> His presentation is available on Canarie's web site :
> http://www.canarie.ca/funding/learning/workshop_2000/presentations.html
>
> Just save the presentation and rename it from ppt to pdf.
Fixed at the source.
http://www.canarie.ca/funding/learning/workshop_2000/meeting/Porter.pdf
>
> Cheers,
>
> Christian
>
>
> __________________
> Ana Preston wrote:
> >
> > Dave: Thanks for the info!
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 08:49:09 -0800
> > From: David Porter <[log in to unmask]>
> > <snip>
> >
> > The Learnster concept is actually being built around OLA's Canadian
Learning
> > Bank, in a kind of Napster meets eBay scenario. We are using
"Learnster"
> > simply as a code for now. We are just starting to lay the foundation for
the
> > concept, but it is powered by the notion of giving learners the ability
to
> > assemble learning objects in ways that meet their needs, and that can be
> > evaluated against accredited competency standards.
> >
> > Our motivation actually has less to do with the technology and more to
do
> > with sound adult learning theory. We see the technology as an enabler
and
> > are moving to build learning planning tools, records of learning tools,
and
> > such that can be self-managed over a lifetime. Other enablers are the
> > metadata standards that out there that can be used to power search and
> > aggregation of instructional content. Napster demonstrated that when
you
> > have a common file format that interoperates, accessible by consistent
and
> > simple metadata that facilitates search and retrieval, that you can
build
> > community quickly. eBay demonstrates that convivial, human-engineered
> > systems are the real basis for transaction on the web. Now if we can
> > localize this even more using P2P concepts, I think it could be
powerful.
> >
> > There is much still to learn, but hey, it's fun!
> >
> > Saludos.
> >
> > D.
>
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