E-Live and Well - E-learning. Quote: "Will this type of live e-learning help make the new end-user population happy with e-learning when it gets rolled out? McCormick thinks it stands a good chance. 'Given a choice, they do prefer social contact,' she said"

Comment: via LTSeek. [Serious Instructional Technology]

Useful case study on e-learning implementation and evolution at the IRS. Particularly valuable because it highlights how to design from the user in, with some cautions about understanding the differences between early adopters and later users of e-learning

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designSHOP - Instructional Design Resources. via Jay Cross' weblog. Gives you a bit of a seizure to look at the page, but there's solid gold in them thar' hills. [Serious Instructional Technology]

Looks like a solid resource for incorporating the web into course design and delivery.

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How to Eat a Dead Cow. Both before and after September 11, there were no shortage of stories about modern news reporting. What many people fail to realize is that we don't need more steaks, we need more dead cows. [kuro5hin.org]

Interesting thought piece on how to think about and strike a balance between digging for your own answers vs. deciding to rely on someone else's version of the truth.

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In ACM Crossroads: We Have the Information You Want, But Getting It Will Cost You: Being Held Hostage by Information Overload

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