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Game To Teach Researching Skills

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This past week our gaming department at Web Courseworks has posted a new blog entry on Games Can Teach , about an intriguing experimental game that the University of Michigan Institute of Museum and Library Studies has been using to tackle a trending problem in today’s academic world: bad research habits. Teaches real world skills.

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Explore eLearning at the Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning

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The summer is always a busy season for industry conferences and eLearning networking opportunities, and one event near and dear to my heart is the Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning held in Madison, Wisconsin. The 2014 conference is set for August 12th-14th at the Monona Terrace.

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Game To Teach Researching Skills

Web Courseworks

This past week our gaming department at Web Courseworks has posted a new blog entry on Games Can Teach, about an intriguing experimental game that the University of Michigan Institute of Museum and Library Studies has been using to tackle a trending problem in today’s academic world: bad research habits.

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Associations’ Mission to Teach: Social Media vs. Formal Education

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In the midst of the Digital Age, we have instant access to knowledge that was once difficult or impossible to find. Just Google it”: a modern day mantra. Social media discussions have become a common way to obtain information.

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Why Attend Conferences? UW Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning’s 25th Anniversary

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This week I will be attending my fifth conference of the year in my hometown of Madison, WI: The Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning, hosted by the University of Wisconsin. Conferences provide a great venue to network with old colleagues and friends and meet new eLearning advocates.

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Gamification Basics

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Gamification can be a more foundational process of transforming products or services so that they take on engaging properties of game playing in order to teach a concept or process to the learner more successfully. Promote Interactive Learning - Proper context is important when you are trying to teach technical skills.

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Virtual Events are Creating a Paradigm Change in eLearning

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The current trend of running annual meetings virtually has forced association executives to rethink their approaches to teaching and learning and social networking. Educational offerings were already a part of face-to-face events; but this new phenomenon has impacted investment and thus the quality of learning activities online.

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