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Enter for a chance to win $100 gift card from Follett Bookstore!

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:34:54 PST

Enter for a chance to win a $100 gift card from Follett! Share your favorite study location and earn an opportunity to win! Send an email to susan@elearningqueen.com that describes your ideal study place and conditions, and we'll put your name in a drawing for the gift card. The winner will be announced on March 15, 2012, and e-Follett will send you the card. In the meantime, feel free to share

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Teacher Salary

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:52:31 PST

What do you think? Share your own story (post a comment).Click here for the orginal graphic, with an interesting op-ed piece:http://www.onlinedegree.com/infographics/teacher-salary Teacher Salary Infographic created by Online Degree

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Interview with Shawn Alyea, Innovators in Education Series

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:55:00 PST

Using art and art therapy to reach at-risk students and to help achieve academic goals is an extremely important strategy. Not only does it allow freedom of expression, it is also motivating and it helps develop self efficacy. Welcome to an interview with Shawn Alyea, who develops approaches using different types of art and expressive media to develop innovative instructional programs. 1. What is

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E-Learning Queen's E-Learning Crossword Puzzle

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:01:01 PST

Here's a holiday gift for you!Click the link to access a crossword puzzle that tests your knowledge of e-learning terms. E-Learning Queen's Crossword Puzzle (created by Seth Lynch)Click the link below for the answer key:Answer Key to E-Learning Queen's Crossword Puzzle (created by Seth Lynch)2012

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Interview with Elaine Bontempi, Ph.D., Instructional Designer; Innovators in E-Learning Series

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:49:00 PST

As elearning and mlearning move into new forms of delivery, and the appearance, capabilities, and the functionality of the interfaces (including learning management systems (LMSs) evolve, it's useful to take a look at how instructional designers, technologists, and administrators are considering the impact of the interface when developing and teaching online courses. Welcome to an interview with

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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and E-Learning

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:53:00 PST

Chances are, if you're teaching an online course, out of 20 students, two or three have been a victim of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) at least one time in their lives. Actually, that's a conservative estimate, given that 3 out of 10 women and 1 out of 10 men in the United States has been victim of rape, physical violence, and/or stalking (CDC, 2012), and that's not even getting into the issue

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Happy National Science Fiction Day -- and, 2012!

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:49:24 PST

Today, January 2, is National Science Fiction Day. It occurs on January 2, the day Isaac Asimov reported as his birthday.What will you do to celebrate Science Fiction Day?2011 was a year in which science fiction and science "fact" (the scientifically observable world of phenomena replete with multiple working hypotheses) seemed to converge. So, I thought I'd take a moment to contemplate a few of

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Interview with Breanne Hull, Educlone. Innovators in E-Learning Series

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:10:00 PST

Finding new ways to engage students and create engaging e-learning experiences is a continual challenge. Welcome to an interview with Breanne Hull, Educlone. The Educlone learning platform features an interface designed for rapid development of distance learning (elearning /mlearning) which uses a drag-and-drop approach.1. What is your name and relationship to elearning? My name is Breanne Hull

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Tune-Up Time? Updating Your Elearning / Mlearning Programs / Courses

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:28:00 PST

Accreditation visits, self-studies, competition, and the changing world (and technology) make it necessary to update your online courses every 2 or 3 years, at the very minimum. In some cases, you’ll need to tune them up every year, depending on the kinds of changes in the course content, the academic field, your accrediting bodies, or the legal environment. When do you update? How extreme does

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Interactive Grammar Exercises: Better and More Useful than Ever

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:21:24 PST

Some think that grammar reviews are only useful when taking a developmental writing, or the required set of first-year composition courses. In reality, grammar and syntax reviews are valuable across the board, and all college and university students can benefit from ongoing writing reinforcement. So,whether you are writing a term paper about hospice care, or an analysis of the current economic

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Reality Television-Inspired M-Learning: “Life Is Our Laboratory” Approach

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:05:00 PST

Effective design for mobile learning courses requires a major shift in how one thinks of the learner's relationship to the content. Interactivity takes on a whole new dimension, as students create content to share and critique in close to real time. The key is to avoid sending students down a path where they will be more or less duplicating what the others have done. They need to be able to apply

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Identity in Social Media: Constructions or Meltdowns

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:50:01 PST

We've all read the cautionary tale about the pre-teen who is "friended" by someone who also seems to be a similarly angst-y pre-teen or "tweener" - whose middle school pressures are almost as bad as the new-found distrust of and distaste for one's parents. The "friend" turns out to be a much older predator, and the outcome is tragic.Some may have read about or watched the film, Catfish (dir.

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Interview with Peter Bray, Trivantis: Innovators in E-Learning Series

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:30:29 PDT

E-Learning design mistakes are insidious and often hard to identify until they’ve basically infected the entire course or program. By that time, it’s extremely difficult (and expensive) to correct. So, the time to make sure that you’re following good design principles is in the initial design of the certificate or degree program (associates, bachelors, or masters). Another good time can be when

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Anti-Bullying E-Learning // Interview with Pavel Tchourliaev, Kiwi Commons: Innovaters in E-Learning Series

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:18:21 PDT

1. What is your name and your relation to e-learning?My name is Pavel Tchourliaev, and I’m the COO of Kiwi Commons Inc. At Kiwi Commons, we feel that e-learning is essential in educating kids and raising them in a digital world. While we are very aware of the risks that surround the online world, we also feel that emerging technologies, if used responsibly, can be a great learning tool to engage

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Interview with Jody Hoff, Federal Reserve Bank: Innovators in E-Learning Series

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:32:00 PDT

With all the recent efforts by the U.S. federal government to respond to the ongoing economic challenges, the demand for understanding the role of the Federal Reserve Bank has grown dramatically. In response, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSB) has developed an informative and innovative way to help learners of all levels gain an understanding of the banking crisis of 2008, in

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Interview with Jill Ambrose, CourseSmart: Innovators in E-Learning Series

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:22:00 PDT

E-textbooks and other digital assets have become extremely important in the world of textbooks. The texts are evolving quickly, in both the way that they are delivered and in the kinds of instructional activities, materials, and collaborations that are included.Welcome to an interview with Jill Ambrose, Chief Marketing Officer at CourseSmart. 1. What is your name and your relation to e-learning?

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Interview with Joe Landsberger, Website Study Guides and Strategies

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:48:00 PDT

Welcome to an interview with Joe Landsberger, who has put together extensive online study guides and study tools to meet the needs of students everywhere. While courses can be relatively easy to find and OpenCourseWare more prevalent, it is often difficult to find effective study tools, particularly in different languages. Joe Landsberger:For the past 16 years, I have researched and authored

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Review of Drive (dir. Nicholas Refn, 2011); OpenPlan Film Criticism Collaboration Sample / Tool

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:16:06 PDT

podcast / downloadable mp3E-Learning Queen is delighted to offer an OpenPlan Film Criticism Collaboration Paper example and template / tool. This OpenPlan offering is designed to help overcome some of the problems that accompany online collaborations. For example, lack of motivation and confusion with course procedures can cause online collaborations to fall flat. However, with wikis and other

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Interview with Allen Partridge, Adobe Systems: E-Learning Innovators Series

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:05:43 PDT

The iPad is becoming increasingly friendly for any time / any place learning, ranging from K-12 to graduate programs. Welcome to an interview with Dr. Allen Partridge, the eLearning Evangelist for Adobe Systems, who discusses some of the new technologies that make it possible to convert different formats to play on the iPad, including HTML5 and HTML5-enabled Captivate.1. What is your name

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OpenPlan for Film/Literature: Sample Lesson

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:30:01 PDT

Incorporating media in an online course is extremely useful, whether it be for a film / literature course, or a course (undergraduate or graduate) that uses movies, television, and other media to illustrate aspects of the content (leadership, business ethics, and history come to mind).In this post, we look at film and consider it as a part of the OpenPlan series for teaching different topics,

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Moodle 2.0 Multimedia Cookbook: A Review

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:10:36 PDT

Packt Publishing's Moodle 2.0 Multimedia Cookbook solves a number of problems that Moodle users often encounter, especially online programs (graduate and undergraduate) that foreground collaborative, interactive learning environments. The multimedia cookbook addresses two core challenges. The first challenge is that of creating relevent, effective, nicely-sized and ready-to-use multimedia. The

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Interview with Bryce Bertola, Park City Independent; Innovative Education Providers Series

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:47:50 PDT

Welcome to an interview with Bryce Bertola, of Park City Independent, an accredited online high school which provides online courses to students who wish to take courses not offered by their local high school. It also offers middle school courses and courses for adults who would like to complete their high school diploma rather than obtaining a GED. One of the benefits of having a bona fide high

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Maximizing Your Training and Professional Development Return on Investment

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:33:53 PDT

How do you value training when your core business is, in essence, built on and around new products and services that involve ongoing training? For example, what do you do if you provide hosting services, cloud hosting, webinars, or learning management systems? It requires an entirely new way of looking at education in the organization. Training and education used to be the first budget items to

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OpenPlan for Technical Training on Solar-Powered Remote Monitoring and Operations System

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:54:55 PDT

This OpenPlan will help you identify and develop the materials you need for training on equipment and processes. Fast-track development of technical training requires a very clear look at the "must-have" instructional elements as well as a very clear sense of learning objectives and outcomes.For example, let's say that you would like to be able to remotely monitor and even operate your oil and

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History Teaching with Moodle

susan@beyondutopia.com (E-Learning Queen) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:55:56 PDT

History Teaching with Moodle offers instructors, instructional designers, and SMEs a clear, step-by-step guide to building a medieval history course which can be used as a point of departure for online college classes, online history degree programs, in addition to secondary-level courses such as advanced placement for history. Author John Mannion uses attention-getting and engaging content

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Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT

E-Learner Survival Guide
very helpful

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Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT

The Energy Farm Concept for Small and Medium Producers of Alternative and Fossil Energy
The energy farm, containing multiple "cash crops" on the same block of land has become a reality, at least on a large scale. This blog post discusses how to get started. Chances are, you've seen the large wind turbine farms, miles long, with massive wind turbines configured to maximize electricity generation and then to deliver it into the grid at wholesale prices. They are often combined with solar panels to collect energy on days where there is insufficient wind, and the farmland is planted in switchgrass, which is sold to biofuel refineries that make cellulosic ethanol. It's a vision of the future, and, thanks to incentives, it's happening quickly.

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Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST

Stimulus Bill May Change Life As We Know It for Energy, Education: How To Plan, Protect, Participate
The Stimulus Bill could change life forever for people in energy, education, infrastructure, and environmental fields. How the changes will occur, along with funding opportunities, will be discussed the AAPG's inaugural hour-long interactive web symposium, "What the Stimulus Bill Contains for Energy, Environment, Education, Infrastructure Funding" to be held March 19, 2009. The core focus of the symposium will be funding provisions, along with strategic planning.
Stimulus Bill May Change Life As We Know It for Energy, Education: How To Plan, Protect, Participate - Free-Press-Release.com
interesting

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Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST

e Stimulus Bill: Strategic Implications for Education, Energy, Environment, Infrastructure -- A Web Symposium
Stimulus Bill opportunities and strategic implications will be the focus of the AAPG's inaugural hour-long interactive web symposium, "What the Stimulus Bill Contains for Energy, Environment, Education, Infrastructure Funding" to be held March 19, 2009. The web symposium will cover the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
If you can't attend, a link will be made available to the archived copy. Podcast of overview: http://www.beyondutopia.net/podcasts/stimulus.mp3
Slated to begin at 2 pm CDT, and to contain an hour of presentations and discussions with a panel of experts, the web symposium will allow audience members to check their knowledge, ask questions, and get information about the steps needed to participate in the government programs. Perhaps most importantly, presenters and participants will probe the long-term strategic implications of policy and spending decisions.

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Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Private Equity and E-Learning: What Gets Funded in Turbulent Economic Times?
Despite what one might expect, private equity funding has not dried up for developers of applications, platforms, and infrastructure for e-learning, mobile learning, and other web technology products. In general, the type of funding and the kinds of projects receiving funding have changed. In general, the funding falls into general categories (listed below). Here are a few examples of funding announced after October 20, 2008.
Corporate Raiders and E-Learning: Fending Off a Potential Threat
Corporate raiders not seen since the 1980s could re-emerge and prey upon e-learning providers. Companies whose stock prices have dropped precipitously, but which hold cash, contracts, patents, or other tangible resources that represent solid present values could be affected. It is time for the healthy companies to look within, and use this as a time to aggressively invest, diversify, and acquire assets. Avoid vulnerability. Ironically, the strategies that helped web-based learning companies survive during the dot.com collapse will almost assuredly lead to disaster in today's time, if stock prices stay too low, and companies take a "cash is king" approach. Some of the companies that have most successfully come to dominate the market could be the most vulnerable. click for full story -- includes PODCAST

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Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Announcing VentureBeat’s roundtable on “how to manage the downturn”

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Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Web 3.0, Web 4.0 and Personal Agents: Will They Open or Restrict Choice?
With Web 4.0 and personal software agents that track and register your purchases, your movements, your professional, commercial and recreational activities the future seems to promise a truly brave new world of targeted and meaningful information. Your past behaviors and activities will be considered predictors of future behavior, and the information streamed to you will be based on patterns that you have established. In theory, the information will help you do a better job in whatever you want to do. However, will you be held hostage to your old patterns? Will the information actually restrict your options?