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The other day I received my copy of Michael Allen’s E-Learning Annual for 2009. It is a great collection of very interesting articles/essays about the future of e-learning.I have just started to read it and have found the “dueling articles” by Mark Prensky and Ruth Colvin Clark especially interesting. Good old fashion academic disagreement carried […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Just in time for Monday Morning. Here is a link to a funny video that puts some of our modern gadgets and gizmos into perspective and, as someone who travels a bit, I think the airplane story is very funny. The video is by Louis CK on the Conan O’ Brien. __ Catalog of Recommended […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Visiting with alumni Carl and Jen at AXIOM. It is always good to get out and about and visit old friends and meet new ones. Yesterday I presented on the topic of “Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning” at AXIOM Professional Health Learning. There I caught up with a couple of alumni and got to […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Within the last few years many higher education institutions and systems have invested heavily in technology and have raised the bar in student expectations for online student services and online learning opportunities. Why? Because systems and schools that fail to offer state-of-the-art online learning opportunities and accompanying services over the next decade will lose students […]
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Leave a Comment (5) →As recently announced by Bersin & Associates, in the United States, corporate learning and development (L&D) expenditures dropped by more than 11 % in 2008. It seems likely that the cuts are will continue in 2009. The organization continues to report that the spending has fallen from $1,202 per learner in 2007 to $1,075 per […]
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Leave a Comment (4) →Catching a shark in RuneScape. Discussion with my son a few years ago. “Dad, I want you to know the second clan meeting went better than the first,” my son unexpectedly announced one day. “What, a clan meeting?” was my response, “clan, what do you mean clan?” I was nervous. “I formed an online team […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →This month’s ASTD big question is What is the impact of the economy on you and your organization? What are you doing as a result? I wish I could say my bonus this year is only going to be $11 million instead of the usual $22 million but I don’t work on Wall Street…I do […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →As part of a National Science Foundation grant with a team consisting of members from Hofstra University, Santa Barbara City College (working with Jim Kiggens and his team), Bloomsburg University, SUNY Buffalo and a independent company called Whitebox Learning I am involved with creating a game to teach middle school student math and engineering concepts […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Think about it, the internet is just over 5500 days old. When we pause to consider this fact it is almost impossible to imagine how much change this technology has brought to Society, Business and Learning and how much more it will bring. Similarly, as we enter the age of the immersive internet, or 3D […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →Some thoughts on the advantages of 3D environments (virtual worlds) for learning. Advantages of 3D Immersive Learning Learner cues on visual, auditory and spatial elements of 3D environment which leads to better recall and application of learning. Learner rehearses on-the-job behavior in an environment as close to job environment as possible. (Realistic learning environment) Allows […]
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