I've been thinking. If the highest level of e-learning is augmentation of existing teaching and learning capabilities, then why not investigate cloud supercomputers - the logical extrapolation of today's cloud computing. Imagine the learning possibilities if students could easily run simulations using real-world data to investigate real-world phenomena or even social ones, to see what would happen if you tweaked certain environmental / historical conditions. Then teachers could use the various simulated outcomes as a starting point for discussion purposes - e.g. if everyone on earth had a car, what would happen to the earth's temperatures in the next few years? and then ask further questions from there using fundamental principles. Less time spent on tedious models, and more time spent observing systems interactions, may help make the next generation of It sounds like a very high-level concept, but I think a practical example is when I used the speech-to-text convertor feature of an English dictionary app on my iPhone to help a boy learn how to pronounce words correctly. It turned a boring dictionary into a fun interactive game for him, and he learnt a few new words along the way. Just some food for thought this holiday season. Merry Christmas!

Interesting presentation of tools for our students.

In retrospect, I think we'll see this as an important moment in the history of media, as well as the history of the smartphone. After all, if there's a single feature that's always distinguished smartphones from "dumb" handsets, it's this: Smartphones are built for reading as well as talking, for literacy as much as audibility.

Wonder how we can use this for e-learning purposes...

A great tip for staying alert the next time you just have to eat a heavy lunch... :D

Interesting! Think this algorithm may be highly applicable to creating enticing and engaging e-learning apps (especially those that have a social sharing element)...

Interesting insight into the nature of creativity...

Goodbye, Flash...

Hey En En! No, haven't! But thanks for the tip, now checking it out! :)

A convenient and comprehensive compilation of UI guidelines for mobile and tablet web designs for all sorts of platforms (iOS, Android, Blackberry, Win Phone 7 and even Symbian and webOS)

How to use cloud computing for institutions of higher learning

A very interesting and innovative storytelling game for two players. How it works is that one player moves the "game" characters around a stage, selecting any object to interact with as he pleases. The other player is the "gamemaster", who determines how the selected object / character will interact with the "player". Each side takes 30 seconds per turn... which leads to very interesting results. Very useful for making flipbooks, interactive real-time storytelling. This storytelling game helps to restore the ancient art of making up engaging stories in real-time, as you go along. For an animated explanation of how the whole thing works: http://sleepisdeath.net/slideShow For an example story (this one is about a 5-years-old boy during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima...): http://sidtube.com/gallery/168/ More stories: http://sleepisdeath.net/stories.php Have fun exploring the stories! :)

Who knows, one day we could use Facebook for e-portfolios next time?

Interesting site on how to use Apple products in e-learning!