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This weekend, I spent my time in Hilton Head Island at a conference evaluating a National Science Foundation (NSF) project called Plastics Resources for Educator’s Project. The PREP project, as it is called, was started over 10 years ago to develop Reusable Learning Objectives (RLOs) in the area of plastics education. The project has since […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Two colleagues of mine from the world of National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technology Education (ATE) grants and funding, Gordon Snyder and Mike Qaissaunee, interviewed me for their weekly podcast. They both work with the National Center for Telecommunicatoins Technologies (NCTT) for which I serve as the external NSF evaluator. They do great work and […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →This week at the TrainingDay blog, I posted a list of semi-learning related books you might want to pick up and read on the beach. They are all less than $10 US dollars and are great fun and good reads. Check out Summer Reading Suggestions (only semi-learning related) and leave a semi-learning related book of […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →This month the question is “Where are the Examples of eLearning?” and we are supposed to consider both good and bad examples as well as give some thoughts on why the example should get some attention. I’ve decided to look at several different types of “e-learning.” Traditional Here is some learning sponsored by Environmental Protection […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →When I speak and consult with corporations, I often bring up the concept that the retiring boomers are going to be leaving the workforce in a few short years taking with them years of invaluable experience. Experience that cannot easily be replaced, I raise this alarm so that companies can begin to think about capturing […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Sometimes, things just all seem to come together at once. A number of alumni and friends of Bloomsburg University’s Instructional Technology program have sent me some great links and they are all about wildly different things but all are related to the gamer generation. Check them out. Here is one titled Most-Praised Generation Craves Kudos […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →This week over at the TrainingDay blog, my post is called Surgery Anyone? Virtual Surgery That Is. Stop by the site and leave a comment, you could win a free book. __ Recommended Games and GadgetsRecommended BooksContent Guide
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Leave a Comment (1) →Ok, so sometimes I may hype a new technology because I think it is cool or because it looks neat and well…what looks neat might not be so practical. Therefore, every once in a while, it is good to come back to Earth. So I got a big kick out of the posting by Jacob […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →I think this is a great image. Hope you get a kick out of it as much as I do. __ Recommended Games and GadgetsRecommended BooksContent Guide
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Leave a Comment (0) →I am attempting to define the term “3D Synchronous Learning Environment“ Here is what I have so far: Being immersed into a 3D environment as an avatar for the purpose of learning while being guided by another person who, in the form of an avatar, is providing instructions and/or guidance. Please comment, critque, add/change or […]
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