Archive du mois : novembre 2006

Web Science Research Initiative

Web Science Research Initiative

Ever think it would be possible to get a PhD in « The Web »? MIT and the University of Southhampton are collaborating on the Web Science Research Initiative. They are proposing a science of the...

7 Habits of Highly Effective Programmers

7 Habits of Highly Effective Programmers

An interesting read with some useful info: http://www.technicat.com/writing/programming.html For the author, effective means « the ability to complete projects in a timely manner with the expected quality. »

Robin Good’s list of Powerpoint to Flash converters

Robin Good’s list of Powerpoint to Flash converters

Again letting someone else do the describing and listing: http://www.masternewmedia.org/2004/04/14/powerpoint_to_flash_conversion_tools.htm There are a lot to choose from, whether for 50 $US or for 500 $US, with varying features of course. The features I was...

Learning Object Repository Feasibility Study

Learning Object Repository Feasibility Study

The Swiss Virtual Campus, SWITCH and Edutech are looking at what’s called Learning Object Repositories and how they can be connected with Learning Management Systems. We had a conversation with our Edutech colleague Rolf...

video to flv or swf converters

video to flv or swf converters

These will be tested, just a virtual post-it note for now… [update: notes added after testing] Test object: convert 1.79 Megabyte QT .mov file, 40 sec, 320×240, no sound Results: Vertical Moon’s Video2swf easy...

screen recorders for mac

screen recorders for mac

I’ve used SnapZPro to record screen activity with audio (using a USB headset mic). One disadvantage is that it exports only to QT format (no Flash video flv option), so I started looking around...

Comment éditer des documents Excel avec Moodle?

Comment éditer des documents Excel avec Moodle?

Dans ce billet, nous allons voir pas-à-pas comment éditer à plusieurs un document de type Excel dans Moodle (tableaux avec ou sans formules). Comme vous le savez certainement, Moodle ne permet pas d’éditer directement...

Présence du Centre NTE au GMW 06 à Zürich

Présence du Centre NTE au GMW 06 à Zürich

Une de nos collaboratrices a récemment participé à la conférence GMW 06 à Zürich. Nous vous invitons à lire le billet de son blog dans lequel elle en dresse un inventaire relativement complet avec...