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Hi awasthi_sudhir’s

I can see you point on the one hand but What is progress? are we measuring progress by the amount of electrical appliances we acquire?

das3d’s has hit the nail on the head with ‘Again, Its economy v/s our home “planet earth”’.

Just a quick reply, I agree with you Taniya. I often say flippantly that we (mankind) are “progressing to destruction”. Although i consider myself to be entrepreneurial and believe if you work hard you deserve your rewards. It would seem that the world and most government policies revolves around a business/economic model of living which in the end is becoming about greed. We need another way of measuring success, but its difficult to see how it can change. There is good going on in the world and i look forward to reading more posts especially from oLahav as i have not thought too deeply about the question (but i often have the we are ‘progressing to destruction’ thought).

fisherman will want to fish until no fish in the sea, loggers will log until no trees to log. the realization will only come when it is too late – do you not think? Perhaps they are right to do what they do, they have to survive! I shall think about the problem and come back with a solution – give me 10 mins :-)

Yes – this is good. another step along the way.

cheers Steve

Replying to hcraig , lecuck and csrd

personally i am happy for individual emails, but having the option of weekly or daily is obviously useful. i find it is a good way of making sure i deal with things rather than a daily digest. i can go through one by one. if you are involved in a lot maybe the emails might become to much, but as a community leader i think most definitely you want to know what is going on.

For some reason i cannot recall an email notification from hcraig or lechuck on this topic, but was drawn in by an email fron csrd. perhaps i missed you both to email overload :-).

I’ve made some brief comments over in Ning’s classroom 2.0 discussion. Just some quick observations from my perspective

1. Learnhub is very young and i get the vibe that there is a passion to build a great learning environment 2. Learnhub offers activities, which is a good thing, as it stimulates interest 3. I like the Ning interface and environment and i think it works well. I think also it is useful to have distinct seperate networks in Comparison i find the learnhub interface a bit too busy and although manageable at times i am slightly disorientated. Especially as Learnhub is offering many more options i think a very good idea to look at the interface design would be beneficial. Couple of ideas; 1) two featured users, just have one heading with users displayed vertically, same with featured lessons and then 2) have much clearer distinction between the different sections on the page. The two points tie in. For Adam and the team – you may not agree with my ideas, but i’d do some user evaluation on the interface and see what feedback you get. I think the interface will be an important part of your success.

Hi Nellie,

Enjoyed the link article – have not read it fully. There is obviously a place for well designed stand alone e-learning for independent study. My view is that to sustain engagement for online courses then synchronous online communication, for group learning and individual learning and support is the obvious answer. this goes against the grain of anytime, anywhere any place flexibility that is often deemed the dominant advantage for online or distance learning.

More thought should go into synchronous learning to improve motivation, emotional well being and keep the students focused. A synchronous learning element will definitely add to the learner experience, but i think at this stage for a lot of organisations it is too much extra work to think about, let alone implement.

Carefully thought through there will be solutions – if you want to maximize the learning.

discussion board replies need to be inserted immediately after the post. i think some kind of previewing subject titles would be good. it’s not quite as user friendly as it could be at the moment

moral of the story – read things thoroughly – i think probably you are aware of this and messages are setup slightly differently and hence you can’t spellcheck pleas ignore last post :-)

moral of the story – read things thoroughly – i think probably you are aware of this and messages are setup slightly differently and hence you can’t spellcheck pleas ignore last post :-)

firefox will do a spellcheck extension – i assume ie7 will do the same.

By the way – awesome feedback

Tests: Not keen on centralized text for question, Order of choices got changed around. No blank lines allowed in the explanation – looks like no whitespacing allowed

INTERFACE DESIGN – I WOULD DEFINITELY USE THE WORKSPACE DOUBLE NAVIGATION BAR AS THE BASIS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND HOME PAGE – adjust menus accordingly.

That would be SOLID and CONSISTENT (as an end user i want that, and so will others). Otherwise we have got 3 slightly different interfaces for each section. The workspace double navigation looks neat.

Suggestion: Interface design. i think you need to have much stronger delineation between the different part s of the website. I think peter mentioned before about trying to find an old post.

I honestly believe you need to look at this. it is in your own interests to make it clear and obvious where to go and what to do. The interface is ok, but I think if you take a long hard look at it, you will be able to improve the interface and make it more enjoyable for users.

I have not spent much time analysing, just my gut feeling – If i caome up with any ideas i’ll let you know

regards Steve

debates in graphic design

there is a mismatch between the home page and the debates page on who posted the initial debate. ‘lechuck’ on home, ‘adam’ on debates

Hi John and Nellie,

firstly i endorse Nellie’s comments. For me ning is the best learning network that i have worked with, thus far. You seem to have everything setup to match and exceed that so let’s hope you do. I have mentioned these points in the suggestions postings i think

A few things that i like on ning and would be disappointed if not repeated at learnhub are

RSS feeds in and out Easy connection to youtube videos, other video and audio files. Email notifications of activities that are going on

I hope to start uploading and working more within the community next week – so hopefully more ideas and suggestions will flow soon

Hi Lechuck

can we import youtube videos Steve