- Apple Keynote…no…not that one
Yes, I am in San Francisco and yes I am at a conference where a representative from Apple is the Keynote speaker but no…it’s not Macworld. I am at the Winter 2009 ICT Educator conference. The ICT organization is an expanding group of academic professionals and industry experts who share … - Adopting Social Media in Your Organization? A Few Considerations
Here are few things to consider if you want to help your organization adopt social media tools for learning. Cultural influences in terms of sharing and open information is more important than the technology. An atmosphere of sharing is required for Social Media to be adopted. If people feel they w… - Five Holiday Semi-Learning Related Games
If you are doing some last minute shopping, here are some games that are semi-learning related and a lot of fun. Number 5: Spanish for Everyone (Nintendo DS) Nintendo DS has a number of educational games to teach a variety of subjects. This fun game challenges the player/learner with various Spanish… - Cost Consious Gift Idea
It is always so hard to determine what type of corporate or academic gift is appropriate for clients, co-workers collegue or your boss? What do you get them that is not too expensive but not too inexpensive, that is business or instructionally-focused but not boring. With these tough economic times,… - The Right Place to Find Help: ASTD’s Big Question
This month’s ASTD Big Question on the Learning Circuit’s Blog is about Social Networking and finding help and expertise if you have a question or a concern for which you need input and/or advice. The basic question is “If you need input from people, where’s the best place to … - President Elect Brings Web 2.0 to the People
We all know that President-elect Barack Obama used text messages and his web site to a distinct advantage in the election. Well, we now know his is going to be using those tools in his presidency as well. He just launched Change.Gov The web site will be used to revolutionize the way the commander i… - More Learning from Video Games
Here is some interesting results related to playing video games from the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association that was held in August. The article, Playing video games offers learning across life span, say studies, does a good job comparing the good and bad of video games and… - Complaint? Students Don’t Hang Out in Virtual Worlds After Class
In the course of a week, I get asked many questions about Virtual Worlds, an interesting one that keeps occurring goes something like this. It seems that students find virtual worlds boring. None of my students “hang out” in-world except for class activities, and my students rarely go into virt… - Help, I have an Instructional Design Master’s Degree and I Can’t Create E-Learning
This month’s ASTD Big Question relates to a person who graduated from a theory-only program in Instructional Design and was not provided with the experience of actually creating instruction using any of the latest tools. So the question is: What advice would you give to someone who has no exp… - Free e-Learning Stuff
With all this talk about economic disaster, I thought I’d offer some “free e-learning stuff” to help make your day/week/month a little brighter. If we all posted a few free things then each of us could benefit each other and expand our own knowledge as well as others…a silver…
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