Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

John Seely Brown and Richard P. Adler's recent article - Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 talks about the implications of the Long Tail on Education. The article is definitely worth a read, and it got me to finally write about what I see as a crisis in corporate learning. Background If you are not familiar with the concept of the Long Tail, head over to take a look at the Long Tail article on Wikipedia.

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From the Coleface

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

I was recently invited to take part in Jane Hart’s excellent survey on the top tools that learning professionals use for their own and other peoples’ learning. Jane’s 2007 survey formed part of a session on free e-learning that I chaired for the ELN. It’s a really good way to find out how other people are making the best of technology.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, February 21, 2008 My Client is Addicted: Audio in eLearning Cathy Moore had a post a few months ago ( Addicted to Audio? ) that inspired me to change my approach to using audio in eLearning. She suggested using audio sparingly. So Ive been storyboarding differently.

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Lars is Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

The BBC reports on the New Scientist reporting on a German study finding (here's the source article) that: Just six minutes "shut-eye" for volunteers was followed by significantly better recall of words. "Ultra-short" sleep could launch memory processing in the brain, suggested the researchers from the University of Dusseldorf. This follows on from my earlier post Snooze and Learn Faster.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Mohamed Amine Chatti (a fellow Eddie eLearning nominee) last two posts The LaaN Perspective , and Requirements of a PLE Framework are both interesting posts and worth reading. His requirements for a PLE Framework include: Personalization Social features Social filtering I ncorporate various Web 2.0 concepts and technologies (mashups, widgets, aggregation, OpenID, RSS, etc.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Who Gets to Be Called an Instructional Designer? A SME builds a course with the latest rapid eLearning tool. A teacher makes a leap into a new field and gets a job as an "instructional designer". A technical writer takes on a new challenge.

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Lars is Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2008

I had an interesting comment from Mark on my article on Applying Social Networking in the Workplace. This statement got me thinking: I think social networks within an organisation will become tremendously useful - think of the opportunities for knowledge sharing through the creation of pools of expertise across the organisation consisting of people who would otherwise be locked into some.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

A reader from another country has asked me about Learning Object Tools. I asked him to clarify what they meant and the response was: Learning Object Tools are those that allow you to create, edit and manage learning objects. There is also a bit of language barrier. I pointed them at the Wikipedia article - Learning Object. It cites quite a few repositories and briefly mentions " Burrokeet is an Open Source Software tool that assists in the creation of Learning Objects from existing content. " Th

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

One of the pleasures of my job is seeing students create really neat and wonderful things and then having them point me to the latest software and web gadgets that make the creation possible. In fact, I am blogging today because of student named Waleed. So the other day Mike DePalma , a student I have in my Managing Multimedia Projects class showed me a project he did for another class.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Next week, I'll be presenting a pre-conference workshop at ASTD's Techknowledge Conference & Exposition on February 25, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas. Once again, I will be presenting with Matthew Monahan (see Second Life Training Presentation ) The description of the presentation is below. Learning in 3-D: Using the 3-D Web to Create Online Learning Karl Kapp and Matthew Monahan This informative full-day workshop examines the 3D world of Second Life from the perspective of a learner in Second Life

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FEBRUARY 22, 2008

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

I must confess to being more than a little baffled by the aversion of the e-learning community to the concept of a page turner. What is regarded as a derogatory term in this context is a form of flattery in the field of popular fiction. So what is it about page turning that's so nasty? After all, the page is a useful metaphor for the screens that comprise so many online learning materials, and the idea of progressing through these in sequence makes a lot of sense when there's a logical flow to t

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Yep. It's conference season again. I have spent most of the day (and all of yesterday and the weekend) reviewing papers for a variety of conferences, and it's beginning to take it's toll. I will probably wake up in the middle of the night tonight, and reach out into space, to try to click the send button on my umpteenth e-mail. I'm fed up telling someone that their paper has been rejected, and I'm sorry and all that, but there it is.

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Mark Oehlert

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Dead Alewives: Dungeons and Dragons | Main | Back from GDC (and a free virtual world event) » February 21, 2008 GDC Update 9: The Game Design Challenge OK.so this is my favorite session and I have high hopes. The last session that Peter Smith and I were in, Halo vs.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

The latest edition of Personal Computer World (PCW) magazine includes an interesting review of the key events and changes that have occurred in the thirty years since its first publication. Here's a quick summary of what PCW has reported over this period (bear in mind that PCW is a UK magazine and its focus is heavily PC): 1978: Launch of Commodore Pet, with 9" monitor and 16K RAM.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2008

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eLearning Weekly

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

An opportunity has opened up for an eLearning Specialist at Ferrellgas in Kansas City. It’s a great position and Ferrellgas is an excellent company; if you’ve got the skills and you’re in the Midwest, you should take a look. From the Ferrellgas Career Connection web site: eLearning Specialist. Key Accountabilities: This position is responsible for creation of e-learning courses.

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Mark Oehlert

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « GDC Update 7: Collaborative Writing and Vast Narratives: Principles, Processes and Genteel Truculence | Main | Dead Alewives: Dungeons and Dragons » February 21, 2008 GDC Update 8: Ray Kurzweil Keynote The Next 20 Years of Gaming The telephone as virtual reality Virtual Boy creating mathematical models of technology trends current diet drugs work by inhibiting appetite, thats like a birth control pill th

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

e-Learning Reloaded: Top 50 Web 2.0 Tools for Info Junkies, Researchers & Students This is a great little list. I found a couple new tools that I had not heard of before. Good stuff! They mention NetVibes as well. But I would specifically call out PageFlake's Training Blogs collection. Sure, I use my Google Reader. But some days I need a change when I'm scanning the blogosphere and I'm never sorry to check out the PageFlakes.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2008

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Big Dog, Little Dog

FEBRUARY 17, 2008

The Training Industry in 2008 - CLO. There is a wide range of issues and challenge that will unfold in 2008, but overall training will grow in importance, with even more backing from senior management due to a heightened sense of demand from the war for talent. However, in an economy fraught with housing woes, rising oil prices and sliding currency values, budgets will be tight and training departments will be held more accountable to align with business imperatives and deliver tangible results.

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Mark Oehlert

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « GDC Update 6: Game Studies Download 3.0 | Main | GDC Update 8: Ray Kurzweil Keynote » February 20, 2008 GDC Update 7: Collaborative Writing and Vast Narratives: Principles, Processes and Genteel Truculence Collaborative Writing and Vast Narratives: Principles, Processes and Genteel Truculence **are our e-learning training conferences this "clique-y" and I just cant see it?

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