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danah boyd ASTD Tech Knowledge Key Note #astdtk13

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These are my liveblogged notes from ASTD Tech Knowledge 2013 Opening Keynote kicking off today January 29, 2013 in San Jose, California. Professors give horrible lectures on esoteric subjects. a book about the hyperindividualistic culture of programmers and open source software – the tension. danah boyd.

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Seven Things I Learned This Year

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6) iPad (5) SkillSoft (2) Social Learning (15) Virtual Classroom (5) ASTD (8) eLearningGuild (2) And here were my top posts based on social signals.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning

Learning Visions

Need to think about New Learning Principles: Rapid Mobile Collaborative Immersive (we don’t want to be lectured at) Formal vs. Informal – a spectrum Examples of a formal learning activity: webinar, classroom, lecture, etc. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. What made it formal?

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Art History e-Learning Nuggets

Learning Visions

I laugh, remembering Art History 101 in college -- a darkened lecture hall, slides projected on the wall, me falling asleep in spite of myself, sometimes even snoring. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. Check out the Mona Lisa for an in-depth study. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Audio in eLearning: Cultural Differences?

Learning Visions

In UK higher education we tend to be more interested in transforming learning with digital technology than replicating the traditional teacher-centred approaches that are typified by the centrality of the lecture to the curriculum. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. I can read, thank you very much.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Emerging Technologies in e-Learning

Learning Visions

Any LMS needs to have open-standards (not just open source) so you can take your content to another source. Imagine how much less sizzle theres be if you substituted "lecture" for "podcast" -- the former is antiquated, 20th-century thinking; the latter is hip, even if you have to use a USB drive instead of a real iPod.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: A Deserted Second Life

Learning Visions

It's as sad as trying to live or "teach" (lecturers love to pretend a glorified game is a teaching experience so that they can be one more step removed from actually teaching classes and students) inside World of Warcraft. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. 8:50 PM Anonymoussaid.