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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Learning from Observation

Learning Visions

A study is cited in which researchers looked at brain activity while subjects learned how to build a structure with Tinker Toys. Im no neuroscientist, but these kinds of images get me excited -- seeing which areas of the brain light up. Free the Learners -- Free the LMS Open Simulations vs. Page Turners? Weed out the fluff.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Learning to Work, Working to Learn

Learning Visions

This go-round, Im at the other end of things: in a much-needed lull between projects, taking a breather. Reading Im still in the midst of The Adult Learner by Malcolm Knowles et al. Photo credits: Oh boy tinker toys! The last time I posted for this carnival (almost a year ago!) What are you looking at?

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eLearning Conferences

Tony Karrer

link] May 11-14, 2009 Learning Impact 2009: The Summit on Global Learning and Industry Challenges hosted by the IMS Global Learning Consortium, Barcelona, Spain. link] Sites/SOLSTICE/Conference2009/ June 4-5, 2009 Lights, Camera, Action: Using Media to Engage the Learner , eLearning Guild Online Forum. link] content.cfm?selection=doc.1134

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: The Real World, SecondLife and FaceBook/MySpace

Learning Visions

Im not sure how this relates to danah boyds recent blog article on Viewing American class divisions through FaceBook and MySpace. Im a major geek, yet I avoid Second Life and continue to be skeptical about its use in elearning. This is a main way of staying connected to friends. A couple of people also had MySpace accounts.

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eLearning Conferences 2011

Tony Karrer

March 7-April 8, 2011 Teaching that Informs and Transforms : Strategies and Techniques for Engaging and Challenging Today’s Learners, sponsored by the National Resource Center, University of South Carolina, offered online. link] May 16-19, 2011 Learning Impact 2011 , sponsored by IMS Global Learning Consortium, Long Beach, California, USA.

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eLearning Conferences 2010

Tony Karrer

link] April 12-16, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning (DIGITEL 2010), 3 rd , hosted by National Central University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [link] April 12-15, 2010 EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Hongo Campus, Toyo Gakuen University, Japan.

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eLearning Conferences 2012

Tony Karrer

[link] December 6-9, 2011 International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education , Sustaining Student-Centric Higher Education – Embracing Diversity and Empowering GEN Y Learners, organized by the National University of Singapore, Singapore. link] December 7, 2011 Best Practices for Tutoring and Learning Centers.