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Here is a reminder for you ASTD Members. February’s Featured T+D Webcast: Rapid Learning Join ASTD tomorrow at 2:00 PM ET for this month’s featured T+D Webcast, which examines how the need to deliver training materials faster is altering design and delivery of training programs. Karl Kapp, a faculty member at Bloomsburg University, and Allison […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Lately there has been some talk about what exactly instructional designers do and what value they add to the process. Brent Schlenker in his response to the ASTD Big Question asks, Well, I think the biggest question is STILL, “Why US?”. Why do we (“learning professionals”) continue to think we have the answers that are […]
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Leave a Comment (12) →One thing Second Life, Online games, and high quality streaming video need to be successful is a broadband connection. Fortunately, it seems that broadband access is becoming less and less of an issue: U.S. residential broadband penetration is expected to exceed 50 percent in 2007–and the U.K. isn’t far behind. By the end of 2007, […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Ever wonder how they perform knee or hip surgery, find out for yourself at EdHeads. Actually, you get to perform the surgery with a little guidance. You are patiently provided instruction on how to mark the leg, clean the area, make the incision and repair the damage. Even though the surgery was 2D, I still […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is the big announcement: Kaplan, Inc., one of the world’s leading providers of educational services, has signed an agreement to acquire EduNeering Holdings, Inc., a top provider of knowledge management solutions that assure regulatory compliance and improve business performance. EduNeering designs and deploys knowledge management solutions for organizations in the pharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare, […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Gushers are clearly aimed at kids, adults don’t eat these things. Yet, here is an ad for the kids to get 4 cell phones. The marketers certainly understand that kids love gadgets. __ Recommended Games and GadgetsRecommended BooksContent Guide
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Leave a Comment (2) →This weekend I attended an English as a Second Language (ESL) class. It was a surreal experience for two reasons. 1) I already speak English (unfortunately, the only language I do speak except for a little French which I continually butcher, oui) 2) the class was in Second Life (SL). The instructor, Kip, separated the […]
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Leave a Comment (7) →Rarely are e-learning courses evaluated at the reaction level (level 1). The level that provides face validity to the content and measures customer satisfaction. I have created a short list of questions related to level 1 e-learning evaluations but would really like some input on other questions that might be appropriate at the end of […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →Here is a cool little gadget called the OQO. It is literally a fully functional PC in the palm of your hand. I have a first generation version and I love it. Small, portable but powerful. The OQO two looks even better. Thanks to Andy Shean, a former student who brought this to my attention. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →The future of higher education is online. Unfortunately, many faculty and administrators can’t see the tidal wave of online learning that is approaching but it is approaching. The cost of higher education is untenable in its current form. Just like manufacturing was 20 years ago, same with financial institutions, insurance…those industries were changed forever by […]
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