A new music distribution model has arrived (about time for the music industry) and it’s called Rock Band. In fact according to an entry on Joystiq, the new Mötley Crüe single was downloaded on Rock Band five times more than on iTunes Here are some interesting statistics courtesy of Reuters Canada’s article Rock acts ringing […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →This morning I received an email message from, Fiona, who provided me with a really interesting link to 50 Tips and Tricks to Create a Learning Space in Second Life. Actually, it is really a listing of great SL resources and ideas broken down by different categories such as: Training Purposes–Employers and educators who want […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →At an ever increasing pace, college curriculums are starting to pick up on “serious gaming” and the implications that games and game-like interfaces are having on just about everything and are creating classes and experiences that reflect the value of video games to learning and education. Here are some quotes from an article in this […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Following are three different segments designed to get you thinking–over the long weekend here in the states–about the evolution of training/teaching or lack there of. Number One:Here is one man’s interpretation: “Evolution of Dance.”(very funny) Here is one man’s interpretation: “Evolution of Training/Teaching” (Thanks to Mike Qaissaunee) (not so funny) Number Two This next one […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Recently, I got my hands on IBM’s Global Innovation Outlook 2.0 report. You want to do the same. In fact, you may want to check out a number of reports and ideas flowing at the IBM Innovation Web site. But getting back to the Global Innovation Outlook 2.0 report. The report is well written and […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Learning to type can be boring (oh, sorry now its called “Keyboarding”)…while killing zombies is generally considered fun …so many years ago after what must have been careful consideration and an examination of pedagogy, some one at Sega asked the question what if the two were combined? And the rest is, as they say, history. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Second Life and movies have had a history. In my post Second Life at the Movies, I discuss the possibility of a full-feature length movie being created in Second Life. Well it has finally happened as a documentary. Filmmaker Douglas Gayeton has created a documentary-style film about an avatar’s search for “the creator.” In the […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →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) →Once again I am participating in the The Working/Learning blog carnival. This carnival has one broad theme: work at learning; learning at work. The idea is for many blogs to createin posts that relate to how individuals can go about their own learning, and how learning happens in the workplace. This week it is being […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Karl asks Stephen Denning about the power of storytelling. Last week I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the 5th Annual Kaplan-EduNeering Knowledge Summit (more about my speaking with Nadira Hira in another post.) I really enjoy these knowledge summits. I meet some wonderful speakers and great Kaplan-EduNeering clients. The entire event is […]
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