'This is an excellent post  from Inge Ignatia de Waard on the impact of mobile access on learner interactions in a MOOC  as part of her progress towards a PhD. I’ve added her slide deck below for you as this has some excellent findings and figures. am also (still) reading Inge’s book ‘ MOOC Yourself ‘ and hope to have a report/review of it posted up soon, but the short bio can be read here. Impact of mobile access on learner interactions in a mooc method and findings. from Inge Ignatia de Waard. Related posts: Week 1: TEL Concepts and Approaches #ocTEL. MORE >>

'Successful companies provide new and improved training methods to keep their workforces vibrant and growing. Unfortunately, a number of institutions put a greater amount of attention on client approval and long-term goals rather than investing in the development of their workers. However, one reason why companies with effective training methods are successful is because their employees receive the latest and greatest information that bolsters confidence and grows their knowledge of the company. As a result, client approval soars and long-term goals are achieved. LMS & eLearning MORE >>

'Knowing how long a course is going to be is important for many reasons. In an ideal world, a course should be exactly as long as it needs to be to meet its goals—not a minute less, not a minute more. But there are some real-world reasons why you might need to contain the length. You need to put together a cost estimate and schedule, and course length will drive that. Conversely, you may have budget, resource, or schedule constraints, and you need to keep the course length within the limit of what you need to accomplish. You may have external requirements on the course length. 53 screens. MORE >>

'Video podcast 36 is the fifth and final in a series of videos exploring the role of change management when implementing a learning technology strategy; such as e-learning courseware, a Learning Management System, webinar, social media or a video platform for performance support. This video examines an end user’s perspective to: Meeting expectations Accountability Learning self-management, self-directedness [.]. Change management E-Learning strategy E-Learning tutorial Podcast Video MORE >>

'Here are the links and resources from my presentation at the Singapore Learning Symposium. First we discussed, Why Games for Learning in Singapore? And discovered that Singapore has a robust games industry, here is some information about the games industry in Singapore. Singapore’s games sector comprises of over 62 games development, publishing and services companies. Singapore is home to major video game industry players such as Ubisoft Singapore, Gumi Asia, Garena Interactive and Gameloft Singapore as well as the recently concluded Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab. From DARPA about Plan X. MORE >>