Kindle 2: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation)

it's coming >>>

Appello al Presidente della Repubblica per salvare la vita di Eluana Englaro

l'ho firmato >>>

KFPE

i just became a member of the KFPE >>>

KFPE is dedicated to promoting research partnerships with developing and transition countries. In this way, it wishes to contribute to sustainable development.
KFPE is engaged in Swiss scientific policies and is committed to promoting the interests of researchers and their affiliated institutions on both a national and international level. It furthers development-oriented research and elaborates research-strategic concepts. In this context, it ascertains that partnership principles are followed, that the quality of research is assured, and that the interests of all partners are respected.

the new webatelier.net website is online!

of course, in beta ;-)) >>>

Top Social Networking Sites in December 2008

on ClickZ >>>

International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning

the new issue is online >>>

eXperimental Guestroom (X-Room)

worth a visit >>>

New Media Trend Watch

by the European Travel Commission >>>

Virgin: the world's best passenger complaint letter?

the power of pictures and internet in tourism
on the Telegraph >>>
on FOXNews >>>

'Little’s Britain': Mobile revelations

(Checkpoint eLearning) London (UK), January 2009 - (by Bob Little) Kris Swanson, of Merrill Lynch, has revealed that the company has some 60,000 employees and, of these, some 21,000 have BlackBerry mobile devices. Of these, some 6,000 have been given access to mobile learning materials and, to date, there are some 2,000 regular users of this mobile learning material. That means that some 9.5 per cent of those with access to the delivery technology for mobile learning are using it >>>

Hal Varian on how the Web challenges managers

Varian spoke with McKinsey’s James Manyika, a director in the San Francisco office, in Napa, California, in October 2008 >>>

working hard for eTourism @ ENTER09 on the Odessa boat

Red-ink Open Educational Resources

a must >>>
also in MERLOT >>>

The red-ink doctoral school is committed to enhacing the quality of higher education in digital technologies for education. To this purpose, red-ink releases part of the content developed for its doctoral students as Open Educational Resources. There high-quality educational resources are packaged as SCORM 1.2 packages and are under a Creative Commons licence. A Paradigm

Change (historical part)
This module offers readings and activities for understanding the historical development of eLearning in higher education, under the escort of prof. Otto Peters from Fern-Universität Hagen (Germany).

Teaching, Learning & the Knowledge Society
This module presents two activities for understanding the transformation of the roles of teacher and student in the knowledge society, under the escort of prof. Otto Peters from Fern-Universität Hagen (Germany).

Future devices / Future computing
In this module we try to move forward, and think of the future of technologies in education – how will they evolve? What changes will they bring about? To do this, we will follow the guidance of Prof. Hermann Maurer, of the Technical University in Graz, Austria.

Philosophical Concerns
In this module we turn to the anthropological implications of the continuous and fast progress in technology development in education. We will follow the line traced by prof. Hermann Maurer from the Technical University Graz.

Replacing Handwriting?!
Indeed, technologies are offering more and more new possibilities – how will they affect education in a few years from now? In this module we try to confront rather extreme and radical position - it is a good exercie to stretch out thought and think about the values in education.

New Technologies, New Relationships. Promoting a Culture of Respect, Dialogue and Friendship

to be read >>>
(in italian) >>>

a video done by my students of Educational Communication and eLearning

funny and cool

ENTER 2009 in Amsterdam

is approaching ! >>>

America's Army 3

it's coming >>>

Adults Outnumber Teens on Social Networks

on ClickZ >>>

InstaMapper

worth a try (i don't give you my code... my wife has it) >>>

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM)*

the new issue is available >>>

Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches

From The Sunday Times >>>

TripIt

worth a try >>>

mediamorphosis gadget

>>>

list.it

list.it, the Latitudinal Information Scrap Trapper that Indexes Things - is a small, simple note-keeping tool for solving a big, complex task -- helping you manage the tons of little information bits you need to keep track of each day. list.it does this by focusing on speed and simplicity. We have gotten rid of everything except a way to get things in and out quickly, so that you can get things out of your head and somewhere you can access easily any time >>>

ζώον λογικόν. Un itinerario tra comunicazione ed educazione

L. Cantoni, ζώον λογικόν. Un itinerario tra comunicazione ed educazione, in P. Zoccatelli & I. Cantoni (eds.), A maggior gloria di Dio, anche sociale. Scritti in onore di Giovanni Cantoni nel suo settantesimo compleanno, Cantagalli, Siena 2008, pp. 55-68 >>>

The World's Transportation Commission Photograph Collection

not to be missed! >>>

2006 simulation of Fessenden's Christmas eve broadcast

happened exactly 102 years ago (24th Dec. 1906): the first radio broadcast as we know it >>>

worth to be listen.

Is Twitter the Next Second Life?

By Sean Carton, ClickZ >>>

p.s.: don't miss the parody...

buon Natale! Merry Christmas!

Bartolo Di Fredi (b. ca. 1330, Siena, d. ca. 1410, Siena)
The Adoration of the Magi
1385-88
Tempera on panel, 195 x 163 cm
Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena

Live 3D Teleconferencing

by the USC Institute for Creative Technologies >>>

Audience Measurement: Five Media Factors to Consider

by Heidi Cohen, on ClickZ >>>

RED-INK: Educating through technology

RED-INK: Educating through technology   The RED-INK (Rethinking EDucation IN the Knowledge society) doctoral school is committed to unravelling issues related to the introduction, management and impact of educational and eLearning technologies in a Knowledge Society. Funded by ProDoc, a programme of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), RED-INK brings together three research centres from three Swiss universities, including the New Media in Education Laboratory (NewMinE Lab) of the Faculty of Communication Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana, USI, which acts as leading house. Download the entire project (in English).

La scuola dottorale RED-INK (Rethinking EDucation IN the Knowledge society) si prefigge di comprendere le problematiche legate all’introduzione, alla gestione e all’impatto delle tecnologie formative e dell’eLearning nel contesto della società della conoscenza. Finanziata dal programma ProDoc del Fondo nazionale svizzero per la ricerca scientifica (FNS), RED-INK riunisce tre centri di ricerca di tre università svizzere, tra cui il New Media in Education Laboratory (NewMinE Lab) della Facoltà di scienze della comunicazione dell’USI di Lugano (Leading-house). Scarica la scheda completa del progetto (in italiano).

Pinocchio e la pubblica amministrazione

il video di un mio intervento sul tema >>>

nell'ambito dell'Inaugurazione dell'anno formativo 2009 dell'I.Re.F. - Istituto Regionale lombardo di Formazione per l'amministrazione pubblica >>>

project MELISSA - Measuring E-Learning Impact in primary Schools in South African disadvantaged areas

a new great project on ICT4D, with Doctoral and Post-Doctoral research opportunities >>>

corso di Alta Formazione per decisori pubblici “Politiche pubbliche e formazione. Processi decisionali e strategie"

promosso da ASERI - Alta Scuola di Economia e Relazioni Internazionali, dell'Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano (sono tra i docenti) >>>

AACE Career Center

19 interesting jobs available on the Career Center of the Association for the Anvancement of Computing in Education >>>

Cyberchondria: Studies of the Escalation of Medical Concerns in Web Search

a research by Microsoft >>>

The Digital Youth Project

the final report now online >>>

Latest ENTER09 programme availaible

The 16th International Conference on Information Technology and Travel & Tourism

IFITT's Global Travel & Tourism Technology and eBusiness Forum

January 28th – 30th, 2009, RAI Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands (in PDF) >>>

two papers presented by webatelier.net people:

> From paradigmatic to syntagmatic communities: a socio-semiotic approach to the evolution pattern of online travel communities, Lorenzo Cantoni, Stefano Tardini, Alessandro Inversini, Elena Marchiori

> Cultural Destination Usability. The Case of Visit Bath, Alessandro Inversini, Lorenzo Cantoni

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)

the new issue is online >>>

iPhone 2.2 Launches, Adds Podcast Downloader and Street View

on wired >>>

Delver

to be tried >>>

teletrust

nice game, you can customize >>>

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 >>>