OpenSesame

MAY 25, 2021

I knew my career would follow one or both of my passions — computer software and music. I love music and podcasting. One of the podcasts I host is a roundtable music industry discussion. For engineers, that can mean attending conferences, taking new technology courses, or reading books. The ProDev program is nice.

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Mike Taylor

MAY 12, 2023

What I’m Listening To: I’ve have liked Landon Conrath’s music for awhile now but never knew who he was – I do now and he’s definitely a favorite. detailed how “research effort is rising substantially while research productivity is declining sharply.” As always, thanks for reading. Festival Sektor 3.0

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 7, 2022

I have written before about how research informs my work. Our work should be informed by research and evidence. I have a bachelors degree in music education and zero formal training in instructional design. Research translators: Who to follow. That gets you access to their research library and other resources.

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Mike Taylor

AUGUST 6, 2021

Andrew Watson shares some interesting research about the effectiveness of making learning objectives explicit for learners. The music I put at the top of this newsletter is consistently one of the most clicked links every week. What is your favorite music to work to? Making Learning Objectives Explicit. Where You Can Find Me.

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Mike Taylor

MARCH 3, 2023

Sponsored by iSpring “Conversation is the best learning technology ever” — Jay Cross My excitement level is starting to ramp up as I start packing for my trip to the NZATD conference in New Zealand. The 15 and 1/2 hour flight is a lot less exciting. So, I’m packing my sense of humor, tons of snacks, and hoping for the best!

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Mike Taylor

AUGUST 27, 2021

What I’m Listening to: This morning I’m working along to this big collection of instrumental versions of pop cover music. There is a great deal of research on this subject, and practical resources for making friendship easier for all students to achieve. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” Happy Friday! Thanks for reading!

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Mike Taylor

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

What I’m Listening To: All week, I’ve been immersing myself in the sounds of No Suits – a category-defying band that incorporates R&B, hip-hop, funk, psych rock, and electronic textures into their music. link] Library Extension Check your local library for the books, music, etc. link] Where’s Mike?

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Mike Taylor

JANUARY 21, 2022

The new year is off to a good start and I’m excited about some upcoming conference talks and some podcasts that will be appearing soon. What I’m Listening to: I’m feeling a little nostalgic this morning with this playlist of music from my college days at the dawn of the 90s. Watch this space. Thanks for reading!

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Mike Taylor

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

What I’m Listening To Of course, I have to set a late 80’s musical vibe when I’m spending the day back on my college campus. Research supports this approach, showing significant improvements in memory retention and understanding. There are so many amazing things ahead for him, and he doesn’t even know it yet. Thanks for reading!

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Challenge to Learn

JANUARY 22, 2012

Another cool application of a metaphor is the music app galaxy. It uses the Galaxy as a metaphor to present your music library. The ‘Fraunhofer Institute’ in Karlsruhe has done extensive research at this metaphor. This way of presenting this information really adds value. I will visit them in February.

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Mike Taylor

MAY 26, 2023

Learn more → 10 Most Important Teaching & Learning Studies of the Past 50 Years This post explores key findings in educational research over the past 50 years. Learn more → The UX Cookbook This site is packed with ‘recipes’ for all things UX – from research and personas to design and usability testing.

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Mike Taylor

JANUARY 3, 2020

What I’m Listening to: My son has discovered the classic rock music that I grew up with. Canadian researchers testing ‘brain hack’ designed to help turn goals into action. Conferences & Learning Events. Resources for Humans Virtual Conference: Free Online Conference. Happy New Year! Thanks for reading!

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Hurix Digital

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Assisting in the Development and Implementation of AI Strategies Training and Support Research and Development Keeping Up with the Most Recent AI Advances Assisting in Problem-Solving Why the SME Role Is Crucial for AI Excellence? This can entail going to conferences and reading academic literature. appeared first on Hurix Digital.

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Mike Taylor

JUNE 2, 2023

Lots of great music in there. Research like this and this shows that intrinsic motivation is an incredibly powerful lever for educators. This is a fascinating compilation of research on effective learning strategies, the amazing workings of our bodies, and how to keep our brains in tip-top shape. As always, thanks for reading.

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learnWorlds

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Has your music school got shuttered due to COVID-19? Then you have to stop depending on your physical location and start teaching music online. Here’s what we’re covering: How teaching music online works. Examples of online music schools. 1 Do Online Music Lessons Work? 2 How to Teach Music Online: 6 Steps.

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Mike Taylor

JANUARY 27, 2023

What I’m Listening To: My daughter has once again struck gold and introduced me to some great new music by The Neighborhood that’s been the perfect background sounds for my workweek. I’m curious to hear how you’ve used it and what is working for you with it so far? Reply and let me know! link] Where’s Mike?

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Mike Taylor

JULY 3, 2020

If the show is as good as the music I might have to check it out. Interesting article summarizing research on emotional design in digital media. – Conferences & Learning Events. Here are a couple of helpful resources if you’re looking for a L&D-related conference or webinar. – Where You Can Find Me.

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ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

This weekend—31 st Oct and 1 st November -- was spent at the #BNLF conference held at The Lalit, Mumbai. Being used to conferences like #SHRM, #HRTech, and other corporate affairs, I was in for another dose of shock when we entered the main venue post registration. It looked nothing like a conference room. Pretty cool I thought!

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Mike Taylor

JANUARY 4, 2019

I’m polishing off this first update of the New Year reminiscing with a little musical nostalgia from my school days Guess that tells you how old I am, huh? 2019 L&D Conferences. If you’re looking for a conference to attend this year, I’ve updated my big list of L&D-related conferences with dates and details for 2019.

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Mike Taylor

APRIL 24, 2020

What I’m Listening To: My daughter is trying to update my musical tastes and turned me onto Alec Benjamin this week, so that is what I’m spinning today. Research shows that what distinguishes high performers in every field is that they have larger and more diversified personal networks. Last Week’s Most Clicked.

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Mike Taylor

JULY 13, 2018

Learning While Working Virtual Conference. Robin Petterd ( @RobinPetterd ) and the crew at Sprout Labs are prepping for the Learning While Working virtual conference. Teaching and Learning Research Summaries: A collection for easy access. Tom Sherrington ( @teacherhead ) has gathered over a dozen summaries of teaching research.

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Mike Taylor

DECEMBER 23, 2022

What I’m Listening To: I discovered these remixes of classic Christmas songs several years ago and they continue to be my absolute favorite holiday music. Fortunately, science has our back with a set of research-backed techniques to reduce PowerPoint overload and make our presentations more in tune with the way people learn.

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Mike Taylor

MARCH 27, 2020

So when you feel like there are too many things via for your attention and you’re not getting enough done remember that there is research suggesting that in an eight-hour day, the average worker is only productive for two hours and 53 minutes. Conferences & Learning Events. Check out the upcoming conference schedule.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 16, 2009

Liveblogged notes from the TCC online conference. Their first real-time conversation was last weekend preparing for this conference; they’ve done all their research collaboration asynchronously. Sometimes add music b/c it sets mood, gets emotional effect. This would be very cool research. Video responses.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 16, 2009

Liveblogged notes from the TCC online conference. Market research on US podcast audience. He also has a keyboard (the piano kind) for music too. lots of music, instruments, etc available. Can do conference calls to get multiple people together–Skype or whatever. Podcast logo. My comments in italics.

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Mike Taylor

MAY 5, 2023

What I’m Listening To: I’m not exactly how to refer to Public Library Commute – other than this is great music that I’ve been loving all week! Learning & Marketing Conference June 7-8 Online Friday Finds is an independent publication that I produce in my free-time. As always, thanks for reading.

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Mike Taylor

JANUARY 18, 2019

In this video, Clive Shepherd ( @cliveshepherd ) takes a look at research conducted by Towards Maturity that looks at the preferences of more than 10,000 learners. The research provides some fantastic insights into the modern learner and dispels a number of myths. Conference News. Looking for your next conference?

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Mike Taylor

JANUARY 20, 2023

Paul Kirschner In this episode, Paul Kirschner delves into the popularity of cognitive load theory and Rosenshine’s principles, and the dangers of oversimplifying and misinterpreting research. He also highlights important aspects of instructional design and collaborative learning as he unpacks the latest in education research.

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Mike Taylor

MARCH 13, 2020

What I’m Listening to: Our family has been watching Zoe’s Extraordinary Playlist lately and I found an actual playlist of the music from the show that I’m starting my day with and it has put a smile on my face. . Last week’s most clicked item: Making long-term memories in minutes: a spaced learning pattern from memory research in education.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 1, 2010

I attended the two day conference on Game Based Learning held earlier this week in London. This was the second edition of the conference and had a decent 400+ delegate presence. Overall I was quite pleased to have attended the two day conference. Here are some of my impressions of the conference.

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Mike Taylor

MAY 13, 2022

What I’m Listening To: This morning I’m really enjoying the music of Sara Kays , who I discovered when she opened for Alec Benjamin at a recent concert. Heyday is a browser extension that helps your research work and automatically saves web pages you visit and pulls in content from your apps. Thanks for reading.

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Mike Taylor

MAY 28, 2021

What I’m Listening to: I like working to music that stays in the background and today I’ve put together a “Jazzy Work” playlist for that very purpose. A Fresh Perspective on What’s Possible with Today’s Learning Technologies – June 10 Canadian Elearning Conference – June 11. FingersCrossed. Thanks for reading!

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Jane Hart

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Today I am in Toronto, Canada where I am speaking at the CSTD conference tomorrow. But what counts more is a person’s capacity for lifelong learning, to think, research, find information, analyze, synthesize, contextualize and critically evaluate; to apply research to solving problems; to collaborate and communicate.

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AXIOM Learning Solutions

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For those of you looking forward to the ATD New England Area Conference in March 2019 as much as we are… here’s some news to tide you over until next year! Previously, Katrina worked in music and video production for clients such as Disney Channel and Adult Swim”, according to the ATD site.

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Sticky Learning

MAY 12, 2010

A couple of weeks ago I flew up to Sydney for a few days to attend the Australian Institute of Training and Development's 2010 conference. I'll give you a bit of a summary in this post and will provide a link to my Twitter feed for the conference, I think that will help to flesh out how I found some of the sessions! Fat Chance.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 15, 2013

Those of you who have ever attended a Plymouth Enhanced Learning Conference, or even followed from afar via the social media channels will know that Pelecon is an extraordinary event. This year the conference takes place between 10-12 April. The company will be great, the food will be excellent, and the live music will be splendid.

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Think Orion

JANUARY 3, 2023

And virtual conferences have not proven themselves yet for networking and sales. Conferences. Conferences are large-scale events and usually cover content, workshops, and display booths. Many conferences also allow businesses to speak about a certain topic or their company. Trade Shows. Your Event Goals.

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