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Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of.

Dashe & Thomson

This YouTube-based learning environment was founded in 2004 by former Boston hedge-fund manager Salman Khan, and today contains more than 2,200 lectures on more than 100 topics (mostly math related). My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them.

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Slide templates and news you just can’t miss

isEazy

Also, if you have a Corporate account you can request your own custom template (contact us at sales@iseazy.com for more information). SCORM 2004. Do you have an LMS compatible with SCORM 2004 ? These were the most popular articles this month: Follow us on social networks. New format for Express Courses.

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Theories for the digital age: Connectivism

Learning with e's

Much of this learning is informal, (Commentators such as Cofer (2000), Cross (2006) and Dobbs (2000) place the proportion of informal learning at around 70%) and is also generally location independent. One highly visible theory is Connectivism (Siemens, 2004). 2000) Informal Workplace Learning. References Cross, J.

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Understanding Web 2.0

Integrated Learnings

Hint: it was not to exchange music and books for credit card information) It was created to help people share information. Actually it was created for physicists across the world to share information in an easy to read format. They shared this information through documents connected together through hyperlinks.

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My 1-liners from ElNet 2011

E-Learning Provocateur

Aside: Alison’s VLEs are wonderful examples of Informal Learning Environments (ILEs) as per How to revamp your learning model. Don’t do it just because everyone else is. Alison Bickford demonstrated content-rich VLEs on the Confluence platform. All you need is a dash of creativity. Aside: What happened to online courses?

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Where Social Learning got its start: An interview with Dave Tosh

The Learning Circuits

For those that haven't, Elgg is an open-source engine that allows you to create your own Social Network. Founded in 2004 by Dave Tosh and Ben Werdmuller, Elgg was often pitched as a Social Network for education - perhaps the first foray into the world of 'online' Social Learning, some time before the phrase entered popular parlance.

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Mentoring in Today’s Workplace: Another Layer of Training

ReadyTech

While training tends to focus on formal learning with well-defined learning objectives, mentoring is more of an informal relationship. In fact, in 2004, President George W. Mentoring—when an experienced individual assists and guides a less-experienced individual—can greatly enhance one’s professional and personal growth.