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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Richard Feynman once tried to reduce an advanced physics concept to a freshman lecture. The first lecture I heard as a freshman at Caltech was delivered by Feynman on the topic of liquid helium three, and I was certain he did understand the topic! That’s the Caltech advantage! To the greatest extent possible, be open.

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LMS and Virtual Learning Environments (VLE)

Gyrus

In the future, we could witness the increasing use of Virtual Learning Environments by educational institutions, which could allow students to access learning materials and lectures from remote locations as well. LMS’s come with many rich features and can be characterized by the virtue of deployment, license type, and support system.

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LMS and Virtual Learning Environments (VLE)

Gyrus

In the future, we could witness the increasing use of Virtual Learning Environments by educational institutions, which could allow students to access learning materials and lectures from remote locations as well. LMS’s come with many rich features and can be characterized by the virtue of deployment, license type, and support system.

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LMS and Virtual Learning Environments (VLE)

Gyrus

In the future, we could witness the increasing use of Virtual Learning Environments by educational institutions, which could allow students to access learning materials and lectures from remote locations as well. LMS’s come with many rich features and can be characterized by the virtue of deployment, license type, and support system.

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BYU ESR conference on Social Entrepreneurship

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Flat World is a for-profit social enterprise that gives away its core textbooks under a creative commons license, and makes its money on ancillary products like a black and white print version for $30 (vs. The Bookshare team is excited because we can take these books and do all the accessibility work because they are under an open license!

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Buying a LMS? Acronyms You Must Know (Part 2)

Gyrus

Training is generally delivered through lectures, presentations, demonstrations, discussions, etc. MOC -Maintenance of Certification : A mandated annual certification or training course that professionals in certain fields must take to keep an active practicing license.

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Interview: Colin Rhinesmith, CCTV Cambridge

Amy Sample Ward

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to connect with Colin Rhinesmith , Community Media Coordinator at Cambridge Community Television (Cambridge, MA, USA) and Adjunct Lecturer for the Media and Culture Program at Bentley University. Creative Commons licensed training materials would be particularly beneficial.

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