Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 26, 2008

JALN: Does one size fit all? Exploring Asynchronous learning in a multicultural environment. Small-scale study of cultural differences in an asynchronous learning environment, focusing on high and low context cultures. Includes a comparison of student perceptions of online learning based on their cultural background. High and low context learners both saw advantages to online learning, but their reasons differ. tags: diversity , e-learning , highered , asynchronous , research , context , communi

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 16, 2008

Just wanted to announce that I'll be doing a full-day workshop in Cincinnati (actually in nearby Kentucky) for the Greater Cincinnati ASTD on July 15. I think this is going to be an interesting and fun workshop. I'm hoping that a few folks who read this blog will go. You can go to their site: [link] to find out more about specific place, time, cost, etc.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 16, 2008

If you want to get a sense of what Second Life is like and particularly what it is like as part of learning, here are some videos that help describe this. | View | Upload your own What videos did I miss?

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 18, 2008

Here is a list of alternatives to Second Life. Forterra Systems Inc. The company offers private, secure virtual worlds with tailored solutions based on industry and customer specific needs. The solutions are designed by Forterra to meet enterprise IT security and privacy needs. The flagship product of Forterra is OLIVEâ„¢ (On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment).

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 21, 2008

With social networking starting to make in-roads into the corporate sector (eg NAB , ING ), our attention turns increasingly to netiquette. I feel that existing codes of conduct and other company policies probably cover most cases of unprofessional behaviour, whether in the online space or otherwise. For example, if swearing at a colleague is a no‑no in the office, then why on Earth would it be acceptable on a blog?

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 25, 2008

Social networks ‘teaching tech skills’ - vnunet.com. Brief summary of research on the educational benefits of sites like MySpace and Facebook for high schoolers. Students self-report learning 21st century skills, although the study doesn’t attempt to actually measure any of that learning. tags: socialnetworking , education , 21stcenturyskills , research , k-12.

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 2, 2008

I'm at the ASTD Conference in San Diego at the general session. It looks like there are about 5,000 people in the room. A complete guess at the number, but pretty good size. Tony Bingham, ASTD CEO, is talking about and showing videos around talent management. It's interesting to see the message be around talent management when often that's fairly separate from the learning function.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 16, 2008

Just wanted to announce that I'll be doing a full-day workshop in Cincinnati (actually in nearby Kentucky) for the Greater Cincinnati ASTD on July 15. I think this is going to be an interesting and fun workshop. I'm hoping that a few folks who read this blog will go. You can go to their site: [link] to find out more about specific place, time, cost, etc.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 15, 2008

Here is this Month's ASTD Big Question: Second Life Training? More specifically: In what situations, do you believe it makes sense to develop a learning experience that will be delivered within Second Life? If you were to develop a training island in Second Life, what kind of environment and artifacts would you consider essential for teaching? Just as there are considerable differences in blended learning and virtual classroom training, what are some of the major differences (surprises) in train

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 23, 2008

I attended an informative presentation today called Mobile Mania and the Business Impact presented by Robin Simpson , Research Director at Gartner , and Matt Brennan, Enterprise BDM for Emerging Technologies at Apple. While both speakers were excellent, Robin highlighted a trend that really struck a chord with me: Technology providers are primarily targeting the consumer market, not the enterprise market.

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From the Coleface

JUNE 24, 2008

Last week at the Trainers & Developers Network , I led a series of activities and discussions about Web 2.0 and its impact on learning. A fascinating day. What did we conclude that you could expect to see over the next few years? 1. The trend away from centralised information to collective information will have a significant impact on business leaders, L&D departments and learners. 2.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 23, 2008

educational-origami » Rubrics - Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy. Sample rubrics for blogging, bookmarking, search, discussion, wikis, collaboration, digital publishing, and more. CC-By-SA. tags: rubric , assessment , 21stcenturyskills , education , web2.0. Four Letter Words - How wiki and edit are making the Internet a better teaching tool - Using Wiki in Education -.

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 3, 2008

At the ASTD keynote by Patrick Lencioni - Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Quick search and I found some good notes on different web sites so I don't have to type so much. Here's a good one. He used an interesting thing in order to get questions - gave free copies of his book to people with questions. He got a lot of questions right away - not sure it works all that well with an audience of 5,000.

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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 3, 2008

At the ASTD keynote by Patrick Lencioni - Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Quick search and I found some good notes on different web sites so I don't have to type so much. Here's a good one. He used an interesting thing in order to get questions - gave free copies of his book to people with questions. He got a lot of questions right away - not sure it works all that well with an audience of 5,000.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 27, 2008

Public health officials from the California Department of Health Services have created a massive online virtual training program. Researchers from the University of California-Davis Health System re-created a 3-D model of the California Exposition and State Fair in Second Life and conducted the training within that environment. Here is how it worked.

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Lars is Learning

JUNE 23, 2008

Great submission for the upcoming Google Android mobile platform. The rather dense description is: "Enkin" introduces a new handheld navigation concept. It displays location-based content in a unique way that bridges the gap between reality and classic map-like representations. It combines GPS, orientation sensors, 3D graphics, live video, several web services, and a novel user interface into an.

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From the Coleface

JUNE 16, 2008

Here’s a shameless plug for the new Academy Internet website. I trust you’ll find that it demonstrates the creativity and wow factor that we can bring to your learning projects, and failing that, that you’ll enjoy some of the mini games and puzzles. If you’re feeling more serious there’s also some diagnostics and case study material e.g. the Insiders Guides.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 22, 2008

Donald Clark Plan B: Immersive games beats classroom in maths. 18-week study comparing performance of high school students who learned math in a traditional classroom or with a game. Both classroom and game learning resulted in improvement in skills, but students who played the game scored significantly higher. tags: games , education , math , research , k-12.

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 7, 2008

Through the post on Conference Balance an in thinking about the keynotes at ASTD that I attended ( ASTD Keynote - Malcolm Gladwell , Dysfunctional Teams ), I realized that one of the reasons that I like going to conferences is it forces me (sometimes slowly and painfully) to get exposed to a diversity of topics. Through my PWLE methods (reading blogs, etc.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 2, 2008

I'm at the ASTD Conference in San Diego at the general session. It looks like there are about 5,000 people in the room. A complete guess at the number, but pretty good size. Tony Bingham, ASTD CEO, is talking about and showing videos around talent management. It's interesting to see the message be around talent management when often that's fairly separate from the learning function.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 23, 2008

Check out the operating room in 3D. Here is an example of using a 3D world as a back drop for creating a video to highlight desired changes or to show a "What-If" scenario. As the article Virtual Worlds Case Study--Second Health states: The explicit outcomes of the project were three videos, each portraying the way a medical situation would be handled under a wholly new system of healthcare — one based on the central idea of wellness as opposed to illness.

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Lars is Learning

JUNE 21, 2008

The Financial Times has run a feature - A Class Apart (warning: you may need to register) - which reports on the continuing rise in families opting for home schooling. These statistics caught my eye: 17%: The estimated annual increase in children who are home-schooled in the UK (presently 50,000)10%: The proportion of home-educating families in the UK who use textbooks on a frequent basis42%: The.

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

JUNE 26, 2008

Via Bob Stumpel I found this video with almost 100 (?) respondents to the question : ' What does online community mean to you ?'. They're all young except one, who answers: 'young and old being friend together'. It video is about 8 minutes. The answers range from crazy, addictive via revolution and inspiration to boring comedy and popularity contest.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 19, 2008

ZaidLearn: University Learning = OCW + OER = FREE! Huge directory of links to free educational resources–open courseware, open educational resources, and general resources. Mostly higher ed. tags: openaccess , education , highered , e-learning , creativecommons , free. Learning in the Webiverse: How Do You Grade a Conversation? Principles for assessing online discussions and other conversations (blogs, chat, etc.) by coherence, awareness of audience, and diction.

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 16, 2008

At lunch today, I had a funny experience that I just had to share. The person I met for lunch (a CEO at a client company) today is his birthday. And, it's my birthday. And it's today. So, if I'm right, then it's a 1 in 365.25 chance that we share a birthday. And maybe a 20 in 365.25 chance that it would be on our birthdays that we get together. So, that's roughly a: 1 in 6,700 chance and even the chance of that happening in a lifetime is pretty remote.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 7, 2008

Through the post on Conference Balance an in thinking about the keynotes at ASTD that I attended ( ASTD Keynote - Malcolm Gladwell , Dysfunctional Teams ), I realized that one of the reasons that I like going to conferences is it forces me (sometimes slowly and painfully) to get exposed to a diversity of topics. Through my PWLE methods (reading blogs, etc.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 20, 2008

Not only can 3D worlds be used for the recreation of physcial spaces (not the best use) but they can also be used for "other worldly" interfaces.one such example is the visualization of information in ways not prevously possible. Visualizing 3D data Check out this article Visualization of Statistics in Virtual Reality As the article states: Visualization of statistics in virtual reality offers new possibilities for the representation of statistics.

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Mark Oehlert

JUNE 14, 2008

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Godspeed Tim Russert. | Main | "So" - A Whole Article on So.Awesome. » June 14, 2008 OMG.There are spies everywhere sabotaging our organizations!! OK at least now we have an explanation for what has been going on in all of organizations. We have thoroughly been infiltrated by spies who have read and are following this manual.

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