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LEARNADOODLEDASTIC MAY 5, 2012  Making a case for creating Open Educational Resources for use in Higher Education To set the scene we'll start with a useful and pragmatic definition of Open Educational Resources from Stephen Downes (although he does not support the idea of an 'official' definition) – Read more here [link] "Open educational resources are materials used to support education that may be freely accessed, reused, modified and shared by anyone." Image Courtesy of opensourceway under the CC 2.0 | I CAME, I SAW, I LEARNED MAY 5, 2012 Adobe RoboHelp: Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid When Creating a Help System Neil Perlin has written a well-rounded white paper covering the top mistakes Help authors make when creating a Help System. Among the mistakes: Not developing mechanisms to support content consistency. Not developing mechanisms to support format consistency. Not revisiting project design in light of 'environmental' changes. Not planning to test QA (Quality Assurance) and usability. Not planning to create an index Read more. Adobe's Technical Communication Suite Help Authoring RoboHelp | LEARNING CAFE MAY 5, 2012 Branding of Learning or is reputation enough ? Learning Cafe May Theme & Webinar Being exposed to branding and marketing is now part of life*. In larger companies internal brands (departments, initiatives etc) have been used to create visibility and engage employees with the hope of resulting into action or change. Will the learning function benefit from having its own brand ? Or should we be old school and build a reputation through meeting needs of our customers and learners. Can branding of learning relevant to smaller or mid sized organisations ? In May, Learning Cafe ponders about learning branding through our blogs, discussions and webinars. Questions for Discussion. | ONLIGNMENT MAY 5, 2012 On motivation – Intrinsic motivation Part 2 of a short series on motivation. In part 1, I described my pressure cooker problem. Although it led to my behaving as a just-in-case learner, I was, at the same time fascinated and motivated to browse into the cultural connections of chicken soup, and after a whole host of interesting associative links, I ended up at the Ellis Island passenger arrivals website in the remote hope that I might locate some long lost relatives who emigrated to the USA many years ago. So what is the point? Intrinsic Motivation. Recently the UK Government enquired into the happiness of the nation. | | | | | | | |
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BRIAN DUSABLON | SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012  Busta Cap
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ADOBE CAPTIVATE BLOG | SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012 How Do You Define Community?
I’ve been thinking lately about community. Thinking about eLearning community, about the Captivate community, sure… but also about all sorts of communities. Do I really know what community is? Could I poke it with a stick if I saw it? m originally from Wyoming. mean that I was born in Wyoming. For those of [.]. Whats new MORE >> -
EJ4 | SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012 Employee Engagement: What’s that?
I am sure a majority of you would be shocked to hear of a COO who leaves work by 5:30 every evening to be home in time to have dinner with her family. But it’s happening! That’s the practice that Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, talks about in this recent interview. If you haven’t seen the video don’t worry, we have you covered. While a lot of business experts have weighed in on Sheryl’s practice, some for it, some against it, we wanted to take a different angle and talk about employee engagement. Is that really the case? So what is employee engagement? Well it’s more than just one thing. MORE >> -
ECONTENT | SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012  Northwoods Photos
I've used Picasa for some time now, but decided it was about time I also had a Flickr photostream. love to take photos either on long bike rides through the northwoods, or as SkiCam Man during cross-country ski races. Here are two photos from today's bike ride. The weather was nasty (42F with 20 mph winds off Lake Superior). However, there is often beauty during ugly weather. Click upon either image to view at full size. The Red Barn was just screaming at me to stop from my ride and take its photo. The red really stands out against the nasty sky. In the next 2.9 super fun. MORE >> -
CLARK ALDRICH | SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012  Profile: GoVenture Health
Title GoVenture Health Version Other versions Sponsor/Producer MediaSpark Inc Developer MediaSpark Inc Series GoVenture Number in Series Company Description MediaSpark is an award-winning software development, publishing, and gamification company. Description GoVenture Health is a gamified ebook that that introduces 50+ health and wellness topics to learners aged 10 to adult. Each topic includes an Easy ReadingTM text description, averaging 1,500 words, presented in photobook style. Registry MORE >>
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