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Book Reviews Book title: Digitisation Perspectives Type: book Author: Ruth Rikowski Year: 2010 Edition: 1st ISBN: 9460912982 Publisher: Sense Publishers Publisher's Description: This book examines various views and perspectives on digitisation. As Simon Tanner, Director Digital Consultancy, King's College London says in the Foreword: "Digitisation has become a cultural, scholastic, economic and political imperative and raises many issues for our consideration." Furthermore, that the book: "...seeks to address and answer some of the big questions of digitisation... It succeeds on many levels..." There are 22 contributors in the book, all experts in their fields. The book is divided into six parts: Part 1: 'Background and Overview to Digitisation and Digital Libraries' Part 2: 'Digitisation and Higher Education' Part 3: 'Digitisation and Inequalities' Part 4: 'Digital Libraries, Reference Services and Citation Indexing' Part 5: 'Digitisation of Rare, Valued and Scholarly Works' Part 6: 'Futuristic Developments of Digitisation' Topics covered include electronic theses, search engine technology, digitisation in Africa, citation indexing, reference services, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, new media and scholarly publishing. The final chapter explores virtual libraries, and poses some interesting questions for possible futures. The book will be of particular interest to information professionals, educators, librarians, academics and I.T. and knowledge experts. Ruth Rikowski concludes by indicating that: "...hopefully, the book will provide a source of inspiration for further research, leading to some more effective ways to proceed with the digitisation process. Also, that it will be possible to do this within a framework that can be used for good rather than ill, and for the benefit of many." Reviewer: Eric Jukes (Formerly of College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London) Book Rating: 5/5 Buy this book from Amazon  Review Summary

How An LMS and BYOD Changed A School This article describes a three-year implementation of a Learning Management System into a traditional private school on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It shows the capacity of the LMS to promote classroom change and the power of the blended learning approach when a BYOD program is introduced to increase access to learning resources. http://elearningindustry.com/how-an-lms-and-byod-changed-a-school

iCamp is a research and development project funded by the EC under the FP6 IST programme. The project aims at creating an infrastructure for collaboration and networking across systems, countries, and disciplines in Higher Education. Pedagogically it is based on constructivist learning theories that puts more emphasis on self-organised learning, social networking, and the changing roles of educators.

What is LearnHub? This is a social learning network where people teach & learn online. Teach * Sell online courses & tutoring * Enhance face-to-face classes * Host discussions & debates Learn * Join communities on many topics * Find lessons, tests, courses, and tutors * Ask questions & get answers

Fluent Language helps you learn a new foreign language today. You'll find tips and advice for learning vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. Fluent Language tells you which websites and which books to use to learn foreign languages for free. Start speaking a new language, such as German, French, Italian, Spanish, or Chinese today! Learn how to improve your accent and how to make less mistakes. If you are going on vacation, learn your language fast! If you're a student, improve your grades!

"Schools make the switch to blended learning for a variety of reasons. In addition to considering the age of the students, the reasons for choosing a blended model generally dictate which of the six models they choose to implement"

As school districts look for ways to give their students a personalized learning experience without expanding their budgets, blended learning can be an effective option. This approach to schooling combines face-to-face instruction with online learning and has yielded strong results since officially being researched as an education strategy.

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eLearn: Feature Article  A brief overview of the value, start up cost, and running costs of developing an e-learning initiative.

Here's the E-Learning and Online Teaching Facebook Page. I post news, tips, and e-learning resources here daily. Sometimes they are based on my Diigo posts, sometimes not. Feel free to drop by and give it a 'Like'. 8-)

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Cybersecurity consultants are accountable for safeguarding valuable and critical information that comes from these various parts of the digital world. They identify security threats and protect their company assets from digital assaults. Our Cyber Security professionals share some projects that they have worked on: Parul Khedwal - Cyber Security Consultant shares that she has worked with a reputed e-commerce company where she dealt with Data security and data breaches. According to her Cybersecurity is about dealing with various kinds of data breaches and cyber attacks on a day-to-day basis. Her role was to protect the company's data by performing data analysis, researching cyber signs and anonymous patterns. She worked for an e-commerce platform where her responsibility was to deal with data security, email security. Highs of Cybersecurity: She also shares that there are a lot of highs involved in the Cybersecurity role, the first reason being it is very dynamic and challenging. The subject is evolving every day which demands constant learning. The best aspect is it keeps you motivated due to the good learning opportunities involved in it. This role will never go out of the market because it's a niche skill. Cybersecurity roles have good career scope in the market. Lows of Cyber Security: Cybersecurity being very dynamic and we know that hackers can attack anytime and any day. One needs to be on their toes protecting the data as an attack may happen anytime. The cyber consultant needs to be very flexible working in odd shifts which impact the health (both physical and emotional) in the longer run. Who does a Cyber Security consultant work with? Parul is leading the Security operations team which involves working closely with her team members helping them with investigations, the client's as per their requirements, the SIM team, and various other team members which make this role a very diverse role to deal with. To summarise, a Cyber Security Consulta

James Clay's take on the death (or otherwise) of the VLE

Didaskaleinophobia, more commonly referred to as school phobia, is a panic disorder affecting roughly 1.4 million American adolescents. For these children and young adults, e-learning and other learning grounded in social media tools may provide some of the best opportunities for them to succeed in their education.

Ich bin gebeten im Rahmen des 30. österreichischen Bibliothekertag hier in Graz einen Workshop rund um das Thema e-Learning, Technology Enhanced Learning und wie Lernen in Zukunft ausschaut zu halten. Die Unterlagen habe ich in ein eBook rund um das Thema zusammengefasst und diese sind hier öffen