Tony Karrer
OCTOBER 5, 2007
Richard Nantel was nice enough to point us to a set of glossaries for eLearning related terms: E-Learning Glossary (Brandon Hall Research) E-Learning Essentials | E-Learning Glossary (World Wide Learn) E-Learning Mega Glossary (e-Learning Guru) Learning Circuits Glossary (Learning Circuits) Distance Learning Glossary (eLearners.com) Since I recently was discussing the meaning of eLearning (or is it e-Learning?
Learning Visions
OCTOBER 5, 2007
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, October 05, 2007 Youre So Immature: e-Learning in Some Organizations Earlier this week I was musing about messes in Messy Learning OK. Messy Training Not OK. This post had some great comments which got me thinking about maturity cycles in e-Learning among organizations.
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Kapp Notes
OCTOBER 4, 2007
So you are thinking of creating a simulation of some sort, or perhaps a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Play Game (MMORPG) or maybe even a simple branching scenario. If you are, here is a short list of tools.if you use any other tools, feel free to leave the name and URL in the comments. SimVentive "This is a software toolset that enables designers of instructional ("serious") games to create training simulations and to define the behavior of characters and objects that populate those simulati
From the Coleface
OCTOBER 3, 2007
This month’s TJ talks about the classic framework for interpersonal behaviour, Transaction Analysis (TA), the one that categorises interactions in terms of Parent, Adult and Child states. I find myself referring to this model quite often, especially when it comes to the dissent between family members as to what arrangements we’re trying to make for Christmas.
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Tony Karrer
OCTOBER 3, 2007
As background for an upcoming presentation, I wanted to create a page that provides background resources that explain various eLearning 2.0 tools. I immediately thought of the Common Craft videos. I've embedded them below. Are there other good introductory resources? How about for blogs?
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Kapp Notes
OCTOBER 5, 2007
Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning is taking me all over the world.literally. Here are some physical, face-to-face book tour stops (old fashion, I know, I know). I'm speaking in Paris, France next week at the Kaplan-EduNeering European Knowledge Summit--invitation only (sorry). I'll be discussing learning trends like, Games, the use of wikis and blogs for Personal Learning Environments, Increased Focus on Assessments, Scenario-based Learning and other exciting happenings in the world of lear
Tony Karrer
OCTOBER 3, 2007
Got a question from a reader - (and I love questions) - but this time I think I need help with suggestions. Here's the question: I am the Manager of Education and Training in a non-profit that serves homeless youth and whose mission is to get the kids off the streets by offering services which include getting their GED. Grants demand accountability on success rate and outcomes of our GED teaching process.
Vignettes Learning
OCTOBER 5, 2007
Rick Borovoy, Co-Founder and CTO, nTag Interactive , has been doing a lot of experiments in helping implement a technology-assisted learning process where learners go back and forth from being "On-Grid" and "Off-Grid". He refers to "On-Grid" as following a formal learning process, while "Off-Grid" is learning from follow-up activities, communities, and exchanges, outside of the formal learning process.
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Kapp Notes
OCTOBER 3, 2007
Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan on their radio talk show On the Mark on News Radio 1070 WKOK. Mark was across the table and Joe sat beside me. The topic was "video games are good for kids?" A controversial spin on the book and a good approach for a general talk show. Joe and Mark provided great commentary, questions and insights plus they did their home work digging up some articles about the "evils" of video games and well as some articles about the b
Learning with e's
OCTOBER 4, 2007
Today is a momentous day. I was just a four month old baby at the time, but my cradle was rocked, I can tell you. You see, today is the 50th anniversary of the day the space race started. Some might cynically say it was at the expense of the human race. Maybe, but when the USSR (remember them - they did a world tour in the 1960's) launched the world's first artificial satellite - Sputnik - we entered into a new era of telecommunications which eventually evolved into a vast global network that no
Tony Karrer
OCTOBER 2, 2007
Just a quick note that I've been using SiteMeter and Google Analytics for a while now on my blog. As I've reached 500 visitors a day on the site, I've found that SiteMeter didn't really allow for the detail information I wanted. It was nice as a quick hit information source and I'd still recommend say it was good as a starter approach to getting statistics.
Vignettes Learning
OCTOBER 5, 2007
Social networking is perceived by many adults as waste of time. This is perhaps changing. Financial Post reported that 37% of adults visit social networking sites, 27% who visit FaceBook create a profile. I remember the time when corporate managers where suspicious of instant messaging. Today, it's part of our workplace tools. When technology helps us to do things faster and better,we adapt.
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Kapp Notes
OCTOBER 2, 2007
The book tour is just about wrapping up and it has been a blast for me. Rarely do authors get any real feedback on their work and rarely are they given the opportunity to partake in discussions about their books with engaged people from the field.a recap entry of the tour is in the works. This tour has given me a great opportunity to learn more about what people think of the boomer/gamer knowledge gap and some great ideas on what to do about the gap.
Clive on Learning
OCTOBER 4, 2007
I've been dipping on and off into Patti Shank's new book The Online Learning Idea Book , which claims to contain '95 proven ways to enhance technology-based and blended learning'. On the basis that I had 95 chances to find something new to jutsify my investment in the book, I have persevered with my dipping in and out and have now taken a quick look at all of the ideas on offer.
Tony Karrer
OCTOBER 2, 2007
Edublogs just announced they are hosting 100,000 Edublogs. In fact we've currently got more like 103,000 blogs, separated over four sites (63K on edublogs.org and 39K spread across the student sites). In September at edublogs.org alone we racked up 268,638 unique visitors, who dropped by 904,053 times enjoying 13,701,840 page views while sucking up almost 500Gig bandwidth.
Vignettes Learning
OCTOBER 5, 2007
Ross Mayfield pointed out that " Widgets and ( Web Widget )are the battering rams that will fracture the sand castles of large social networks." A Flickr widget brings people together around an object. A photo with a story attached can be more compelling to some than millions of MySpace pages plagued by bad design. I am curious as to how widgets can help our learning environment.
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Kapp Notes
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
Join me live, on the air at WKOK's morning talk show called “On the Mark.†During the live radio show I will be talking about the book and taking calls from interested listeners. I will be on at 9:00 am Eastern Time on Wednesday, October 3rd. (this Wednesday) Listen live via the Internet. And, if you'd like, give the show a call.
Learning with e's
OCTOBER 3, 2007
Reading Stephen Downes' blog Stephen's Web yesterday caused me to think more deeply about the nature of blogging. Stephen very kindly makes links to three of my recent blog postings from the ICL Conference in Villach, Austria. But Stephen my friend, I think you missed the point. Here's a quote from him, er, quoting me. "Summaries could be more informative and less, um, colourful ("two papers that shone out like diamonds in the mud in an afternoon of mediocrity").
Tony Karrer
OCTOBER 2, 2007
I've run across a couple of interesting posts recently that seem to have spawned from a Business Week article - Scaling the Social Web. The article tells us that various players are adding social networking features to their sites: A broad array of online players, from major media companies like Viacom to e-commerce providers such as eBay, are adding networking features to their online destinations, letting users create detailed Web identities, connect with people over common interests, share co
Vignettes Learning
OCTOBER 5, 2007
Will Thalheimer's " Reason to Measure Learning " reminds me of why it is still relevant to measure learning. My question is, in the fast world of social networking applied in organizational learning, what happens to learning measurement? >Does learning overlap tightly with doing, that what matters is doing? >How do we even begin to measure, micro-learning (learning in seconds) or learning in random fashion?
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Clive on Learning
OCTOBER 3, 2007
Tom Kuhlmann's excellent Rapid e-Learning Blog attempts to capture What everybody ought to know about PowerPoint in one posting, and makes a good start. I agree fundamentally with Tom that PowerPoint is not an evil - it is a highly versatile tool that is more often than not used very poorly. Much as some of us like to blame all the world's ills on Microsoft, they are not responsible for all those mind-numbing presentations that we all have to endure.
Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning
OCTOBER 1, 2007
Much has been written in the last few years about “informal learning” and the need for a culture of learning in organizations. We know from our research that today’s tight labor market and the changing demographics of the workforce are creating an even greater and greater need for a new model. Let me discuss our. Read more» The post A New Organizational Learning Model: Learning On-Demand appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.
Tony Karrer
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
Jack Vinson (in Web2.0 as opposed to Enterprise2.0) pointed me to Ben Gardner's post The difference between Web2.0 & Enterprise2.0 that discusses the difference in how Web 2.0 acts in the consumer space as opposed to when it's adopted in the enterprise. Ben tells us: Web2.0 vs Enterprise2.0 [excerpt] User: Millions vs Hundreds Mind set: Fun vs Work Organisational structure: Flat vs Hierarchical Attitude: Sharing vs Hoarding Skill set: Digitally savvy vs Digitally averse Visibility: Anonymity
Vignettes Learning
OCTOBER 5, 2007
Dion Hinchcliffe made a good summary of where Web 2.0 is impacting Enterprise 2.0. In his article he summarizes the new reports from Forrester, CIO Insight and McKinsey that suggests the faster adoption of Web 2.0 in enterprises. What is most interesting is his reference to Andrew McAfee's thinking on SLATES: Search, Links, Authoring, Tags, Extensions, Signals.
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Clive on Learning
OCTOBER 3, 2007
Holidays (that's vacations if you're living over there) are a mixed blessing. In the days before you go away you get in a stew trying to get all your jobs done and thinking ahead to what you've got to have arranged for when you get back. And when you do get back, feeling all very mellow, you get in a stew again trying to re-engage with all your current projects and connect with all your colleagues.
Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning
OCTOBER 1, 2007
Much has been written in the last few years about “informal learning” and the need for a culture of learning in organizations. We know from our research that today’s tight labor market and the changing demographics of the workforce are creating an even greater and greater need for a new model. Let me discuss our. Read more» The post A New Organizational Learning Model: Learning On-Demand appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.
Learning with e's
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
They saved the best 'til last. The papers on the final day really cut the mustard for me. I chaired a session entitled 'pedagogical and psychological issues' (on my own request to the conference organisers) and I wasn't disappointed. An all female crew of 4 presenters took us through a fast-paced spectrum of ideas and research around e-learning. Maja Snyder (University of Maribor, Slovenia) evaluated several e-learning courses from a student perspective.
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