Learning with e's

JUNE 24, 2007

So it was, in a slightly damp and depressed mood that I decided to venture off for a while into my Second Life to cheer myself up. Not physically of course - I'm still able to walk without a limp. Second Life and other 3-D virtual worlds can be damaging to your sense of well-being. But it hurt psychologically.

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E-Learning Acupuncture

JULY 16, 2007

Monday, July 16, 2007 Definitions: Web-courses John Gedeon , an Educational Technologist from the University of the West Indies (Trinidad and Tobago), recently contacted me with a question about my opinion regarding the definitions for courses that have different degrees of web-involvement. Web-enhanced F2F. Web-based Online.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 9, 2009

Sure the quality isn't as good but for internal clips embedded in Articulate courses, they're "good enough" for us. In the context of Audio in eLearning and having the expert speak in the course, I'd like to mention our product Speech-Over (www.speechover.com) as a possible alternative to the other approaches.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 31, 2013

SaaS product – but here’s the thing – if you want the course to be in your LMS – it can but it still sits on the ZZ server side and not in your system (should note that the LMS connectivity is available only in the $40/u version). So, what’s to like about it? Easy to use. Outputs to MP4. Maybe, it was just me.

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TechKnowledge ASTD Rapid Intake NexLearn 66

Learning Visions

MAY 12, 2009

What about eLearning in the UK has led to such an excessive lack of audio in their courses? In India, most courses have no audio but I suspect this has more to do with costs rather than learners preferences. and what can we do now that we have digital voices that we couldnt do so well before? Adding a Swedish voice here.

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eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

I believe that you can expect some type of voice capability with the actors/avatars as in the ability to either lip synch with the characters via audio tool/recording tool in the product will show up more in 2013. Of course the system – LMS will need to support TinCan, and right now that is few and far between. with TinCan).

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Monday, November 05, 2007 Instructional Design Inspiration As I mentioned last week , Im in the midst of designing my first custom eLearning course in quite awhile. Were trying to include more game-like interactivity in this course , and this chapter is chock full of ideas. The 30-Minute Masters by Clive Shepherd.

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Instructional Design Custom eLearning Development Instructional Instruction 125

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Branon Learning Management System App Stores Bob Little Apps, Not Courses Inge de Waard Augmented reality moves towards augmented learning with easy tools: Wikitude , Layar , ARToolKit. Course Redesign We will see increasing efforts at redesigning courses to incorporate both online and face-to-face teaching 2. Learning apps.

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Predictions Diversity Training Compliance Training Authoring Tools 198

eLearning Learning Posts

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Voice-Over in eLearning - The Learning Circuits Blog , September 1, 2010 Over the past couple of months, Dr. Joel Harband has been teaching me all about Using Text-to-Speech in eLearning. First off, most of the courses I have created do not have narration. Experimenting beyond the course! thought so! N2growth Blog.

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Janet Clarey

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Funny it was also the first time Cammy “heard&# my voice (other than in it’s written form). I mean really saying, “Janet, you’re ‘old’ (46), you go take that self-paced e-learning course where you just click the next button. The Next Generation of Courses. Great questions, great crowd, no big tech issues. Tom Werner.

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Social Networks Blended Learning Brandon Hall Cognitive 68

Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2008

This manufacturing process training course was originally delivered as a four hour plus death-by-PowerPoint classroom session (if you could see the original PPT source content, youd begin glazing over within a few slides). Within certain parameters as defined by the client (of course). Cut, cut, cut. Storyline. Meet Pete and his team."

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E-Learning Acupuncture

JANUARY 28, 2008

Monday, January 28, 2008 Putting the microscope on Flickr Last semester I taught an Introductory Microscopy laboratory course. The course was basically divided into 3 parts: 1. Specimen preparation There was no required textbook for the course and a lab manual containing protocols and theory was provided. Microscope operation 2.

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Social Networks Simulations Instructional Design Wiki 40

E-Learning Acupuncture

DECEMBER 20, 2007

► May (3) The power of Voice in online classrooms Do you care about Web 3.0? ► April (3) Cheating in Online Courses 50,000 Hit Friday! ► August (2) Short Cuts for Converting Classroom Courses to Onl. From World of Warcraft to Second Life – Teaching S. STOP and THINK: What inspires you?

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E-Learning Acupuncture

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Its a challenge were always faced with as most of us know that when we create a course, we want to avoiding creating a really boring page-turner. Youll build engaging and motivating courses which include a positive and useful sense of community; its a perfect foundation to learn at a distance. ► June (2) Dissection: What's a PLN?

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E-Learning Acupuncture

OCTOBER 30, 2007

They could effectively used as ‘pre-labs’ to prepare students for a real life lab. An online modern biology course that is under construction. ► May (3) The power of Voice in online classrooms Do you care about Web 3.0? ► April (3) Cheating in Online Courses 50,000 Hit Friday! Supplements.

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Social Networks Simulations Instructional Design Wiki 40

E-Learning Acupuncture

JUNE 27, 2007

So when I design courses here at the Royal Military College of Canada, I sometimes consult image databases that are held by the Federal Government. ► May (3) The power of Voice in online classrooms Do you care about Web 3.0? ► April (3) Cheating in Online Courses 50,000 Hit Friday! copyright free! Are educat.

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Mark Oehlert

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

that is a model of a real-life PMO, populated with all the usual players (PM, logistician, contract specialists, etc.) that REMAIN part of the courses through all the levels of training. typekey e-Clippings (a division of blogoehlert) Me in Second Life Blog powered by TypePad Member since 08/2003

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Learning Visions

MARCH 25, 2008

That is, of course, if Im even awake after the kids have finally fallen asleep. Richard Nantel (Brandon Hall) recently posted about his experience with another voice recognition tool Dragon Naturally Speaking that might give you more power if youre working from your desk rather than a phone. Unfortunately, its not a free product.

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E-Learning Acupuncture

MARCH 8, 2007

From a Course Design and Development (CDD) perspective at the Division of Continuing Studies, there could be many useful benefits to having an RMC-hosted wiki. This same wiki could also serve as the location for the joint creation of text-based documents by the Course Development Team. Hot Topic: Nursing Simulations in Second Life!

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E-Learning Acupuncture

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

So despite living in Ontario my entire life, I had never heard the expression Past-the-Post and of course, I have no clue what Mixed member proportional even means. ► May (3) The power of Voice in online classrooms Do you care about Web 3.0? ► April (3) Cheating in Online Courses 50,000 Hit Friday! Are educat.

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Mark Oehlert

MAY 8, 2007

Third Voice, et al) but I will agree with Webware that this is a nicer in that you dont have to register. typekey e-Clippings (a division of blogoehlert) Me in Second Life Blog powered by TypePad Member since 08/2003 the screen shot on the right shows the expanded note. where I am linking to all the Lewin stuff I find.

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eLearning Learning Posts

APRIL 6, 2010

The conference took place entirely in the virtual immersive environment of Second Life with a venue of presenters from around the world. 10 Things to Consider Before Your E-Learning Course Goes Live - Rapid eLearning Blog , March 16, 2010 It’s amazing how fresh eyes can find things you might have overlooked during production.

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eLearning Learning Posts

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

How to effectively architect information for your elearning course - Free as in Freedom , February 6, 2010 As Instructional Designers, its always a challenge to balance meaningful instruction with information. That said, our SMEs and clients will often say to us things like, “But we need to include _ in the course as well.&#.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 16, 2008

How interactive is the course going to be? That way at least at the end if the initial estimates have been wrong you can say we are "x pages too short" or "if you want that extra content in the course it will be x pages to fit it in". Fantastic question about estimating course time. She says, in a whining tone of voice.)

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