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Electronic News Bulletin Distance Education – No. 208Here you will find articles (in Spanish) from the E- News Bulletin – No. 208 (January 7, 2009), and the UNESCO Chair on Distance Education (UNED – Spain) that deal with topics related to the world of education,  scholarly research, and new media journalism.
* Distance Education Learning: Article in Spanish on the different forms of knowledge in distance education.

“Over the years, there has been a significant growth in the use of podcasts – so much so that they now outnumber international radio stations”.

“Nowadays, the vast majority of the general public tend to make bad decisions”. (This was a comment made by Howard Rheingold about the destructive use of technology). You can listen to Howard Rheingold talk briefly about the increasing use of blogs on the Internet and their role in the democratic process  by accessing the website: http://www.lavanguardia.es/lv24h/20081214/53598699183.html. (Note: This short video is available in English with Spanish Subtitles). You can find out more about Howard Rheingold by accessing his personal website: http://www.rheingold.com/howard/.

Below:  Links to the articles in Spanish

* The Director of INTECO conferred that “the challenge of the Internet in the future will be to move away from a dependency on English as the lingua franca of Internet communication.” “Using ICTs in the classroom will require new methods of teaching”.  “World’s largest school for music in Valencia, Spain”.Read newsletter (Currently Available in Spanish)