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Saturday, June 27, 2009
So it does require mature self-directed learners. The tools promote what Web 3.0 is trying to achieve with personalization of information and limiting it to what users find useful to them. So it does call for self-directed learners.
 
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Video games can be used to practice practical skills and important skills that are rarely used, to train for high-performance situations in a low-consequence-for-failure environment, and for team building. Video Games offer attributes important for learning—clear goals, lessons that can be practiced repeatedly until mastered, monitoring learner progress and adjusting instruction to learner level of mastery, closing the gap between what is learned and its use, motivation that encourages time on task, personalization of learning, and infinite patience......
 
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Examining gameplay as social practice provides one model for approaching these questions. Game-Playing as Social Practice Anthropologists Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger (1991) use the term "practice" to discuss how actions are situated in their socio-cultural contexts. Essentially, a practice is an activity that involves skills, resources, and tools, and is mediated by personal and cultural purposes.... Journal of Personality and Social Psychology . Barab, S. A., Cherkes-Julkowski, M., Swenson, R., Garrett. S.
 

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Did you notice that I did not say “search for information?”  This is because searching is only one way to find information. The four major ways to find info are: Search Hierarchy Tag (Machine is using us) Personalization Search is the most use.... Now, which one was the correct version?  Which was most up to date? Tagging gives subjects to a bit of information rather than trying to pigeon-hole it into on label (which is what a hierarchy does).  For the best video on this, see  Information R/evolution .
His requirements for a PLE Framework include: Personalization Social features Social filtering I ncorporate various Web 2.0 concepts and technologies (mashups, widgets, aggregation, OpenID, RSS, etc.) Flexibility and extensibility Web browser platform Aggregation/Mashups Ease of use Several thoughts jumped out at me: The concept of a Personal Learning Environment (PLE) exists, but actual PLEs only exist as theoretical combinations of skills, methods and tools.
component) - An extension for the Joomla CMS platform. The component has a variety of settings to allow the virtually unlimited personalization of your books.
list Web views. Formatting Ability to send SharePoint lists to mobile devices.
Well, because they kick-ass for their view of the role of the LMS. They feel the best way to address social, informal learning (powered by social media)  is not to integrate it into an LMS. Instead, they bolt the LMS on an existing CMS. (An example of a CMS would  be a website like iGoogle which can be personalized and widgetized.... Many CMS solutions offer portal capabilities like personalization or the ability for users to customize their portal with content of interest to them.
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Successful LMS’s will be modeled after the way people are sharing and accessing information today. As a result, the way content is categorized, displayed and accessed will be driven by personalization options like ‘tagging’. Q: What difficulties are you seeing in the incorporation of social media among your current customers/potential customers?
Cathy's pleas for a relaxed writing style are echoed by arch e-learning rationalist, Ruth Clark. In e-learning and the science of instruction , she proposes the Personalization Principle , i.e. use conversational style. So that's official then. I'd go further. In Time to put an end to faceless e-learning , I argued that the writer of e-learning materials should have a name, like the author of a book, the composer of a piece of music or the trainer in a classroom .
even clients - to pool creative energies and decision making. Also, see Catherine's Learning Environment Design 2. Personalization and Contextualization - Harold Jarche Good trainers know how to personalize and contextualize their sessions, but social media can reinforce this continuously, not constrained by time or space.... All of which brings us back, of course, to blended learning, which is where I'd recommend any organisation to start their journey of transformation. 5.
Ranking should be made on the value of the contribution, not the number of times you post. If it is just the number of times you post, then a person who is a drag on the community might be considered high status because of frequency of posting. Better title for the organizer is community instigator....