INFORMATION

//The Mother’s Day sale runs from May 1 - May 7, 2011
var MOTHERS_DAY_START = new Date("May 1, 2011");
var MOTHERS_DAY_END = new Date("May 7, 2011");
//The Valentine’s Day sale runs from Feb 6 - Feb 13, 2011
var VALENTINES_DAY_START = new Date("February 6, 2011");
var VALENTINES_DAY_END = new Date("February 13, 2011");

function updateSpecials() {
  var today = new Date();
  var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "giftshop");
  // Get all the web pages in the Site
  var pages = site.getWebPages();
  // Loop through the web pages to find the specials page
  for (var i = 0; i < pages.length; i++) {
    if (pages[i].getPageName() == "specials") {
      var page = pages[i]; 
    }  
  }
  // Set up the default wording for the specials page
  var pageText = "There are no specials at this time.";

  // If today’s date is within the Mother’s Day sale range
  if (today >= MOTHERS_DAY_START && today <= MOTHERS_DAY_END) {
    // Find the sale text that’s stored in the file mom.txt
    pageText = DocsList.find("mom.txt")[0].getContentAsString();
  }
  // If today’s date is within the Valentine’s Day sale range
  else if (today >= VALENTINES_START && today <= VALENTINES_END ) {
    // Find the sale text that’s stored in the file valentines.txt
    var pageText = DocsList.find("valentines.txt")[0].getContentAsString()   
  }
  // Set the content of the specials page
  page.setContent(pageText);  
}​

Link to article (By Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon)
"...This paper suggests there is benefit in moving from andragogy towards truly self-determined learning. The concept of truly self-determined learning, called heutagogy, builds on humanistic theory and approaches to learning described in the 1950s. It is suggested that heutagogy is appropriate to the needs of learners in the twenty-first century, particularly in the development of individual capability. A number of implications of heutagogy for higher education and vocational education are discussed."

"A heutagogical approach recognises the need to be flexible in the learning where the teacher provides resources but the learner designs the actual course he or she might take by negotiating the learning. Thus learners might read around critical issues or questions and determine what is of interest and relevance to them and then negotiate further reading and assessment tasks. With respect to the latter, assessment becomes more of a learning experience rather than a means to measure attainment. As teachers we should concern ourselves with developing the learner?s capability not just embedding discipline based skills and knowledge. We should relinquish any power we deem ourselves to have."

Heutagogy promotes a self-determined learning approach beyond the reality of most of todays Universities. It will surely empower learners increasingly in determining their future education! Though, are learners ready to take this role of responsibility of designing their own courses (or program)? Also, are Universities or the current generation of teachers and lecturers prepared for such a revolution on par with Andragogy? It will be interesting to see how heutagogy or similar theories will affect the learning process both in the higher learning and corporate sectors in the coming years.

In the meantime lets learn more about Heutagogy.

import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
import flash.display.Sprite;

var nSprites:Number = 25;
var aSprites:Array = new Array();
var aTweenX:Array = new Array();
var aTweenY:Array = new Array();

for (var i:Number = 0; i < nSprites; i++)
{
     var nRadius:Number = Math.random() * 25 + 10;
     var nColor:Number = Math.random() * 0xFFFFFF;
     var nStartX:Number = Math.random() * stage.stageWidth;
     var nEndX:Number = Math.random() * stage.stageWidth;
     var nStartY:Number = Math.random() * stage.stageHeight;
     var nEndY:Number = Math.random() * stage.stageHeight;

     aSprites[i] = new Sprite();

     aSprites[i].graphics.beginFill(nColor);
     aSprites[i].graphics.drawCircle(0,0,nRadius);
     aSprites[i].graphics.endFill();
     
     addChild(aSprites[i]);

     aTweenX[i] = new Tween(aSprites[i], "x", Elastic.easeInOut, nStartX, nEndX, 3, true);
     aTweenY[i] = new Tween(aSprites[i], "y", Elastic.easeInOut, nStartY, nEndY, 7, true);

     aTweenX[i].addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, onMotionFinish);
     aTweenY[i].addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, onMotionFinish);
}

function onMotionFinish(e:TweenEvent):void
{
 e.target.yoyo();
}

import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
import flash.display.Sprite;

var nSprites:Number = 25;
var aSprites:Array = new Array();
var aTweenX:Array = new Array();
var aTweenY:Array = new Array();
var aEasing:Array = new Array(None.easeNone, Back.easeIn, Back.easeOut, Back.easeInOut, Bounce.easeIn, Bounce.easeOut, Bounce.easeInOut, Elastic.easeIn, Elastic.easeOut, Elastic.easeInOut, Regular.easeIn, Regular.easeOut, Regular.easeInOut, Strong.easeIn, Strong.easeOut, Strong.easeInOut);

for (var i:Number = 0; i < nSprites; i++)
{
     var nRadius:Number = Math.random() * 25 + 10;
     var nColor:Number = Math.random() * 0xFFFFFF;
     var nStartX:Number = Math.random() * stage.stageWidth;
     var nEndX:Number = Math.random() * stage.stageWidth;
     var nStartY:Number = Math.random() * stage.stageHeight;
     var nEndY:Number = Math.random() * stage.stageHeight;
     var nDurationX:Number = Math.random() * 5 + 2;
     var nDurationY:Number = Math.random() * 5 + 2;
     var nEasingX:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * aEasing.length);
     var nEasingY:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * aEasing.length);

     aSprites[i] = new Sprite();

     aSprites[i].graphics.beginFill(nColor);
     aSprites[i].graphics.drawCircle(0,0,nRadius);
     aSprites[i].graphics.endFill();

     addChild(aSprites[i]);

     aTweenX[i] = new Tween(aSprites[i], "x", aEasing[nEasingX], nStartX, nEndX, nDurationX, true);
     aTweenY[i] = new Tween(aSprites[i], "y", aEasing[nEasingY], nStartY, nEndY, nDurationY, true);

     aTweenX[i].addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, onMotionFinish);
     aTweenY[i].addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, onMotionFinish);
}

function onMotionFinish(e:TweenEvent):void
{
     e.target.yoyo();
}