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Tween's Playing Online Games Like Never Before

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:48:00 PDT

Tween's playing a video game. Most of them do on a regular basis. In 2007, when children's marketing research firm KidSay asked boys what virtual worlds or online games they had visited in the past two weeks, 35 percent of boys aged 8 to 11 replied "none." That's a big increase. Here are some other statistics from the M2 Research Report.

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Taylor’s Ghost

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:31:39 PDT

Tweet Here are some of the things I learned via Twitter this past week. QUOTES: @EskoKilpi “Control means being able to predict (if A then B); if we can’t predict, we can’t control.&#. via @4KM Complexity is necessary … confusion & unnecessary complication should be eliminated. Don Norman ). **. And the debate goes on.

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Conference call woes

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:18:41 PDT

David Grady’s highly amusing observations on the problems inherent in conference calls definitely grabbed my attention, not only because I can relate them to my experiences of running regular meetings on the phone, but also because of the similar issues that can be faced in online meetings. Ideas?

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Corporate handwriting – why typography is important in e-learning.

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:51:35 PDT

Western fonts and typefaces fall into one of two identifiable categories; either they have small features at the end of strokes to distinguish each character, or they don’t. Serif fonts (or “Roman” fonts) are the ones with the swishes, and sans serif typefaces are the ones that don’t. Am I complaining? No way. hate Lucida Handwriting. Why not?

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Hidden shortcuts of Captivate 5

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:40:43 PDT

Keyboard shortcuts are a great way to boost productivity. While most of the keyboard shortcuts are listed besides the menu items in Cp5, there are few which are hidden underneath. Here is a list of some of those shortcuts. Editing shortcuts. Shortcut key. Action. Ctrl + I (Win), Command + I (Mac). Left indent selected items. Decrease magnification.

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The changing shape of the internet

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:52:00 PDT

Chris Anderson’s article The web is dead: long live the internet , in the August edition of Wired magazine, has attracted a lot of attention, including mine, but for many the title of the article would mean very little. The opening question asks, “When was the World Wide Web officially launched?”, with options for the 70s, 80s or 90s. Do I mind?

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Good Games, Good Learning

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:43:03 PDT

I stumbled across an interesting paper linked to in a post by Karl Kapp. The paper describes a Professor of Reading’s teachers experience and learning from playing digital games and describes some of the learning principles good games incorporate. In fact, nothing happens until a player acts and makes decisions.

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Locked and loaded

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:00 PDT

Next week is the annual bash for learning technologists here in the UK. ALT-C 2010 looms, and Nottingham beckons once again for a gathering of the clans. have worked with many of these on a regular basis since, and count them among my most valuable colleagues, as well as great friends. And coffee. 1) A four gang mains extension cable. 11) iPhone.

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Time to Eliminate Software Product Tutorials?

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:38:09 PDT

The software industry is loaded with help manuals and tutorials. It doesn’t matter how complex or easy the product is, a help manual or a tutorial is a must have. Why would someone need a help manual or a tutorial if the product is self-explanatory, obvious, easy to use? Let’s begin with the basic question. What users want? Reasons.

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Episode 1 of The Forge is in the Can!

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:23:59 PDT

Write this day down in history. Today we shot the first episode of The Forge ! In this episode, Matt Pierce talked with Jon Udell all about screencasting. One of the things they discussed was the history of the name "Screencast". You can see a list of all the names suggested for this genre of videos here. The video runs (35:38). Stay tuned. Topics?

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New utility for deleting Adobe Captivate project cache folders

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:07:58 PDT

Project cache in Adobe Captivate 5 helps you save and open projects faster. When you create a project in Adobe Captivate 5, a corresponding project cache folder is automatically created. This folder is saved in the project cache root folder specified in the project Preferences. For more information on project cache in Adobe Captivate 5, see [link].

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Assimilation or Innovation? Your Opportunity Awaits.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:55:59 PDT

It happens time and time again. It is the evolution we all see, but rarely acknowledge. person, or a group of people work hard and fail. They don’t stop, but rather they try something new and they iterate. They take what worked and capitalize on it and drop that which didn’t work. And in time they are able to make some progress.

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New from NCES: Postsecondary Institutions and Price of Attendance in US

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:17:46 PDT

The National Center for Education Statistics has just released a publication entitled ‘Postsecondary Institutions and Price of Attendance in the United States: Fall 2009 and Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 2008-09, and 12-Month Enrollment 2008-09'. Great stuff if you are.

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Develop Awesomeness with the eLearning Brothers

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:49:23 PDT

We’d like to work with you to create AWESOMENESS! If you want to toss around some ideas for your next online training course go ahead and contact us. Brainstorming with the Brothers is always free!

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My brain, my devices, my addictions!

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:48:00 PDT

As I reach for my iPhone first thing in the morning to check my email, or see what’s happening on Twitter while I’m pushing a kid on the swing I’ve also been thinking about the rush of dopamine we must all get when we get a new email, twitter @ reply, blog comment, etc. Oh the thrill! Oh the excitement! Oh the addiction! How do you cope? need it.

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White-Boardom, a Litmus Test for Virtual Classrooms – Part 2

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:32:07 PDT

Trainers can be wonderfully inventive when it comes to designing activities, but awfully inhibited when it comes to transferring them online. In yesterday’s blog I promised to share a number of whiteboards with you. Those I created for a variety of different teaching and training strategies. Today Have you managed to …? Did you …?”. and so on.

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AppleTV + AirPlay = Uber Projector Enhancement

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:11:00 PDT

Okay, so maybe not YET! But when AirPlay is released everything will change.AGAIN! know a lot of you give many presentations a year. And you must be as frustrated as I am with the continued need for cables/adaptors and projectors. Setting up a projector correctly is NOT easy. If you've ever dealt with A/V staff at events you know what I mean. Hello?

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Lectures, bloody lectures

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:46:37 PDT

Tweet Yesterday I attended Lectures: Dead and Alive , The 2010 Tucker Talk , delivered by Dr. Bruce Robertson, Professor of Classics, who asked, “In an age of instant online videos, why do people still travel thousands of miles to hear a public presentation? Why are lectures so improbably still ‘alive’?&#. think he was an anomaly.

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Light-weight learning analytics tools

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:14:17 PDT

I’ve heard of SNAPP before – &# software tool that allows users to visualize the network of interactions resulting from discussion forum posts and replies&# – but decided to play around with it today. SNAPP does its analysis and posts the results on the bottom of your browser window.

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Mike Myatt's Top 31 Leadership Blogs for 2010

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:25:51 PDT

If you’re like me, you appreciate seeing someone else’s “top list” for a topic of interest. It helps me sort through the thousands of blogs that I don’t have time to read. Mike Myatt gives us some help on the topic of leadership with his list of Top leadership blogs. Although numbered here, Myatt listed these in no particular order. N2growth Blog.

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Big Question: How to use Text-to-Speech in eLearning and when

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:01:00 PDT

In the Big Question launched by Tony Karrer this month , he wonders how we use Text-to-Speech (TTS) in our courses? He also reflects on budget and the combination of TTS and the text that can be shown, but I will only look at when and how I have been using TTS. If you have not used TTS in your courses yet, have a look.

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Good Games and Good Learning

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:42:00 PDT

James Paul Gee, who writes prolifically about video games for learning, has a paper out titled Good Video Games and Good Learning. You should check it out yourself but here are a few points from the 14 he lists in the article related to the learning principles good games incorporate. Good video games capture players through identify.

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Optimizing Web Media for Mobile Learning

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:33:36 PDT

We’ve recently been delivering simple content just-in-time for access through the websites that are designed to run on mobile devices. It was easier said than done, here are some lessons we picked up along the way. One goal of the design would be identifying target devices that potential users will have. Almost all major platforms have emulators.

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Social Media for Trainers

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:12:46 PDT

My posting, which is the first stop on Jane Bozarth's Social Media for Trainers blog book tour, appears on my Jane's Pick of the Day blog

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DevLearn 2010 Conference Director’s Must-Read Book (Interview)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:05:56 PDT

[Editor's note: Josh Little and I will be speaking at DevLearn 2010, and you should try and make it. Learn more about the event in this post.]. Brent Schlenker works for The eLearning Guild as the Emerging Technologies Analyst and is also the Program Director for DevLearn , the largest eLearning conference in North America. Army). Not so much.

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Getting Started with Lectora Inspire by Jessica Athey

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT

It's challenging to minimize the number of authoring tools required for e-Learning production and to. streamline the process, especially for a team when not all of them have skills in Flash, graphics, and. design. Lectora Inspire™ provides an integrated suite of tools to overcome these challenges.

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Social Media for Trainers

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT

I am delighted to be the first stop on the blog book tour for Jane Bozarth's new book, Social Media for Trainers. Jane is the author of a number of excellent books, including. Social Media for Trainers is available both as a paperback and in a Kindle version from Amazon (Here are direct links to the book at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.

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Awesome DevLearn 2010 Sessions & Workshops

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:13:53 PDT

[Editor's note: DevLearn 2010's program director is featured in today's interview. Check it out here.]. What do Marcia Conner , Byron Reeves , Thornton May , John Seely Brown , Josh Little , and Nemo Chu have in common? Check out their official event website for complete details. One Workshop and One Session from Bloomfire. Discounts. Easy-peasy.

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