Recent Posts Tagged With 'english'

• Beyond Textbooks: Digital Learning Resources as Systemic Innovation in the Nordic Countries

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 09:55 in english, reports, technology enhanced learning, oer, forskning, digital learning resources, it literacy

  Beyond Textbooks: Digital Learning Resources as Systemic Innovation in the Nordic Countries is a new report from OECD Technology is a key driver of educational innovation, and a variety of programmes focusing on investment in infrastructure, equipm...

• SC36 plenary meting and conference in Umeå

  Posted on Saturday April 25th, 2009 at 10:05 in english, elearning, seminars, conference, standards, conferences, technology enhanced learning, iso iec jtc1 sc36, tk450, icoper, learning technology standards, nordlet

  In september (20-25) we (Umeå University) will arrange the ISO SC36 (Information technology for learning, education and training) plenary meting in Umeå . The meting will be combined with combined pre-meting, Nordlet Open Forum (sept. 18)...

• Finally - a decision on the language issue!

  Posted on Sunday February 15th, 2009 at 17:09 in english, language, swedish, new blog, technology enhanced learning, about frepa.blog, ict and learning

  I have finally come to a decision on the language issue! From now on I will only write in English here. However, I will not give up my writing in Swedish and for that reason I have started a brand new blog in Swedish!...

• First version of the mapping from IEEE LOM to the DC Abstract Model

  Posted on Sunday December 7th, 2008 at 06:17 in english, dc, semantic web, standards, dublin core, rdf, metadata, iso, cen, digital learning resources, iso iec jtc1 sc36, cen isss

   Mikael Nilsson has made a first draft version of the mapping from IEEE LOM to the DC Abstract Model available. I’ve finalized an early, but readable, draft of the mapping from IEEE LOM to the DC Abstract Model: http://dublincore.org/ed...

• ACCE Blog

  Posted on Sunday November 30th, 2008 at 06:13 in english, research, conferences, calls, technology enhanced learning, tel, forskning, acce

  The Advancement of Computing in Education (ACCE) have started a blog. Probably a good place to find information about calls and conferences, as well as other things. ACCE says that: As a start, you will find information on: * IT in Education and E-...

• Metadata for Learning Opportunities to be a European standard

  Posted on Thursday November 13th, 2008 at 06:50 in english, standards, metadata, cen, forskning, mlo, cen isss

  The MLO, which originates from the work done in Sweden (EMIL) and Norway is now on its way of becoming a EN (official European Standard) Scott Wilson gives a good overview of MLO on his blog: It was a great week for course advertising in Europe las...

• The Tower and The Cloud

  Posted on Wednesday November 12th, 2008 at 08:28 in technology, Web 2.0, english, cloud, research, reports, technology enhanced learning

  The Tower and the Cloud is a new book that looks interesting. I found via the Swedish blog "Framtidens lärande". It is avaliable from Educause as PDF or online order. Abstract below: The emergence of the networked information economy i...

• The iCoper web site is launched

  Posted on Tuesday November 11th, 2008 at 15:16 in technology, website, english, project, research, Projects, standards, technology enhanced learning, virtual learning environment, forskning, digital learning resources, icoper

  The iCoper website has now been launched at http://www.icoper.org/...

• Seminar on modularity and learning technology

  Posted on Saturday November 8th, 2008 at 10:27 in technology, Web 2.0, SOA, english, seminars, semantic web, standards, learning objects, lms, metadata, technology enhanced learning, virtual learning environment

  A couple of weeks ago I gave a seminar to the TENCompetence research school. The seminar was (rather freely:) based on my thesis and was recorded using Adobe Connect and is now available online from https://connect.surfgroepen.nl/p91199891/ See th...

• Kicking of the Metaschool project

  Posted on Thursday November 6th, 2008 at 08:27 in english, research, schools, standards, open content, metadata, technology enhanced learning, repository, oer, forskning, digital learning resources, repositories

  Right now I am in Athens at the kick of meting for the Metaschool project (in Swedish). It is interesting to realize how many similar EU-projects there are. The same problems are addressed over and over again, and each project is now trying to do wha...

• NORDLET - The Nordic Baltic Community for Open Education is launched

  Posted on Thursday October 30th, 2008 at 08:04 in network, english, online communities, Projects, national policy, nordic, baltic, technology enhanced learning, tel, forskning, digital learning resources, community of practice

  We have now lauched our brand new network called NORDLET, that will (citing the project summary:) build a Nordic-Baltic network and Community of Practice set to develop and harness a region-specific perspective on the use of technology in Learning, E...

• OpenOffice 3.0 is here

  Posted on Monday October 13th, 2008 at 07:34 in english, open source, office, openoffice 3.0

  Finally, the new version (3.0) of OpenOffice is here. I have used the pre-release versions for several weeks now and it is fast as well as stable. There is also a "real" Mac version, something that has been missing before. Download it from ht...

• MLR Abstract Model

  Posted on Friday October 10th, 2008 at 08:10 in english, semantic web, standards, metadata, iso iec jtc1 sc36, tk450, mjukisbloggen, mlr, abstract model, conzilla

  Peter Karlberg at the Mjukis blog blogged about the Conzilla model made by Ambjörn Naeve . Since it is very explanatory, I think it deserves to be blogged about in english as well. So here it is: If you download Conzilla, you can find the Con...

• IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies - First Issue Online

  Posted on Thursday October 9th, 2008 at 03:37 in english, journal, research, ieee, technology enhanced learning, forskning, learning technology

  A brand new journal on learning technology has been born: the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies Found via beamtenherrschaft That’s great. The first issue of IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies is online (IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ...

• Open Educational Resources - theme issue

  Posted on Tuesday October 7th, 2008 at 12:49 in english, elearning, open content, oer, digital learning resources, elearning papers

  The latest issue (nr 10) of eLearning Papers is a theme issue on Open Educational Resources (OER). I haven’t had the opputunity to read it through yet, but the first impression is that it is some good reading! This issue of eLearning Papers is...

• Spindeln version 1.5

  Posted on Friday September 12th, 2008 at 06:43 in english, Projects, archive, standards, technology enhanced learning, lor, oer, forskning, digital learning resources, it i skolan, spindeln, broker service

  Today I finalized the last things that needed to be done on Spindeln (the Spider) v 1.5. Spindeln is a Swedish broker for digital learning resources. Hence, Spindeln can be used to search for digital learning resources in several different (Swedish)...

• Kicking-off iCoper

  Posted on Thursday September 4th, 2008 at 10:57 in english, research, Projects, standards, learning objects, lms, metadata, technology enhanced learning, virtual learning environment, lor, oer, learning design

  I and my collegue, Peter Vinnervik , are at the kick-off meting for the iCoper project in Wien. The project spans 30 month and has the potential of becoming one of the most interesting EU-projects that I have participated in. This is in the abstract ...

• 10 Weblog Engines Reviewed

  Posted on Monday September 1st, 2008 at 13:59 in review, Web 2.0, wordpress, english, textpattern, joomla, movable type, serendipity, technology enhanced learning, b2evolution, blog software, virtual learning environment

  It is a hard task to choose the right blogging system. Smashing Magazine has made it a little bit easier by reviewing 10 different systems. The review is not done from an educational point of view, but is nevertheless very useful if you know roughly ...

• Screencasting: How To Start, Tools and Guidelines

  Posted on Wednesday August 20th, 2008 at 04:13 in english, tools, guides, technology enhanced learning, digital learning resources, digital learning content, screen casting

  Smashing Magazine have published a useful guide for screencasting. Some companies have made a living creating a sort of “virtual classroom,” allowing members to learn at their own pace when they have the time using video tutorials. The ad...

• Announcing the Open Web Foundation

  Posted on Thursday August 14th, 2008 at 07:14 in english, online communities, standards, open standards, specification, open web foundation

  An interesting initiative, I wonder where it will go… This morning at OSCON, David Recordon announced the creation of the Open Web Foundation. The Open Web Foundation is an attempt to create a home for community-driven specifications. Followin...

• One laptop per child - the budget version(s)

  Posted on Wednesday August 13th, 2008 at 01:36 in hardware, Linux, english, office, ria, one laptop per child, technology enhanced learning, portable apps, virtual learning environment, digital learning resources, it i skolan, netbook

  Investing in laptops for all student is an utopia for many educational institutions and schools. The emergence of Netbooks (or ultra portables) is obviously an exciting development that will make it more affordable and by that contribute to increase ...

• There is always something to learn at smashingmagazine.com…

  Posted on Monday August 11th, 2008 at 15:43 in english, misc, typography

  Today Steven D. has listed the Top Ten Web Typography Sins. I have to confess that I commit several of them myself on a regular basis...

• 50 Photoshop tutorials

  Posted on Saturday August 9th, 2008 at 02:00 in photoshop, tutorial, english, open content, technology enhanced learning, digital learning resources

  A couple of years ago I taught several Photoshop courses for teachers. One of the main difficulties when teaching Photoshop was to ”invent” training material, exercises and assignments of good qualities. This was very time consuming and t...

• Are you looking for Open Source alternatives?

  Posted on Friday August 8th, 2008 at 06:51 in english, open source, oss, digital learning resources, best of open source, oss alternatives

  Are you looking for Open Source alternatives to commercial software? Recently InfoWorld published a Special Report: 2008Best of Open Source Software Awards. This is a good place to start exploring since you are able to find some of the best Open Sou...

• DECOM 2008: An Open Consultation Workshop on Building Digital Educational Content Marketplaces

  Posted on Thursday August 7th, 2008 at 02:00 in english, learning resources, ims, conferences, learning objects, technology enhanced learning, repository, lor, digital learning resources, educational content, digital learning content, learning object repositories

  DECOM 2008 is organised in partnership by the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG) and its member, Giunti Labs, the leading European provider of online and mobile learning content management solutions. It will be held on 23rd of October, in Sestri...

• Changed my blog tagline

  Posted on Wednesday August 6th, 2008 at 07:21 in english, elearning, concepts, technology enhanced learning, about frepa.blog, tel, learning technology, it literacy

  I have change the tagline for frepa.blog. It used to say my blog is about "eLearning and Learning Technology", but it is now changed to be about "Technology Enhanced Learning and Learning Technology". The reason for this is that Techn...

• Blogging in swenglish

  Posted on Wednesday August 6th, 2008 at 03:00 in english, language, plugin, multi lingual

  I get a lot of comments from readers about that I alternate between blogging in Swedish and in English. Most comments are from non-swedish speaking people that want me to write as much as possible in english, but I also get comments from swdish reade...

• Sharing Vocabularies on the Web via SKOS

  Posted on Tuesday August 5th, 2008 at 04:26 in english, research, vocabulary, seminars, online communities, semantic web, knowledge sharing, standards, knowledge management, metadata, technology enhanced learning, digital learning resources

  On 21 July 2008 an event "Sharing Vocabularies on the Web via SKOS", was held in the UK. It is now possible to take part of the presentations and recordings from that event. Some of them seem to be really interesting. In fact, the phenomenon...

• The Ultimate Guide to Using Open Courseware: 70+ Apps, Search Engines and Resources for Free Learning

  Posted on Monday August 4th, 2008 at 03:00 in english, free resources, learning objects, open content, technology enhanced learning, oer, digital learning resources, open courseware

   Gartheeban Ganeshapillai is writing the Ultimate Guide to Using Open Courseware: While you can’t get college credit for taking open courseware classes, you can make the most of the information and education they offer both in personal and...

• A goldmine

  Posted on Friday August 1st, 2008 at 08:33 in english, web development, tools, free resources, learning objects, open content, digital learning resources, it i skolan

  I have pointed out Smashing Magazine before and I feel an urgent need to do so again:) It is a goldmine for anyone working with the web. They point at a lot of free resources (and some that are not free as well), such as fonts, images, illustrations...