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Want to visit the future of the web? We already saw the 3B.net example. Now is time to check out Second Life. It is a social networking site that allows you to be an avatar and roam around a virtual world created by its residents. Here is an article from the www.money.com web site that […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →The other day, I had an opportunity to speak to some folks involved with various training functions at regional banking institution. I spoke about new learning technologies such as blogs and casual games. The meeting was with people in Rhode Island, PA and at various other locations so we used a video conference call to […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is a bit of interesting technology. It is a 3-Dimensional browser. You create a 3D space (called a village) and then you get a person (avatar) to walk through the space looking at “billboards” of all the web sites you have choosen. So you “walk around” looking at your chosen web sites each day […]
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Leave a Comment (5) →CNN.com has an interesting article titled Report: Number of students taking online courses rises The article indicates that one in six students enrolled in higher education took at least one online course this fall. In fact, 850,000 more students were enrolled in online courses this fall than last fall–an increase of 40% Also, the same […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are a number of links to sites that contain calculators for determining the ROI of e-learning. Sometimes it is e-learning vs. stand up training and sometimes not. Some required an email to obtain and some do not. If you know of any others, please inform me and I will add to the list. E-Learning […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →The international software thinktank Gartner, Inc. has made the following statement about game-based learning in one of their recent reports (March 2006) Games can reduce the time to competency and increase the depth of competency. Students can play a game repeatedly and learn from their mistakes. When designed properly, a game will enable students to […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is my response to the Big Question at the Learning Circuit’s Blog. We need these models! In fact, we need these models now more than ever. The problem is that, as a profession, we are too eager to throw away the fundamental models on which our profession is based. We do this when: technology […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Mark, great idea. Here is my contribution. This plan is based loosely on the learning hierarchy put forth by Robert Gagne’s Five Learned Capabilities, with specific emphasis on Intellectual Skills, Cognitive strategy and Verbal information. (I know not everyone likes his work but hang with me.) These six word objectives move the learner up from […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →Whenever I give a presentation about Gadgets, Games and Gizmos, a boomer always asks me for a list of games they should play or gadgets they should buy to help understand the educational potential of video games and gadgets. They are always curious as to how to get up to speed. To address this question, […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Shout Out: Waleed Jameel Every once in a while I am going to do a “Shout Out” to a person who has influenced me in one way or another. The Shout Out will be a recognition and a Thank You to that person. In fact, for my first “Shout Out” I should have recognized this […]
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