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SPICY LEARNING DECEMBER 22, 2011 A Christmas Carol of e-learning development Chapter One. The Spirit of Christmas Plagiarism. have endeavoured in this Ghostly little blog, to raise the Ghost of an Idea … *. As I’m sure you’ve noticed, 2012 is the year of Charles Dickens’ 200 th birthday. Part of his enduring celebrity is due to modern readers being able to relate to themes discussed almost two centuries ago. Chapter Two. Chapter Three. | THE LEARNED MAN DECEMBER 22, 2011 Halogen eLearning Manager - The Award Winning Learning Management System Traditionally, performance and learning management systems have been designed and implemented as separate applications. With the Halogen eLearning Manager Learning Management System , training and HR specialists can identify performance strengths and gaps across their organizations and determine what learning activities and programs are needed to meet goals. They can measure the effectiveness of training programs by monitoring actual improvements in employee performance - something organizations have been longing to do for years - and tangibly demonstrate the return on training investments. | ABSORB LMS DECEMBER 22, 2011 The Biggest Myths in Learning and Development In the early 1960s, philosopher Abraham Kaplan and psychologist Abraham Maslow independently described the idea that being in possession of an instrument affects our perception. The idea, now commonly called the Law of the Instrument, is illustrated in the phrase ”if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” . ” . False. He may know how I should do this task.” | MINDFLASH DECEMBER 22, 2011 Infographic: How To Give & Ask For a Raise For many, the most nerve-wracking conversation for both the employer and employee is a discussion about a salary raise. Nationally, employees will receive an average 3 percent wage increase this year. With this in mind, employers must carefully decide who gets a raise and when, while employees must perfect the art of salary negotiation. click image to enlarge). | | | | | | | | | -
UPSIDE LEARNING BLOG | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2011 Game Based Learning Showcase: Physicsgames.net After being hooked onto Angry Birds, I now find myself fascinated by a collection of games hosted on a website called [link]. As you must have already guessed, this website showcases numerous physics-based online games developed in Flash. The games have been classified into 7 broad categories. Block Removal. Construction. Demolition. Platform. Projectile. Stacking. Other. Though these games aren’t complex science games, they still require a basic knowledge of concepts such as gravity and force. Each of these games is free and can be easily (and legally) embedded into any blog or website. MORE >> -
KAPP NOTES | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2011 2012 Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference Announcement and Dates The 2012 Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference will be held May 16 (workshops) and May 17-18 (main conference program) at the National Defense University in Washington DC. Registration will be available in January through pay.gov. Registration fees for onsite participation is $75 per day ($75 for workshops and $150 for main conference program). Registration for online participation is free. The new FCVW website will be available in mid-January. Current website is: [link] . Please join the FCVW Facebook group and follow them in Twitter. virtual immersive environment MORE >> -
IGNATIA WEBS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2011 Warm wishes to all: how the potential to learn and network blessed me this year The last couple of years I have been racing: racing to stay on top of the latest eLearning and mLearning news, racing to be at a maximum amount of events that I perceived as 'important', racing to combine working life with personal life (failing at it), racing to get a degree, racing to be found interesting and 'a person to know', racing. luckily life suddenly stopped me from racing. Two major changes happened this year: my boy was born (Isaak is wonderful) and I got diagnosed with diabetes 1, my pancreas is no longer functional. My own mortality hit me like a brick wall. MORE >> -
Creating Passionate Learners 2005 = same in 2011 For those of you that were not into the blogosphere WAY back in.oh. 2005 or 2006, the name Kathy Sierra is probably new to you. It's about time we ALL start learning how to "Create Passionate Users", or in our case Create Passionate Learners.and I'd argue they're the same thing, but I digress. Let me start with why I am blogging on this topic. moehlert tweeted a reminder of an IT Conversations recording of her keynote from the Tools of Change conference (2/16/2011). So, I took 25mins and listened to her story. My favorite moment in blogging. Kathy Sierra said. and I could not agree more. MORE >> -
LEARNING WITH E'S | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2011 Going viral Many bloggers would give their right arm to be able to write posts that are widely read. In a painfully truthful Winston Churchill parody, Katie Hafner recently declared that 'never has so much been written by so many, to be read by so few.' For many, blogging is a little like whistling into the wind. It's quite a lonely existence when you write, and write and post your ideas. but no-one ever reads it. It has to be acknowledged that many bloggers write more for their own benefit than they do as public performance. If someone takes the time to comment, it is a bonus. It's all about the image. MORE >>
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