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Daily Bookmarks 04/26/2008

Experiencing eLearning

In 2005, a study actually found that kids were better writers than in the past “using far more complex sentence structures, a wider vocabulary and a more accurate use of capital letters, punctuation and spelling&# even if they sometimes let a txtism into their writing.

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Some Thoughts of Games Vs. Simulations

Kapp Notes

2005) Learning by Doing: A Comprehensive Guide to Simulations, Computer Games and Pedagogy in e-Learning and Other Educational Experiences. 2008) E-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of multimedia Learning. Points, Badges, Leaderboard Elements. Realistic Step-by-Step Tasks.

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Top 100 Learning Game Resources

Upside Learning

It is All Fun and Games…And Then Students Learn- Kapp Notes, July 30, 2008. Gadgets, games and gizmos for learning- Clive on Learning, January 29, 2008. mLearn08: MiLK: students building mobile learning games in higher education by Debra Polson- Ignatia Webs, November 12, 2008. December 11, 2008. Serious Games Blog.

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Top 100 Learning Game Resources

Upside Learning

It is All Fun and Games…And Then Students Learn- Kapp Notes, July 30, 2008. Gadgets, games and gizmos for learning- Clive on Learning, January 29, 2008. mLearn08: MiLK: students building mobile learning games in higher education by Debra Polson- Ignatia Webs, November 12, 2008. December 11, 2008. Serious Games Blog.

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Unleash the Impact of Body Language on Business Outcome: PART 1

Origin Learning

In 2005, Princeton University conducted an experiment that could determine the competency and confidence of persons based on facial expressions. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/jan/04/timeforchangehascome. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Nallon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ekman. v=IqsAhmTn7n4.

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Future of elearning industry looks Bright!

Kapp Notes

Additionally, according to BLS’s Occupational Outlook Handbook for 2010-11, the Instructional Coordinator market (of which Instructional Technology is a part) is expected to grow at a rate of about 23% or greater between 2008-2018. Reported in June 2005 issue. Even a modest improvement can lead to increased profits.

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The survival of Higher Education (4): 5 key objectives

Learning with e's

Technology will need to become more ‘transparent’ (Wheeler, 2005). The novelty value and opacity of technologies often prevent users from ‘seeing through them’, beyond the shiny toy with the buttons and lights, to a tool that is useful because it does something previous tools could not do (John and Wheeler, 2008). and Wheeler, S.