Learning how to learn

Author: Rui

  • What is EPSS?

    I searched Wiki but there seems be no definition for this abbreviative word.

    And it is explained like this on website of http://www.epssinfosite.com/:

    EPSS is defined as an integrated electronic environment that is available to and easily accessible by each employee and is structured to provide immediate, individualized on-line access to the full range of information, software, guidance, advice and assistance, data, images, tools, and assessment and monitoring systems to permit job performance with minimal support and intervention by others.

    In the ground-breaking book Electronic Performance Support Systemspublished in 1991, Gloria Gery, defined EPSS as:

    “an integrated electronic environment that is available to and easily accessible by each employee and is structured to provide immediate, individualized on-line access to the full range of information, software, guidance, advice and assistance, data, images, tools, and assessment and monitoring systems to permit job performance with minimal support and intervention by others.”

    I think this link will be a helpful one from San Diego State University to understand what is EPSS:

    http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/epss/index.htm

  • I tried another blog service provider —blogger

    I have known blogger.com for a long time but never tried it until just now.

    It is belong to Google also.

    I like Google, but after I tried blogger, I don’t like it so much.

    The main reseason is it is not so convinient as edublogs when you try to edit links. Of course it gives you much more freedom to edit your blog’s apperance with html language as you like. But what I need is just a simple blog , to accomplish my requirements of publish my idea , add links and view others’ comments.

    Also, edublogs have some shortcomings.

    It doesn’t allow you to edit the blog’s template. You can just choose one from its templates. And I don’t like the “About this site”. It also saids:”Just another Edublogs.org weblog” and I still have not found where I can change or get rid of it. Although I have another “About” on the right side under the “Pages“.

    Also, it doesn’t allow you change your font directly by simply press a font button. If you want to change a word or a phrase’s  font, you can just edit it under “HTML” mode.

    People always don’t like to accept unfamiliar things except they find there are much more interesting features. Me too.