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I won’t be blogging the rest of this week due to spending quality time with my family and recovering from eating all that turkey. So just, remember to be thankful for all you have, I know I am. Even in these tough times, we all have much to be thankful for… Enjoy the holiday. And […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Not all performance problems are training related. We learning and development professionals can’t save the world if the world doesn’t want to be saved. Normally, I do not blog about political or economic matters but the debacle on Wall street is forcing my hand. Let’s start with some figures from a Money Magazine commentary called […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →Here are some books that I think would be good to read in front of a fireplace on those cool fall days. The Starfish book talks about the value of decentralized organizations and how they grow and can prosper where centralized organizations have trouble. Orbiting the Hairball is about retaining your creativity in a corporate […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Why are simulations and virtual worlds so effective for learning? Here are some possible answers. These environments allow: Practice of real world skills with rich feedback in a safe environment that does not impact real processes or customers. Mastery of a technique, behavior or method through guided rehearsals again and again as many times as […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Here we are listening to a student explain how she worked with her Freshmen to create a house. The fifth class of Learning in 3D covered corporate uses of 3D worlds. Specifically we discussed ProtoSphere. We also went over setting up a group. But the highlight of the class was viewing the shelters created by […]
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Leave a Comment (16) →Overseeing the interesting structures built by students. Second Life class last night had to go on without me as I was “in-the-air” to Texas during class time due to the perils of air travel. So we had a guest speaker who covered basic scripting and some semi-advanced building. The class is coming along well and […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is an interesting article titled Proof of Learning: Assessment in Serious Games. The article outlines some good ideas for integrating assessments into games and why simply sticking a multiple choice question into an otherwise “cool” game doesn’t make it an educational game or even fun. Because computers can quickly and accurately grade [Multiple Choice […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Recently, I did a presentation for ELearning! Magazine and Adobe titled Increasing Learner performance Through Interactivity. I promised to post the slides and here they are. Also, if you are interested in other resources, check out my resources page which contains a number of links which you may find helpful (although it is in desperate […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Join me on Tuesday May 13, 2008 for an online presentation titled Increasing Learner performance Through Interactivity.The time is 10:00 AM PST which is 1:00 EST. The presentation description: Designing engaging interactive instruction can help learners increase knowledge and performance. Learn how to use instructional strategies to develop interactive exercises and activities that support on-the-job […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Manish Mohan is helping to create a Working/Learning blog carnival. I think it was originally created by Dave at Dave’s Whiteboard and then Manish agreed to host the April edition. You can read about the definition and thought behind a blog carnival at Dave’s blog. So, here are my thoughts on “Work at Learning, Learning […]
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