Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Facebook seems to be coming up everywhere the past few weeks. The most recent, which finally got me to post, was a Stephen Downes post - I'm Majoring in Facebook, How about You? He points us to a Fortune Magazine article that describes a Stanford class being offered by BJ Fogg that studies Facebook as a platform: "Facebook is the most convenient and respectable way to feel connected to friends, get updated on existing friends, find new people, build relationships and express identities.

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Breakthrough eLearning

OCTOBER 9, 2007

I received an email invitation today to join a webinar to be led by Ed Cohen, the Chief Technology Officer of Plateau Systems, titled "The Future of Learning Content." It promised that I would "learn about the important trends that are shaping the development, deployment and management of learning content," and discover "how content can be more effectively purchased, deployed and managed" (presumably using Plateau's technology).

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2007

In this post, I present some thoughts on how to effectively use 3D metaphors and virtual worlds to enrich content presentation with little effort. Sounds exciting? Read on. 3D Objects for Content Navigation This sound different from navigation based on the ubiquitous Next and Previous buttons, right? Usually, navigation in courses is linear or guided.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 31, 2007

One chapter in my book Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning that generates a lot of interest is Chapter 5. In that chapter, I discuss the value of Cheat Codes and how encouraging gamers to use cheat codes can have a positive impact. Here is an excerpt from that chapter about the positive value of "cheating." One example of how cheating can enhance an organization is explained in a book titled Ideas are Free.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 30, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, October 30, 2007 Poll Results: Learning Visions Readers The poll results are in. Thanks to the 34 of you who responded. You are: Male 38% (13) Female 52% (18) Under 20 5% (2) 21-30 23% (8) 31-40 26% (9) 41-50 26% (9) 51 + 17% (6) None of this surprises me very much.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 16, 2007

I'm working on an article around the use of ROI and metrics in eLearning. I did a quick search for resources and here's what I found. I thought it would be worth posting this list here. Kirkpatrick's Level 3: Improving the Evaluation of E-Learning Level 3 evaluations measure whether the there was an actual transfer of learning to the actual work setting.

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Moodle Journal

OCTOBER 14, 2007

What is that can make one years group of students so different from another, you have no doubt asked yourself this question and so do I, and this year is no exception. If you have been following this blog, then you will have picked up on the Social Networking exercise I devised for my 06/07 group as an icebreaker, that would eventually serve as a means of comparing final outcome.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 26, 2007

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 31, 2007

Time is running out on the Second Life Workshop. The workshop starts on November 5th. You still have time to register Sign up today! Don't miss this exhilarating opportunity to to change your Life.your Second Life. To learn more take the Red Pill and follow the link below: Second Life: Basic Design Workshop. If you decide to enroll.Save $100 by using this secret code tme27f when you register.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, October 22, 2007 Instructional Design Stress I have to confess that although I call myself an instructional designer, its been quite awhile since Ive done anything like that. If youve read my current job description , you know that I do a lot of other things for this small company.

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From the Coleface

OCTOBER 10, 2007

Web 2.0 is changing the way that pupils relate to teachers at schools in the form of RateMyTeachers. Will this dynamic also apply in the world of work? Ratemyteachers is a community site where pupils and parents can rate teachers on a variety of criteria from clarity to coolness. What I think is more significant than the ratings is the fact that the rating process is actually going on.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 25, 2007

Again - I would really welcome: Links to good templates or example RFPs. Suggestions on what else should go in here. Continuing on from my earlier posts: LMS Selection Presentation Reformulated LMS Selection Team and Stakeholders LMS Selection Process From several comments and from looking at my list of issues, I realize that writing a good LMS RFP is challenging and it's easy to make lots of mistakes.

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The Learning Circuits

OCTOBER 21, 2007

There is a pact between corporate students and corporate trainers (and, I think, IT, budget holders, the lawyers, and middle management) that essentially says, "We all know that training does almost nothing. Given that, let's all agree to make it as frictionless as possible so that we can all check off that necessary corporate requirement and get on with our 'real' work.

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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 23, 2007

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 30, 2007

See my post today over at the Training Day blog. The post is titled Second Life: It's Everywhere. Please feel free to leave a comment on the blog explaining how you use technology to extend your classes.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 12, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, October 12, 2007 New Survey -- Whats Your Demographic? Because people are wondering. How old are all of you? Some of you call yourselves gamers. Some of you have been in Second Life. So where do you fit into the demographic, dear readers? Youll have to come visit the blog to respond to the new survey.

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From the Coleface

OCTOBER 3, 2007

This month’s TJ talks about the classic framework for interpersonal behaviour, Transaction Analysis (TA), the one that categorises interactions in terms of Parent, Adult and Child states. I find myself referring to this model quite often, especially when it comes to the dissent between family members as to what arrangements we’re trying to make for Christmas.

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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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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 25, 2007

I just saw Cathy Moore's great post - Elearning samples. She points to quite a few Where was this when we were doing the Big Question - What are the examples of eLearning? Which gave us links to the following: e-Learning Demos Examples of E-Learning Where are Examples of eLearning? Lots Right Here! exemplary elearning solutions what is a "good example"?

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eLearning Evangelist

OCTOBER 31, 2007

UDL isn't new. I was pushing UDL concepts when I wrote a piece for the Hot Technologies paper as part of COSN's Emerging Technologies Committee. I did push on UDL in Concord's Seeing Math project, but it took us a while to really understand all the implications and then we didn't have the resources to make the adjustments to the interactives, but we developed an understanding and appreaciation of the UDL concepts.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 17, 2007

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 29, 2007

Hey, it's Monday.it's stressful.YOU need a stress reliever! Video Games to the Rescue (of course). Researchers have discovered that a video simple game asking the player to find the smiling face on the computer screen helps to reduce stress. Researchers at McGill University in Montreal say that tests have shown that finding a smiling face in a video game will help reduce stress and boost confidence in about 10 minutes.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 12, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, October 12, 2007 College Women on Gamers: They Giggle I came across this on Wired: Giggling Girls Fail Videogame-Related Quiz , in which college-aged women are asked a series of somewhat spoofy questions on games and gamers. The responses are generally preceded by a giggle and a "whats that?

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 31, 2007

Around 40 of my colleagues enjoyed an excellent research seminar last week presented by John Traxler who is Reader in Mobile Learning Technologies at the University of Wolverhampton. He spoke about the current and future uses of mobile and handheld technologies and the future of m-learning. There were many positive comments, and John also mentioned next year's conference on m-learning which he is chairing.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 16, 2007

I was recently asked what video format to use and particularly about the differences between the Flash Video Format (FLV) and Windows Media - WMV Format. In The Rise of Flash Video - Tom Green tells us: This is not to say QuickTime and Windows Media are dead technologies. They aren't by a long shot, but when it comes to putting video on the web, the Flash Player has rapidly become the only game in town.

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eLearning Evangelist

OCTOBER 31, 2007

A colleague and friend is posting on educational issues on an interesting site. Not one where I'd normally expect to see relevant education-oriented issues. Take a look at the Democrats.org site.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 17, 2007

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 25, 2007

So, last night I got to watch the CSI New York show which combined the television episode with some action in Second Life. Two of my favorite things so it was fun to see how the wove the two together. Although, I've never seen SL graphics so crisp and clear. Anyway, a great combination of media, televison and a metaverse. Taken one step further, you will soon be able to "star" in your own Second Life CSI.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 10, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Second Life and Gaming Poll Results I dont claim to be a researcher, nor can I claim that the results of polls conducted on this site are in the least bit statistically significant. But I am interested in the responses Ive been getting.

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