miércoles, 6 de abril de 2011
Retraso del crecimiento en lactantes
Retraso del crecimiento en lactantes
(Artículo enviado por el Dr. Alexander Perez)
Artículo original: Infant With Failure to Thrive
Autor: Milenka Cuevas
Revista: Clinical pediatrics April 2011 50: 364
Red provincial de vigilancia farmaceutica/ Argentina
Clinical Practice Guideline: Tonsillectomy in Children
Clinical Practice Guideline: Tonsillectomy in Children
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
En Perú / CURSO DE REVISION INTEGRAL EN INFECTOLOGIA
CURSO DE REVISION INTEGRAL EN INFECTOLOGIA
FECHA: 12, 13 Y 14 DE MAYO
LUGAR: COLEGIO MEDICO DEL PERU - AUDITORIO PEDRO WEISS
ORGANIZA: SPEIT
AREAS:
- Infecciones intrahospitalarias
- Infecciones VIH/SIDA
- Antimicrobianos
- Resistencia Bacteriana
- Tropicales
INFORMES: 224-1236 - 998451547 e-mail: speit@speit.org
FECHA: 12, 13 Y 14 DE MAYO
LUGAR: COLEGIO MEDICO DEL PERU - AUDITORIO PEDRO WEISS
ORGANIZA: SPEIT
AREAS:
- Infecciones intrahospitalarias
- Infecciones VIH/SIDA
- Antimicrobianos
- Resistencia Bacteriana
- Tropicales
INFORMES: 224-1236 - 998451547 e-mail: speit@speit.org
E Learning and developing countries
E Learning and developing countries
March 31, 2011
Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor
Summary
There is need for eleraning setups at universities level in developing country than in developed countries and organizations are simply ignoring this fact. Some elearning organizations simply do not have the idea of paving the revenue stream back in the financial pool.
Lethargically, open source software shall occupy the space, and some competitive elearning organizations shall loose large market share.
Article talks about the need and ignorance of some elearning companies.
Analysis
Two of the largest world universities by enrolment exactly lie in the densely populated area of the world, Indira Gandhi National Open University, IGNOU and Allama Iqbal Open University, AIOU, in India and Pakistan respectively. The modus operandi is distance education.
If you look in the sphere of the largest universities by enrolment you will see that developing countries are way ahead in the race. The credit goes to the population but it’s not all about the population itself. It’s also the ease, reliability and convenience.
Teaching at one of the study center of AIOU around 10 years back, I noticed that there is a dire need of a medium to provide the learning facilities at students' door step. Students were mostly job goers yet they want to further their education.
Around two years back, working a project manager of installing VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal to of AIO U, I found myself working on complex project scope of providing and facilitating the learning to students in the far flung areas in Pakistan. The idea was to provide collaborating learning both in Symmetric and Asymmetric ways to students. Unfortunately, the project could not go ahead than the conception stage due to shortage of funds. There remained a persistent need for a complete eLearning solution implementation. These universities have already available well designed instruction material. This gives an cost advantage for companies working for them on elearning.
E learning organizations who could adapt to vendor financing model by coordinating agreement with these universities can take lead in the market.
With an advent in the cloud computing and high speed networks, it is much easier now to Implement any such elearning facilitiy.
Institute planning to go with software like Moodle, Sakai and ILIAS etc may not be able to serve the purpose as all of them are open source. Knowingly that open source shall not be able to finance any such project with a paln in mind of earning for years to come.
A well-financed project by a reputable eLearning company with a plan to collect the revenue directly from the students, there seem no reason for not taking any initiative on the constant revenue inflow for years.
Writer is an e learning policy consultant and provided consultation to large education institutions and companies.
Analyses are solely the work of the authors and have not been edited or endorsed by GLG.
Contributed by a Member of the GLG Technology, Media & Telecom Councils
March 31, 2011
Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor
Summary
There is need for eleraning setups at universities level in developing country than in developed countries and organizations are simply ignoring this fact. Some elearning organizations simply do not have the idea of paving the revenue stream back in the financial pool.
Lethargically, open source software shall occupy the space, and some competitive elearning organizations shall loose large market share.
Article talks about the need and ignorance of some elearning companies.
Analysis
Two of the largest world universities by enrolment exactly lie in the densely populated area of the world, Indira Gandhi National Open University, IGNOU and Allama Iqbal Open University, AIOU, in India and Pakistan respectively. The modus operandi is distance education.
If you look in the sphere of the largest universities by enrolment you will see that developing countries are way ahead in the race. The credit goes to the population but it’s not all about the population itself. It’s also the ease, reliability and convenience.
Teaching at one of the study center of AIOU around 10 years back, I noticed that there is a dire need of a medium to provide the learning facilities at students' door step. Students were mostly job goers yet they want to further their education.
Around two years back, working a project manager of installing VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal to of AIO U, I found myself working on complex project scope of providing and facilitating the learning to students in the far flung areas in Pakistan. The idea was to provide collaborating learning both in Symmetric and Asymmetric ways to students. Unfortunately, the project could not go ahead than the conception stage due to shortage of funds. There remained a persistent need for a complete eLearning solution implementation. These universities have already available well designed instruction material. This gives an cost advantage for companies working for them on elearning.
E learning organizations who could adapt to vendor financing model by coordinating agreement with these universities can take lead in the market.
With an advent in the cloud computing and high speed networks, it is much easier now to Implement any such elearning facilitiy.
Institute planning to go with software like Moodle, Sakai and ILIAS etc may not be able to serve the purpose as all of them are open source. Knowingly that open source shall not be able to finance any such project with a paln in mind of earning for years to come.
A well-financed project by a reputable eLearning company with a plan to collect the revenue directly from the students, there seem no reason for not taking any initiative on the constant revenue inflow for years.
Writer is an e learning policy consultant and provided consultation to large education institutions and companies.
Analyses are solely the work of the authors and have not been edited or endorsed by GLG.
Contributed by a Member of the GLG Technology, Media & Telecom Councils
martes, 5 de abril de 2011
Dos innovadores diccionarios de inglés
Los diccionarios de inglés (y de cualquier idioma en general) suelen tener siempre la misma estructura. La palabra, su definición (o traducción) y ejemplos de uso. No es el propósito de este artículo criticar dicha estructura ya que sirve perfectamente su propósito, no obstante, existen otras formas de presentar un diccionario de inglés que pueden permitir un mejor aprovechamiento del mismo.
En este post presentamos dos innovadores y excelentes diccionarios de inglés que aportan aire fresco y nuevas metodologías de enseñanza.
Visual Dictionary Online
Como su nombre bien indica, Visual Dictionary Online es un fantástico diccionario visual que contiene más de 6000 imágenes que te permitirán ver las palabras directamente en una imagen (aplicando el famoso dicho “una imagen vale más que mil palabras”). Todas las imágenes están claramente organizadas por temas y también dispones de un buscador para encontrar rápidamente las palabras.
Wordnik
Wordnik se podría definir como el ejemplo perfecto de Diccionario 2.0 ya que utiliza servicios de internet como Twitter o Flickr para ampliar las funcionalidades de un diccionario normal. Cuando buscas una palabra en Wordnik, obtienes no sólo su definición y ejemplos de uso, sino también palabras relacionadas, su pronunciación, cómo se utiliza dicha palabra en Twitter (con “tweets” de personas), imágenes para identificarla (de Flickr) e incluso su etimología (el origen de la palabra).
No lo dudes más y visita estos dos magníficos e innovadores diccionarios online, seguro que no te decepcionarán.
Post invitado de David García. David colabora en el blog Aprender Inglés Online donde encontrarás cientos de recursos y guías de aprendizaje para mejorar tu nivel de inglés. También existe una versión escrita en inglés del blog en Learn English Online.
Salud
saludconcosas.blogspot.com - La organización tradicional para trabajar con otros ha roto las fronteras físicas, y si las ideas que más te estimulan se encuentran en la otra punta del país, el trabajo en equipo es ahora mucho m...
manyez
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rubenroa
labocadeangel.blogspot.com - ¡Será mejor que lo cuentes! Es el libro de Antonio Núñez que me inspiró y animó a experimentar esto de contar y compartir experiencias en la Web Social. Hace tres años quise comenzar a desarrollar...
angel189
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evidpediatria
diariomedico.com - Alain Ochoa - Martes, 5 de Abril de 2011 - Actualizado a las 00:00h. La Agencia Valenciana de la Salud acaba de poner en marcha su Oficina 2.0,una iniciativa que pretende dotar a los profesionales ...
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