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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Second Life Backlash and Controversy

Learning Visions

And Im not implying that Im a Second Life naysayer. IT Security Risks 2. Ive been exploring the use of Second Life for a client for whom Im developing an e-Learning strategy. Theirs is an audience comprised only of women and Im not convinced Second Life will feel appropriate to them. Identity Fraud 3.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Instructional Designers with Degrees: Survey Update

Learning Visions

Brent Schlenker of the eLearning Guild, commented on my post Memoirs of an Instructional Designer : Im one of the unfortunate ones with a actual honest to goodness Masters Degree in EdTech. When the company responds to RFPs, the employee without an advanced degree cannot be used to secure new work. 12:43 PM Wendy said.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: The Gin System

Learning Visions

Then again, perhaps Im missing something. The Gin System provides you with (among other things): Secure login Calendar of events Phone & Email lists Email group s ("public" f0r all members; or private for designated members only) Questions: Allows for easy posting of questions. It seems to me that FaceBook is a great networking tool.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Soapbox for the Day: Academic Journals like Field Methods, that dont support things like access to their content

Mark Oehlert

previous rants on this topic ) Until I get some explanations though, Im pretty well amazed at the academics involved in this scheme. Have you explored using a Creative Commons license but found fatal flaws in that plan? Im feeling stupid here because I just dont freaking get it!

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): New Web 2.0 Visualization/Explanation from Ross Dawson

Mark Oehlert

Second, he released his work under a Creative Commons license.great job. I think that most of the right words are there, but the images leave out some of the flow/social dynamics that shape and flow in 2.0 - so really Im just point out what could make something that is very good, better.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Hey! Editors of "Educational Researcher".Get a FREAKING CLUE!!!!!

Mark Oehlert

Why not license this work under Creative Commons ? Im sorry but to my simple country mind the choice is clear.more, more, more or less, less,less. Why would educators choose, in this day and age, to participate in a system that does nothing but enrich publishers and locks down information? Or Open Access Journals ?