Experiencing eLearning
JUNE 12, 2011
People like virtual instructors that look, act like them. Learners like avatars with the same gender and ethnicity, but they also like those who give feedback the way they want: comparing against others or comparing against their own past scores. However, learning didn’t always improve based on liking the avatar better. tags: research e-learning avatar.
Upside Learning
JUNE 15, 2011
In an earlier blog post , Abhijit Kadle had written about a gradual but complete shift to mobile based devices for a whole host of activities, learning being just one of them. Today I came across a news article which strengthened that belief even further. In an article published on a British journalism website – www.journalism.co.uk , it was reported that the BBC is now set to broadcast directly from iPhones and iPads.
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E-Learning Provocateur
JUNE 15, 2011
Last week I attended AMP’s biannual innovation and thought leadership festival, Amplify. As usual, the speaker lineup was first class. For those who couldn’t make it, I have linked to the recordings of most sessions below. For the sake of convenience I have organised them under three broad categories: Innovation, Social Media and Mobile.
Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning
JUNE 15, 2011
In my last post, we looked at the next generation content authoring. In this post, I include an interactivity that will help you explore the five types of interactive elements for next generation learning. Use your mouse pointer to explore any of the five panels here, and click on the little round button at the bottom right of each panel to know more.
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Raptivity
JUNE 17, 2011
3D Turbopack benefits: Create learning interactions based on metaphors and objects from 3D and virtual worlds Interactions: 3D Cube - create an intuitive navigation for content, where the information is non-sequential. 3D eBook - Present the content page-by-page where the learner gets an experience [.].
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Jane Hart
JUNE 16, 2011
Tweet. Tomorrow I am going to be chairing an all-day event in Bristol for the eLearning Network, called Making the most of Informal Learning. Here’s a brief overview of the event: “We know how important informal learning is in the workplace, but how do we encourage it? We know there are many free and low-cost tools that can help, but which should you be using?
Kapp Notes
JUNE 14, 2011
Stories are an important element in instructional games and are critical for fostering higher order thinking skills. But it is not the outcome of the story where the learning occurs, it is through the process of the story unfolding. As the leaner journeys through the story, the decisions that are made, the objects chosen the questions asked or unasked are moments of opportunity for learning.
Dashe & Thomson
JUNE 15, 2011
We know that user adoption is critical for major software implementations to be successful. There are dozens of case studies and reports that illustrate how it’s not enough to get the technology working. If users aren’t trained properly, or don’t accept the value of the system – the project will likely fail. Change management and learning professionals have known for a long time that the behavior barriers to user adoption can be grouped into two major categories: 1) Can’t do behaviors. 2)
Clark Quinn
JUNE 14, 2011
I’ve recently been asked about what industries are leading in the use of (choose one: mobile, games, social). And, in my experience, while there are some industries (medicine in mobile, for example), it’s more about who’s enlightened enough yet. Which made me think a little deeper about what I do, and don’t see. What I do see is pockets of innovation.
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Jane Hart
JUNE 15, 2011
Tweet A year ago I spoke at a conference in the UK – and one of the content development vendors said my use of Twitter as a backchannel in my session was “gimmicky&# !! A year on and the use of Twitter as a backchannel is the norm at a conference. Don’t be held back by the vendors you use – who tell you they will help you to move gradually to the future.
Kapp Notes
JUNE 15, 2011
Mark R. Lepper at Stanford University is a leading theorist in social psychology and has written numerous academic papers, one I came across the other day is titled “Motivational Considerations in the Study of Instruction&# that was published in the journal Cognition and Instruction (1988), 5(4) 289-309. In the paper he discusses some principles for designing motivational instruction that I found useful.
Dashe & Thomson
JUNE 17, 2011
We at Dashe & Thomson are excited to announce that we have joined the eLearningLearning community and already have several featured blogs! eLearningLearning is a collaboration site started by Tony Karrer , CEO/CTO of TechEmpower, that collects, organizes, and serves up the best information on the web about elearning. The goals of eLearningLearning are to: Collect High Quality Content: Provide a high quality destination that highlights the most recent and best content as defined by the commun
The Performance Improvement Blog
JUNE 13, 2011
In response to my blog post titled, “Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Training Evaluation: A Critique” , Wendy Kirkpatrick wrote a comment directing me to a white paper that she co-authored with Jim Kirkpatrick, "The Kirkpatrick Four Levels: A Fresh Look After 50 Years 1959 - 2009." That document describes updated thinking that the Kirkpatrick’s call “The Kirkpatrick Model”.
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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning
JUNE 15, 2011
I had the pleasure to attend a presentation by Julie Ferguson. Julie is doing research for the university of Amsterdam (VU) into (micro-)blogging as part of her PdD research about knowledge and power in the development sector. The research has not yet been published. This research had the goal to investigate how knowledge related to a shared organising vision (in this case (ICT4D, about ICT for development).
Kapp Notes
JUNE 13, 2011
There are several ways to look at games and motivation. One way is to examine games through the four factor model developed by John Keller , this model is well known in the field of instructional design and is used as a framework in creating e-learning and courseware. The model is called ARCS with the letters represent Attention, Relevance, Confidence and Satisfaction.
Challenge to Learn
JUNE 13, 2011
The Big Question of the month at the Learning circuits blog is: “How do we break down the organizational walls when it comes to learning”. If you shorten the question to: “How do we break down organizational walls” the question becomes even bigger. Breaking down organizational walls has everything to do with culture. Sharing information and giving access to your knowledge is not something that is in the DNA of most companies, not even within their own walls, let alone outside the walls of the o
ID Reflections
JUNE 11, 2011
For some reason, this has been a post very long in coming.but finally, I have put down my thoughts. Situated close to In Madhya Pradesh, this was our next destination--our penultimate halt in the Trail. We boarded our train from Jaipur for Umaria, a tiny station probably known for it's proximity to Bandhavgarh. Our pick-up awaited us, and we drove down to the White Tiger Forest Lodge about 30 km from the station.
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Web Courseworks
JUNE 13, 2011
When I began researching organizational leadership theories and how they help companies and establishments realize their potential and bring their ideas fruition, I found that there was a consistent focus on teaching managers how to lead holistically. From this, however, I saw an opportunity to further reduce some of these leadership methods and apply them on a micro level.
Kapp Notes
JUNE 16, 2011
A Scrum is agile development methodology for working with complex, unpredictable projects using an iterative approach. Scrum is usually associated with large scale software development projects and is used by many large massively multiplayer online game development companies to update and maintain their products. But elements can be used for the ISD project (or all of it if its a large enough project).
Jane Hart
JUNE 13, 2011
Tweet. British road sign – warning: may be disconcerting to some (on Twitpic) [link] #. Here's Wikipedia's explanation of cat's eyes [link] #. It’s A Facebook World … Other Social Networks Just Live In It [link] via @ techcrunch #. The C4LPT Daily is out! [link] ? Top stories today via @ some4trainers #. C4LPT Tweeted Times [link] – top stories by @ digiphile , @ ariannahuff , @ JPBarlow #.
ID Reflections
JUNE 13, 2011
Corbett was our final halt, and definitely a fitting end to this year's Big Cat Trail. Five o' clock in the morning saw us at the small, quaint station of Ramnagar. We had boarded our train the previous night from Delhi. The short, comfortable ride was a nice experience. Our jeep awaited us at the station and soon we were off-- headed towards Dhikala, where we had managed to get a night's stay.
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Web Courseworks
JUNE 16, 2011
I attended the GLS conference yesterday and was most impressed by the caliber of attendee and the fabulous posters depicting the best and the brightest game/research projects going on. This link will take you to a photo montage of the poster event which quickly and visually displays high quality game development projects (mostly related to education).
Kapp Notes
JUNE 16, 2011
Here are my slides and some resources I discussed during me presentation. Thanks everyone for attending. Hope everyone got some useful information for designing games and simulations for learning. The Role of Games and Simulations in Learning. View more presentations from Karl Kapp. 1. An experience as an avatar can change a person’s real life perceptions.
Jane Hart
JUNE 11, 2011
Tweet. Can you draw the Internet? [link] #. The C4LPT Daily is out! [link] #. C4LPT Tweeted Times [link] – top stories by @ anildash , @ elatable , @ google #. Powered by Twitter Tools.
KnowledgeStar
JUNE 16, 2011
Like I said, in this new global hyper-competitive digital economy, only the companies with the highest Corporate IQ will win. A Brain Gym might just be the new espresso maker of the next decade.
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Web Courseworks
JUNE 13, 2011
When I began researching organizational leadership theories and how they help companies and establishments realize their potential and bring their ideas fruition, I found that there was a consistent focus on teaching managers how to lead holistically. From this, however, I saw an opportunity to further reduce some of these leadership methods and apply them on a micro level.
eLearning Cyclops
JUNE 13, 2011
eLearning Cyclops. My insights on elearning and mlearning. Pages. Home. Free eLearning. Cloud Apps. About Me. Privacy Policy. Monday, June 13, 2011. Making It Over The Wall #LCBQ. Over at the Learning Circuits Blog the Big Question is "How do we break down organizational walls when it comes to learning?" So, here are some practical tips and advice on how to break down the organizational walls.
Jane Hart
JUNE 15, 2011
Tweet. RT @ LnDDave : Reflections on # realwplearn Chat: From Learning Design to Performance Design: [link] #. The C4LPT Daily is out! [link] #. Learning is the new work, by @ jaycross [link] #. C4LPT Tweeted Times [link] – top stories by @ DonaldHTaylor , @ pgsimoes , @ ShellTerrell #. RT @ f_redant I'm not wasting time w # e20 tools, I'm sharing, learning, get the job done = I add value by using them, that's what it's about #.
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