Experiencing eLearning
MAY 18, 2008
About six weeks ago, I added a new feature to my sidebar: an Ask A Question button. This idea was mentioned on Problogger as a way to promote your blog, find out what content is actually relevant to your readers, and improve interaction and community. Since I was already getting a number of questions in comments, I thought I’d try this out to see what kind of questions I received.
Tony Karrer
MAY 21, 2008
One of the barriers commonly cited during my presentations around eLearning 2.0 (use of Web 2.0 / social media for work and learning) is that organizations often have not established their policies or guidelines around the use of these tools. Unfortunately, companies sticking their head in the sand doesn't do any good. Employees are using these things in some way.
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Kapp Notes
MAY 20, 2008
Second Life and movies have had a history. In my post Second Life at the Movies , I discuss the possibility of a full-feature length movie being created in Second Life. Well it has finally happened as a documentary. Filmmaker Douglas Gayeton has created a documentary-style film about an avatar's search for "the creator." In the documentary, the avatar known as Molotov Alva searchers for meaning by searching for the creator and along the way meets some really interesting avatars.
Clark Quinn
MAY 23, 2008
I’ve long been a proponent of comics for learning, recognizing some great cognitive and emotional properties they possess, so I was thrilled when, in a sales presentation the potential client suggested using manga as a communication vehicle. It’s usually a hard sell, and here he was asking for it! More is happening these days, thankfully.
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Experiencing eLearning
MAY 19, 2008
G. Sunanda commented on my Is Instructional Design the Right Career? post last week: I would like to know about training programmes in ID given by Indian institutes. Unfortunately, I have no idea about training for instructional designers outside the US. On Tony Karrer’s blog, there’s a nice collection online degrees, certificates, and training programs in the comments.
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Kapp Notes
MAY 23, 2008
Following are three different segments designed to get you thinking--over the long weekend here in the states--about the evolution of training/teaching or lack there of. Number One: Here is one man's interpretation: "Evolution of Dance." (very funny) Here is one man's interpretation: "Evolution of Training/Teaching" ( Thanks to Mike Qaissaunee ) (not so funny) Number Two This next one is quoted in Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning but I originally saw the quote in the Greentree Gazette A pr
Tony Karrer
MAY 22, 2008
Just saw this article - Blogging -- It's Good for You. I've added that link to one of the most bookmarked pages on this site: Top Ten Reasons To Blog and Top Ten Not to Blog Thanks to Donald Clark for pointing to this. Reminder that Blogging and Social Networking Boosts Your Social Life. Are we sure we don't want Mandatory Blogging?
Experiencing eLearning
MAY 22, 2008
ParentCentral.ca - News & Features - Where teachers learn diversity. Article from the Toronto Star on integrating diversity in teacher education programs, therefore fostering a sense of respect for diversity in the classroom. Nice example of integrating diverse perspectives in geometry using Moroccan tiles, plus community involvement through parent computer training. tags: teachered , diversity , education.
Learning Visions
MAY 17, 2008
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Saturday, May 17, 2008 No News That is to say, I have not yet had this baby. My official "due date" is not until May 21, but Ive been hoping (as all expectant mothers do), that this is one project that would be delivered a bit early. Cant project manage these things.
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Kapp Notes
MAY 22, 2008
Recently, I got my hands on IBM's Global Innovation Outlook 2.0 report. You want to do the same. In fact, you may want to check out a number of reports and ideas flowing at the IBM Innovation Web site. But getting back to the Global Innovation Outlook 2.0 report. The report is well written and is fun and easy to read, it is written in the style and format of my favorite Tom Peters book Re-Imagine.
Tony Karrer
MAY 21, 2008
I was just asked on twitter about use social bookmarking tools that work behind the firewall. I thought I had blogged about this before, but I'm not finding the post. Here are the social bookmarking tools that I commonly cite in presentations: BEA Pathways Cogenz Connectbeam del.irio.us - perl based, very similar to del.icio.us IBM Lotus Connections Scuttle – Open Source WSSsearch - SharePoint add-on Any others?
Experiencing eLearning
MAY 21, 2008
Michele Martin asked how I did the comment analysis to see which posts have generated the most conversation. This is task 18 in the comment challenge. I actually manually typed the numbers into OpenOffice Calc (after scanning the list of posts in my WordPress dashboard for posts with a decent amount of comments). However, there is a faster way to get a “quick and dirty&# analysis of your comments and conversations.
Clark Quinn
MAY 17, 2008
A few recent blog posts have listed elements of better learning, and I’m pleased to see that the elements they talk about are ones I’ve previously touted in my white paper “ The Seven Step Program &# (PDF) for better elearning design. These are the same principles that I talk about in my conference presentations on designing for the way people really learn.
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Kapp Notes
MAY 20, 2008
Learning to type can be boring (oh, sorry now its called "Keyboarding").while killing zombies is generally considered fun.so many years ago after what must have been careful consideration and an examination of pedagogy, some one at Sega asked the question what if the two were combined? And the rest is, as they say, history. The combination created many moons ago resulted in a fun and quirky game that is educational without a real emphasis on education.in fact if you aren't careful you'll forget
Tony Karrer
MAY 17, 2008
Karyn is asking for help via a post on her blog - So, how did you get started. and what difference has it made? Basically, it's about the use of Social Media by learning professionals. She is looking for first had experiences. I hope she's successful in finding them and publishing about them. She also made one comment that was very interesting: To the consternation of my rather conservative university, I am submitting the dissertation in the form of a wiki (although - strictly speaking - is it r
Experiencing eLearning
MAY 20, 2008
90-9-1 Theory - Wiki Patterns. Wiki Patterns explanation of participation in a wiki with the 90-9-1 theory. This includes some of the statistics of participation for Wikipedia and other community sites. tags: community , wiki , patterns , engagement. The 90-9-1 theory explains the percentage of a wiki’s participation, breaking it down as readers being the highest percent, with minor contributors composing the 9 percent and enthusiastic and active contributors composing 1 percent of the tot
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Kapp Notes
MAY 19, 2008
Recently, I did a presentation for ELearning! Magazine and Adobe titled Increasing Learner performance Through Interactivity. I promised to post the slides and here they are. Also, if you are interested in other resources, check out my resources page which contains a number of links which you may find helpful (although it is in desperate need of an update.its on the "to do" list).
Tony Karrer
MAY 17, 2008
Just saw Pew Report - One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008. That statistic is downright sad, distressing - some truly depressing facts in the report. It also really caught my attention because of my recent post around the 90-9-1 Rule. So, a higher percentage of people are in prison out of the US population than actively contribute in any given population?
Experiencing eLearning
MAY 19, 2008
21st Century Teachers | Educational Origami. Moving from the idea of 21st century skills for learners, this post discusses 21st century skills for teachers. The proposed roles for teachers include Adaptor, Communicator, Learner, Visionary, Model, Collaborator, Risk Taker. tags: 21stcenturyskills , teachered , digitalliteracy , education. We know they are student centric, wholistic, they are teaching about how to learn as much as teaching about the subject area.
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Kapp Notes
MAY 18, 2008
Once again I am participating in the The Working/Learning blog carnival. This carnival has one broad theme: work at learning; learning at work. The idea is for many blogs to createin posts that relate to how individuals can go about their own learning, and how learning happens in the workplace. This week it is being hosted by Rupa at One Stop Resource for Instructional Designing.
Experiencing eLearning
MAY 18, 2008
ZaidLearn: 75 Free EduGames to Spice Up Your Course! Directory of free educational games, plus some online resources about games in education. tags: education , games , e-learning. Musopen - Free Public Domain Classical Music. Sheet music and audio in the public domain. You can hear a random piece or listen to their online radio station too. tags: music , audio , publicdomain.
Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning
MAY 17, 2008
We recently completed our annual research conference and I had a wonderful opportuinty to meet and talk with 15 different HR and L&D executives in a special roundtable. The theme of our research conference is The Business of Talent ® , and as you will read, this theme comes through in almost every organization. Talent. Read more» The post On the Minds of HR and Learning Leaders appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.
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Learning with e's
MAY 21, 2008
I'm currently gathering and analysing data on two different blogging studies. The first involved a group of students who are in their third year of teacher training. They had to do a personal research project on ICT in education as a part of their studies, and I set up a group blog for them (which they themselves called 'Idiot's guide to research').
Clive on Learning
MAY 21, 2008
I've been browsing the recent publication from the eLearning Guild - a compilation of the best articles from the Learning Solutions e-magazine from the past five years (Pfeiffer, 2008). Obviously I was pleased to see an article of mine in there on the ways that blended learning can be designed to bridge the gap from formal to informal learning, but you can only spend so much time reading your own stuff before others start to worry.
Experiencing eLearning
MAY 17, 2008
Rather than posting for every day of the 31 Day Comment Challenge , I’m summarizing multiple tasks into one post as I did for tasks 2 through 8. Tasks 9 through 12 all seem to be about the atmosphere for commenting on your blog, so I’m combining these into one post. Day 9: Should We Be Commenting on Blogs? I think if the goal of the blog is learning, then yes, we should be commenting on blogs and allowing comments on our own.
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