A provocative article at Fast Company opens with a scathing condemnation of how schools prepare students for work stating that “many college graduates are devoid of practical skills.” This reminds me of the FedEx commercial from a few years ago. So to determine if a degree is practical (helping someone succeed on-the-job), Great Britain may […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →By now you have heard about IBM’s super computer, Watson is a modern day wizard answering questions that seemed impossible for a computer to answer only a short while ago. Why? Well until the Waston, Jeopardy problem, one of the ways that it was thought computers could answer questions was to follow rules. So the […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →Here is an interesting interview Ron Burns, CEO of Protonmedia did with Les Jordan, CTO of the Life Sciences Industry Unit at Microsoft. Listen to what Les says about “virtual collaboration” interesting information.
Continue Reading →Here is an interesting move in the virtual world space. ProtonMedia and Kaplan EduNeering recently integrated their respective technologies to create a new way for life sciences organizations to meet regulatory and compliance regulations. The companies have combined ProtonMedia’s ProtoSphere virtual immersive environment (VIE) with Kaplan EduNeering’s ComplianceWire learning management system. With this integration, a company can now […]
Continue Reading →In an interesting article at Fast Company titled Apple’s iPad Officially Passes the Higher Education Test it was declared that the iPad has the features college students are looking for in an electronic, portable device. Here are some highlights from the article: The most impressive iPad feature was also the simplest: a smooth scrolling touchscreen. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Ok, once again someone has brought up the argument that just because there is a lot of information on the web about ID and that the tools are “so simple to use even a SME can create a course” that a degree in instructional design is not really needed by everyone. Please, this argument drives […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Seriously, living in the East Coast of the United States, I’ve had enough of winter. One or two snow storms is fine but these little “gotcha” storms over and over again is…over the top. So, in the spirit of political “attack ads” this video was created to get back at winter. Clever. This type of […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Just returned from San Jose, CA, dug out of the snow here in the East (more on the way), caught up on stuff one always misses when travelling and now have time to write about the great time I had in San Jose. You can see all the tweets at #tk11 My main objective for […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Fascinating video related to stories in games. Here is another interesting view on the subject: Yet, one more perspective:
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Leave a Comment (0) →Well, you knew it was coming, one more reason to send out a card. First the gift card companies invent valentines day and then father’s day and now “Say No to PowerPoint” week which is, I assume, an effort to sell more cards in a time of declining sales. As a Fastcompany short article states: […]
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