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MARK YOUR CALENDAR... PADLA is pleased to announce that the 10th Annual Distance/e-Learning/m-Learning/Educational Technology Conference & Expo will be held on Friday, 11/16/12, at Temple University's beautiful Ambler Campus . Our keynote speaker will be, Jeanne Meister, Founding Partner of Future Workplace and co-author of " 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop, and Keep Tomorrow's Employees Today ". Also featured during this full-day event will be 15 presentations in 3 tracks, including our own Rich Cosgriff presenting on "Using Apple TV to Unleash the True Power of Mobile Teaching & Learning". View Complete Presentation Schedule The vendor expo and food are all included for only $100 (which includes a full year 2013 membership)! REGISTER NOW!

Watch this TED Talk video from one of Coursera's founders Daphne Koller to find the answers about this MOOC , for example... Universal free access to education Videos that pause and ask a questions Modularized content that does away with "one size fits all" Personalized tutoring and feedback Immediate help from peers across the globe

The Northeast E-Learning Consortium (NEC) will host its annual Fall Conference at Temple University on October 26, 2012. The conference is targeted to faculty, instructional technologists, and other staff who work in higher education institutions in the Philadelphia tri-state area and either use and/or support the use of technology in teaching and learning. It will provide an excellent opportunity for participants to collaborate with peers and share best practices and innovations on the use of technology to facilitate teaching and learning. Featured Speakers Lisa Johnson Nutter is President of Philadelphia Academies, Inc., a non-profit youth development organization that works in Philadelphia’s public high schools to provide career-based learning experiences that motivate young people to stay engaged in school and that create supportive networks for them in the real world. Lynda Weinman is cofounder and executive chair of lynda.com, one of the pioneering companies in online education...

Wireless or Wi-Fi connection is now becoming popular worldwide and you too can enjoy the benefits of having a Wi-Fi at home with Medialink Wireless N Router . The router is useful to everybody as it supports Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and 7 as well as Mac OS X and Linux. This will definitely be the wireless solution for everybody who are now into mobile devices that are capable of wireless connection. In addition, Medialink Wireless N Router comes in sleek and attractive contemporary design. If you buy Medialink Wireless N Router   for your home or office, you surely will love the benefits of enjoying internet connection anywhere in your house that is within reach of the router. You can enjoy browsing your favorite recipe while in the kitchen, browse for the latest greenhouse style while in your garden and a lot more. There will be no more messy wires visible and no more RJ 45 replacement is required. Medialink Wireless N Router Specifications Wireless Data Transfer Rate: 15...

Recently, Micromax launched a new solar phone named X259. It is the first green phone from Micromax Mobiles. Micromax X259 has been designed to charge its battery using solar energy. Micromax is ready to grab the market of rural areas of the country where power cuts are very high. Micromax X259 is a dual SIM handset with 2.4 inch display. Multimedia features of Micromax X259 include audio and video player and FM recording. Micromax X259 mobile is inbuilt with GPRS and Bluetooth. Micromax X259 mobile has a 1,000mAh battery. It offers 4-5 hours of talktime and 200 hours of standby time. Micromax X259 is very close to the smartphone. It is really an innovative and creative concept by Micromax to launch a solar phone. Micromax X259 is not the first handset which has been designed to charge solar energy. Vodafone has already launched VF 247 with solar powered energy. Samsung has also introduced a solar phone named Solar Guru E1107 with a price range of Rs. 2799. In the competitive market, M...

This inspirational closing keynote was by Salman Khan, founder of Khan Academy , another of Time's Top 100 most influential people . With over three million users per month, Khan Academy is transforming learning. He provided insight into its evolution, and how we can rethink education. Khan first made a name for himself by recording Youtube videos on mathematics for his cousin, which quickly went viral. As he says "No tutor would sit there and repeat the same thing 20 or 30 times but the videos let me do that without judgement." Khan has produced over 3300 videos covering a wide spectrum of academic subjects, mainly with a focus on mathematics and the sciences. He has attracted more than 355,000 subscribers. In the period of a few short months, he went from making videos in his closet to getting $2M from the Gates Foundation and $2M from Google. Khan videos are now available in multiple languages, even Mongolian - voice overs being produced by an army of dedicated vol...