Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

APRIL 15, 2011

Avatars personalize a course, add variety to learning, especially in long modules on complex subjects. Avatars are interactive animated pedagogical agents. A life-like ‘human’ interface makes the learning experience more ‘real’.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

And best of all, there is no need for additional devices such as personal computers. The learner does not have to brave a trek to the school, crossing rivers and hills. There are innovative interaction and engagement opportunities. You can reach the fringe student simply using a mobile phone.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

DECEMBER 2, 2014

The overall expertise of a person as considered in Industry could be the total binary value of 24 bit word. The quality of our learning is the binary value of the 6-nibble (24 bit) word, where each nibble is a technique, as shown below. Here value of each nibble represents the expertise level in respective technique.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Student Reports How cool it will be if a student were to get a special personalized 'recommended for you' list of resources? Moodle captures most of the data, but getting it out in meaningful reports needs some statistical analysis and design effort. How about showing a recap of 'your recent learning activity'?

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

The blog has a personal touch, it is easy to follow, its updates are delivered to participant's RSS reader instantaneously. For example, a blog post would show a crisis situation, followed by a media interview of the person who was in charge of handling the crisis. Blog is the watering hole A learning blog is so much a happening place!

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 22, 2009

When one person speaks and others listen in a moderate size group, one thing that often breaks down is two-way communication. If you let this person go on rambling, you get one-way monologue. I was fortunate to be part of the innovation process that led to YawnBuster, and in this post I'll try to capture some of it.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JULY 31, 2009

How does a parent instill a sense of personal responsibility in children? It has been argued that too much hovering sometimes backfires, because kids learn their values backwards: they feel entitled to things that they must earn, they lack empathy where it is needed. What will help teens develop decision-making skills?

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