http://www.kirstenwinkler.com EDU2.0 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:57:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en KirstenWinklerhttp://feedburner.google.com Hello Ladies and Gents. May I introduce myself. My name is Kay Alexander and from today on I will write on this blog about tools and tricks for online teachers. Why? Because I can. Joking aside, some might already know &#8230; <a href="http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/pimp-your-skype-with-dabbleboard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/luGSDRkqeYbEMj_ZYjCwFkErCtI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/luGSDRkqeYbEMj_ZYjCwFkErCtI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/luGSDRkqeYbEMj_ZYjCwFkErCtI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/luGSDRkqeYbEMj_ZYjCwFkErCtI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KirstenWinkler/~4/aJPIyfSX9n4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KirstenWinkler/~3/aJPIyfSX9n4/ http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/pimp-your-skype-with-dabbleboard/ WordSteps helps you to learn 20 foreign words in 15 minutes a day. At least that&#8217;s the promise of the Russian startup. The idea is that if you learn with WordSteps only three times a week for 15 minutes you &#8230; <a href="http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/first-look-at-wordsteps/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b1i3DgfwzsdoRjK51GgJYE4SUqc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b1i3DgfwzsdoRjK51GgJYE4SUqc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b1i3DgfwzsdoRjK51GgJYE4SUqc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b1i3DgfwzsdoRjK51GgJYE4SUqc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KirstenWinkler/~4/W3eSW_NAh0I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KirstenWinkler/~3/W3eSW_NAh0I/ http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/first-look-at-wordsteps/ This is a guest post by Vikrama Dhiman. He is an accidental software product manager who has worked with teams across India&#8217;s IT centers &#8211; Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Chandigarh as an Agile Software Development Coach and a Product Manager &#8230; <a href="http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/iphone-a-flop-in-india-lessons-for-online-education-startups/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bx4s9pum6Sp0IUPerxt2ZbHWUyc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bx4s9pum6Sp0IUPerxt2ZbHWUyc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bx4s9pum6Sp0IUPerxt2ZbHWUyc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bx4s9pum6Sp0IUPerxt2ZbHWUyc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KirstenWinkler/~4/0noQ2LFdUdk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KirstenWinkler/~3/0noQ2LFdUdk/ http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/iphone-a-flop-in-india-lessons-for-online-education-startups/ You may have noticed some changes on this blog recently, at least I hope so . After more than one and a half years I thought that a change would do me good. The process is not yet finished completely &#8230; <a href="http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/a-change-would-do-you-good/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_3WngNTZQ429JgMXwXEHWI1J494/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_3WngNTZQ429JgMXwXEHWI1J494/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_3WngNTZQ429JgMXwXEHWI1J494/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_3WngNTZQ429JgMXwXEHWI1J494/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KirstenWinkler/~4/O8a5ya55itU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KirstenWinkler/~3/O8a5ya55itU/ http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/a-change-would-do-you-good/ Gregor Gimmy, Founder and CEO of Sclipo wrote an interesting piece on social features in online education recently and asked me for my two cents on it. His point is that just by adding social features to a classic LMS &#8230; <a href="http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/when-is-social-social-a-story-of-walled-gardens/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HSmADLcN_yVmIeFBqMOUmIH5Eh0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HSmADLcN_yVmIeFBqMOUmIH5Eh0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HSmADLcN_yVmIeFBqMOUmIH5Eh0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HSmADLcN_yVmIeFBqMOUmIH5Eh0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KirstenWinkler/~4/qZUhtjnHbto" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KirstenWinkler/~3/qZUhtjnHbto/ http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/when-is-social-social-a-story-of-walled-gardens/ Today WiZiQ launched its newest version of their virtual classroom environment. The new version promises to have a better sound quality, you can stream video of up to four participants, the whiteboard has new features and also the media player &#8230; <a href="http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/wiziq-launches-new-virtual-classroom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W5z9hkMYO0yMIuVaZznDlE_TK9U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W5z9hkMYO0yMIuVaZznDlE_TK9U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W5z9hkMYO0yMIuVaZznDlE_TK9U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W5z9hkMYO0yMIuVaZznDlE_TK9U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KirstenWinkler/~4/uXU0mciF5BM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KirstenWinkler/~3/uXU0mciF5BM/ http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/wiziq-launches-new-virtual-classroom/ After more than two years I think it is time to face the fact that live online lessons are FNACs (Feature not a Company). There are a couple of reasons for this as well as facts and figures which underline it quite well. That leaves us with the question: where do live online lessons fit? <a href="http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/why-live-lessons-are-fnacs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/435d7_L4TGshJ8esDTX6kBL9074/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/435d7_L4TGshJ8esDTX6kBL9074/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/435d7_L4TGshJ8esDTX6kBL9074/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/435d7_L4TGshJ8esDTX6kBL9074/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KirstenWinkler/~4/qwfJ06nNS_s" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KirstenWinkler/~3/qwfJ06nNS_s/ http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/why-live-lessons-are-fnacs/ Last Tuesday I had the priviledge of hosting the first This Week in Startups Paris Meetup. The concept of the evening is a pitch session of local startups in different cities around the world. The winner of each city then &#8230; <a href="http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/review-of-this-week-in-startups-paris-meetup/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/89k__sJ2HzfmC1yh0RzcoCleALo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/89k__sJ2HzfmC1yh0RzcoCleALo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/89k__sJ2HzfmC1yh0RzcoCleALo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/89k__sJ2HzfmC1yh0RzcoCleALo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KirstenWinkler/~4/UUo6FE7ldRQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KirstenWinkler/~3/UUo6FE7ldRQ/ http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/review-of-this-week-in-startups-paris-meetup/ I was just watching a video about online marketing and SEO competition and then it came to me. 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