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Technical Communications: Small Steps to a Giant Leap.

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

How does Neil Armstrong's journey into space relate to technical communication? Consider that it only took 10 years for us to move from typewriters (1980) to laser printers (1990), from text-only Web browsers (1993) to websites with embedded movies (2003). The Apollo 11 story can provide another lesson for technical communicators.

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TOPYX LMS and EdTek Services Announce Partnership

TOPYX LMS

founded in 2003, focuses on supporting smaller education providers in the academic, business and nonprofit sectors with access to premium eLearning consultation, services and technology with an affordable pricing model. Vice President, Marketing and Communications. EdTek Services, Inc., Interactyx is an Inc. Interactyx.

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Networked noughties 2003-2005

Learning with e's

Today I continue the retrospective with a review of the years 2003-2005. The launch of one of the first social networking services Friends Reunited in 2000 paved the ways for a welter of new social networking tools which would revolutionise the way people connected, communicated and shared. It was later to be renamed Facebook.

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Literacy in the New Media Age

Learning with e's

Gunther was chair of Semiotics and Education in the Department of Culture, Communication and Media within the Institute of Education of University College London. His book Literacy in the New Media Age, which was first published by Routledge in 2003, was prescient and far sighted. Kress, 2003, p. 16) Reference Kress, G.

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How do you build eLearning?

B Online Learning

We break down our content into the ‘need to know’ vs the ‘nice to know’, and work with our subject matter expert(s), to ensure the right learning content is being communicated to our learners. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2003. Find out more here or contact us on 02 95716888. [1] 1] Allen, Michael W.

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Collaborative learning in 3 questions

KnowledgeOne

These may include exploring a topic in greater depth, communicating knowledge or ideas, developing presentations, and so on. And these benefits are considerable, as the importance of social and communication skills in today’s and tomorrow’s workplace is recognized more than ever before. ”, explain Senécal and Blondel.

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Comic Books for Learning: The Case of Superman

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Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked , 2003)”. People that knew the creators of the character, two young Jewish men, American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster, compare the character’s long-lost planet of origin to the Jewish Europe that was also destroyed ( Comic book superheroes unmasked , 2003).

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