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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

For an excellent illustration of this problem, check out this great example provided by the always-interesting Cathy Moore (click the image to launch the Flash player): Courtesy of [link] So, why does narration in eLearning frequently do nothing more than parrot back what’s written on the screen? Think about it.

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Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military.

Dashe & Thomson

An example cited by Martin and Lin is called “ VBS 2 ” and runs on laptops. The game has an open platform that allows new details to be constantly added, reflecting lessons learned from a recent mission, for example.

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Measuring Project Success: Thoughts for the Training Professional.

Dashe & Thomson

For example, writing “All milestones will be completed on time” as a success factor doesn’t give enough leeway that you may need in the normal course of events. When Im not busy helping to change the face of corporate learning, I like to train with the Dashe & Thomson company bike team, travel and read.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Im Mrs. Dalloway

Learning Visions

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Im Mrs. Dalloway Im just back from vacation and still trying to make the transition back into work mode. Im disturbed to report that Im The Poisonwood Bible. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Not quite there yet. Quite chilling.

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What Can Charlie Sheen Teach Us About Internal Marketing? | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

In an aptly named article, “ Why Charlie Sheen Should be Your Social Media Manager ,” Osas Obaiza at iMedia Connection brings up an interesting example of how this plays in the external marketing world: Take a look at the McDonald’s Twitter account, it boasts at paltry 90,925 following.

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What is an IMS LTI compliant learning management systems and how it works with Paradiso LMS?

Paradiso

IMS LTI compliant learning management systems can provide you with the ability to connect content from an external platform to your LMS through global IMS, a standard for creating content similar to SCORM. To integrate the different platforms with the LMS your content or data application needs to be IMS Global compliant.

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LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability): One of the Features of a Good LMS

TOPYX LMS

They may have a general idea of what their organizations will require from an LMS (for example, mobile learning features or social learning tools) but might need to be educated about what features LMSs commonly have and what the features of a good LMS are. LTI is an acronym for ‘Learning Tools Interoperability’.

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