Anne Marie Cunningham is a GP and Clinical Lecturer at Cardiff University, Wales. She authors the blog Wishful thinking in medical education , which she uses to advance thinking about the training of student doctors. Recently Anne Marie blogged Location and Learning (which I have reproduced here) and she asked me whether or not I consider her central idea an example of an Informal Learning Environment (ILE). We know that entering wards can be a daunting experience for students. They don’t feel part of a team. They don’t know who everyone is. So what can we do? What a wonderful idea! MORE >>

It might not seem like it but aesthetics–art, beauty and visual elements—are part of every game from the symmetry of the tic-tac-toe game space to the clever little Monopoly pieces and all the way to the cinematic detail of a video game like Red Dead Redemption with its panoramic views of the American Wild West. Regardless of the game, aesthetics play an important role. Chess pieces require certain aesthetics to distinguish a bishop from a pawn, a knight from a queen and even to tell one side (white) from the other (black). Star Wars Chess Pieces. Foursquare Badges. Content Guide MORE >>

#Enterprise #Micro-blogging #is #a #very #powerful #tool #that #connects #people #to #people, #people #to #information, #people #to #knowledge, #and #people #to #skills. ll stop using the hashtags now … point taken. Why more organizations haven’t implemented an internal only, micro-blogging platform for their company is mind boggling. According to McKinsey and Company , only 19% of organizations have actually deployed enterprise micro-blogging inside the corporate walls through December, 2010. That stated, once micro-blogging is enabled, hashtags now benefit the employee & the organization. MORE >>

Earlier today Shelly Terrell tweeted that she would prefer to see schools invest in mobile technologies than in Interactive White Boards (IWBs). Here's what she said: "Personally, I feel $$ better spent on mobile devices in classrooms vs IWBs." Actually, I can see her reasoning behind this, because although I have observed some excellent learning and teaching using IWBs in some schools, they are few and far between. Many teachers I have watched tend to use IWBs like an expensive display board. They won't let smaller hands anywhere near it. Kids at the front of the class? Never! from the class. MORE >>

Years ago when I did video production, it seemed that every one of my customers wanted the final video to be like an MTV music video—fast moving with quick cuts. They didn’t seem to care much about whether or not that was the right approach; they just knew they wanted it to be like MTV. By the way, this was back when MTV actually showed music videos. That was challenging enough because not every subject required an MTV-type video. However, a bigger challenge was when they had those expectations for the product but never shared them with me. What’s in Your Client’s Head? Give Them Some Examples. MORE >>