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Microsoft Launches ELearning Add-On

LearnDash

Their success led them to follow-up with a new version in 2013, as well as a proprietary offering in Articulate Storyline (originally launched in 2012). Interesting in Theory, but is it Practical? Interesting in Theory, but is it Practical? Mix is interesting in theory.

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What Can You Expect in 2013?

CLO Magazine

Several trends will drive performance and development in 2013, and learning leaders will need to strategize for mobility. This level of engagement could prompt organizations to build their learning content on the TED video lecture model, leveraging the fact that all generations are experienced at consuming information via video.

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The Strengths of Microlearning Today

Meridian

A Microsoft report showed that the human attention span has shrunk from twelve seconds in 2000 to eight seconds in 2013 to one second, which is shorter than the average goldfish. Early microlearning discussions were more theory than practice, coming out of university research at places like MIT. A Micro-History of Microlearning.

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Shifting sands

Learning with e's

Allow me elaborate: Many of our pedagogical theories and much of our practice in higher education is grounded in, and has been derived from, a pre-digital era, when the lecturer or professor was central to the process of education, and where the classroom was the predominant place for learning to take place.

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Learner Engagement – Are Games the Answer?

Association eLearning

While much of it focused on theory and models, where all of us sat listening to a lecturer, there was a unit that involved us partnering up to compete in a game of “Lemonade Stand.” July 1, 2013. The Story Arc Model: Combining Simulation and Story to Create Memorable Learning - May 29, 2013. They just want recognition.

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Free-form responses on MOOCs+Business

Jay Cross

2/26/2013 3:48 PM View Responses. 2/26/2013 3:16 PM View Responses. 2/26/2013 7:36 AM. 2/26/2013 5:22 AM View Responses. 2/26/2013 12:28 AM View Responses. . 2/26/2013 12:28 AM View Responses. 2/25/2013 11:34 PM View Responses. 2/25/2013 4:24 PM View Responses. Available anytime and free.

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EdCast the Twitter of Education Raises 16 Million in Latest Funding Round

Training Industry

Phil Antonelli and John Lane wrote in the spring 2014 issue of “Training Industry Magazine” that “it’s as if social software was designed to support the key aspects of social learning theory.” Karl Mehta seized upon these ideas when he founded EdCast in 2013. was sold to Visa for $190 million in cash.