Screen capture from Scratch an MIT project that involves a simple to great game design software. Here is an interesting article that discusses how the creation of video games can be an excellend tool for teaching students. The article Computer games as liberal arts? provides some interesting insights into how creating games can teach a […]
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Leave a Comment (4) →Recently, I spoke with a reporter from The Vancouver Sun about the future of the music industry and digital music. I have written before on the topic in my post New Music Distribution Model: Video Games. The music industry is still struggling with creating a new revenue model and how to handle the disaggregation of […]
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Leave a Comment (5) →A few weeks ago, I was fortunate it enough to travel to see the Prime Minister of Ireland and hear about the Irish Learning Alliance. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to go to Ireland, instead I traveled with some friends up to New York to visit with the Irish Learning Alliance. Tom, Michelle & Dave take […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →While technology is enabling the creation and usage of 3D virtual worlds, the appeal of these worlds is being driven by a new generation of learners. A generation of learners who have grown up immersed in technologies like text messaging, social networking and video games. This generation is entering educational and business institutions with a […]
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Leave a Comment (6) →In a few short weeks I will be doing a workshop at the Central Iowa ASTD chapter. The topic will be “Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning” and I will be presenting on Friday, April 3rd from 8:00am-Noon at the DeWaay Capital Managment complex. In honor of the presentation, I have posted a list of […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →In April I will be facilitating a panel at the 3D Training, Learning and Collaboration Conference. You can check out a quick overview of the conference in this video created by the host of the conference (and the co-author of the Learning in 3D book) Tony O’Driscoll. For text-based learners, here is a description from […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Here are some more advantages of 3D worlds for learning: The first is that these worlds allow the learner to explore places he or she could not visit in the physical world. Traveling around a giant drill would not be possible or would be prohibitively expensive in a physical space. With virtual worlds, learners can […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Remember a few years ago when Blackboard claimed to have invented e-learning. (Who invented e-learning? A patent dispute shakes up academic computing) and when Al Gore claimed to have invented the Internet (although this seems to be up for some debate.) In that spirt of “hey I invented…” another crazy is claiming to have invented […]
Continue Reading →A few weeks ago, I posted a request for feedback on a book I am working on with Tony O’Driscoll tentatively called Learning in 3D asking what was needed in such a book. The post called Book on 3D Learning Environments: What Do You Want From It? got some awesome responses from Guy W. Wallace, […]
Continue Reading →One article that I wrote seems to get more attention than any other, it is called How Long Does it Take? Estimation Methods for Developing E-Learning and while the formulas and ideas in the article are up-to-date (written in 2003), one section really needs to be updated. That is the section on Industry Standards. I […]
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