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The Digital Object Identifier System is new for me and it could make scientific referencing much more easier! "The Digital Object Identifier (DOI®) System is for identifying content objects in the digital environment. DOI® names are assigned to any entity for use on digital networks. They are used to provide current information, including where they (or information about them) can be found on the Internet. Information about a digital object may change over time, including where to find it, but its DOI name will not change. The DOI System provides a framework for persistent identification, managing intellectual content, managing metadata, linking customers with content suppliers, facilitating electronic commerce, and enabling automated management of media. DOI names can be used for any form of management of any data, whether commercial or non-commercial."

"Etwa 70 Prozent unserer Lernprozesse laufen nebenbei ab, so die Wissens-Forschung. Wir lernen durch unsere Hobbies, im Familienkreis, in Alltagssituationen, im Ehrenamt, im Internet und am Arbeitsplatz. Dort allerdings nicht unbedingt nur am Schreibtisch oder im Schulungsraum, sondern im Austausch mit den Kollegen, beim Plausch in der Kaffeeküche und natürlich stets bei der Lösung eines Problems. Wie dieses Wissen genutzt werden kann, darüber machen sich Forscher und Unternehmer Gedanken. Die einen schlagen "story-telling" als Management-Methode vor, andere suchen nach Möglichkeiten, wie informell Gelerntes auch als Qualifikation gewertet werden kann. Schon Jugendlichen soll bewusst gemacht werden, dass alles, was sie außerhalb der Schule lernen, Teil ihrer Bildung und damit wichtig ist." So die Shownotes zu dieser Sendung. und es geht um die Relevanz, Notwendigkeit und einen praktischen Blick in den Gegenstand des informellen Lernens

Collaborative mind mapping in your browser Isn't 42 the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything? Well, in this case it means FOR TWO and indicates the collaborative character of mind42. Manage all your ideas, whether alone, twosome or working together with the whole world - collaborative, browser-based and for free.

An e-Journal from the EINet: "Impact: Journal of Applied Research in Workplace E-learning A publication of the E-learning Network of Australasia (ElNet) *** Inaugural issue published! *** Editor-in-Chief: Mark J.W. Lee Impact has been established to address the paucity of research publication avenues with a particular emphasis on e-learning in organisational and workplace settings. It publishes both refereed and non-refereed contributions from both researchers and practitioners relating to the design, implementation, evaluation and management of workplace e-learning across a range of sectors and industries. One special issue will be published in the journal's first year of operation (2009). This will increase to two issues in 2010, followed by quarterly publication in 2011 and subsequent years. Articles in the first (inaugural) issue will be freely available electronically to the general public as soon as they are published; thereafter, the journal will adopt a delayed open access model, whereby issues published within the last six months will be restricted to viewing by paid subscribers, including financial members of ElNet, while all other content is accessible free-of-charge. Users are required to complete the free registration process in order to view the open access content on this site." So far the published intro! I recommend a view at the Editorial Board. Thanx to http://www.elearning4.de/2009/12/21/pdf-inaugural-issue-journal-of-applied-research-in-workplace-e-learning/ and @elearnity to pint this out in his blog.

I struggle with audio especially when I'm out of a controlled environment. I often like to make videos on the road at events - usually in a noisy conference hall with high ceilings. This is a less than ideal recording situation. So, I thought I'd round up a bunch of different microphones at work and compare them for you. Matt Pierce, the Training Manager, and I headed to our soundbooth and tested 6 different microphones. We used Audacity to record the audio at 44,100Hz. We tried to have as much consistency as possible, but we had to adjust the audio levels on each microphone. You will see in the screencast what level we recorded at. Also, I made the links a hotspot in the video, so you can click them if you'd like more info about the microphone. The screencast is short - running 1:30.

Alpha version is released! "Matterhorn is an open source project working within the Opencast Community to develop an end-to-end, open source platform that supports the scheduling, capture, managing, encoding and delivery of educational audio and video content."

"Financial Literacy 101: Useful Tools for Recent College Grads June 23rd, 2009 For many just finishing college, the transition between school and the real world can be a tumultuous one. Many grads will be on their own for the first time paying bills, budgeting, and repaying those hefty college loans, not to mention learning to adjust to working a regular job and not having the easily accessible pool of friends nearby. Learning to effectively manage finances can be a process of trial and error but grads can stack the deck in their favor by taking advantage of great online resources that can help them learn and keep track of where every penny of their paychecks is going." Thanx to Felipe Morales

"The past week I spent some time in the virtual reality of Second Life, exploring the possibilities for learning activities arranging and for management of a learning process. Also, I read several research papers sharing the gained experience in teaching and learning in SL. It was found that this virtual world …" introduces Malinka Ivanova in her Blogpost

Some Remarks about Argile PM of software!

Are you ready to lead a revolution at your school or in your district? Leadership Day 2009. Intro: The Professional Networked Learning Collaborative Back in 2002 in his book Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution Howard Rheingold predicted that, "The 'killer apps' of tomorrow's mobile infocom industry won't be hardware devices or software program but social practices. The most far reaching changes will come, as they often do, from the kinds of relationships, enterprises, communities, and markets that the infrastructure makes possible." The prediction, as we now know, was spot dead on. The technology has transformed our relationships, how we are able to collaborate, how we now define communities, what constitutes a network, and what kinds of work we are able to do. According to Deborah Ancona and Henrik Bresman, authors of X-Teams, "…team effectiveness is not just a matter of managing well around the conference table. Success also depends on team's reaching out across their borders to find needed information and expertise."It is this intersection of collaboration and technology that has now allowed us to create and leverage a new form of boundary crossing Professional Learning Community. It's called a Professional Networked Learning Collaborative.

The ability to relate abstract knowledge to real-world experiences is indispensable in the modern society. Therefore the construction of knowledge from real-world contexts is a major issue of education. This issue is not supported by the current learning management systems. In the RAFT project we develop a system to support remote accessible field trips. One of its applications, the mobile collector, facilitates constructivistic learning processes in real-world contexts.

Weil es für die AG interessant sein wird, hier die URL zum Unterstützen der CALDAV Funktion in unserem Kalender. Im Anschliss ein Auszug aus der Einleitung von Googles Hilfe: "Google Calendar CalDAV - Welcome to our information center for Google Calendar CalDAV support. The tabs above contain information to help you start syncing events between Google Calendar and Apple iCal or Mozilla Sunbird. If you're interested in syncing your iPhone or iPod Touch with Google Calendar via CalDAV, visit this article for additional information. Introduction Find out the information you should know before getting started with CalDAV. Get Started If you're setting up CalDAV for the first time, you'll need to: Decide if CalDAV is right for you by checking out the current list of known issuesView the system requirements. Enable Google Calendar in Apple iCal or Mozilla Sunbird.Troubleshooting Click here for assistance with common problems when using CalDAV with Google Calendar. Known Issues View the list of known issues.