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Facebook Fatigue?

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An article, Teens Experiencing Facebook Fatigue , provided some interesting findings about the social networking site, Facebook. These same teens are, however, showing signs of “Facebook Fatigue.” These same teens are, however, showing signs of “Facebook Fatigue.” Here is more about the study.

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An Open LMS: CourseKit

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A while back I posted on Facebook that LMSs were prisons for content because they tended to keep content inaccessible and unavailable for quick easy access. Well now their is a new kind of LMS that uses a Facebook type interface to conduct academic business. It’s called CourseKit. CourseKit instructor page.

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Gamification of Learning and Instruction Theory Into Practice Blog Tour

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The goal of this book is to provide a practical, hands-on approach to creating games, gamification and simulations for learning. This new book covers case studies, provides worksheets and gives the information needed to take theory and turn it into practice. And a Facebook page for the tour, stop by and give it a LIKE:).

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Random Web 2.0 Statistics

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Top US Search Providers October 2009 ) There are more than 85,000 active contributors working on more than 14,000,000 articles in more than 260 languages at Wikipedia. (same source as above) The average consumer is exposed to over 3,000 messages a day. An estimated 6.8 billion search queries were conducted at Google Search, representing 66.1

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A Quick Look at Two 3D Learning Worlds

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It is interesting that with all the attention on the Facebook purchase of Oculus Rift , the virtual reality goggles that immerse the learner in a 3D world, people have forgotten about the continued work on building and creating 3D virtual world platforms for learning, collaboration and teamwork. Check it out. 3D worlds 3D worlds lrn3d'

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The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Blog Book Tour Underway!

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TODAY”S TOUR STOP: April 17: Gamification Facebook Page The stop includes a link to the first chapter of the book. And a Facebook page for the tour , stop by and give it a LIKE:). April 17: Gamification Facebook Page. The author provides reflections and lessons learned from the tour. May 18: Karl Kapp Kapp Notes.

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Value of Investment (VOI) vs. Return on Investment

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ROI formulas provide a myopic and overly tactical view of IT initiatives. Relying on ROI as the only basis for making technological investments merely allows an educational institution or training department to marginally stay in business—it provides parity with peers not a competitive advantage.[1]

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