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iPods for Learning

The Learning Circuits

Apple has sold over 15 million iPods worldwide and sales are not fading -- 5.3 The iPod has also spawned a major accessory and peripheral boom (e.g. Unlike a lot of fads, such as the Hula Hoops or Pet Rocks, iPods actually affect behavior. So, do iPods have any any value in a corporate training setting?

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Want to Inspire and Amaze Online Learners? Do What The Pros Do

SHIFT eLearning

When the iPod was introduced, he didn''t say it had powerful search functionality. No, he said you could find your music faster. In information design, slides must communicate, inform or persuade those interacting with the information. In fact, he actually let the computer do most of the talking for him.

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Networked noughties 2003-2005

Learning with e's

The launch of one of the first social networking services Friends Reunited in 2000 paved the ways for a welter of new social networking tools which would revolutionise the way people connected, communicated and shared. Music fans were delighted in June 2004 to witness the commercial launch of iTunes. for a small fee.

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Millennials in the workplace, are you ready?

Learnbrite

Gone are the days where we use the old-fashioned “Pen and Paper” to communicate to one another, now we have things like: The Internet, Cell phones, Laptops, Surface Devices, Video Chat, the list is endless. And Secondly, VR is Revolutionizing the way we work in the workplace, from Training to Communication!

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The power of the spoken word: including podcasts in training

Matrix

Back in 1938, radio was the main means of finding out what was going on in the world, listen to music or even to the back-then really popular radiophonic theatre. Pretty much anybody can make them with minimal effort, from celebrities looking to communicate with their fans to corporate learning and development professionals.

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How we spend our time in the UK

Clive on Learning

The statistics suggest people in the UK spend seven hours a day – almost half their waking lives - "engaging in media and communications activities" The article goes on: “However, the average person actually squeezes in the equivalent of nearly nine hours of media and communications by multi-tasking on several devices.

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Noughties. but nice

Learning with e's

If we time jumped from then to 2009, the way we now communicate, learn, search for information, share content and consume entertainment would be unrecognisable. The music industry must be rubbing its hands with glee. YouTube: Freaking out, spoofing, parodies, pirated music videos and plenty of dross - that's YouTube for you.