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Monday, February 1, 2010
“Content is King, but Context is the Kingdom.” - Tony O’Driscoll WHY ME? Thanks Karl Kapp and Tony O’Driscoll for inviting me to participate in a Blog Book Tour to discuss their new book " Learning in 3D: Adding a New Dimension to Enterprise Learning and Collaboration " and be part of a global discussion regarding learning in virtual worlds and 3D learning spaces ( Facebook Group ). How could I say no!
 
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
“Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity , and formal education positively fortifies it.” - Stephen Vizinczey Actually, as you learn and acquire knowledge and skills, your ego might amplify your confidence, ignorance and pride, which again could hinder you from going beyond what you have already learned. You become stubborn to try new ideas and approaches, because you have reached a level whereby you are comfortable with what you are doing, and it works perfectly fine to you.
 
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
THINKING! So, when you prepare your curriculum, learning environment, or course content, do you develop everything yourself (Me, Myself and I)? Or are you good at using whatever you can find ? Or perhaps you combine the best of both worlds to mash-up amazing learning experiences for your students. So, what is your secret recipe to constructing effective learning content and activities?
 

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Do you have problems writing learning outcomes/objectives for your content or courses? Or more specifically, do you have trouble finding the right ACTION VERBS to describe what you want your students to achieve from the course, module, topic or unit? Have you tried using Bloom's Taxonomy wheel(s) before to assist finding those magic action verbs? Here are a few examples: Bloom's Revised Taxonomy Wheel Source: http://www.cobbk12.org/sites/alt/training/Blooms/circle.GIF
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.” – Albert Einstein Firstly, you might get annoyed with the term 'World Class' and I would perhaps, too. But at least it got you to this sentence, so it is working (until now!). Think of 'World Class' in this context as delivering exceptional or inspiring lectures, talks, presentations, etc. Secondly, you might argue that we should get rid of

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Here is the press release on the article: SyberWorks Media Center Presents a New Article: “AICC and the LMS” The article, “AICC and the LMS” , can be found in the SyberWorks Media Center . I have also posted it below:
 
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Awhile back I did a post on Training Prisoners and how we can help participants not feel “trapped” in class. I’ve been reading a blog called: Better Learning Better Earning and it has some interesting articles. One in particular touches on Training by Hostage . 
 
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
According to a Neilsen report, as quoted in A World of Connections , a special report in The Economist on social networking, in October 2009 the countries in which users spent the most hours using social media were Australia, the UK and Italy. For each of this top three, the average user spent over six hours in the month. Why these three? I
 

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My collection of eLearning Articles, White Papers, Blog Posts, etc. just reached 100. Thought I'd share. No particular order to these. 1. Creating Passionate Users: Crash course in learning theory 2. Keeping Up with the Pace of Change Informal learning will help employees survive in the future workplace
Continuing on from my first post on Google Wave: “What is Google Wave?” 8221; I’ve been finding and reading (and printing, sorry trees) a fair bit of information. I I can’t keep my mind ordered enough to remember where I’m putting it all, so I’ll put links and choice quotes below; The
Although, according to Gartner's Hype Cycle , Twitter is about to enter the "Trough of Disillusionment", many educators are still trying to come to grips with it, and in particular its use in the classroom.  0160; Here are 10 resources that specifically look at the educational use of Twitter: 25 25