If Netflix and Amazon Do It, Why Not Recommender Systems for Online Education?
Netflix and Amazon.com ease your selection process by recommending movies or books that you may like based on your history. Recommender systems been successful in e-commerce and other domains in which information overload exists. What about educational scenarios where, arguably, […]
Saul Carliner Appointed Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions
Saul Carliner, eLearn Magazine Advisory Board member and contributor, as well as one of the people I respect most in the field of e-learning, was just appointed Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. Please join me in congratulating him. […]
Crisis Communication: How to Reach Students and Faculty
Being an online student or teacher arguably has safety advantages after a number of killings in the news. One of the responses to these incidents has been an increased awareness of the need and plans for communication. Even though I […]
Wal-Mart Workers Prefer Online Over Classroom
In the ongoing debate about the relative advantages of online and classroom education, Wal-Mart employees have taken a stance. In a survey, nearly three-quarters “preferred online study to attending a local college”. The educational opportunities will be offered through American […]
Blue-haired Chef Jason Santos on e-learning
Jason Santos is appearing on the new season of “Hell’s Kitchen”, competing with other renowned chefs. This has nothing to do with e-learning per se; I interviewed him and Jody Adams at CHI a year ago and he had a […]