everything ready for ENTER2010 ! / tutto pronto per ENTER2010 !

here is the final program: 10-12 February 2010 (in pdf), waiting for you !

questo è il programma dello Swiss Day, in lingua italiana, giovedì 11 febbraio 2010 (in pdf), vi aspetto !

SQUARE il nuovo magazine dell'Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano)

da leggere! (la storia centrale è dedicata all'eTourism) >>>

China's online travel market booming

on the Sidney Morning Herald >>>

Canadians Searching for Winter Escapes

on Hitwise >>>

citations in EDMEDIA

a very interesting visualization of who's who in eLearning from the EDMEDIA Conference perspective (I'm ranked 17th among the most prolific authors...) >>>

Toyota crisis communication... (for me is also just crisis, owning an IQ...)

Toyota USA

Toyota Europe

Toyota Italia (molto deludente): solo un testo in fondo alla home page: "Toyota informa.
In merito alla notizia riguardante possibili inconvenienti al pedale acceletarore di alcuni modelli Toyota, vi informiamo che per chiarimenti è possibile rivolgersi al numero verde 800-869682 del Servizio Clienti, dal lunedì al venerdì dalle ore 8.30 alle ore 19.00." E sabato e domenica?

Toyota Svizzera è mille volte meglio: non potevano copiare?

a new article

Alessandro Inversini, Lorenzo Cantoni & Dimitrios Buhalis, Destinations’ Information Competition and Web Reputation, «itt – Journal of information technology & tourism», 11 (2009), pp. 221-234

USA Congress Enacts Digital Promise

Congress has authorized a major new research center, the National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies, that will bring the same focused, sustained research funding to technology and learning that the federal government has funded for years in technology for health care at the National Institutes of Health and technology for energy at the Department of Energy >>>

Message of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for the 44Th World Communications Day

The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word

Messaggio del Santo Padre Benedetto XVI per la XLIV Giornata Mondiale delle Comunicazioni Sociali
Il sacerdote e la pastorale nel mondo digitale: i nuovi media al servizio della Parola

just published !

Daniel Arasa, Lorenzo Cantoni & Lucio A. Ruiz (Eds.), Religious Internet Communication. Facts, Trends and Experiences in the Catholic Church, EDUSC, Rome 2010, pp. 252, eu. 20.00

can be bought online here

Why Google Wasn't Winning in China Anyway

on AdvertisingAge >>>

Booking a holiday: online or travel agent?

on BrisbaneTimes >>>

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009

View more documents from Jane Hart.

Profili professionali nell’eLearning

Lorenzo Cantoni, Profili professionali nell’eLearning, «REM - Ricerche su Educazione e Media», 1/1 (2009), pp. 77-84

la ricerca PICTURE (Priests’ ICT Use in their Re­ligious Experience) su Avvenire

Avvenire, 8 gennaio 2010, p. 21 >>>

Kurzweil Takes On Kindle With New E-Reader Platform Blio

Amazon sold more books in digital media than on paper this Christmas >>>

Merry Christmas and a great 2010!

Fra' Angelico, Adoration of the Magi (1433-34), Tempera on wood, Museo Diocesano, Cortona

Study: Email Still Top Content-Sharing Option

an interesting study by ShareThis >>>

CA.ll California Calling

between online and offline promotion >>>

Master in Technologies for Human Communication - Online communication and promotion (Enterprise projects)

Google Lit Trips

A Different Way to Read Great Literature!

This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more! >>>

ENTER2010 volunteers looking forward to welcoming you in Lugano !

Master in Technology Enhanced Communication for Cultural Heritage - eLearning class

Master in International Tourism - New Media in Tourism Communication

Cosa pensano i turisti? Lo scopri sul web

Lorenzo Cantoni, Christian Dedekind, Marco Faré, Elena Marchiori, Cosa pensano i turisti? Lo scopri sul web, Rivista del Turismo, 4|09: 38-43

Key Trends in the European Online Travel Market

on PhoCusWright >>>

The Internet and the Web

L. Cantoni & S. Tardini, The Internet and the Web, in D. Albertazzi & P. Cobley (eds), The media. An introduction, 3rd ed., Pearson, Harlow 2009, pp. 220-232.

Computer History Museum

the website >>>

Google real-time search

on Google blog >>>

World Travel Awards 2009

the winners are online >>>

Organizing the Chaos of Online Travel Tips

on the NYT >>>

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)

the new issue is online >>>

ENTER2010 early birds registration discount

the early birds registration discount for ENTER2010 - eTourism: Horizons will end tomorrow, Dec. 1st. don't loose time and money: register now !

Video: MIT’s Andrew McAfee on how Web 2.0 is changing the way we work

How Web 2.0 is changing the way we work: An interview with MIT’s Andrew McAfee
Web 2.0 technologies are changing the way companies do business. But can these tools help them achieve their goals?

on the Mckinsey Quarterly >>>

Checking in Hotel Web Design: 50 Cosy Hotel Websites and Trends

an interesting list >>>

Africa e Scienza

una mia intervista alla RSI - Rete 2 >>>

Tweeting no more?

on emarketer >>>

Digital technologies and learning: an open space

Barcelona, 10-11 December 2009
Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura La Salle
Universitat Ramon Llull

a keynote at the final workshop of the OIKODOMOS project >>>

E-Learning Supports European Customs in Fight Against Drug Traffickers

on OEB website >>>

Serious Games for Customs Officers from Caspian Learning on Vimeo.

PICTURE – Priests’ ICT Use in their Religious Experience

PICTURE – Priests’ ICT Use in their Religious Experience studies the usages of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and of the internet in particular, by the priests of Christian Catholic Church.

The Congregation for the Clergy of the Holy See has communicated interest and has endorsed this research project.

PICTURE is run by the NewMinE – New Media in Education Lab of the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI – Lugano, Switzerland) in collaboration with the School of Institutional Social Communications of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (PUSC – Rome, Italy).

Top 10 U.K. Search Terms by Category, October 2009

on ClickZ >>>

eLearning in Tourism and Hospitality: A Map

Cantoni, L., Kalbaska, N. & Inversini, A. (2009) eLearning in Tourism and Hospitality: A Map, «JoHLSTE – Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education», 8/2: 148-156 (DOI:10.3794/johlste.82.263)

Blog Rimini

a brand new Blog about Rimini, the popular Italian tourism destination (also in Italian: BlogRimini)

Travel Ad Impressions Up Nearly 30% in September

on ClickZ >>>

UNESCO OER wiki

an interesting resource >>>

5 New Technologies That Will Change Everything

On PCWorld >>>

Report: Top Keyword Price Nears $100 Per Click

on MediaPost >>>

KFPE annual Day in Lugano: online all the sessions

Live video by Ustream

RT @google: Tweets and updates and search

on the official Google blog >>>

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM)

the new issue is online >>>

KAYAK Trends

Where are people trying to go, and where are they looking to stay? Find the latest KAYAK search trends for travel to or from nearly any commercial airport in the world and for the most searched hotels in popular destinations. Data from hundreds of millions of searches over the past 12 months on KAYAK site >>>

Brands Seek Fans on Facebook

on adweek >>>

Lufthansa MySkyStatus

While you're in the air, MySkyStatus sends altitude, location, departure and arrival updates automatically to your Facebook and Twitter pages >>>

Two-Year Study of Global Internet Traffic Will Be Presented At NANOG47

by Arbor Networks, the University of Michigan and Merit Network >>>

Generation Y, Digital Learners and Other Dangerous Things

Journal of technology, culture, and education
Call for Special Issue

Generation Y, Digital Learners and Other Dangerous Things

edited by Lorenzo Cantoni & Stefano Tardini

download the call (in pdf) >>>

Formazione: da Asfor il wiki glossario per "Le parole dell'e-Learning"

Milano, 12 ott. - (Adnkronos/Labitalia) - Per capite tutti i termini della formazione on line e a distanza arriva il 'wiki' "Le parole dell'e-Learning" (www.glossarioelearning.net), il glossario dell'e-Learning che ASFOR, Associazione Italiana per la Formazione Manageriale, ha sviluppato con il contributo scientifico di SIe-L Societa' Italiana di eLearning e con il supporto tecnologico del Centro METID del Politecnico di Milano >>>

Obama against freedom of press?!

Appropriate Attacks on the Press? on Fox >>>

A systematic methodology to use LEGO bricks in web communication design

Cantoni, L., Marchiori, E., Faré, M., Botturi, L., and Bolchini, D. 2009. A systematic methodology to use LEGO bricks in web communication design. In Proceedings of the 27th ACM international Conference on Design of Communication (Bloomington, Indiana, USA, October 05 - 07, 2009). SIGDOC '09. ACM, New York, NY, 187-192. 
DOI= http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1621995.1622032

La ricerca scientifica per un mondo migliore

an important meeting @ USI, hosted by the NewMinE Lab (a pdf document) >>>

two new PhD positions available!

a great call! >>>

La FOSIT incontra le istituzioni universitarie del Ticino

23 ottobre 2009 ore 17.00 – 19.00
Auditorium
Università della Svizzera italiana >>>

Diigo

just tried >>>

No Reservations: The Rise of The Nontransactional Travel Web Site

from PhoCusWright >>>

La comunicazione online e le sfide per i professionisti del turismo

La comunicazione online e le sfide per i professionisti del turismo

Lugano, 11 febbraio 2010.

Swiss Day della Conferenza internazionale ENTER2010 - eTourism: Horizons.

un grande programma!

two new domains in eTourism

www.etourism.travel and www.e-tourism.travel, to be visited and linked!

Google vs Google Caffeine ranking

an interesting tool >>>

The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Vol 10, No 4 (2009): Trends and Issues in Open and Distance Learning in Africa

KFPE annual Day in Lugano: the online channel is live

the event will be broadcast live from this url >>>

Google does not use the keywords meta tag in web ranking

from the Official Google Webmaster Central Blog >>>

webatelier.net Join Us Project

FilterStream

FilterStream is a free tool that streams qualified TripAdvisor reviews to a hotel's website. The filter feature ensures only reviews above a certain rating are displayed >>>

The Dirty Little Secret About the "Wisdom of the Crowds" - There is No Crowd

worth reading >>>

From Research to Development - Mutual Learning for Change

The Annual Conference of the KFPE in collaboration with NewMinE of the University of Lugano
23 October 2009, at the University of Lugano (12:00 - 16:00)
the flyer is now available (in pdf) !

GenY revisited

GenY revisited

View more presentations from lorenzocantoni.

la mia pesentazione al convegno nazionale della SIe-L >>>
la presentazione della collega Gráinne Conole >>>

Technology integration and adoption in education and the community

the latest issue of International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology >>>

African universities 'face fresh Internet challenges'

Digital resources for research: a review of access and use in African universities, a report by Jonathan Harle, programme officer for the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) >>>

Deadline for ENTER paper extended to 30th September

Deadline for ENTER2010 extended to the 30th September 2009 >>>

Twitter's New Terms of Service

an overview on the Twitter blog >>>

Facebook lite

worth a try >>>

IPID The International Network for PG Students in ICT4D

attending the 4th annual conference >>>

Bus Based Learning

on the Masie website >>>

Workshop “Ticino. Terra di ciclismo”

Venerdì, 4 settembre 2009, ore 14.30 – 18.00
Locarno, sede Società Elettrica Sopracenerina, Piazza Grande 5
Intervengo a questo seminario, presentando una breve Guida pratica alla promozione online. Un esempio nel settore turistico che potete scaricare gratuitamente qui >>>
il programma del workshop (in pdf) >>>

ENTER2010 - eTourism: Horizons

a must (in PDF) >>>

AFASI - associazione per la formazione aziendale nella svizzera italiana

intervengo a questa giornata con un workshop su Formazione tecnologica: aiuto o intralcio nella formazione aziendale? >>>

American Express Business Travel unveils virtual meetings solution

on AMEX website >>>

The Pegasus View

Pegasus Solutions, the world’s largest single processor of electronic hotel transactions, is launching a free monthly hospitality industry trends report called The Pegasus View, derived from its vast “vault” of hotel booking data >>>

Essay: Dumb-dumb bullets

As a decision-making aid, PowerPoint is a poor tool
By T.X. Hammes
on the AFJ - Armed Forces Journal >>>

Destination promoters wanting to attract mainland Chinese travelers should advertise on the internet

Destination promoters wanting to attract mainland Chinese travelers should advertise on the internet, the GO-TO information source for Chinese travelers:Nielsen >>>

two reports by Market Metrix

Hotels acknowledge growing impact of user reviews, but unsure how to respond >>>
Handling Online Reviews – Best Practices >>>

NewMinE Lab manifesto, ver. 1.0 !

Einführung von E-Learning in die medizinische Fortbildung. Die Verbreitung von eCME in Europa und in den USA

L. Bachmann, L. Cantoni, J. Coyne & E. McLaughlin, Einführung von E-Learning in die medizinische Fortbildung. Die Verbreitung von eCME in Europa und in den USA, zeitschrift für e-learning. lernkultur und bildungstechnologie, 02/2009: 6-18

Rapid Prototyping Design ed eLab

il modello di fast prototyping dell'eLab - eLearning Laboratory di USI e SUPSI è ampiamente presentato e discusso in un volume appena uscito: Pier Giuseppe Rossi ed Elio Toppano, Progettare nella società della conoscenza, Carocci editore, Roma 2009, pp. 129-131 >>>

txteagle

There are over 2 billion literate, mobile phone subscribers in the developing world, many living on less than $5 a day.
Corporations pay people to accomplish millions of simple text-based tasks.
txteagle enables these tasks to be completed via text message by ordinary people around the globe >>>

The Traveler's Road to Decision

a study from Google and OTX >>>
a webinar:

Playful Holistic Support to HCI Requirements using LEGO Bricks

L. Cantoni, L. Botturi, M. Faré & D. Bolchini (2009), Playful Holistic Support to HCI Requirements
Using LEGO Bricks, in M. Kurosu (ed.), Human Centered Design, HCII 2009, LNCS 5619, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 844–853

HCI International 2009
19-24 July 09
Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, CA, USA

How Teenagers Consume Media

a report by Morgan Stanley:
- the story >>>
- the report itself (in pdf) >>>

Mastering Internet Marketing in 2009: Results of the 3rd Benchmark Survey on Hotel Internet Marketing

By the HeBS Team (in pdf) >>>

TripAdvisor warns of hotels posting fake reviews

from The Associated Press >>>

Hotel reservations keep OTAs alive, for now

on Hotelmarketing.com >>>

to distinguish between science and (politically correct) fiction...

Health outcomes of youth development programme in England: prospective matched comparison study, on BMJ.
worth a reading and a reflection >>>