KnowledgeStar

DECEMBER 16, 2010

According to a recent statement by Bing, Microsoft’s search engine answer to Google, search is no longer about looking for knowledge about something. It’s about getting something done. It’s all about know-how. According to a recent Fast Company article, “The idea behind features like this, say Bing executives, is that search is no longer simply [.].

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KnowledgeStar

JULY 15, 2010

I have given up just about anything related to play for a most enjoyable pursuit. I voraciously read, annotate, try to apply and often day and night dream about how the brain works and learns. One of the better books – defined by the level of science and research as well as it’s readability- is [.].

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KnowledgeStar

JUNE 9, 2010

The mobile web has eradicated any wired person’s dilemma whether to be offline in the real world, or online and stuck in one location (an office cube, a living room, or worse, the basement). Offline is now online, and online is offline. mLearning will be the driver for Learning 2.0. Today’s smartphones and tablets – e.g. iPhones [.].

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KnowledgeStar

MARCH 24, 2010

The 800-pound gorilla in the patient’s waiting room, with a rolled-up version of the healthcare reform act in one hand is … an opportunity for you. Here’s the deal… The following article is the best of many I’ve read in the past few days outlining the real vision that President Obama has for healthcare in [.].

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KnowledgeStar

AUGUST 11, 2010

I found this surfing through cyberspace when I was looking for information on current learning research. I liked it because it distilled a lot of information into a neat 10-minute video. It also introduced me to a great new blog -aconventional – which I can add to my RSS and get my weekly personal digest. [.].

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KnowledgeStar

JULY 29, 2010

Here’s two from me now it’s your turn … The Oxford English Dictionary defines knowledge as (i) expertise and skills acquired by a person through experience or education or (ii) the awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation. Another definition is “learning is the ability to adopt and adapt what you [.].

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KnowledgeStar

JULY 27, 2010

… then you need to watch this every day until you have memorized the content. Forget Learning 3.0, I am always amazed at how many people are in the business of transferring knowledge to adults who do not even know the basics, the very foundation, upon which they should be standing. Let alone being able [.].

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KnowledgeStar

JUNE 29, 2010

How many times when you’ve been watching a movie have you just wanted to reach out and poke an annoying character? Maybe help a fleeing victim by making them run just a little bit faster? A new interactive experience by production company Tool of North America uses the capabilities of the iPad to allow viewers [.].

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KnowledgeStar

JUNE 29, 2010

(Please HELP! I’ve been looking for a GREAT representative image that captures Learning 3.0 and becomes iconic for the next wave of learning experiences … I’m hoping that you can help me find one. Thanks) I usually ignore the labels… Lately I’m beginning to see that they serve a purpose. They delineate the evolutionary stages [.].

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KnowledgeStar

JUNE 21, 2010

It may seem like I’m sidestepping the issue of learning, but I learned SO much from the way this was done that I had to include it as an example of “way to go” Advertisement.

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KnowledgeStar

JUNE 13, 2010

Brain Rules This is where it all happens. All that I am and will be. We’ve learned so much about how we learn and know so little. And use even less! I love “Brain Rules” by John Medina because it translates what little we know abot how the brain learns into easy to digest and [.].

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KnowledgeStar

MAY 21, 2010

I’m not selling smartphones but you just have to look at this augmented reality app from the Museum of London called “Streetmuseum“ Talk about bringing history alive. How would you use it to help learners learn? I’ll start with one – a thriving small business that was a microloan start-up with an augmented reality picture [.].

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KnowledgeStar

MAY 19, 2010

It seems a bit crazy to me that people who are responsible for creating educational programs for adults fail to listen and learn from the amazing work being done in the Neuroscientists and others who are discovering how we learn. They are learning how we send ideas from our short-term to our long-term memories; why [.].

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KnowledgeStar

APRIL 5, 2010

I came across this presentation, and it’s two mantras about education and learning, and decided to post it for anyone reading this who has NOT yet made the connection … social media, social networking, online learning and more – much more – are all communication, and all communication is learning. The second point is the [.].

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KnowledgeStar

APRIL 1, 2010

From the very first time I used hypertext (over 30 years ago) I fell in love with it. I declared to everyone I knew that this was The Future of writing and reading. I have been studying the history of writing from the invention of the printing press and the incunabula, through the point&click functionality [.].

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KnowledgeStar

MARCH 13, 2010

I believe to understand where we want to go, we first need to remember where we have been. Because the article I wrote is long, I’m taking a page from Charles Dickens, and publishing it in 3 shorter installments. Hopefully, I can write a decent cliffhanger at the end or each part to make you [.

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KnowledgeStar

MARCH 11, 2010

This piece was written by a friend of mine Clark Aldrich, who also authors one of the best blogs around the blogosphere about digital education in the Knowledge Economy. He is also the simulations Guru. Check out his terrific blog at Unschooling Rules For the later part of the 19th century and the first half [.

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KnowledgeStar

MARCH 7, 2010

When we were thinking about creating a blog, we initially had all this great stuff we wanted to share – articles, stories, parts of research papers, quotes, pictures and more. Then we stopped to think about it … What do we provide to our customers and clients when we design and deliver education and training? [.].

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KnowledgeStar

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

This is where it all happens. All that I am and will be. We’ve learned so much about how we learn and know so little. I love “brain rules” by John Medina because it translates what little we know into easy to digest and use chapters. If you want add the current neuroscience about how [.].

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KnowledgeStar

MARCH 25, 2010

Smartphones and handhelds are the wave of the educational future. Teachers are so 20th Century.

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KnowledgeStar

MAY 27, 2010

Sometimes I think we already knew then what we are learning today.

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KnowledgeStar

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Why learn math?

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KnowledgeStar

DECEMBER 31, 2010

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KnowledgeStar

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Faster than a speeding blog post. More powerful than a retweeted tweet Able to leap small Internet Service Providers in a single bound. Look! Anywhere in Cyberspace! It’s a message. It’s a meeting. It’s VMman! Yes, it’s VMman – Virtual Manager – strange visitor from another generation who came to Earth with powers and abilities [.].

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