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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
In my childhood, school was rather like the public library; you sat alone in silence until your work was done. More contemporary views of learning and information favour collaboration, connection and social intercourse. The premise is that we accommodate and apply new learning best when we work with others.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The concept of the learning curve illustrates a simplified model of learning in which knowledge of a given subject is acquired through a progression of steps. Using Learning Curves is a post from: E-Learning Curve Blog
...Tags: Tags: e-learning bloom's taxonomy learning curve rate of learning T.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The following video by YouTube user mokmcdaniel shows what an online student’s experience would look like if his instructor’s lack of instruction had occurred in a face-to-face classroom. It’s a good reminder of the level of effort that is required to make online learning effective and valuable for our students!
Related posts: Watchitoo combines asynchronous video
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The iPad is here. After all the hype, which it didn’t quite live up to, there was a lot of commentary web-wide on whether it’s suitable for elearning, or a specific type of learning. Here at Upside our camp is divided, there are iPad lovers and there are iPad baiters. The lovers are typically Apple fan-boys who are crazy about anything Apple, so their devotion to any bit
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
I received an interesting question from someone who is working on providing content to a remote sales force of about 40 people on topics such as selling process, products and selling skills. They currently provide some podcasts and video casts, but would like to track the new content that is being developed now. It seems like this should be an obvious question. You can put the audio or video inside
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The last time you bought groceries, did you take a shopping list with you?
What What about when you moved house or packed for a trip or holiday; did you use a checklist?
These questions came to mind for three reasons. One was because we’ve just created a set of checklists for e-moderators.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Dan Bliton of Booz Allen Hamilton asked Tony and Karl to present a webinar entitled "Enterprise Learning and Collaboration in 3D Virtual Worlds." The presentation promises to be a lot of fun. Here are the supporting resources. Slides Here are the slides
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