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Re: At the Dawn of a new Decade

ChrisN — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:33:39 -0000

and a winner, of course!
More power to your elbow!

Re: At the Dawn of a new Decade

ChrisN — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:49:22 -0000

Kirsten, you are fast becoming a legend in your own lifetime, but seem to be disappearing under a mountain of toolbars, links and widgets. I hope we won't lose sight of you altogether, 'cos I rather like following the discussions you initiate here!

Re: Myngle is nominated for the Europas

ChrisN — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:36:17 -0000

Hi Kirsten!
Are the TechCrunch Awards really worth anything?
How does a web application or service get nominated, or do they nominate themselves?
What makes a web application or service good anyway? The idea? Its usefulness? Its usability?
I'm sure you gave your vote to one of the language websites... Which one was it?

Re: Myngle Affiliate Program

ChrisN — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:31:39 -0000

Hi Kirsten!

You say "This only works if the cookie is set correctly, e.g. cookies are activated on the student's computer. If not, you generate a free lead for Myngle, of course."

Does this mean that for the owner of an external website to qualify for the commission the student would have to book directly after clicking on the link? If a customer "discovered" Myngle on an external website, followed that link, registered with Myngle, but returned later (directly) to Myngle to make a subsequent booking, perhaps having long-since cleared his cookies, would there be no commission?

Re: Myngle Affiliate Program

ChrisN — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:11:55 -0000

While I can appreciate the value of the affiliate program for Myngle - anything that attracts visitors to the platform must be good - I don't see the incentive for TEACHERS to set up their own websites here.

Why would a TEACHER go to the trouble of attracting students, only to pass them on to somebody else? This doesn't make sense to me.

Surely such an affiliate program would be more interesting for NON-TEACHERS, students or education experts, for example, or indeed anyone who has a blog or a website and feels they would like to support this enterprise (and make a bit of money in the process).

Re: Online Teachers – Mercenaries of Education

ChrisN — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:06:51 -0000

Kirsten, you say that finding students is a battle! I beg to differ!
Common sense tells us that there are more learners in the world (those who want, need or have to learn) than teachers (those with the knowledge and the ability - the skill, the patience and the inclination - to pass it on to others.
I don't want to suffer the slings and arrows (to coin a phrase) of some battlefield and have always found roaming Mike's Elysian Fields rather pleasant, both off- and online.
I think the problem is that the world's teachers have discovered or recognised the joys of online teaching while the world's students are still largely unaware of both the joys and benefits of online learning . This means we have teaching platforms full of teachers and nowhere near enough students within those platforms to go round. The students are there, but not on the learning platforms. Sooner or later word will get around.
The fact that we aren't there yet is hardly a reason for teachers to declare war on each other!!

Re: The Evolution of Teaching

ChrisN — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:46:44 -0000

Most Course Books now come in the form of a Student's Book, a Workbook, a Teacher's Manual together with a CD for classroom use and a certain amount of back-up material (interactive exercises on the publisher's website). Can we look forward to these books being adapted for shared viewing (between the teacher and the student) during online lessons?
Or have I missed something and such material is already available?