Category Archives: content management

Intelligence Revisited – what recent research reveals

As noted in my other blog entries, my research, writing, and consulting work over the past decade has focused on collective human characteristics called “individual differences” and what that means to people in the roles of customers, users, and learners. … Continue reading

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To tweet or not to tweet

When I began blogging as an alternative to hosting discussion forums with my Web site, I had some initial concerns that I expressed in one of my first blog entries: http://www.twitter.com/docteled I have made it a useful extension to my … Continue reading

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Mashups, Maps, and Multimedia

In my research on learning styles, a strong preference for the visual presentation of information was revealed. This finding led me to experiment with visual support for what is otherwise a text-dominated informational environment in my online courses. One area … Continue reading

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Qik and easy video

As a former educational media producer, I am always on the lookout for quick and easy ways for busy educational professionals to create and use videos in their onsite and online courses. Two emerging educational technologies have converged into one … Continue reading

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DSpace – an open source platform for digital repositories

At the ECEL09 conference in Bari, Italy, a keynote address by Julià Minguillón introduced the application of learning objects supported in an open source digital repository software called DSpace. On my return, I took a look at this software on … Continue reading

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Online Presentation Strategies for Visual Learners

Greetings, Here is a Web-based version of my ECEL09 conference presentation on the topic: Online Presentation Strategies for Visual Learners http://www.programhouse.com/webpres/phecel09pres1.htm This Web-based PowerPoint presentation (optimized for the Internet Explorer browser) outlines the major points of a (peer-reviewed) paper that … Continue reading

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Catch the (Google) Wave!

Video from Google I/O 2009 Conference: It is an understatement to say that Google is changing the way we use the Web. It is now true for the way their Google Wave (open-source) software platform with its real-time software tools … Continue reading

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digital marketing strategies and techniques for Web sites

There are many digital marketing strategies and techniques that can be used for achieving e-business Web site goals such as increasing traffic, social networking, social media, converting browsers to customers, etc.  Share with us briefly in your comment what you feel … Continue reading

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how would you gather user needs data?

In human factors work, you need to gather data about software user needs before you begin to design (or redesign) software. As a user, what are your suggestions for getting the right kind of user needs information from prospective users? … Continue reading

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using blogs to promote traffic to a Web site

In this entry, I would like to consider the use of blogs as a marketing tool to promote traffic to a Web site, such as my own at http://www.programhouse.com The rationale for this strategy can be expressed as tenets of … Continue reading

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