November, 2006

Clive on Learning

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Happy birthday Flash

Clive on Learning

Today I sat down to write a short column for a magazine on the use of Flash as a delivery medium for e-learning. While searching for some history, I came across this Flash History by Rick Waldron. It seems Flash has its origins in a product called SuperSplash Animator, based largely on the work of graphics enthusiast and programmer, Jonathan Gay. Anyway, Macromedia acquired this product, renamed it Flash 1.0 and launched it in November 1996.

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Hyperactive e-learning at the Cappuccino U

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Caffeine addicts and afficionados of informal learning can obtain two fixes in one with Jerome Martin's free e-book Cappuccino U , recently published by Spotted Cow Press and brought to my attention by Jane's e-learning pick of the day. Martin's book is quite short so I won't steal all his thunder. His main point is that real learning these days is not going on at work, in colleges or even in homes, but in so-called 'third places', i.e. libraries, book shops and, as you've probably guessed, coff

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Is instructional systems design still relevant?

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As November's Big Question, Learning Circuits asks Are ISD / ADDIE / HPT relevant in a world of rapid elearning, faster time-to-performance, and informal learning? Well, I always thought ISD and ADDIE (never heard of HPT) were pretty much common sense. Pretty much any logical model for any activity consists of a bit of digging around to find out what's needed (analysis) and then some form of plan-do-review cycle.

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Me>We v We>Me

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David Freedman took the brave step of challenging some pretty widely held beliefs with his September article in Inc magazine, The Idiocy of Crowds. In case you missed it, this is what he is saying: "In the age of instant messaging, wikis, social networking sites and videoconferencing on cell phones, collaboration and consensus are gaining yet more currency.