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Blended Learning: Not your Mother’s, Grandmother’s, or Possibly Even Older Sibling’s Training

Association eLearning

It requires careful analysis, planning, creativity, and follow through on the part of training departments to design meaningful experiences. They want information to be relevant to their needs and presented in a variety of ways which appeal to how they learn. Try online virtual classrooms or worlds, such as Second Life.

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A message to CxOs 2: about org learning myths

Clark Quinn

Lectures, information dump & knowledge test, in general content presentation doesn’t lead to meaningful change in behavior in the absence of activity. Do a skeptical analysis. Powerpoint presentations in Second Life, but ideally is avoided. Further, they could be happy if that’s the case. Don’t get misled.

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TCC09: Digital User-Generated Content and Our Emerging Digital Literacy

Experiencing eLearning

This preliminary study uses examples of digital user-generated content, specifically digital stories and movies, to examine the types of information that appear to convey effectively. What kind of information can we create, how does meaning making happen? Data Analysis. What is their potential role in learning? Meaning making.

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Volatility in 3D Virtual World Industry

Kapp Notes

See my analysis of the recognition in What it means that MS LifeScience Award Goes to 3D Virtual Conference Design James A. Venuegen has offered to help Second Life Enterprise users move from the SL Enterprise edition to the Venuegen platform for free. And Massively , a blog that provides daily information about MMOs.

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Latest MUVEs

Learning with e's

He takes a critical approach to the evaluation of Second Life as a learning environment. Here's the abstract: Second Life (SL) is currently the most mature and popular multi-user virtual world platform being used in education. Tags: MUVE Second Life social presence 3-D Virtual world.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Welcoming Cathy Moore to the Blogosphere

Learning Visions

See the intense comment thread on The Real World, Second Life and Facebook/MySpace where Cathy provides some interesting commentary on women in Second Life. Cathy is a fabulous writer, offering great insight and analysis, along with a delightful sense of humor. United States License.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: US Dept of Education Report on Online Learning

Learning Visions

Sunday, August 23, 2009 US Dept of Education Report on Online Learning The US Department of Education has just released a new report "Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies". It’s great to see this information being shared. Nice brief title.