In my last post about the “I am Online” feature I mentioned at the end that I think the status of being online equals the fact that I am available for a free chat.
This has something to do with the Lord of the Rings, kind of.
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As you all might know, @web20classroom, @tomwhitby and @shellterrell the three founders of #Edchat where characters on the #140conf in Los Angeles.
Here are three short interviews with them after the conference.
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Yesterday I had the delight to talk to Duane Sider, Director of Learning at Rosetta Stone for my first interview of this blog. I want to offer a series of interviews with the “grown up” companies in the online education sector in the coming months to share their point of view and ideas of the [...]

Seems like a big question but I think the answer is rather simple: show them the benefits and risks of web 2.0.
In Germany we have a big discussion about so called “Killer Spiele – Killer Games” as our conservative political parties see the reason for the killing sprees we had at a couple of schools [...]

The language learning community Babbel receives 1 Million Euro Funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the State of Berlin. There will also be an investment of 200.000 Euro from the Babbel Team in their company. That’s what I call dedication to your project! Chapeau.
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Let me give you some thoughts on this feature that comes up once in a while. Sometimes it is called “Learn Now” or “I am Online” or “Instant Question”.
The idea behind it is that a student enters an educational webpage and there he / she will find teachers who are instantly available to teach a [...]

I think this is going to be another great resource for edupreneurs to add to their list. eduFire launched a new subdomain blog http://videos.edufire.com where you can find a selection of recording from eduFire classes.
What makes this so interesting that I write a blog post about it? Easy: the new eduFire business channel. You find [...]

One of my favourite providers for free drag and drop building websites Weebly.com has now an extra offer for teachers!
I already recommended Weebly on the E-Teachers Academy because of its simplicity and the great choice of features.
The educational features include

Easily create a classroom website & blog
Manage your students’ accounts
Accept homework assignments online
Keep your parents up [...]

Pearson and Livemocha have been awarded the ESU (English Speaking Union) President’s Award 2009 for their recently launched Active English Course.
And for all of you who don’t know who the English Speaking Union’s President is: he is no other than Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
The ESU President’s Award was inaugurated in 2003 at the request [...]

Though the title of the post might tell you something different, Learnissimo.com is not new on the market. They started their service around the same time as Myngle and eduFire, so about two years ago.
First it was based on a marketplace model, teachers set their own prices and times. But from the beginning on there [...]