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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Building Better Learning Games

Learning Visions

Demographics of Casual Games: In 2007, 61% of online game play was in the genre of casual games. Creating a library of casual games to teach simple lessons (credit cards, personal budgeting, saving, loans, etc.) Poll: Do you play any of these? D2Ds vision is financial entertainment. Looked at existing games and saw issues.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: My Objection to Learning Objectives

Learning Visions

I called this one out as one of the top things I learned about learning in 2007. I sat in on a couple of Michael Allens sessions at ASTD 2007 and when he advised us to spare our learners from learning objectives, it really surprised me. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: All Work And No Learning.

Learning Visions

No conscious time to stop and smell the roses; to reflect on whats been going on and why; to incorporate any lessons learned. Theres barely any time to even think if Ive learned any lessons. Lessons learned meetings (do people still do this? So how do you keep your passionate learning mind open when youre working your butt off?

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Rubric for Online Instruction Chico State

Learning Visions

Thursday, April 26, 2007 Rubric for Online Instruction Chico State This morning, I stumbled across this Rubric for Online Instruction from Chico State University. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. For those of us not from academic backgrounds, rubric might be a new term.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Informal/DIY Learning: Montessori School for Adults?

Learning Visions

Tuesday, March 06, 2007 Informal/DIY Learning: Montessori School for Adults? The basis of Montessori practice in the classroom is respected individual choice of research and work, and uninterrupted concentration rather than group lessons led by an adult. If your kid just wants to polish brass for three hours, so be it.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Online Schooling for the K-12 Set

Learning Visions

All the projects provided standalone, asynchronous lessons. The less-fascinating lessons were mostly HTML text and static images. The more fun lessons were completely original Flash, highly interactive, with humor not only allowed but encouraged. In both modes, the lessons were designed to meet very specific academic standards.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Enough Web 2.0, sometimes its good to be passive

Learning Visions

Friday, February 09, 2007 Enough Web 2.0, I have stacks of books next to the bed that are in progress or just waiting for me to crack open. Theres some lesson in here for me about learning.and teaching.and presenting information. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff.

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