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TONY KARRER OCTOBER 15, 2007  Facebook as a Learning Platform Facebook seems to be coming up everywhere the past few weeks. The most recent, which finally got me to post, was a Stephen Downes post - I'm Majoring in Facebook, How about You? Students, however, seem more interested in cashing out. I want to build a really cool app and then sell it for some amount of money," says Jennifer Gee, a 21-year-old computer science graduate student. What is Facebook? | SIMPLY SPEAKING AUGUST 27, 2007 Social Networking in Education The National School Boards Association in the U.S. has released a research report on the use of online social networking by students, titled Creating and Connecting (caution: it’s a pdf file). While some of the findings are not surprising, some others are. Here’s a quick take on some of the findings. Just e-mail and web surfing? Further, students report that one of the most common topics of conversation on the social networking scene is education. It may not mean a new avenue for learning something new – it is just a new medium to get problems shared and solved. Explore social networking sites. | LEARNADOODLEDASTIC DECEMBER 2, 2007 A discussion of strategies for managing social bookmarking teaching and learning activities (using del.icio.us) Many educational benefits are attributed to the activity known as social bookmarking. Whilst re-iterating these benefits this article will discuss and offer a solution to the task of managing social bookmarking learning activities. Three reasons why teachers and students should join a social bookmarking site 1. Accelerated Knowledge Acquisition: Through personally tagging, building a network of informed users, through subscribing to specific tags and from connecting with like minded taggers, you will acquire phenomenally fast access to resources of interest. Jeffrey and Khan 2005). Bonus Point! | ZAIDLEARN DECEMBER 16, 2007  50 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story (Alan Levine) 50 Web 2.0 Ways To Tell a Story 50 Ways to Tell The Dominoe Story SlideShare Presentation & Audio podcast (51.2 Mb MP3) Alan Levine's blog & CogDogBlog (About Instructional Technology) WHAT? tools (Amazingly useful anyway!)! If you are looking for free web 2.0 tools (to tell a story!) Yes!). JUICE? also like his formula for conducting a Digital Storytelling workshop using free web 2.0 | | | | | | | |
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 Big Question - PowerPoint
Due to some new research , the appropriate use of PowerPoint is again a topic of discussion. went back to look at different opinions expressed in the past, and I'm not sure that there's much consensus on whether we should use PowerPoint, how to use it appropriately, when it makes sense or when it doesn't and why. So, this month, The Big Question is. PowerPoint - What is Appropriate, When and Why? Please answer this question by posting to your own blog or commenting on this post. For further help in how to participate via blog posts, see the side bar.) What governs their use? with lcbPowerPoint. MORE >> -
CLIVE ON LEARNING | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2007 The science of learning
Last week I attended a one-day workshop entitled The Science of Learning, which was facilitated by cognitive neuroscientist Dr Itiel Dror of Southampton University. Itiel is becoming a bit of a celebrity amongst the e-learning community in the UK as someone who avoids the grand theories of learning and concentrates instead on practical tips based on what we know about the brain and how it works (assuming we really do and this I must place on trust). So here we go: The brain is a machine with limited resources for processing the enormous quantity of information received by the senses. MORE >> -
LEARNING VISIONS | TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2007 Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Beginning Instructional Designers Toolkit
I want to incorporate a reading list for the next level of the 30-minute masters (taking a crash course in Instructional Design). This would be for those who want to take their own learning to the next level. list of important books MORE >> -
KAPP NOTES | MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2007  Try Before You Buy
Over at Money.com , they have a great article called Real $3.1M mansion causes a virtual stir. To quote the beginning of the article "Flipping through the real estate section is so yesterday -- touring an exact replica of a home for sale in Second Life is what's in store tomorrow." Is your training so yesterday? While instructor-led training will always have a place in corporate and academic institutions.isn't it time we seriously looked at other alternatives like 3D worlds, including gadgets in the classroom and figuring out how to automate simple process that we train people to do daily? MORE >> -
LEARNING AND TECHNOLOGY | TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2007 The writings of Lee Kraus: Social Bookmarking for Learning
This is a description of social bookmarking and how it might play within a learning environment. If you are interested in this topic please give me feedback. It feels like I am only scratching the surface here MORE >>
- Informal Learning Blog » What is informal learning? JAY CROSS'S INFORMAL LEARNING | FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 2007
- Archive of Moodle Posts IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CURVE | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2007
- Flash Quiz Tools TONY KARRER | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2007
- Discovery Through eLearning: Update to starting a new course DISCOVERY THROUGH ELEARNING | FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2007
- e-Learning Market To Hit $56B By 2010 THE LEARNED MAN | TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2007
- Secrets of the Super-Learners (Graig Lambert) ZAIDLEARN | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2007
- Are "inspirational stories" the crack cocaine of our industry? THE LEARNING CIRCUITS BLOG | THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2007
- No more excuses for poor e-learning content CLIVE ON LEARNING | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2007
- Cammy Beans Learning Visions: My Objection to Learning Objectives LEARNING VISIONS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2007
- Definition: Massively Multi-learner Online Learning Environment (MMOLE) KAPP NOTES | MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2007
- The writings of Lee Kraus: News of DIY killing ISD has been greatly Exaggerated LEARNING AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2007
- Informal Learning Blog » Another Life Unexpurgated JAY CROSS'S INFORMAL LEARNING | TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2007
- Spit-Takes and Good News IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CURVE | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2007
- LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers TONY KARRER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2007
- Discovery Through eLearning: Confronting Instructional Design Myths (Online Forum eLearning Guild) DISCOVERY THROUGH ELEARNING | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007
- Directory of eLearning tools TONY KARRER DELICIOUS LINKS | TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2007
- Mobile guidelines for better content IGNATIA WEBS | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2007
- My conversation with academics THE LEARNING CIRCUITS BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007
- e-Learning and the Science of Instruction CLIVE ON LEARNING | TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2007
- Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Getting Started in Instructional Design LEARNING VISIONS | MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2007
- Learning Circuits Big Question: Avoiding Death by PowerPoint KAPP NOTES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2007
- The writings of Lee Kraus: The New LMS LEARNING AND TECHNOLOGY | FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2007
- Informal Learning Blog » All or nothing JAY CROSS'S INFORMAL LEARNING | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2007
- Commentary: Top Ten Missing Features of Second Life as an Educational Simulation Platform CLARK ALDRICH | MONDAY, MAY 14, 2007
- eLearning Authoring Tools TONY KARRER | MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007
- Creating Second Life Content - NorthStarNerd.Org ECONTENT | TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2007
- Training Games TONY KARRER DELICIOUS LINKS | TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2007
- encoding eLearning course on HIV/AIDS for mobile devices IGNATIA WEBS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2007
- Five Easy Ways Instructional Designers Can Hone Their Skills IDIOT | SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2007
- Stocking fillers for e-learning enthusiasts CLIVE ON LEARNING | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2007
- Harold Jarche » Web tools for critical thinking LEARNING AND WORKING ON THE WEB | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2007
- Comparing 2D and 3D Synchronous Learning KAPP NOTES | FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2007
- Cammy Beans Learning Visions: More on Learning Styles LEARNING VISIONS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2007
- Informal Learning Blog » Younger Workers Demanding Web 2.0 Tech On The Job JAY CROSS'S INFORMAL LEARNING | FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2007
- Learnlets » January’s ‘big’ question CLARK QUINN | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2007
- ROI and Metrics in eLearning TONY KARRER | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2007
- Knowing Knowledge - George Siemens ZAIDLEARN | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2007
- e-learning 2.0 - how Web technologies are shaping education TONY KARRER DELICIOUS LINKS | SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2007
- trying out second life IGNATIA WEBS | MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2007
- Are e-Learning Employees Humans? THE LEARNED MAN | FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2007
- Online Course Development: What Does It Cost? TONY KARRER DELICIOUS LINKS | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2007
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