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Hot List - April 1, 2009 to April 11, 2009

Tony Karrer

Top 100 eLearning Items - eLearning Technology , April 7, 2009 Interesting that my own post got the top spot. My top ten tips for getting started with eLearning: - Ignatia Webs , April 6, 2009 It ain’t always easy to dive into eLearning. Top Posts The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals.

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Is technology killing the art of conversation?

Learning with e's

The exchange then descended into: 'There's too much technology around' and, 'I don't know what the world is coming to.' In Alone Together (2011) Turkle implies that technology is distracting us from social interaction, and is ruining conversation: 'The relentless connection leads to a new solitude'. Maidenhead: Open University Press.

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Digital tribes

Learning with e's

Photo by Bruce Warrington Ten years ago, in 2009, I published an edited volume entitled 'Connected Minds, Emerging Cultures' which was a compendium of papers written by leading theorists and practitioners in the field of learning technology. This is a repost from my 2009 blog series on the same subject. New York: The Free Press.

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Create Autonomy in Gamification and Other Learning Environments

Kapp Notes

A large body of research has indicated that absolute learner control in open instructional environment is both inefficient and ineffective (Merrill, 2009; Clark & Mayer, 2011). 2009) First principles of instruction. The MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. & Mayer, R. New York: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer. Merrill, D. Reigeluth, A.

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Theories for the digital age: The digital natives discourse

Learning with e's

One of the more controversial theories of the digital age is the claim that technology is changing (or rewiring) our brains (Greenfield, 2009) whilst some also claim that prolonged use of the Web is detrimental to human intellectual development (Carr, 2010). There is further yet dissent.

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Bob Little – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

ABOUT BOB LITTLE (Senior Partner, Bob Little Press & PR). As the Senior Partner of Bob Little Press & PR , you have been providing business-to-business public relations (PR) services to many organizations in the ‘learning’ and ‘learning technologies’ industry for years. THE INTERVIEW: 1. Learnnovators: Hi Bob.

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Virtual reality for pain management

KnowledgeOne

Virtual Reality (VR) is a fascinating technology that allows the user to be transported into a synthetic world they perceive as real and in which they can move and interact. As it evolves rapidly and becomes more accessible, it will stand out as a highly prized technology of the future in many fields, including medicine.