Author: Patric Lougheed
Benefits of Tin-Can API | LearnDash
For years, any legitimate learning management system adhered to the Shareable Content Object Reference Model (or SCORM), which is a collection of standards and specifications for web-based learning. Nerd-talk aside, it was the “stuff” that recorded when someone…
Read More »The NMC Horizon Report | 2014 Higher Education Edition
The annual feast of what is hot (or not) for the next 1, 2, or 5 years in educational technology has been released. You can access and download the full NMC Horizon Report for Higher Education, 2014, here. From…
Read More »Towards Teacher-led Design Inquiry of Learning | Open Education Europa
“This paper proposes “teacher-led design inquiry of learning” as a new model of educational practice and professional development. This model combines four existing models. It integrates teacher inquiry into student learning, learning design, and Learning analytics, and aims…
Read More »10 Steps to Successful Educational Technology Plan – EdTechReview™ (ETR)
“A successful educational technology plan requires a clear educational vision that addresses the needs of the modern day learners. It needs to incorporate a holistic educational approach that will guide the direction for technology expenditures and use. It needs…
Read More »Factors That Restrict Administrators to Integrate Technology in Their Educational Institutions – EdTechReview™ (ETR)
Technology plays a key role in every field. It becomes an essential thing for every organization. Especially educational institutions are more interested in adapting technology to withstand the present cut-through competition. Educational Technologies help institutions in creating the…
Read More »New Video Compression Standard to Deliver HD and UHD to You
This is a geeky/techie centric topic but it is great to hear about faster encoding and higher resolutions coming very soon.
Read More »A Conversation About Online Course Quality
How do you define quality? It’s a word we often hear in the context of online education, and while we can all probably agree about its importance, we may not describe it in the same ways. Some of the…
Read More »Can the Current Model of Higher Education Survive MOOCs and Online Learning? | EDUCAUSE.edu
How can institutions address the threat to higher education? In The Search for Survival, I proposed a model for surviving disruptive technologies.5 New technologies enable an innovator to develop a new product or service that is great for the innovator…
Read More »Gaze Into The Future Of E-Learning With Tom Kuhlmann
“Tom Kuhlmann is Vice President of the Articulate Community, which he has been running for the past six years, with a focus on building a committed group of rapid e-learning developers. He also hosts The Rapid E-Learning Blog…
Read More »How do I fix a “Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock” error?
You can delete the lock file with the following command: sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock You may also need to delete the lock file in the cache directory sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock After that, try running apt-get again. via apt –…
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