Experiencing eLearning
SEPTEMBER 1, 2008
Too many people have been talking about learning styles research lately for me to try to cite them all here. Many have commented on the Learning Styles Don’t Exist video, for example. Via Karyn Romeis and Stephen Downes , I found two lengthy reviews of learning styles research: Learning styles and pedagogy in post-16 learning. Should we be using learning styles?
Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 3, 2008
I’ve been working with Steve Wexler and the eLearningGuild on the eLearning 2.0 survey. This is resulting in some pretty interesting data such as the Web 2.0 Tools Used in corporations. One of the comments I received on Network Effects - YouTube - Video Blogs and More that had a video hosted on YouTube was: We see and hear more and more about corporate content published on YouTube.
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Kapp Notes
SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
Many times, training or learning events are seen by executives or management as a cure for something that cannot be "fixed" by mere training or learning events. For example, ethics, diversity and compliance training in response to specific and repeated incidents cannot and will not be effective if a support structure is not in place to ensure that after the training is over, the employees have incentive to be in compliance, act ethically or value diversity.
From the Coleface
SEPTEMBER 3, 2008
On Friday 26 September I’ll be chairing the e-learning Network event “Thinking synch: live elearning” Whilst at Academy Internet we’re better known for bespoke asynschronous e-learning content, we believe that live e-learning can be a useful part of the learning blend e.g. for Coca Cola. Come along to find out how other organisations are using synchronous e-learning e.g.
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Experiencing eLearning
SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
ZaidLearn: Amazing Free e-Learning eBooks Collection. Like the title says, a collection of free ebooks about e-learning. I’m not sure I’d call everything here an actual “ebook&# (like Jane Hart’s list of Top 100 Tools), but it’s certainly a lot of reading material. I just wish this was more than a list of links. Annotations or even tags would make it much easier to figure out what’s useful for a specific purpose.
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Kapp Notes
SEPTEMBER 4, 2008
The line between real life and the virtual world of Second Life just keeps getting blurrier and blurrier. This article on the Rolling Stone blog titled “Second Life†Bluesman Gets Record Deal in Real Life describes how a blue's singer got national recognition and eventually a record contract because of his performances in a virtual world. As the entry states: Nashville blues musician named Van Johin has been signed to a record label, thanks to his free performances on alternate computer univ
Experiencing eLearning
SEPTEMBER 4, 2008
Assessing the Online Learner by Jossey-Bass Online Teaching & Learning Series. 15-minute podcast interview with Palloff and Pratt on assessing online learners and social presence. They talk about authentic assessment rather than closed-book quizzes, based on the assumption that students will cheat on tests and quizzes but responding to scenarios is a better measure of learning. tags: assessment , highered , education , e-learning , rubric , social.
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Kapp Notes
SEPTEMBER 3, 2008
Here is an online adventure game developed by the Indiana University School of Education supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, NASA, and Food Lion. As the game explains "Your help is urgently needed on Atlantis. The Atlantian council is seeking your advice regarding important matters. On Atlantis, water and air are polluted, fish are dying, cities are decaying, people are sick.
Learning with e's
SEPTEMBER 4, 2008
It's immensely enjoyable, and quite addictive this Crowdvine thing. My Twittering is suffering, I can tell you. ALT-C 2008 has set up its own space on the social network tool to enable people to discuss, organise, schedule and generally get together prior to the event next week at the University of Leeds. As I write this blog entry it already has 260 members, and more are joining every hour.
Experiencing eLearning
SEPTEMBER 1, 2008
Learning styles and pedagogy in post-16 learning. Book-length literature review on learning styles research, concluding that the usefulness of learning styles of pedagogy depends greatly on what model you use. tags: learningstyles , education , research , pedagogy. Should we be using learning styles? What research has to say to practice. Long PDF (84 pages) on learning styles research and how it can–and should–influence pedagogy.
The Learning Circuits
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
This month's question comes out of something that Catherine Lombardozzi wrote pointed me to: Jim Collins, in an essay in Learning Journeys , wrote, “A true learning person also has a “to-learn†list, and the items on that list carry at least as much weight in how one organizes his or her time as the to-do list.†Thus, for September we are exploring: To-Learn Lists I personally, do not have a formal to-learn list.
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Kapp Notes
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
Here is an educational link a reader sent to me when I called for educational games. This one is called Kinderweb. It provides online educational games for young children (3-6 yrs). It was put togther 13 years ago and it's still going strong. The emphasis is on early learning and getting kids comfortable with a mouse etc. Lots of identification games which are great for young kids trying to learn a concept like "dog" or a color like "red.
Learning with e's
SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
I wrote yesterday that I had submitted a poem about the divide between the generations as a part of the workshop on the digital divide at ALT-C next week. Well isn't life interesting? My poem features the infamous Nintendo DS Lite. There is also a quip about Brain Training software. My son has a Nintendo DS. Both my daughters have one each (one is actually a lurid pink - the DS not my daughter).
Experiencing eLearning
AUGUST 31, 2008
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: How to Make Wiki References. Screencast and directions for adding references in Wikispaces. Wikispaces references now work like Wikipedia, where you can add a reference and it creates a linked footnote. tags: wiki , citations , howto , screencast. WebAIM: Web Accessibility Gone Wild. Common web accessibility mistakes and what you should do instead. tags: accessibility , webdesign.
E-Learning Acupuncture
SEPTEMBER 4, 2008
I attended a presentation by a colleague of mine yesterday (Hi Louise!) where the topic of free file storage online came up. Often when working in a course development team, using some central repository of files is very convenient - free file storage services online can help. Here's a review of 10 free online file storage services via The Smorgasbord dated Aug 19th, 2008.
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Kapp Notes
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
On Labor Day, Google announced its widely rumored new browser to compete with Internet Explorer called Chrome. Interesting they used a comic book format to show off the features and functionality of the browser. (looks like actual release/download date will be today at some point.) Another example of how different media are beginning to take on different content.
Learning with e's
SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
The Plymouth e-Learning Conference 2009 website has been launched today. Entitled 'Boundary Changes: Redefining Learning Spaces' , the two day event aims to examine the theme of e-learning in a time of change, and will challenge notions of traditional boundaries, learning spaces and roles. We will focus on new practices, new technologies, new environments and new learning.
Clive on Learning
AUGUST 30, 2008
It's all going to go a little quiet from me for a week, as Sue and I set off for a week's walking holiday in the Swiss Alps. Just in case you're getting a little concerned, given the series of recent deaths from avalanches, that is 'walking' we're doing, at sensible heights, not mountain climbing. If anyone's unlucky enough to bump into me in a week's time, expect a yodelling demonstration.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
SEPTEMBER 4, 2008
KathySierra_LearnSpanish_viaTWITTER Originally uploaded by Brent Schlenker And so can you. Follow @cadadia If you are still trying to understand what TWITTER is all about and why we should care about in training/education, then here it is. I'm randomly following my twitter stream, minding my own business, and all of sudden I see the string of tweets by @KathySierra that you now see posted in the image.
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Janet Clarey
SEPTEMBER 4, 2008
What do you do when you’re connected and need a quick answer to a question? You probably just “google it†and then click the Wikipedia entry for whatever you’re “googling.&#  I think this is certainly true of many Generation Y workers and those born after them. Many did not grow up using print encyclopedias and dictionaries like many older (some Gen X, boomer, mature) workers.
Learning with e's
SEPTEMBER 3, 2008
A new publication was waiting patiently for me on my desk when I finally sloped back into work yesterday. It's a review copy of 'Podcasting for Learning in Universities' , edited by Gilly Salmon and Palitha Edirisingha. I will be writing a review for the journal Interactive Learning Environments for this one in the next few weeks, but here are my first impressions: This is a slim volume, with less than 230 pages, but it contains 17 fairly heavyweight chapters, focused on various attributes, appl
Jay Cross
SEPTEMBER 1, 2008
Hear that? It’s the web world being turned upside down. The online learner’s favorite tool of all time, Firefox, will never look the same. Google just brought out an open source browser. Actually, it will be out in twelve minutes. Google Chrome leverages Google’s knowledge of page popularity, mal sights, pfishers, and so on, but the new browser sounds like it breaks new ground in flexibility, speed, and robustness.
eLearning Weekly
SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
Last week I discussed Mozilla’s new project, Ubiquity. Ubiquity is an add-on for Firefox that allows you to quickly perform tasks that would normally take several extra steps (and involve you having to access other web sites). It’s a great little tool that makes power-users giddy with excitement. Ok, maybe just me… I’ve been experimenting with the commands in Ubiquity , and I managed to create a few that will be pretty helpful at work.
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Janet Clarey
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
Harold Jarche has a thoughtful post on changing the training and development role in the 21st Century. The short answer (based on my read…and this is a mouthful): support, via bottom-up, workers’ meaning-making activities by providing mechanisms for feedback and by communicating their ‘learnings’ to those that focus on performance indicators and their impact on business results.
Learning with e's
SEPTEMBER 4, 2008
At ALT-C 2008 next week there will be several workshops, but one of those I will not miss is the one entitled 'Learning about the Digital Divide', run by Frances Bell, Josie Fraser, Helen Keegan (remember them doing the illustrious Web 2.0 slam at ALT-C Nottingham last year?) joined this year by Cristina Costa (the pocket dynamo of Web 2.0) and Frank Theissen.
Jay Cross
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
I’m a big fan of live chat. It’s a great way to share information within an organization and can accelerate learning. It can be a great customer service, too. When it works. jay cross : Okay. I give up. I have wasted 30 minutes trying to rent a car from you guys. Don’t enter anything. I will find a car elsewhere. Kathy R : we are not reservations; we are the Support Department; we test the error message. jay cross : So what did your test find?
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