The E-learning Curve at Edublogs

Having discussed two key components of this Open Environment for E-learning; an XML-based authoring and content-generation tool, and an image-manipulation application, today’s post will discuss an XML-based productivity suite - a word processor, spreadsheet application, and presentation tool called OpenOffice.org.
In my view, tools like DocBook XML/XXE are excellent primary content creation / generation applications; [...]

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Having discussed two key components of this Open Environment for E-learning; an XML-based authoring and content-generation tool, and an image-manipulation application, today’s post will discuss an XML-based productivity suite - a word processor, spreadsheet application, and presentation tool called OpenOffice.org.
In my view, tools like DocBook XML/XXE are excellent primary content creation / generation applications; [...]

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The second open environment authoring tool highlighted in this series is a flexible image editing application called the GNU Image Manipulation Program.
The GNU Image Manipulation Program, or GIMP, is a freely distributed raster graphics editor used to process digital graphics and photographs. Typical uses include:

creating graphics and logos
resizing and cropping photos
colour management
combining multiple images
removing unwanted [...]

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The second open environment authoring tool highlighted in this series is a flexible image editing application called the GNU Image Manipulation Program.
The GNU Image Manipulation Program, or GIMP, is a freely distributed raster graphics editor used to process digital graphics and photographs. Typical uses include:

creating graphics and logos
resizing and cropping photos
colour management
combining multiple images
removing unwanted [...]

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After the diversions of the last few days, I will now return to my discussion on developing e-learning content using an open environment. As discussed in a previous post, we can say that there are certain unresolved philosophical matters surrounding the notion of open environments; I will return to these presently. However, the gratis / [...]

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After the diversions of the last few days, I will now return to my discussion on developing e-learning content using an open environment. As discussed in a previous post, we can say that there are certain unresolved philosophical matters surrounding the notion of open environments; I will return to these presently. However, the gratis / [...]

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I don’t normally blog on a Saturday, but today I have to make an exception. It is with great sadness that I write about the passing of great British jazzman and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttleton, who died today following surgery for an aortic aneurysm.
In the late 1940s and early 1950s Lyttelton was prominent in the British [...]

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I don’t normally blog on a Saturday, but today I have to make an exception. It is with great sadness that I write about the passing of great British jazzman and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttleton, who died today following surgery for an aortic aneurysm.
In the late 1940s and early 1950s Lyttelton was prominent in the British [...]

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A programmer friend of mine sent me a link to the YouTube video below. In it, the presenter Charles Lewis who goes by the nom de rap The Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper) raps about the fundamentals of design coding for HTML websites and coding for search engine optimization.
You have to be impressed by [...]

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A programmer friend of mine sent me a link to the YouTube video below. In it, the presenter Charles Lewis who goes by the nom de rap The Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper) raps about the fundamentals of design coding for HTML websites and coding for search engine optimization.
You have to be impressed by [...]

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