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Resources from my presentation at Innovations in e-learning Symposium

Kapp Notes

It is better to have one “expert” avatar and another “motivational” avatar in a learning environment rather than having one combined “mentor” avatar. Avatars and social learning theory. Reference: Baylor, A. & Kim, Y. Simulating instructional roles through pedagogical agents. A few interesting virtual world resources.

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Resources from CSTD Webinar

Kapp Notes

It is better to have one “expert” avatar and another “motivational” avatar in a learning environment rather than having one combined “mentor” avatar. Avatars and social learning theory. Reference: Baylor, A. & Kim, Y. Simulating instructional roles through pedagogical agents. A few interesting virtual world resources.

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Hot List - April 1, 2009 to April 11, 2009

Tony Karrer

She is in a graduate school program and is a great self-directed learner: I’m learning about things like instructional theories, learning theories, how to tie learning to performance, how to tie learning to business requirements, and ways to measure all these things.