Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

Project Based Learning. Resources for middle and high school project-based learning, including relevant research and a library of projects to build on. tags: pbl , learning , k-12.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

I’ve gone off on learning styles before because there’s a lot of fluff and not much substance. I’d been pointed to Dan Willingham ’s video on brain based learning, and in pointing it to someone else, found his one on learning styles. He’s a cognitive psychologist (my background, btw), and is putting out the research-based views on these topics.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

The great thing about blogs is that you don't even have to be around, and people still come visiting. I haven't posted in ages (hoping this will start to change as my work-life settles back in), but responses are still coming in to my survey. As of today, 166 instructional designers have responded to the survey: Do You Have a Degree in ID? About 34% of instructional designers have an advanced degree in ID.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Here are some interesting lectures on the concept of innovation. A couple are long but all are worth a listen. Many people mis-use the term "innovation" and it sometimes looses meaning when so many claim to be innovative. I think these three videos put the concept on innovation in the right position.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

CCK08: let’so go for a walk in a wood and relax … « Insegnare Apprendere Mutare. A beautiful metaphor for CCK08. A massively open course like this is too complex to understand the whole thing at once the way you would know a traditional course. Instead, think of the course like a walk in the woods, where you get to know the woods at different levels and in different ways. tags: cck08 , connectivism , MOOC , learning.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, September 12, 2008 Connectivism: Week 1 With little time these days, Ill be auditing the auditors version of the 12 week Connectivism course happening now. I havent signed up anywhere, I havent taken part in any of the sessions, but Im like a moth drawn to the flame: as I peer in on all the conversation beginning to happen, I cant help but join in.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

A number of sources have recently been discussing the virtues and vices associated with creating games that raise social consciousness. One great resource are some postings by Jeff Cobb over at Mission to Learn. He has created two lists of games for change. One is called 26 Learning Games to Change the World and the other is 7 More Learning Games for Change.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Oak Tree Seedling. The discussion around whether learning grows or is built has been terrific. I can definitely sympathize with Sarah Stewart’s comment about enjoying the conversation even if I’m not sure I understand it all. I’ve got a nice collection of metaphors for learning now: Building : This is the classic constructivist language, constructing and building your own learning.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Steve Wexler who runs eLearningGuild research has been producing some really interesting information recently. All of the data comes from surveys to the eLearningGuild membership (which is more than 30,000) and typically they have 2,000 - 3,000 respondents on surveys which is large enough to get pretty good indications. He recently provided me some information about what learning delivery methods were being used and particularly if they were trending up or down.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

With little time these days, I'll be auditing the auditor's version of the 12 week Connectivism course happening now. I haven't signed up anywhere, I haven't taken part in any of the sessions, but I'm like a moth drawn to the flame: as I peer in on all the conversation beginning to happen, I can't help but join in. In my own lazy way, at the very least.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

This month's ASTD Big Question is, again, a series of questions. Apparently one BIG question is not enough for the learning and development community. We aim to exceed expectations. If you have a to-learn list and are willing to share, and willing to share how you work with that list, that would likely be helpful information. I constantly have a "to-learn" list.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Learning Visions: Instructional Designers with ID Degrees? Survey Results… Cammy Bean has updated her ID degrees survey results. It’s up to 34% of IDs having an advanced degree in instructional design–higher than it was the last time she reported, but still clearly a minority. tags: instructionaldesign , career , credentials. eduweb: research.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

In the past, I've had a few posts around how you can test your courses under an LMS: SCORM Test Test SCORM Courses with an LMS One of the problems cited was the lack of available LMS test environments. Recently I've seen two possible approaches that seem quite interesting - although we've not yet tried them (so I would love to get feedback). One is ClassRunner.com a Moodle installation that allows teachers to get up and going cheaply.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, September 11, 2008 Instructional Designers with ID Degrees? Survey Results. The great thing about blogs is that you dont even have to be around, and people still come visiting. I havent posted in ages (hoping this will start to change as my work-life settles back in), but responses are still coming in to my survey.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

If you think that social networking is just a fad or is only good for social things like what album you like or what what book you are reading.but is not appropriate for work.think again. Some of the most sophisticated information analysis, exchange and monitoring agencies are using social networking software to make their information gathering process stronger and more meaningful.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Prompted my Michele Martin’s Web 2.0 Wednesday task for this week, I decided to do a Wordle tag cloud of my blog. Learning is the top word in my cloud, followed by connectivism. Think , information , and networks are all prominent. Growing and grow are both more prominent than build–an interesting observation after my post about whether learning grows or is built.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

This month’s Learning Circuit’s Big Question is on: To-Learn Lists. The results this far have been really interesting to me. It appears that most of us (as is the case with me) don't keep a formal / tracked to learn list. Rather its an informal, ever changing list. It is impossibly long and things naturally fall off the bottom. However, the danger of not having a more formal list that is tied to goals means that likely they are not getting integrated into the to-do list and into daily lives.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Wow, that was quite a drive - 320 miles, done in 7 hours, but I'm now here in Leeds, for the ALT-C conference, and I'm sat trying out the Ethernet connection in my student room. I have a nice view from the fifth flooor out over the campus, with plenty of greenary and the big white tower glowering from the distance. I bumped into Jane Seale who had arrived just before me, and we made our way down to try to find registration.

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eLearning Blender

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

My Adobe creative suite and Captivate arrived and I have already dove into a project in Captivate. While I was waiting for the software to arrive, I designed and storyboarded a soft skill scenario simulation for management training courses that I am working on. Now I am knee deep in developing it in Captivate and I am kicking myself for not pushing harder for this purchase a year ago.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Connectivism_Week1. Table comparing 4 learning theories: behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, connectivism. Includes a summary of what’s different about connectivism. tags: connectivism , constructivism , learningtheories.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

Two of my start-up clients have recently discussed adding video conferencing to their web offering. Both startups use have two kinds of users involved who are going to want to do 1-to-1 communication through a variety of different communication approaches (text, phone, etc.) and now they want to explore providing video chat between the parties. An equivalent example (drawing from my eHarmony days) would be providing video chat in a dating site.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Success has gone to James F. Clay 's head, I am sorry to have to report. On the back of his hugely popular and now world famous Hood 2.0 workshop (well, 60.5 people attended), he has decided to throw his hat into the world of cinematography by directing his first feature film. (What next, a line in perfumery??) The Gala Dinner and Dance for the first ever ALT-C conference, which took place at the University of Bognor Regis in 1921 has been recreated by his illustrious camera, and is shown here i

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E-Learning Acupuncture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

"Blogroll in Pageflakes". hmmm. what the heck does that mean? It kind of gives me a visual of someone dunking a yummmy snack into a bowl of sugar-coated cereal! But I digress *hahaha! Anyway, if you are a regular reader of this blog, you will enjoy what I have put together for you this morning. It's a pageflakes webpage that aggregates the blogroll found on this blog together into one spot.

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Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

This was the question that Professor Gilly Salmon asked at her presentation at ALT-C in Leeds yesterday. Now I'm a bit of a fan of Gilly's work as a pioneer in the field of collaborative online distance learning. She stands out as an academic who's able to communicate in simple terms to a wide audience, with the pragmatism and common sense that can only be acquired through practice.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

I’m working on a project that’s creating a new and needed curriculum for a specific course and it got me thinking more broadly about what that might be in a broader sense. I’ve talked about the elements before, when I reacted to Stephen Downes’ proposal. But I tried to get more concrete about what might make a good undergraduate program that might be what I would want for my kids.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

It's been an interesting and varied day here at ALT-C Day two, at the University of Leeds. A somewhat controversial keynote, and several morning papers and workshops kept us all busy. The Digital Divide web slam event was engaging, fun and jam packed full of ideas about how we are all using technologies to either bridge the digital divides (yes there are several) or to perpetuate them.

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E-Learning Acupuncture

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

The massively online open course on Connectivism has begun ( see description here ). Already there is so much material on the subject that some of the participants are very surprised and somewhat overwhelmed. In my view, I think the key is not to get stressed out with the large volume of material that will be channeled to participants in CCK08. Learning is supposed to be fun - so I am adopting the approach of simply 'going with the flow' for the next 13 weeks.

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Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Arriving late to an auditorium already full to the brim, I was forced yesterday to watch Itiel Dror's presentation to the ALT-C 2008 conference in Leeds from a second room where a video feed was being streamed in using Elluminate. Now I've seen Itiel speak a number of times, so my attention focused more on the effectiveness of the technology that was being used to deliver his presentation.

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