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""Social media can increase employee participation in learning, especially if the programs have a significant element of self-directed learning. Learners are more likely to stay engaged and complete their program of study if they are able to reach out to peers involved in the same program or get help on a particular topic. Face-to-face or virtual group interaction at key points in the program, such as a kick-off or achievement of a milestone, helps enhance user engagement.""

"Mr. Rudolph took particular exception to the programming exercises, in which the computer automatically informed students whether or not they got 100 percent on the task. "It's so black and white," he tells Wired Campus. "They have to make it easy enough so everyone can get 100 percent, basically. In the past I've turned in programming assignments, and only the really smart kids got stellar scores, because they went above and beyond. This model kind of discourages that.""

"One big take-away from the session for me was the reminder about how many schools and districts take a defensive stance towards ANY publishing of online work. One participant described how her school uses google apps - but that they're turned off at the end of the day, so students can't access them or any of the work saved in the programs. Other teachers described how schools create draconian acceptable use policies, where no names of photos of students can appear online."

"Now, with HTML5, media elements in the browser get a nice kick in the pants. You've probably heard of the new Audio and Video tags, both of which allow these types of content to function as first-class citizens in the browser, no plug-ins required. Next month's article will cover both of these elements and their APIs in depth. You've probably also heard of the canvas element, a drawing surface with a rich set of JavaScript APIs that give you the power to create and manipulate images and animations on the fly. What IMG did for static graphical content, canvas has the potential to do for dynamic and scriptable content."