In Groups Vs Networks: The Class Struggle Continues, Stephen Downes makes this statement about assessment: I want to change the system of assessment in schools because right now we have tests and things like that that are scrupulously fair, particularly distance learning where we outline the objectives the performance metrics and the outcomes and all of that. I want to scrap that system. I want testing to be done by at random by comments from your peers and other people and ... and learn. Not everything is accessible to everyone, but you don’t need to see every image or hear the audio ...

I’m liveblogging the webinar Growing in a Down Market with PBwiki. My comments are in italics. Presenter: Teo Mayes, CTO RMC Vanguard They used UStream for the audio, in addition to the typical phone line. I know I’m a little late to the party, but this is actually the first time I’ve used UStream. So far, so good! RMC Vanguard is a ... look at metrics for activity on the wiki? A: Right now, just a page counter on the home page. Not something that is ... checked the wiki?” Internally reinforces use of wiki informally. Q: Can you upload videos & audio? A: They ...

ZDNet Story, Media Metrics Press Release w/ more readable numbers) Check out those numbers. Those are big jumps over smartphones and quantum jumps over the general market. The piece that needs to be overlaid though, is market penetration and number of units sold...I think then that the chart reverses itself. So for content development's sake, looking down the numbers, I'd say there is an argument here for focusing on audio as a main component of phone-based content (I'm going to quit saying 'mobile' as a general term because who knows what that means anymore - PSP, iPod, cell ...

... considered rapid authoring tools but now are becoming THE authoring tools. Some lower-end, PPT + Audio tools will do well ... still won't be there.Prediction #6 => Metrics-Driven Performance and Learning InterventionsMy article coming out in January will spark discussion around what is actually a quite common model. And because it ties directly to metrics ...