogging to Learn…

This article on elearnmag.org, Blogging to Learn and Learning to Blog points out what it is about blogging that makes sense to me: blogging to learn. I’m not someone who feels a need to...

Flash on the Beach

Flash on the Beach

If you didn’t get to Flash on the Beach this year, block out the time for next year. This is an excellent conference. The signs of a great conference are clearly exhibited by FOTB:...

Web Science Research Initiative

Web Science Research Initiative

Ever think it would be possible to get a PhD in « The Web »? MIT and the University of Southhampton are collaborating on the Web Science Research Initiative. They are proposing a science of the...

7 Habits of Highly Effective Programmers

7 Habits of Highly Effective Programmers

An interesting read with some useful info: http://www.technicat.com/writing/programming.html For the author, effective means « the ability to complete projects in a timely manner with the expected quality. »