The AT&T Foundation, the corporate  philanthropy organization of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), and WaylandBaptistUniversityhave announced a $290,000 grant  to support distance learning initiatives.

Need to have the functionality of Adobe Captivate or Camtasia but don't have the bucks?  Wink is a tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users.  
You can download Wink at:
http://debugmode.com/wink/
 
 

One of my favorite "productivity" designers is David Seah.  David created the Printable CEO series which is a series of forms to keep me on task and manages priorities.  One of the forms I use the most for Project Planning my E-learning projects is his compact calendar.  A one page calendar that encompasses the entire year.  You can find the calendar at http://davidseah.com/page/compact-calendar.  David describes how to use the calendar to manage projects far better tha

The June 8 Dallas Morning News had an interesting article on Second Life at Dallas area colleges/universities
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/060808dnmetsecondlife.3c9c715.html