Learning Visions

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Douglas Merrill, Big Data Demystified for Learning: What’s Important, What’s Not, and What’s Next #LSCon

Learning Visions

Douglas Merrill [link] Co-Founder and CEO of ZestFinance.com; Former Chief Innovation Officer at Google Author of Getting Organized in the Google Era Has a PhD in Cognitive Science from Princeton and a very nice peacock tattoo sleeve on his left arm In the last ten years, we’ve created a LOT of information. People really wanted speed.

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Nick Bilton Day Two Keynote “I live in the future” #astdtk13

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You can watch a game on TV and watch the Tweet stream about the game. We need to use Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus to communicate with our audience. Asked neuroscientists – can we multi task or can’t we? The ability to engage in two tasks at the same time depends entirely on what the tasks are. But driving and texting = no.

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“Current Need-to-Know Tools and What’s Around the Corner” Nick Floro #olconf

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Google Hangouts – great way to talk to your team, your SMES. Check out the google hangouts page with video as a background – a way to pull people into the content and engage them. Check out the Backchannel – this is the online stream that often accompanies a conference as people share information on Twitter, through blogs, and more.

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My life…in elearning

Learning Visions

We don’t have cable TV, but download or stream most of our media content over the Internet. I regularly use Facebook and Twitter and now Google +. In my house, we have multiple devices including laptops, iPhones, iPads and iTouches. My children are adept at using these technologies.

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All The World's A-Twitter

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Like Tracy Hamilton , I'm enjoying the endless thought streams. And while I'm having fun hearing the stream of people's activities and thoughts ("ambient intimacy"), but is that all there is to it? Not a bad start-up time, if I do say so myself. I know that Karyn Romeis has a cold. I'll let you know what I decide. How 'bout you?

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Kineo Insights Webinar: The Truth About Open Source – a conversation with Sakai’s Executive Director

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In the open source world, these projects tend to be friendlier than Google vs. Microsoft :) Sakai started in 2004 – collaboration of universities (Michigan, Indiana, Stanford, MIT, Berkeley). – And that the revenue stream is stable. Moodle stream is safe – given # of users and # of businesses. 5 schools with homegrown systems.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Blogging is the new Graduate School

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It feels like some of us are moving in the same streams. With employers Google-searching potential employees, those informal online accomplishments are already being reviewed and considered as part of the complete package. But I do see my knowledge growing along with my expertise the more I partake of this beautiful blogging world.

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