Tony Karrer

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NASA Images

Tony Karrer

NASA Images was just launched ( press release ) and it uses software that was partly developed by my firm TechEmpower. It has a bunch of neat features that makes it fun to play with, especially the ability to create different kinds of widgets of groups and images and workspaces.

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No Informal Learning and Blended Learning Mix - CLO Panel Surprises

Tony Karrer

Marc pressed him a bit and it seemed that the CLO defined himself in terms of training solutions so these tools really weren't important for him to use to help learners/performers. EMC owns Documentum (a big document management/content management system) and owns eRoom (a team collaboration tool). It was fascinating to see the disconnect.

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Using Text-to-Speech in an eLearning Course

Tony Karrer

To create a sound file from narration text for an authoring tool using Virtual Speaker, you perform the following: Define a file naming system to identify the text and sound files for the authoring tool Set working folders for input text files and output sound files Enter new narration scripts or open a stored narration script file from the text files (..)

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Social Media Conversations

Tony Karrer

They believe that sending a press release to a blogger works. But, there are some patterns and norms at cocktail parties and in social media conversations. 95%+ of vendors don't get social media conversations. Good luck with that. Go ahead and send it, but don't expect results. Think about walking around a cocktail party passing out flyers.

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International eLearning Usage Pattern Differences

Tony Karrer

Certainly people are pressed for time. Is it that Anglo-American employers just give minimal learning time on-the-job? Or is it that Asia/African employees are more hungry for technical learning? I would be curious what people believe on this topic.

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Disruptive Changes in Learning

Tony Karrer

His examples include: Mainstream media -> YouTube Mainstream press -> Blogs Microsoft Office -> Office 2.0 George Siemens recent post - Formal and informal.control vs foster discusses the move from mainstream, controlled information to consumer generated information. But take a look at my post around eLearning 1.0 and eLearning 2.0

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Twitter Conference Ideas

Tony Karrer

It would be really awesome if you could forward your calendar reminders over to twitter at the press of a key. But, in the short run, it might make sense to set up a similar kind of series of activities as listed above based on the conference program. Browse eLearning Content at www.elearninglearning.com.

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