Good stories shouldn’t be relegate to only reading a novel on the beach, use them to promote learning! Storytelling is a powerful instructional tool, stories help learners contextualize information and gives them an experience-base from which they can recall techniques and actions when encountering the same situation at work. With virtual worlds, we can expand […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →A while back I wrote an entry called Why an Instructional Design Degree from Bloomsburg University ROCKS! where I discussed all the neat things our students do in the program for the Department of Instructional Technology while earning a Master of Science in Instructional Technology in our program. As a faculty member and the assistant director […]
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Leave a Comment (6) →Just got this in an email: Regrettably, we have some unfortunate news to share with you: The Nielsen Company has made the decision to cease operation of Training magazine and Training magazine Events effective February 26. This will also be our last day with the company. For those of you scheduled to present at our […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →As part of the extended Blog Book Tour, Cammy Bean of Learning Visions and I had a discussion about learning in 3D, its impact on instructional designers and how organizations can get started. Check out the interview called Karl Kapp on Learning in 3D. Cammy has great audio in the interview but mine is a […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is a little email intercept I received from an unnamed source (ok, it’s from Snickers’ Doodles in her post Linden Lab to announce Viewer 2 beta tomorrow which she received in-world from Pink Linden. Hello SL Merchants: We wanted to give you an early heads-up on a big piece of news because we greatly […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →As part of the blog book tour, Tony and Karl wrote an article for ASTD Learning Circuits called Lessons Learned from Conducting 3D Virtual World Learning Experiences Here are some of those lessons, go to the article to see more detail and the “missing” lessons. Lesson 1: Solve a real business need with the implementation of […]
Continue Reading →This week, the final week of the blog book tour, we had some impressive comments and thoughts about the book and the meaning of 3D in terms of learning and development. Here is a recap of the great posts for this week. Recap of Blog Stops Day Twenty-Six Chris Brannigan at Thinking Worlds blog wrote […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Apparently, it is not just the newspaper business that is in trouble, the trade publication magazine business isn’t so hot either. Training Magazine and the associated web site are being moth balled at the end of March. As a sometimes contributor to the TrainingDay blog, it is will be sad to see it closed as […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →Here we are for week six, the final week of the blog book tour. The tour has been such a wonderful experience with many great comments and enlightening discussions about the book. So here are the final “official” stops. We have a couple more surprises in store this week so stay tuned. Week Six Day Twenty-Six 02/15/10 Chris […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →In April, I will be appearing on a panel with a couple of blogging pros to talk about learning with New Media. Below is all the marketing information with links for registering. Is Twitter or, even, the iPad a viable learning technology? What’s real, what’s buzz? Register today for our 5th annual users conference – […]
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