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eLearning Conferences

Tony Karrer

All the information below was obtained from Internet sources and announcements in educational journals. JANUARY 2009 January 3-4, 2009 New Presidents Program , sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges, Hyatt Regency Coconut Point, Bonita Springs, Florida, USA. link] conferences_events/presidents/ 2009.asp.

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Engaging online learners 1

Learning with e's

And perhaps your social presence, if you know how to invoke it. Wheeler, 2009, p 487) Continues in the next post. 1995) Social presence theory and implications for interaction and collaborative learning in computer conferences. International Journal of Educational Technologies , 1 (2/3), 147-166. Wheeler, S.

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Engaging online learners 2

Learning with e's

I wrote back in 2009 about how I had used the model to frame my own efforts to engage online learners, in wikis - collaborative web pages. This activity is a phase 1 activity and involves minimum social interchange. Wheeler, 2009, p 487) Read more in the next post. 2009) Destructive creativity on the social web.

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Using Games and Avatars to Change Learner Behavior

Kapp Notes

This is interesting by itself but when you combine it with the results of other similar studies, it becomes clear that pro-social games can and do influence behavior positively. Other research has shown that pro-social games—games where the player is helping others—have a positive influence on pro-social behavior. References. [1]

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Competition & Cooperation in Gamification

Kapp Notes

Competition can be used if the students are initially reluctant to learn content, they have a good social relationship with each other or if the students are initially hesitant to engage with the content. Increasing the number of competitors can decrease student motivation (Garcia & Tor, 2009). Journal of Educational Psychology.

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Win with decency

CLO Magazine

HBR measured companies’ empathy through ethics, leadership, company culture, brand perception and public messaging through social media. One way to transform vulnerability into a skill involves social media. But have you thought about creating a gratitude journal, not for yourself, but for your employees?

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Top 125 Workplace eLearning Posts of 2009

eLearning Learning Posts

This also contributed to the Hot Topics and eLearning Trends for 2009. So without further set, I’m happy to announce the Top Posts as defined by Social Filtering - meaning by everyone involved directly or indirectly in eLearning Learning. Top 125 Workplace eLearning Posts of 2009. ZaidLearn , December 11, 2008.