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Hartmut Buettner @ June 18, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Finally, the International Management Blog is on Twitter[1] in English and German. It took quite some time until I joined. However, now I don’t like to miss it.
I will provide international business news focusing on Asia-Pacific and links to interesting and useful web resources through Twitter.
Twitter makes it easy to write short messages with a [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ June 1, 2009 # No Comment Yet
With the World Clock Meeting Planner at time and date.com it is easy to call someone far away, to arrange a video conference, telephone- or net-based meeting with several people spread around the globe.
The World Clock Meeting Planner helps you find a convenient time, so that no one has to be up during the [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ September 12, 2008 # No Comment Yet
One option to organize a free online conference for up to three participants is Elluminate’s free “vRoom”. The free “vRooms” a based on Elluminate’s Enterprise Edition(TM) and offer many interactive features, such as:
Two-way audio
Shared interactive whiteboard
Direct messaging
Application sharing
File transfer
Synchronized web tour
Interactive quiz and survey
Moderator tools
Live webcam
Breakout rooms
Emotion and activity indicators
You can use your free “vRoom” [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ April 24, 2008 # 3 Comments
It is possible to integrate Google Apps services into the free Moodle eLearning course management system with the help of Moodle GApps. This allows Moodle administrators to manage Google Apps accounts within Moodle and all the Moodle users will be able to access Google Apps services within Moodle.
Moodle GApps can be downloaded from SourceForge [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ April 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Covcell Project (Cohort-Oriented Virtual Campus for Effective Language Learning) worked in the field of language learning and teaching online and of open software development in education. The project was funded by the European Union with partners from Iceland, Germany, Italy and the Basque Country in Spain.
They used Moodle as Learning Management System and developed [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ April 16, 2008 # One Comment
The Sputnic project (January to December 2007) stands for “Seminars Promoting the Use of Technologies for Networking and International Collaboration” and was supported by the European Commission under the Socrates, Accompanying Measures Programme.
The Sputnic website aims to raise awareness about the beneficial impact of implementing new educational technologies that enhance international networking and collaboration [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ April 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
LAW 1: No major project is ever completed on time, within budget, with the same staff that started it, nor does the project do what it is supposed to do. It is highly unlikely that yours will be the first.
The benefits will be smaller than initially estimated, if estimates were made at all.
The system [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ April 13, 2008 # One Comment
There are a lot of different project management software solutions available. A short list can be found on Wikipedia. When I found AceProject, a web-based software, I sign on the demo account and played around. It seems to offers a nice variety of features (e.g. time tracking, Gantt charts, calendars and document management) but [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ April 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Maybe like many other people, I thought blogging is a waste of time. But finally Myriam and Toby, my fellow student at the Net-Trainers Course taught me how it can be used for learning and networking.
My interest developed when Myriam draw my attention to Tony Karrer’s article „Learning and Networking With Blogs“ on LearningCircuits [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ April 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I came across Mind42 by incident today. It is a collaborative browser-based online mind mapping tool. Nevertheless it behaves like desktop software, so far nothing really special.
What makes it special is that it allows working together simultaneously on the same mind map from different locations over the web. Every participant of the mind mapping session [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ April 9, 2008 # 2 Comments
Welcome to my new born blog!
First of all, I have to thank my Net-Trainers tutors and fellow students for motivating me to start my own blog. My special thanks go to Myriam (France) for her patience to explain the possibilities and options of blogging to me. Furthermore, special thanks go to Toby (Great Britain) for [...]