Buckle up at Easyjet

EasyJet has partnered with Epic to develop their Buckle up! induction programme for all Cabin Crew new entrants >>>

You Are The Difference

Bus passenger satisfaction high as new training initiative tells employees 'You Are The Difference', by Echelon Learning >>>

worth a visit

BrainReactions.net
NameThis

TEC-CH online, admissions now open!

online programme in Technology-Enhanced Communication for Cultural Heritage, run by the Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland) >>>

YouTube Unveils Two New Ad Options

on ClickZ Network >>>

google Flu Trends

woth a visit >>>

virtual forbidden city

The Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time is a partnership between the Palace Museum and IBM. The goal of the project is to provide the means for a world-wide audience to celebrate and explore aspects of Chinese culture and history >>>

elearning-reviews

it has been recently updated with contributions by RED-INK PhD students >>>

Virgin Atlantic sacks cabin crew for comments on Facebook

on eyefortravel >>>

premiazione dei migliori studenti di Master

ieri, all'Università della Svizzera italiana, i migliori studenti di Master / Laurea magistrale sono stati premiati dal network USImpresa (di cui sono presidente).

Fostering Learning in the Networked World:

The Cyberlearning Opportunity and Challenge, an NSF report >>>

Manhattan School of Music distance learning

Distance Learning Center >>>

partnering with Polycom (the case in pdf) >>>

fields suppport modules

by the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center >>>

IDC'09: 8th International Conference on Interactive Design and Children

Politecnico di Milano - Como Campus, Como (Italy), June 3-5, 2009 >>>

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

the new issue is now online >>>

Web 2.0, opportunità di promozione turistica on line

terrò questo seminario, rivolto alle istituzioni e agli enti di promozione pubblica, entro la fiera iViaggiatori di Lugano, venerdì 31 ottobre 2008, alle 16.30 >>>

U.S. Women and the Internet

on ClickZ >>>

Google reverses ban on Christian group’s anti-abortion advert

on The Telegraph >>>

Destinations Information Competitors and Web Reputation

Destinations Information Competitors and Web Reputation: A Preliminary

Study

by Alessandro Inversini, Lorenzo Cantoni (University of Lugano) & Dimitrios

Buhalis (Bournemouth University)

a paper we are going to present at the

Journal of Information Technology and Tourism Workshop Series. Topic: Tourism, Search and the Internet 

Vienna, 13-14 November 2008, MODUL University & TEMPLE University 

see the full program in PDF format >>>

RealScoop

it claims to be able to rate the believability of statements made by celebrities, athletes and politicians. to be seen/listen to >>> (of course, in beta...)

inaugurazione dell'anno formativo I.Re.F. da non perdere!

R.S.V.P. Segreteria di Presidenza, tel. + 39 02 67507402, Fax +39 0 66711701 segreteria.presidenza@irefonline.it

Questions for Google on Its In-Game Ad Play

from ClickZ >>>

Online Educa News

worth a visit >>>

Army Experience Center

in Philadelphia >>>

mindmeister

nice tool >>

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM)

the new issue is available >>>

i2010 - A European Information Society for growth and employment

i2010 is the EU policy framework for the information society and media. It promotes the positive contribution that information and communication technologies (ICT) can make to the economy, society and personal quality of life.
just published >>>

State of the Blogosphere / 2008

from technorati >>>

7 Things You Should Know About...

for those who don't know it, a very nice initiative by EDUCAUSE >>>

Using Twitter as an Education Tool

By Ron Jones, Search Engine Watch >>>

Google Receive 71 Percent of U.S. Searches in August 2008

from Hitwise >>>

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)

it has just published its latest issue >>>

Google's Evolving Algorithm

on clickz >>>

Stanford Engineering Everywhere

an online portal offering ten courses from Stanford’s School of Engineering— including the three-course introductory sequence in Computer Science— free of charge >>>

NASA for schools

worth a visit >>>

Education & Information Technology Digital Library (EdITLib)

just in case you haven't yet bookmarked it >>>

terrorism & the internet

i've hosted a seminar by dr. Marc Sageman, author of Leaderless Jihad. Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century; the event has been organized in collaboration with the US Embassy in Bern.

Red-Ink doctoral Scool in Tesserete

just finished a great seminar:

Red-Ink website (with the seminar program) >>>

Red-Ink blog >>>

Pictures from the seminar (built using Animoto, a nice tool)

Government 2.0 and Beyond: Harnessing Collective Intelligence

September 19, 2008: “Government 2.0 and Beyond: Harnessing Collective Intelligence” Attendees at this half-day event will explore the social implications and the impact of globalization of the web as a platform rather than an application. This paradigm shift,
referred to as “Web 2.0,” enables us to leverage customer self-service and data management to access the entire web

it is possible to participate online: >>>

Run by IRM. Since 1988, the Information Resources Management (IRM) College has served as the Federal Government’s primary education provider for information-driven initiatives, delivering customized educational experiences to current and future information leaders. Today, the IRM College is the largest component of National Defense University and is internationally recognized as the institution of choice to develop leaders for an interconnected, dynamic world. The faculty and staff are committed to building on past successes and to harnessing the power of information for the 21st Century through education, global partnerships, and collaboration. 

master in Intercultural Communication

i've just finished a one and half day module on ICT and intercultural communication. participants published an interesting blog >>>

Evaluating eLearning in Higher Education

Stockholm (SE), September 2008 – A report on evaluating eLearning in higher education titled ELearning: aspects and criteria for the evaluation of eLearning in higher education has been published by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education (HSV).

(in pdf format) >>>

US Election 2008 Web Monitor

an interesting tool >>>

Google Chrome

just tried the new Google browser >>>

ponti per la pace !

la brochure del progetto (in pdf) >>>

Building the Web 2.0 Enterprise

McKinsey Global Survey Results >>>

International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning" - iJAC

the first issue is now available online, with an article by Chiara Succi & Lorenzo Cantoni,
A Map of eLearning Acceptance (MeLA) and a Corporate eLearning Readiness Index (CeLeRI), pp. 39-47 >>>

google starts Knol (of course, in beta version...)

A knol is an authoritative article about a specific topic (see my first approximation to eLearning, and eTourism is coming soon) >>>

Travel Ad Report: Which Brands Rule When It's Time to Relax?

By Kate Kaye, The ClickZ Network >>>

the "dieta" eLab, on the Lido di Lugano (lake of Lugano)

quite well performing for "eTourism"

today my blog ranks quite well on google for eTourism & e-Tourism (see image #1).
if HL is set to "it" it ranks #1 for eTourism on google.ch / google.de / google.co.uk and #2 on google.it (see images #2-5)

Advice, Guidelines, and Effective Practice from Around the Globe

a book >>>

Google launches a 3D world: Lively.com

see the NewMinE room (the avatar is myself)

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM)

the new issue is available >>>

Anatomy of a Great Online Media Plan

By Harry Gold, The ClickZ Network >>>

Is the Web still the Web?

by Neil McAllister >>>

battle lessons

an interesting article by Dan Baum on The New Yorker (January 17, 2005) >>>

The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

the new issue is online >>>

TOC.tv

worth a visit >>>

Launching Multicultural Media Campaigns

on ClickZ >>>

Travel Trends: How Consumer Search Behavior is Changing

a report from Hitwise >>>

Dottorato di Ricerca In Istituzioni, Amministrazioni e Politiche Regionali

è stato pubblicato il bando per l'a.a. 2008-09, con 6 posti (3 con borsa e tre senza). cfr. il documento pdf, a p. 28 >>>

Top Social Networking Sites in May 2008

on ClickZ >>>

ponti per la pace / bridges x peace

un progetto molto interessante in cui sono coinvolto / a very interesting project, in which i got involved >>>

myself and my flowers at home

on SmallWorlds >>>

un fascicolo da non perdere !

Cristianità, 345 (2008), tutto dedicato agli affreschi di Ambrogio Lorenzetti sul Buon Governo, con due miei testi:

Il «Buon Governo». Una lettura (pp. 16-18), e la recensione di Alois Riklin, La Summa Politica di Ambrogio Lorenzetti, trad. it., Betti Editrice e Armando Dadò editore, Siena e Locarno (Svizzera) 2000 >>>

e la riproduzione completa dei pannelli di una mostra di grande interesse >>>

Analyzing the Online Video Puzzle

By Todd Krieger, The ClickZ Network >>>

How Three Brands Got Smart About Social Media

By Anna Maria Virzi, The ClickZ Network >>>

working hard for eTourism...

visiting Prince Albert II, the new Silversea Ship in London >>>

A Primer on Social Media Marketing Components and Tactics

By Harry Gold, on The ClickZ Network >>>

Enigma Helvetia, il racconto

an application done by TEC-Lab >>>

eLearning nelle pubbliche amministrazioni

i lucidi dell'intervento al seminario OsLab >>>

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intervista su "Pensare e comunicare"

per TeleTicino e Caritas Insieme TV >>>

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)

the new issue is online >>>

mass career customization

worth a try >>>

eLearning in a hairdresser's salon

worth a try >>>

educause, 2008 Horizon Report

from Educause >>>

Second Life in Education

an interesting wiki >>>

MIT Visualizing Cultures

The VC mission is to use new technology and hitherto largely inaccessible visual materials to reconstruct the past as people of the time visualized the world (or imagined it to be).Topical units to date focus on Japan in the modern world. Units in development extend to early-modern and modern China. The thrust of these explorations extends beyond Asia per se, however, to address "culture" in much broader ways—cultures of modernization, war and peace, consumerism, images of "Self" and "Others," and so on >>>

pensare e comunicare è libro del mese...

dell'Ufficio Nazionale delle Comunicazioni Sociali della CEI - Conferenza Episcopale Italiana >>>

UNCTAD e-Tourism Initiative

to be studied >>>

web 2.0 travel tools

a blog worth a visit >>>

66% of American users believe that...

eTourism web sites provide better services than travel agents! >>>

palabea

As an international community, palabea connects people who share the same interests in learning languages and in discovering different cultures >>>

EPA casts a web of training

on Government Computer News >>>

Adult workers have a lot to learn online

on FT.com >>>

3rd International scil Congress, 22-23 May 2008

the SCIL - Swiss Centre for Innovations in Learning of the University of S. Gallen, 2008 Conference is coming! >>>

NBC News launches iCue

a Learning and Social Networking Site >>>

Matures 62+ On The Internet: An Overlooked Audience

by Focalyst >>>

l'auto più bella sul web

una rilevazione di expertsystem (in pdf) >>>

Degrees in the Past

on ClickZ >>>

Nielsen Launches Group to Help Manage Online Reputations

on ClickZ >>>

Educazione mediale: linee di ricerca multidisciplinare

intervengo al 1° Congresso Nazionale della SIREM – Società Italiana di Ricerca sull’Educazione Mediale >>>

Il mondo digitale

domani intervengo a questa bella iniziativa della Scuola cantonale di commercio >>>

Church Communications Through Diocesan Websites. A model of Analysis

by Dani Arasa >>>

about the future

on the eNews, April 2008, by EFMD:
The future of work – How will the workplace look in 2018? >>>
The future of learning >>>

Bayes Swarm

worth a visit >>>

Engelbart's Usability Dilemma: Efficiency vs Ease-of-Use

Doug Engelbart developed a 5-finger keyboard with keys like a piano, used by one hand...but it was very difficult to learn, by Richard Monson-Haefel, on web2.0 journal >>>

Old tech skills again in demand

Mainframe computing jobs vacant as the Baby Boomers who set up systems begin retiring with few educated to fill the spots, by Wailin Wong, on ChicagoTribune.com >>>

online TEC-CH

da non perdere!

La Divina Commedia l'Opera >>>