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TED, the organization that brings thought provoking and exciting talks to the web and around the world (a group is doing a TEDx event to Bloomsburg..more later) is launching the idea of TEDEd. It’s a wonderful idea. They are teaming up animators with master instructors to create engaging content to teach specific targeted concepts. The […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →One early claim of the advantage of computer-based instruction was that the computer could adapt to the individual learner and provide her or him with instruction customized to their individual needs. This does not seem to be happening in the world of e-learning. This adaptation to individuals is a missing ingredient in training and education. […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →As I begin to reflect upon this year coming to a close, I have to admit that I am pretty excited about two instructional game projects of which I have been involved. Here are videos describing each project. You can link here for additional information. You can link here for additional information.
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Leave a Comment (0) →The man who created Khan Academy talks about education in this thought provoking video.
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Leave a Comment (0) →For a while now, new technologies have been made available to help deliver training in small chunks, little bits of information delivered just when they were needed…just-in-time training. These are great but, they have their limits. I am speaking with more and more people who tell me that employees go through all kinds of training […]
Continue Reading →Kno (pronounced “Know”) is a company that produces an application to for digital text books for downloading onto iPads, eReaders, the web and now for Facebook. The application allows you to Highlight any text on a page. Zoom in on any picture by double-tapping (iPad only).Create stickies for a highlight or any page. Preview any […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Online high schools are not without challenges. Elizabeth Birr Moje, a professor of education at the University of Michigan who has studied online learning, says “there are some huge advantages” to online high schools, including an individualized pace and better access to multimedia content. But she points out disadvantages as well…”The disadvantage is that you […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →This video makes a powerful argument against all the crazy budget cuts forced upon our educational systems…at all levels.
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are some thoughts and ideas related to Albert Bandura’s social learning theory. Bandura’s social learning theory indicates the effectiveness of human social models in influencing another to change behaviors, beliefs or attitudes, as well as social and cognitive functioning. Through processes such as observation, vicarious experience (experience gained by observing another) and social interaction, […]
Continue Reading →Gamification is using elements traditionally thought of as “fun” or game-like to promote learning and engagement. In a real situation, learning to be safe is serious business but placing a person in a safe environment and letting them gain experience through trial and error in an online simulation brings an allowable element of failure into […]
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