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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Second Life Backlash and Controversy

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And Im not implying that Im a Second Life naysayer. He cites a USA Today article which says, Students "dont like it for activities that can be done in a real classroom, such as lectures or slide shows. Ive been exploring the use of Second Life for a client for whom Im developing an e-Learning strategy. Real concerns.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Audio in eLearning: Cultural Differences?

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As Im ramping up in my new job, Im talking with my new Kineo colleagues about everything under the sun. Is there some historical background here that Im missing, like computers in the UK didnt have speakers until 2002 so they never bothered? We know to avoid narrating text word for word, for instance. You do know that, right?)

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Learning Styles

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I usually lunge for the mute button, but often I still have to wait for the now-silent narration to finish before Im allowed to move on. Im with you. Of course, this is all just my unfounded and profoundly biased opinion (Im very very visual). 2:23 PM Cammy Bean said. I always tune out the audio and read ahead. Youre right.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: My Client is Addicted: Audio in eLearning

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Now, maybe Im just jaded and want to get to an approved storyboard. Maybe its the fact that Im recovering from pneumonia and just dont have the energy to fight the fight. Im just now starting to feel slightly less horrible. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Emerging Technologies in e-Learning

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Marshall McLuhan) -- Im not trying to be a smarty-pants here, but I looked this up and Gary was close: "We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. Podcasts are portable lectures. Incremental if its just a portable lecture. We march backwards into the future." The content could be Web 2.0, or the Declaration of Arbroath.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: A Deserted Second Life

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Im definitely interested in getting myself in there and would like to arrange a meeting of bloggers, if youre interested. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 But its on my to-do list for this week (as it has been on my to do list for the last month).

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Messy Learning OK. Messy Training Not OK.

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But Im learning. Im just back from two this week, and presented yesterday at USQs Pedagogies and Learning Conference in Brisbane. A lot harder work for the lecturer because they have to guide and mold the unstructure so that it works. I admit that this post is a bit messy. Photo Credit: Audrey Johnson from stock.xchng.