Moodle Journal
JUNE 9, 2005
Just completed the Moodle awareness sessions for staff, a very promising attendance and level of interest from everyone. Some encouraging comments particularly with regard to the re-engineering of content withenthusiasm shown in for Flash and courseGenie. The next stage will be running the training sessions. Given the success of today I feel that a term based awareness / conference programme could bring substantial benefit.
Vignettes Learning
JUNE 29, 2005
Special Issue, 120-Page Article This article presents a series of strategies and tactics which help you answer these questions: How do I respond to rapid business needs for e-Learning? How do I decide which approach can dramatically increase the speed of development and how do I calculate the returns? How do I work effectively with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to obtain content?
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The Learning Circuits
JUNE 23, 2005
Apple has sold over 15 million iPods worldwide and sales are not fading -- 5.3 million were sold in the first quarter of 2005. The iPod has also spawned a major accessory and peripheral boom (e.g. cases, speakers, and radio transmitters). Unlike a lot of fads, such as the Hula Hoops or Pet Rocks, iPods actually affect behavior. Duke University saw iPods as a teaching tool and gave each incoming freshmen one, however, it recently stopped this practice (almost all of the incoming students already
Big Dog, Little Dog
JUNE 28, 2005
Knowledge Management: No Such Thing As A Knowledge Worker. For those who manage well, there is a bright and prosperous future. For those who are managed, the future-certainly the income prospects-are not so bright. Visual Cognition Lab. Videos on cognition and stimuli. Tools for collaboration. How do you pick the 'best' tool for collaboration when attention shifts, activities change and engagement exhibits a rhythm?
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The Learning Circuits
JUNE 20, 2005
I'm curious what elearning designers and managers are doing with multimedia. Five years ago, text was the leper of elearning design. Video, games, simulations, and audio were intended to replace, not augment text learning. Clark Aldrich has posted on games and simulations on this forum. What are others doing? In my recent experience, text seems to be more dominant than ever (and I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing).
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The Learning Circuits
JUNE 15, 2005
The idea of workflow learning is surprisingly controversial. I attended the "Innovations in E-learning†symposium last week, put together by George Mason University, the US Naval Education and Training Command, and the Defence Acquisition University. I was interested in hearing what Jay Cross , Clark Aldrich, Harvey Singh and Ben Watson had to say about workflow learning, collaboration, and simulations, since these are things I have always been passionate about.
The Learning Circuits
JUNE 15, 2005
Hey everyone. One of our readers has a question for the community. I have a question for you. I am looking for some examples of wikis and blogs used in classes (corporate, higher ed or even K-12 ) or in professional publications or newsletters or the like that are being used when learning, delivering training or developing training. Not blogs or wikis about learning or training, but ones that are being used as part of the process or learning or delivering/developing training.
The Learning Circuits
JUNE 14, 2005
For anyone who has heard me rant about the power of the Internet being it's ability to connect people together on a scale previously not possible it is invigorating to see that the June 20th US edition of BusinessWeek is all about this topic. The cover story, titled " The Power of Us " is an excellent article about how the Internet can connect all of us in new and exciting ways (there are also some online exclusives like Tour the Collectives of Cyberspace which are well worth checking out).
The Learning Circuits
JUNE 14, 2005
" Computer games are more effective learning tools because they sustain interest and attention in settings where people are normally bored." Marc Prensky I was visiting Plymouth University in the UK last year and I was looking in on one of the classes on Principles of Accountancy. There were four tables, surrounded by four students, all standing and intensely playing Monopoly.
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The Learning Circuits
JUNE 13, 2005
Clark Aldrich is touring the continent to introduce his new book, Learning by Doing. I've been fortunate to hear him twice in the last month. Talking with diverse people in new places gets Clark thiinking about many issues. He has been sharing them here. Some people think it's great to have a steady stream of intriguing ideas; others consider it undue self-promotion for the book.
The Learning Circuits
JUNE 11, 2005
Anyone who creates formal learning experiences has to understand how something happens in order to present it, to test it, and increasingly to create an environment where people can play/practice in it. To do this beyond the most simple examples, the next generation of educational content creators are going to have to get good at identifying and building systems.
The Learning Circuits
JUNE 10, 2005
There are a lot of e-learning things. LMSs, LCMSs, Virtual Classroom Tools. Online courses on Windows and biology 101 and ethics. The question used to be, what would be bundled? Would EPSs bundle LMSs? Would IM bundle virtual classrooms. Then the question is, what will be merged/acquired. Which LMSs and LCMSs will merge? Will content vendors merge with other content, or with tools?
The Learning Circuits
JUNE 7, 2005
A few weeks back, I attended the Education Arcade 's recent event. The Education Arcade is a MIT-originated group focused on games for learning. There's a bit of a focus on education, not corporate learning, and on academic research, but it's still worthwhile. For instance, Jane McGonigal had a great presentation on principles for designing massively multiplayer games, based upon her experience with The Beast , and I Love Bees , two games promoting a movie and game, respectively.
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The Learning Circuits
JUNE 6, 2005
If anyone is interested, I read a bit from my new book at Second Life ; the 13 minute downloadable MP3 is posted. It gave me a chance to present one of my favorite charts: It suggests in order to understand "The Humanities" (the wisdom of the people who came before us), one thing you have to understand is business strategies. In order to understand business strategies, one thing you have to understand is personal improvement.
The Learning Circuits
JUNE 5, 2005
How many times have you or someone you know do something over and over again, yet learn nothing from it? If you are like me, then at least a few times. On the other hand, Elliot Massie once said something to the effect that if you hand a salesperson a crumpled and smudged fax that explains how to increase her sales and thus increase her commissions, then more than likely, she will learn how to increase her sales.
The Learning Circuits
JUNE 4, 2005
There is a difference between supporters of learning and supporters of e-learning. Every new formal learning technology/approach is judged against a standard that older formal learning technology/approach would fail. It is easier to criticize more/precise content than less/vague content. There is no e-learning that is so cheap that people will not complain about the price; there is no e-learning so brief that people will not complain about the time it takes to consume it.
Big Dog, Little Dog
JUNE 27, 2005
Visual Literacy. Bringing Fresh Visions to Tired Cliches. Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique? There are important differences. Are differences attributable to different cultures or to different stages of corporate development? An interview with John Hagel (audio). Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with John Hagel, who with co-author John Seely Brown, has written "The Only Sustainable Edge," a new perspective for business.
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Big Dog, Little Dog
JUNE 25, 2005
iPods for Learning. Do iPods have any any value in a corporate training setting? A Conversation with Alva Noe (audio). Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Alva Noe, professor of philosophy at UC, Berkeley and the author of "Action in Perception." They talk about the nature of perception, and how philosophy is quickly meshing with cognitive science. Social bookmarking in the enterprise.
Big Dog, Little Dog
JUNE 23, 2005
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT - Who Knows Whom, And Who Knows What? Employees' personal connections can be as valuable as their individual knowledge base. Social network analysis, or SNA, helps maximize a company's collective smarts. History is written by the winners - not any more it isn't? Basically, Wikipedia is perhaps the finest public example around of a community editable web page (a wiki) in action.
Big Dog, Little Dog
JUNE 20, 2005
Why RSS and Folksonomies Are Becoming So Big. An RSS feed is a blog distilled to its core essence. If you look at the output of an RSS feed in a reader, you'll see no comments, no trackbacks and (for the most part) no design. It's the better blog. It's pure data. Deep, Dark Secrets of His and Her Brains. Sandra Witelson had studied scores of brains looking for gender differences.
Big Dog, Little Dog
JUNE 19, 2005
Going Visual (podcast). Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Alexis Gerard and Bob Goldstein, authors of "Going Visual -- Using Images to Enhance Productivity, Decision-Making and Profits," about the next generation of all our organizations. Steve Jobs @ Stanford. On Sunday (June 12) Steve Jobs gave the commencement speech at Stanford University to its 5,000 graduates. p.o.d.c.a.s.t.
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Big Dog, Little Dog
JUNE 18, 2005
It's iPod's Revolution: We Just Live in It. It's hard to recall any branded recreational product that ever carried the cultural oomph that the iPod now has. Who Knows Whom, And Who Knows What? Employees' personal connections can be as valuable as their individual knowledge base. Social network analysis, or SNA, helps maximize a company's collective smarts.
Big Dog, Little Dog
JUNE 13, 2005
Is Social. Networking Broken? Super-hyped social networking is exploding, with new ways to link up to others being added daily. Make ebooks for your iPod guide. There's a somewhat little know and often-unused function of iPod called "Notes" which can actually be quite handy for storing and reading text, creating a locked "kiosk mode", quizzes, games as well a full-length ebooks.
Big Dog, Little Dog
JUNE 12, 2005
Joining the knowledge economy. Any visitor to Egypt cannot fail to be impressed by the speed and efficiency with which tickets are issued for the train between Cairo and Alexandria. he railway infrastructure is a different matter. Want to Win? Here's Some Practical Advice from Jack Welch. Distinctions between leadership and managing are "academic hogwash.
Big Dog, Little Dog
JUNE 11, 2005
Ivy League E-Learning. How eCornell helps Cornell University translate and enrich the classroom experience for purposes of online executive and professional education. How Humble BBS Begat Wired World. Before America Online, Friendster, forums and blogs, geeks communicated with one another in a clunky and pedestrian way that was the precursor to all subsequent forms of online communication.
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Big Dog, Little Dog
JUNE 6, 2005
A Workflow Learning Pattern Language. A preview of Jay Cross' presentation for the Innovations in eLearning Symposium. Camcorders Revisited: Why Didn't I Think of That? Amazingly, the answer is that a camcorder and lightsmith actually works better than a traditional â€" and much more expensive â€" digital imager. Time to (re)innovate the office? It isn't news to anyone reading this that Microsoft and IBM have been fighting over the knowledge sharing and collaboration (collectively: collaborative
Big Dog, Little Dog
JUNE 5, 2005
Effective corporate IT training: Bursting the e-learning bubble. Humans, by nature, learn best through social interaction - a critical element removed by e-learning. Training inspires loyalty. WHILE money may not buy you love, it certainly does not buy worker loyalty. Performance: When looking isn't seeing: Is cockpit design flawed? Reducing the number of objects in a display appears to have no general effect on perceptual performance.
Big Dog, Little Dog
JUNE 1, 2005
Human Performance: If you don't find it often, you often don't find it. In some sequences of images, an item would be present half the time, and the volunteers missed only 7 percent of them. But when the item appeared only 10 times in every 1,000 images, their error rate rocketed to 30 percent. The Education Podcast Network. The Education Podcast Network is "an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers.
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