The technology of television shook the world, as one Time Magazine article in 1948 stated, “television showed every sign of being a young monster. In one year, TV’s formless, planless growth has caused seismic-like cracks in the foundations of such industries as radio, movies, sports and book publishing.” Television strongly influenced the young baby boomers […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is an interesting rumor and a potentially large game-changer in the virtual world space. It is rumored at the web site metaverselyspeaking web site that News Corp might be taking over Second Life. Here is a quote from the article. Rumours are rife inside the Lab at the moment of the prospect of a […]
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Leave a Comment (5) →The other day I gave a presentation to PCAR on the topic of improving presentations. Here are some links to some resources that may be helpful. So, Interactivity by Design is an older book and not specifically geared toward a slide show (it is focused on designing visually appealing e-learning). But it is well written […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →First came the Wii-Motes which revolutionized video game controllers. Now we have Project Natal which makes your entire body a controller. Sure, we had an early attempt at this technology with Sony’s EyeToy but it was a little clunkie and never really caught on. But now Microsoft has teamed up with Steven Spielberg for an […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are some great quotes about television…apparently it was seen as being just as disruptive to society as video games and the internet are today. So when we hear all those warning signs and signals, we may want to think twice…technology all seems to go through the love/hate curve. Here are some quotes taken from […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Virtual world provider, VenueGen, recently came out of private Beta to a public Beta (whatever that means) and loudly announced their virtual meeting platform. They call it both visually appealing and easy to use. It has been described as a lot more than Cisco’s WebEx meeting platform, and a lot less than Linden Labs’ Second […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →While knowledge assessments have become more and more popular both in business and academia, there are still issues with the creation of valid and reliable test questions. It is imperative that an assessment item actually measure knowledge and potential performance. The goal is to create a test question that is linked to the objective of […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are some resources and links related to my presentation titled “Selecting the Appropriate Training Approach: Delivery Decision-Making” given at the Medical Technology Learning Institute conference titled “Employee Training under FDA Scrutiny” It’s Not Gibberish, It’s Learning as a Process Design: Compliance Complaints Definition: ABCD Objectives Steps Gen Y (Gamer Gen) Can Take to Understand […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →A couple of interesting positive video game stories. An engineering team at Rutgers University have modified a popular home video game system to help people with cerebral palsy improve hand functions. According to ScienceDaily in the article Modified Home Video Game Shows Promise for Improving Hand Function in Teens With Cerebral Palsy a team has […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →From time to time, I get questions from students who have an assignment to speak to someone in the field. I think those kinds of assignments are wonderful because they link pre-professionals and people learning about the field with people who have been in the field for a while. Those types of introductions and relationships […]
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