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Do We Learn Differently Now?

Upside Learning

Just before I went on holiday recently I was asked how human learning has changed with the advent, penetration and increasing ubiquity of computing technology. While you hold that thought, it’s good to think that the technology is on the cusp of providing an ‘infinite’ amount of information.

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eLearning Cyclops: My Big Question Response - Predictions for My.

eLearning Cyclops

My Big Question Response - Predictions for My 2011 #LCBQ. I recently posted my 2011 predictions , but they are general predictions for e-learning and technology. So, here is my response to the Learning Circuits Big Question , which asks to be more focused on our challenges, plans and predictions. Cloud Apps.

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Story Machines

Learning with e's

It's one that fascinates me because it combines two of the key interests in my life - technology and story telling. I have been involved in educational technology since 1979, and still teach and speak about my research in the area even today. Then I hear a voice. It's a kindly voice. The noise gets louder and closer.

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15 Web Accessibility Testing Tools and Their Testing Capabilities

Hurix Digital

However, despite the great strides that we have made, web accessibility still remains a big question. However, despite the advanced technology and accessibility testing tools available today, WebAIM’s testing found that: Home page complexity has increased by over 34% in the last 4 years, with 4.8%

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Learning Circuits April Big Question: Are We There Yet

Kapp Notes

Enter Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. It also gives me verbal turn-by-turn directions from a female voice named “Jill.” The GPS has eliminated both my need to print directions from the internet and the danger of trying to read instructions at 60 miles an hour. It is a GPS receiver.

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The Future of Workplace Learning

Upside Learning

This month’s Big Question from the Learning Circuits blog asks: If you peer inside an organization in 10 years time and you look at how workplace learning is being supported by that organization, what will you see? …. Thanks to technologies like Cisco TelePresence , there is no need for an office. Thankfully!

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Using Punctuation and Mark-Up Language to Increase Text-to-Speech Quality

Tony Karrer

One of the concerns raised by various comments during the series has been around the quality of the results of Text-to-Speech (TTS) Voices and if that was suitable for eLearning. A great deal more information per slide can be transferred with voice than with plain text. This issue was partly addressed in the previous post.