Here is an interesting interview between two contributors to Learning in 3D: Adding a New Dimension to Enterprise Learning and Collaboration. One is Ron Burns of ProtonMedia who wrote the forward to the book and Chuck Hamilton who is head of Virtual Learning Strategy at IBM’s Center for Advanced Learning. Chuck worked on the Seven […]
Continue Reading →Here is a recap of some facts assembled by the Entertainment Software Association: A total of 254 universities and other institutions of higher learning in 37 states and the District of Columbia now offer courses and degrees in computer and video game design, programming, and art. California is home to 46 institutions of higher learning […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →I’ve done a lot of work these past years with Clark Aldrich, we’ve worked on a project together for a large pharma client and we both sit on a governmental Training and Educational advisory board so we’ve been spending some time together. I actually first met Clark in the back of a van leaving a […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Here are a couple of upcoming online presentations I am doing in the December and January time frame. In December: Reaching and Teaching Across Generations at 10:00 a.m. MST on Friday, December 11, 2009. Here is the description of the webinar. Today’s classrooms can contain up to four different generations of students – each generation […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →A study recently released by Dr. Tracy Alloway of Scotland’s University of Stirling found that using Facebook stretches a person’s “working memory” (short-term or recent memory), while Twitter, YouTube and text messaging tend to weaken it. Bad news for all you Twanker’s in a Twance.* She states in the article, Facebook ‘enhances intelligence’ but Twitter […]
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Leave a Comment (5) →The other day I was giving a keynote address on games and simulations in a medical environment and one of the participants said that she was told that in a simulation, the virtual patient should never die because that would be too traumatic for the learner. I asked her if patients ever died for real […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Over at Wired I found a great article on the ability of authors to self-publish their own books directly to the Sony eReader. The article, titled Sony Opens Up eBook Platform to Self-Publishers discusses how it is now possible for any author to upload virtually any content desired and make it available to the masses […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →At the 3DTLC a couple of vendors announced some new, really cool features. Here is an update. ProtonMedia Having a chat in the world of ProtoSphere which now integrates with SharePoint. ProtonMedia announced the integration of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 with the company’s ProtoSphere virtual teaming and collaboration platform. This is the first time […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →So while I was galavanting around England, my co-author Tony O’Driscoll was hard at work running the 3D Training, Learning and Collaboration Conference. My presentation schedule, the time difference and other obligations kept me from connecting with him but he does an awesome job all by himself so I wasn’t really needed at the conference, […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Summarizing the ADDIE Model. Presented on the ADDIE model and instructional strategies to a great group yesterday in the UK for the Kaplan-EduNeering Knowledge Summit. We had audience members from all over Europe. I even managed to work in a discussion of 3D virtual worlds. We visited a hospital in Second Life which is modeled […]
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