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iPods for Learning

The Learning Circuits

Apple has sold over 15 million iPods worldwide and sales are not fading -- 5.3 The iPod has also spawned a major accessory and peripheral boom (e.g. Unlike a lot of fads, such as the Hula Hoops or Pet Rocks, iPods actually affect behavior. So, do iPods have any any value in a corporate training setting?

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8 Must-Read Neurolearning™ Books

eLearningMind

And she would know: While teaching at Duke, she persuaded the university to give the entire freshman class of 2003 iPods. Understanding the way the brain works is key to ensuring that your training objectives take root in learners’ behavior. Its author Cathy Davidson’s hypothesis that “if you build it, they will come.” “It”

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eLearning, mLearning, Tech Terms, Google, & iPods

Big Dog, Little Dog

More than 300,000 years ago, our Neanderthal ancestors discovered handheld tools, which led to the co-evolution of language, goal-directed behavior, social networking, and accelerated development of the frontal lobe, which controls these functions. iPods for Learning. Gary Small, M.D. Director, UCLA Memory & Aging Research Center.

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Dev Corner - Building a Mobile App with Adobe Air, Project GoGoCast

TechSmith Camtasia

This platform allows us to target iOS (iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2, iPod Touch G3, iPod Touch G4) and Android devices running Android OS 2.2, 1 || os.indexOf('ipod') !=-1). This behavior is probably not desirable. Technology Approach. We developed our mobile app using Adobe Air 2.7, 1 || os.indexOf('ipad') !=-1

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Games as Rewards in School

Kapp Notes

so they decided to apply a little behaviorism and reward good kids with video games. But contrast the above with schools that ban games and things like iPods altogether as I wrote about in Hire that Kid! Check out this quick little posted titled School Offers Game Time as a Reward. Thanks to Chris C. for sharing that link.

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Watch Out For These Trends in Mobile Learning: 2015 And Beyond

Origin Learning

Though the area is largely unexplored, in 2015 we can expect to see analytics playing a bigger role in understanding learners’ interaction and behavior with mobile based courses, such as by monitoring app traffic and visualize page-flows i.e. the sequence in which learners access pages. Multi-screen usage.

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3 Must-Read Neuroscience Books

eLearningMind

And she would know: While teaching at Duke, she persuaded the university to give the entire freshman class of 2003 iPods. Daniel Kahneman is a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in Economics, so he knows a thing or two about human behavior. It’s author Cathy Davidson’s hypothesis that “if you build it, they will come.” “It”

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