E-Learning Council

A free event sponsored by the Dallas ASTD Chapter – however, they do charge for lunch with a pretty good luncheon speaker. A group of us went last year and learned some things including “stay” interviews. If I remember correctly, there was a good mix of online/traditional topics offered.  They should have some details on their site fairly soon. Watch http://www.dallasastd.org/SouthWestLearningSummit.asp for updates.

	Blog	Wiki	Forum
Purpose	Abbreviation of web log. Commentary or news on a particular subject. Typically combine text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages. Allows readers to leave comments in an interactive format.	Collection of web pages designed so anyone can read, add, or edit content. Collaboration is a key component where a group of people come together to share and build knowledge.	A web application for holding discussions. Also known as discussion groups, boards, bulletin boards.
Content Creator	Single content creator	Multiple Content Creators editing the same information.	Threaded Content. Frequently follows a question/answer format.
Moderation	A single user creates posts, others can reply in comments. The comments can be moderatored or unmoderated.	Any registered user can contribute, mistakes should be quickly edited.	Any registered user can create a original post or a reply.
Focus	Oriented around the thoughts of a person. The name implies a personal log. Information is sequential, often time oriented.	Oriented around information that multiple people can edit.	Conversation oriented. Question and reply format
Modification of Information	Usually information is frozen when the entry is made. New information is made in a new entry	Information can be continually modified.	Usually information is frozen when the entry is made. New information is added as a reply to the original posting.
Editing of Content	HTML. Most blog software has Rich Text Editors available.	Simplified markup language. Some wiki software has Rich Text Editors available	Text. Sometimes HTML.
Information Categorization	Category Tagging	Index of topics	Index of topics but frequently contributors will not create appropriate topics
Ownership of Information	Poster	Community	Community
Best suited for	An online diary–pulpit for an individual. Discussions on a topic	Information Sharing	Conversations
Example	E-Learning Council allows user blogs.	Wikipedia.org is the most famous.	E-Learning Council has a forum for the exchange of ideas.

The New York Times has an interesting story where the high cost of gas is driving up online class enrollment.  Online class enrollment is up 35%.  Colleges from Massachusetts and Florida to Texas to Oregon have reported significant online enrollment increases for summer sessions, with student numbers in some cases 50 percent or 100 percent higher than last year. 

Is this effecting your organization?

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/education/11colleges.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss