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Martin Ingram Virtually Everything More posts | Read bio December 28, 2010 - 3:09 P.M. The economics of desktop virtualization 4 Comments TAGS:desktop virtualization, enterprise, finance, government, healthcare, hosted desktop virtualization, PC IT TOPICS:Cloud Computing, Cybercrime & Hacking, Desktop Apps, Emerging Technology, Healthcare IT, Laptops & Netbooks, Virtualization, Windows With Thanksgiving and Christmas behind us and the New Year upon us, it is time to take stock and see what changed for desktop virtualization in 2010.  One thing is very clear: We have moved from desktop virtualization being 'about to take off' to 'has taken off' -- the evidence for this is pretty clear in the number of licenses sold. With volumes sold in the low millions, desktop virtualization is way beyond the tryout and pilot stage. However, desktop virtualization is not yet for every user. There are a number of areas where it's still not a good fit. For example, a user who does not always have access to the Internet from his or her laptop may not be able to use a hosted virtual desktop. This is a problem that will be addressed by client hypervisors in coming years. These provide the management benefits of desktop virtualization to the intermittently connected user. For now, they are very new but will become critical for mobile workers and may also have a major role to play in bringing down the costs of desktop virtualization for non-mobile users as well. Of perhaps more concern is the question of the economic basis for hosted virtual desktops. This has recently become more visible thanks to Microsoft's paper 'VDI TCO Analysis for Office Worker Environments,'  which compares the total cost of ownership of traditional PCs and their virtual desktop alternatives. Their conclusion is that hosted virtual desktops are more expensive to deliver than a traditional, well-managed PC. There are a number of interesting points and conclusions to draw from this document. Firstly, Micros

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Learning is impacted by many forces such as the learner's disposition to the process, the quality of their teacher's pedagogy, their emotional state and nature of the curriculum. Amongst this long list of factors is naturally the environment in which that learning occurs and the relationship between the environment and the learner.

Oracle 10g RAC course from Multisoft Systems increases aspirant skills in configuring and managing database services in the RAC environment.

This was a great video on how Robots are being used to Educate Autistic Children.

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Collaborative web conferencing environment enabling synchronous communication using video and audio or through text chat, and to share presentations, documents and images on an interactive whiteboard.

There is an inherent tension between the rhetoric of Web 2.0 and current educational practices. For example, today's digital environment is characterised by speed and immediacy; the ability to access a vast amount of information at the click of a mouse, coupled with multiple communication channels and social networks. This seems contradictory to traditional notions of education; the need to reflect, to build cumulatively on existing knowledge and develop individual understanding over time.

Beyond the traditional learning management system: moving towards personal learning environments

A range of online learning and teaching formats have been developed to provide teachers with scaffolded environments in which to integrate the web into the classroom. "Hotlists", "Knowledge Hunts" and "WebQuests" have all become part of the language of pedagogy for the 21st century.

The OpenLearn website gives free access to course materials from The Open University. The LearningSpace is open to learners anywhere in the world.

Nice and elegant implementation of Moodle Virtual Learning Environment by The Open University of UK, loaded with the bunch of courses made available as open content.

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recognised online publication series ISSN 1613-0073 of more than 300 IT related workshop proceedings.\nSpecial issue for the iCamp organised Workshop on Mash-up personal learning environments within EC-TEL conference is planned for Fall 2008.