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STOATLY DIFFERENT JANUARY 31, 2012  Learning Without Strategy Mindmeld; there's an app for that. Last week I attended the Learning Without Frontiers conference and the Learning Technologies exhibition. LWF was a pretty profound affair. As Dan Pontefract put it; LWF is the TED of learning. These words stuck with me as I experienced the rest of the conference and I began to link Chomsky’s thoughts back to my own world. I really felt for him. Nothing. | MANAGING ELEARNING JANUARY 31, 2012 eLearning in ‘the Cloud’ eLearning in ‘the Cloud’: Should you go with a brand name or look deeply at the facts? Several eLearning pundits predicted that 2012 will be “the year of the cloud” for those delivering education over the Internet. While I don’t disagree that cloud computing will continue to be an important, evolving service, its use loosely as [.]. eLearning cloud computing elearning Jon Aleckson redundancy SaaS scalability the cloud virtual servers web Web Courseworks | TOPYX SOCIAL LEARNING JANUARY 31, 2012  Social Learning is Coming to an Organization Near You Social Learning and Social Media have the potential to revolutionize workplace learning. People have always learned best from one another— “social” enables this to happen un-restricted by physical location and in all kinds of extraordinarily creative ways. They make learning dramatically more dynamic, stimulating, enjoyable, and effective. Get a free, personal LMS demonstration today! RD Blog 1. | DAWN OF LEARNING JANUARY 31, 2012 Textbooks are dead. Or Should Be. I know it’s a bold statement but just for a minute here, humor me and think about a world without physical textbooks, where teachers assign, distribute, receive assignments and grade on a tablet computer. Where students can receive and complete assignments, and follow their grades on their tablet. Learning on a tablet means no paper, no heavy backpacks, instantaneous feedback, financial savings and the ability for customization to each student. And that is exactly what Jeff Katzman, CLO at Xyleme, is proposing; replacing textbooks and gradebooks with tablets for both students and teachers. | | | | | | | |
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KNOWLEDGESTAR | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012 Always Said The Brain Rules!
I always knew that it’s all in my head, that my brain ruled and not my heart. It’s taken years of work in the Neurosciences to get to the point where they are realizing that they hardly know anything at all about the way the brain really works. John Medina, author of Brain Rules, is [.]. Brain Brain Rules Education instructional design John Medina Learning MORE >> -
AARON SILVERS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012  When Did You First Realize You Were a Designer?
“When did you first realize you were a designer?” ” Earlier on this Tuesday night, several friends in the Chicago area got together for pizza and wine and beer (maybe some whiskey, too) and sat around a table at the Coop and we bounced this question around the table. We each sketched a picture to describe our personal “a ha” moment and then we shared it with the group. There were twelve of us hanging out, each with interesting stories to tell. Sketch by @saminerenberg. ” This question burned at me long after the panel addressed the gentleman. Share them. MORE >> -
MINDFLASH | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012  Infographic — Baby Benefits: Is Your Company Offering Enough Maternity Leave?
Despite the long history of fighting for workers’ rights in this country and the cultural buzz around “family values,” the U.S. actually offers some of the weakest paid family leave benefits in the world. Though some individual states offer employees guaranteed paid family leave, a majority of new parents in the American workforce do not have many options for taking a leave. Paid leave is an important benefit that should be strongly considered by employers to promote employees’ personal and familial well-being. Click image to enlarge). MORE >> -
MOODLE JOURNAL | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012  Newsletter,feedback and eMaterials
One aspects of eLearning that I have been very keen to get established is a newsletter. Apart from raising awareness for everyone regarding those things that are actually taking place with eLearning at the college, I also felt that it could act as a link to resources and news items in the e-digital world in general. From the screen shot you will see that apart from the links associated with our OpenSim project and new materials from Skillls2learn , more of that in a moment. Of course while these new materials certainly look impressive, what is the perception of our students? MORE >> -
UPSIDE LEARNING BLOG | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012  5 Amazing Features That Make UpsideLMS 5.0 So Desirable
Just over a week since we released UpsideLMS 5.0, and the interest it has generated in these few days is mindboggling! For those of you who still haven’t taken a look at this stunning, best value LMS , we suggest you do it now. UpsideLMS version 5.0 is an outcome of the sweat and thoughts put in by our engineering and UI experts. Our designers have put themselves in the users’ shoes to understand the nuances of User Experience (UX). This new version promises to bring a burst of freshness to the users’ desktops along with a slew of new features. Stunning New GUI. UpsideLMS v5.0 Easy Navigation. MORE >>
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- Adobe Captivate: Sometimes Manual Labor is the Best Kind of Labor I CAME, I SAW, I LEARNED | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
- Connect the Right People BRIAN DUSABLON | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
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- Tips & tricks for self publishers – Part 1 E-LEARNING PROVOCATEUR | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
- 5 Free Online Image Editors for Rapid E-Learning RAPID ELEARNING BLOG | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
- A welcome to Elearnity Vendor Perspectives CLIVE ON LEARNING | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
- Six Ways to Use Mobile for Learning OUTSTART KNOWLEDGE SOLUTIONS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
- Profile: Conflict 2: Fear Fighter CLARK ALDRICH | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
- Paris et Expo-Langues JAY CROSS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
- How a Learning Culture Builds a Key Competitive Advantage — Employee Accountability MINDFLASH | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
- "Take Yourself to Work Day" BAMBOO PROJECT | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
- Key Sales Performance Indicators: An Intro BLOOMFIRE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
- Justifying Learning @ the Point of Work LIVING IN LEARNING | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
- Understand your audience! MINDLEADERS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
- Are Your e-Learning Courses Future-Ready? VIKAS JOSHI ON INTERACTIVE LEARNING | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
- My Secret Recipe for Team Building Online | Wired@Heart WIRED@HEART | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
- Tips & tricks for self publishers – Part 1 E-LEARNING PROVOCATEUR | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
- Innovation in Learning Delivery will Deliver ( Performance) ! WEB 2.0 AND LEARNING | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
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