tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62494286992666814612024-03-08T05:33:01.468-08:00SkillsFeedAgile eLearning and Rapid Career Development PlatformSkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-50030289530253416082007-03-04T02:16:00.000-08:002007-03-04T02:23:41.530-08:00Registration works againEverybody who tried to register to SkillsFeed in last few days knows that we had introduced a nasty bug during a minor change in SF platform code. The bug is squashed and registration works fine now.<br /><br />Sorry for inconvenience and thanks to Ender, Wad Dahec and Mark Vernon who notified us about this error.SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-21608170878283229482007-02-25T03:24:00.001-08:002007-02-25T03:29:43.439-08:00New lessons on SkillsFeedCheck out new lessons on SF!<br /><br />First series is "Flexible Insurance Systems" - based on Wolfgang Keller's presentations. You can find it on <a href="http://fast-ooad.skillsfeed.com/">Fast OOAD</a>.<br /><br />Second one is "Fundamentals of management" by Frank Mirabelli from Faculty of Business Administration on Lakehead University. The series is published on <a href="http://fast-manager.skillsfeed.com/">Fast Manager</a>.SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-68062898633006461522007-02-04T10:51:00.000-08:002007-02-04T11:08:08.823-08:00SkillsFeed community forum<a href="http://www.skillsfeed.com/forum/">SkillsFeed community forum</a> allows you to read SF <a href="http://www.skillsfeed.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=1">news and announcements</a>, <a href="http://www.skillsfeed.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=6">report bugs</a> or <a href="http://www.skillsfeed.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=5">request features</a>. You can also <a href="http://www.skillsfeed.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=7">ask for a help or offer your help</a> to other community members.SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-33451760431206805762007-01-01T14:11:00.000-08:002007-01-02T15:59:36.239-08:00UsabilityWe're aware SkillsFeed could be much more 'user friendly' than it is now. We've started some experiments in the "Teach" section, by adding lessons, questions and comments filtering.<br /><br />We are still looking for better ways to serve you. If you have any feature proposals, change requests or bug reports - please, feel free to send us an email.SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-85051738293900176712006-12-30T00:11:00.000-08:002006-12-30T02:27:40.331-08:00Clipmarks integrationWe've added support to another web based service. Using SkillsFeed bookmarklet you can contribute to a lesson <a href="http://clipmarks.com">Clipmarks</a> clip (as an embedded object). First lesson using this feature is <a href="http://fast-manager.skillsfeed.com/lesson/take/77_scrum-in-5-minutes">SCRUM in 5 minutes</a> - check it out!SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-8767617852875741542006-12-28T11:34:00.000-08:002006-12-30T02:28:52.019-08:00Some cleanup and ODEO supportWe've made some fixes to the SkillsFeed:<br /><ul><br /><li>author is not forced to join the lesson to have full access to it</li><br /><li>you can't rate your own lesson - we're sorry :)</li><br /><li><a href="http://www.slideshare.net">Slideshare</a> changed its layout, which caused problems with our bookmarklet - it's fixed now</li><br /><li>duplicated URL and EMBED submission using bookmarklet is detected and reported as an error</li><br /></ul><br /><br />Additionally, <a href="http://odeo.com">ODEO</a> is now supported by SkillsFeed bookmarklet. Contributing podcast as a lesson is very easy now!SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-67912904209168741792006-12-28T10:51:00.000-08:002006-12-30T02:29:34.488-08:00Express yourself!We've just updated the service. Now you can provide URLs to your <a href="http://www.flickr.com">Flickr</a> photo (100 x 100 pixels) and small logo (16 x 16 pixels).<br /><br />Your logo will be visible for example in lessons listings, discussion entries and lower positions of students and teachers rankings.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/37039192@N00/336440578/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/336440578_5933f65a84_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="SkillsFeed #1" /></a><br /><br />Your photo will show up on top positions of rankings and on your public profile page.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/37039192@N00/336443109/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/336443109_c6b2da8057_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="SkillsFeed #3" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/37039192@N00/336440580/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/160/336440580_cd67de5dc7_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="SkillsFeed #2" /></a>SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-51066258676575152542006-12-15T12:28:00.000-08:002006-12-15T12:34:38.541-08:00Members activity log and rankingsNew SkillsFeed features are available. Now you can see what's going on in SkillsFeed community - who has joined, what new lessons have been published and who learns what.<br /><br />Also, rankings of top authors, site owners and students are available for learning sites as well as for the whole SkillsFeed community.<br /><br />Check out <a href="http://www.skillsfeed.com/community">"Community"</a> menu!SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-54151787124534700552006-12-10T08:25:00.000-08:002006-12-10T08:46:30.157-08:00Better YouTube, Google Video and Slideshare integrationNew version of our service has been just released. Integration with YouTube, Google Video and Slideshare sites has been improved. Now, after using our bookmarklet, you get all needed fields filled in by the content of proper YT and SS fields (title, description, thumbnail, tags, embedded code). For GV movies only title, embedded code and thumbnail are automatically retrieved. Additionally, you have to join the lesson to watch the movie or presentation.SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-58704174246664352902006-12-03T10:47:00.000-08:002006-12-03T10:52:06.055-08:00External resources contributionBefore providing cooperation features we've released new version of SkillsFeed which allows you to contribute external educational content like YouTube or Google videos, SlideShare presentations or simply links to articles or websites related to your SF site. You can do it easily by using our bookmarklet (you'll find it on the right margin section of SkillsFeed pages).<br /><br />Invitations are almost ready and are coming soon.SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-75610261387673161912006-11-19T07:52:00.000-08:002006-11-19T07:56:56.197-08:00Work in progressWe're working on new SkillsFeed features. The most important one will be the ability to invite somebody else to contribute to your learning site. It will enable authors to cooperate on the learning content.<br /><br />Meanwhile we have authored small SkillsFeed <a href="http://tutorial.skillsfeed.com/lesson/preview/20_text-formatting-syntax">text markup syntax tutorial</a>.SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-26946732450536143732006-11-12T18:18:00.000-08:002006-11-13T11:37:19.382-08:00SkillsFeed launched!After a few weeks of delay we are proud to anounce that <a href="http://www.skillsfeed.com/">SkillsFeed</a> is ready to use. New content and features are coming soon. Stay in touch!SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-71573754143168942542006-11-05T04:57:00.000-08:002006-11-05T05:07:29.275-08:00Web 2.0 in school (part 2 and 3)<a href="http://www.solutionwatch.com/">Solution Watch</a> has published two new parts of the education related web apps:<br /><br />You can find them here:<br /><ol><br /><li><a href="http://www.solutionwatch.com/515/back-to-school-with-the-class-of-web-20-part-2/">Back to School - Part 2</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.solutionwatch.com/519/back-to-school-with-the-class-of-web-20-part-3/">Back to School - Part 3</a></li><br /></ol><br /><br />The most interesting site mentioned in part 3 is <a href="http://www.school2-0.org/">School 2.0</a>, which is something like "School 2.0 idea roadmap".<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/2677/762869714265952/1600/backtoschool_school20.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/2677/762869714265952/320/backtoschool_school20.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-23365986413359311842006-10-19T10:32:00.000-07:002006-10-19T10:40:09.841-07:00SkillsFeed almost completeAfter almost 3 weeks of intensive coding we're almost ready to go. Lesson questions and discussion feature is completed. Registration spam protection is tested and works fine, we decided to give up with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha">captcha</a> for a moment and just require email confirmation. Additionally a lot of minor bugs were fixed. The site navigation is still being redesigned - we feel that it is essential for the platform usability.SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-69707935000443374422006-10-04T06:08:00.000-07:002006-10-04T06:26:08.291-07:00Education related Web 2.0 apps<a href="http://www.solutionwatch.com/">Solution Watch</a> has posted a <a href="http://www.solutionwatch.com/512/back-to-school-with-the-class-of-web-20-part-1">list of web apps</a> supporting both learning and teaching.<br /><br />Especially interesting one is <a href="http://www.mindpicnic.com/">Mindpicnic</a>, which seems really <a href="http://www.skillsfeed.com/agile-learning.html">agile in form and spirit</a>. Nice work, <a href="http://www.stuhlmueller.info/">Andreas</a> - <a href="http://www.skillsfeed.com/">SkillsFeed</a> will join the pack this month!SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-85102865731478884582006-09-29T00:34:00.000-07:002006-09-29T01:09:41.968-07:00Project statusWe've received a lot of feedback regarding our upcoming service SkillsFeed.com. Thanks for all your support and ideas. We hope we'll be able to meet your expectations.<br /><br />We can't wait to hear your opinions about the platform, but give us some more time to finish things from our to-do list.<br /><br />Just to show you what is going on with the SkillsFeed project, here are the major tasks on which we are currently working:<br /><ul><li>lesson questions and discussion</li><li>registration spam / bot protection</li><li>site navigation (needs rework)</li></ul>Stay tuned and remember - your talents need recognition!SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-21041723870522497392006-09-24T07:28:00.000-07:002006-09-24T07:30:25.335-07:00SkillsFeed.com is coming soonAccording to the plans, the platform will be launched in the beginning of October 2006. Stay tuned and meanwhile - <a href="http://www.skillsfeed.com/">read more about the SkillsFeed.com</a>.SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6249428699266681461.post-52007894380601613462006-09-21T10:27:00.000-07:002006-09-21T10:28:32.895-07:00Agile Learning Manifesto<b>1. KNOWLEDGE MATTERS</b><br /><br />In most modern industries business results depend more and more on the knowledge of the employees. We, as knowledge workers, are an important source of competitive advantage. Our sharp minds, expertise and experience are essential for companies’ success.<br /><br /><b>2. ADAPT AND DEVELOP SKILLS FAST AND CONTINUOUSLY</b><br /><br />We understand the importance of self-improvement. The massive creation of new and rapid changes in existing markets, forces us to adapt and develop our skills rapidly and continually.<br /><br /><b>3. LEARN LEAN AND JUST-IN-TIME</b><br /><br />Our time and attention are limited and expensive resources, so we have to use them wisely. We need small bites of highly focused knowledge delivered when we want it and when we really need it.<br /><br /><b>4. COMMUNICATE AND PARTICIPATE TO ENHANCE SKILLS EXPONENTIALLY</b><br /><br />We believe that interaction, involvement, communication and the free exchange of ideas are key factors of efficient learning. We want to share our knowledge because it brings us more insight and helps the development of our skills.<br /><br /><b>5. TALENT NEEDS RECOGNITION</b><br /><br />We are proud of our skills and believe that excellence deserves recognition. We want to share our talent and accomplishments with our employers, colleagues and the community.SkillsFeed Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167202571057085346noreply@blogger.com0