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LEARNING WITH E'S FEBRUARY 19, 2012  Learning pathways I recently heard a story about the building of a new university campus. Unusually, the architect hadn't designed any pedestrian paths into his plan. When asked why there were no pathways between the buildings, he replied cryptically that he was waiting to see what happened. Soon, over a period of time, as students and staff walked between the buildings, they made their own tracks through the grass. | ADOBE CAPTIVATE BLOG FEBRUARY 19, 2012 Connect, Inspire, and ENGAGE your Learners This week at Training2012 conference, one of the best sessions I attended was ‘Creating Learning Experiences that Connect, Inspire, and ENGAGE’. The session was conducted by Dr. Vicki Halsey who is absolutely inspiring and full of positive energy. The way she engaged the attendees in the session proved that her formula of engaging the students [.]. Conferences and events Rapid Authoring Rapid eLearning Effective eLearning ENGAGE Model Engaging eLearning Inspiring eLearning rapid elearning | INTEGRATED LEARNINGS FEBRUARY 19, 2012 What does the 80's movie WarGames tell us about learning games? by Jonathan Shoaf. recently watched the 1980's movie WarGames with my son. As a dad, I often use movies like that as an opportunity to teach something new to my son. So we talked about the military, the Cold War, and then my son started naming countries and wanted to know if they were an enemy or ally of the United States. Of course, I explained that things were not that simple. The movie is about a young computer hacker, played by Mathew Broderick , who unwittingly accesses a NORAD supercomputer controlling United States military nuclear weapons during the Cold War. is a learning opportunity. | LEARNING AND WORKING ON THE WEB FEBRUARY 19, 2012  Strategic Doing is designed for open, loosely coupled networks Tweet Comparing Strategic Planning and Strategic Doing. “In Strategic Doing, metrics play a different role. We use metrics to facilitate learning. Whereas strategic planning is a deductive process of thought and action, Strategic Doing using inductive reasoning. We learn as we do. Metrics provide a convenient tool to accelerate our learning. With them, we figure out what works. | | | | | | | |
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SHAREPOINT AND ASSESSMENT | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2012  Cheating on tests less likely if you use SharePoint?
Do you deliver online tests to employees (for compliance, certification or training purposes) or to students in college or university courses? If so, might your test-takers be less likely to cheat if you deliver tests or exams embedded in SharePoint than in a standalone application? The answer is possibly yes. Read on to find out more! key concept to explain this is the fraud triangle, originally invented by Donald Cressey, a famed criminologist. He suggested that for people to conduct fraud, which includes cheating at a test, they need Motivation, Opportunity and Rationalization. Motivation. MORE >> -
 Betterness: Review
Tweet Umair Haque’s Betterness: Economics for Humans is a quick read and a very cheap book at $2.69 for a Kindle version. It’s worth much more than that. Haque starts with an invitation: If you’re delighted with the status quo, splendidly contented with the present, firmly convinced that the way live, work, and play is the best and last way we can, put this volume back on the digital shelf. … and shows the signs: Our institutions are failing. They’re failing us , failing the challenge of igniting real, lasting human prosperity. ”, much as Simon Sinek does. MORE >> -
SHAREPOINT AND ASSESSMENT | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2012  Cheating on tests less likely if you use SharePoint?
Do you deliver online tests to employees (for compliance, certification or training purposes) or to students in college or university courses? If so, might your test-takers be less likely to cheat if you deliver tests or exams embedded in SharePoint than in a standalone application? The answer is possibly yes. Read on to find out more! key concept to explain this is the fraud triangle, originally invented by Donald Cressey, a famed criminologist. He suggested that for people to conduct fraud, which includes cheating at a test, they need Motivation, Opportunity and Rationalization. Motivation. MORE >> -
WEB 2.0 AND LEARNING | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2012  Hope !
Everytime I see ads like this , it makes me #Happy & #Hopeful.Beautiful Lyrics. Beautiful composition. Thank you Coca -Cola for spreading and sharing happiness. Umeed vali dhoop, Sunshine vali asha. Rone ki vjah hai kam, Hasne ke bahane hai jyada. Zidd hai muskuraaenge, Khush rehne ka hai wada. Umeed vali dhoop Sunshine vali asha. Tum ye jis se agar puchoge, Vo khush rehna he chahe. :) Jab sache mann se mango, To khul jaati hai raahein. To khul ke khusi lutao, Ye kya hai aadha-aadhaa. Umeed vali dhoop Sunshine vali asha. Umeed vali dhoop Sunshine vali asha. happiness sunshine hope coca-cola MORE >> -
ECONTENT | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2012  Skiing Through the Boreal Darkness!
Book Across the Bay ! Fantastic is the only word which one may use to describe a night time ski on the frozen ice of Lake Superior (10 kilometer race). Every 10 meters your trail is lit by a luminaria, followed by bonfires at each 1 kilometer point. Welcome to life in the Northland! Last night, along with 2,500 other people, I skied across the largest freshwater lake in the world! It's hard to document the experience, but here are a few photos. The first five shots are from my GoPro digital camera. This camera is "not" really up to the task of night time photography. Northern Life MORE >>
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