E-Learning Council

Ever click on the “News Clips” menu item on the left?  Go ahead, it’s the top item on the list.  What is it?  The E-Learning Council website aggregates contents from several different websites focused on E-learning using RSS feeds.   The titles and a small excerpt are included on this page.  Interested in a topic, click on the link and you can go to the original website/blog/etc. 

The News Clips section allows you to view the feeds by Categories (right now we have three categories defined) and Sources.  

We just added an interesting new category as an experiment–Google News (https://www.elearningcouncil.com/aggregator/sources/17).  Google News allows you to search for a particular word and create an RSS feed.  I just set up a simple RSS feed for the word “Elearning”.   It will be interesting to watch the signal to noise ratio of this simple filter.  I am sure we will end up with some inappropriate content.

Have any thoughts on how to improve the signal to noise ratio of this filter?  Add it to the comments.  Want your blog/news source included?  Either Contact us or add it as a comment.

Robert Paulsen on MicroAssist staff sent us this link. 

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HanselminutesPodcast125AccessibilityInWebAndRichApplications.aspx

In this episode Scott talks to Saqib Shaikh, a developer for Microsoft Consulting Services in the UK, who is also blind. They chat about accessibility in Windows, on the Web and in the next generation of Web Applications written with AJAX and Silverlight.

An interesting quote:

“There is nothing specific to accessibility built into .NET 3 and WPF, they just simply make everything automatable.”

“By not calling it ‘accessibility’ it’s an easier sell [to developers].”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free webinar with Elliott Masie on August 21 at 1 PM CDT. Register here:  http://www.clomedia.com/events/Webinars/2008/July/230/index.php

As learning options, approaches and expectations change, it is vital that organizations take a fresh look at their learning strategies.  Elliott Masie will present a pragmatic approach to refreshing our learning strategies, focusing on:

Changing content.

Changing learning expectations.

Evolving learning technologies and systems.

An evidence-based model for measuring impact.