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Learning from The King's Speech | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

This movie should be required viewing for anyone in the learning industry – it demonstrates all the ingredients for effective learning. Weber also points out how effectively additional techniques demonstrated in the movie – like music, movement, and humor – open the mind to learning. I’ll be seeing it again!

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Facebook or Kanye West: Which Pop Icon Has a Future in Enterprise.

Dashe & Thomson

He mentions that he loves movies and often uses movie quotes in songs. For example, I’m watching Storytellers: Kanye West on Palladia a couple nights ago (a great TV channel if you love music; and like learning, everyone loves music). During the performance Kanye starts freestyling about how he creates lyrics.

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Facebook or Kanye West: Which Pop Icon Has a Future in Enterprise.

Dashe & Thomson

He mentions that he loves movies and often uses movie quotes in songs. For example, I’m watching Storytellers: Kanye West on Palladia a couple nights ago (a great TV channel if you love music; and like learning, everyone loves music). During the performance Kanye starts freestyling about how he creates lyrics.

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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

Dashe & Thomson

It conjures memories of terrible 90s thriller movies featuring Sandra Bullock in the prime of her career. By the way, “Surfing the Net” is a great phrase that fell by the wayside far too early. I’m sorry, but somebody explain to me why she won the Best Actress Oscar for The Blind Side , honestly.

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How to Help Your Employees L-O-V-E Online Learning

TOPYX LMS

For example, think of your favorite movies. Learning management systems (LMSs) associated with the IMS Learning Consortium have access to Voice Thread as well as other groundbreaking features that humanize eLearning. To Get Employees to Love Online Learning, Engage Their Positive Emotions.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Describing What You Do: Instructional Design

Learning Visions

Me: Im an instructional designer. Im sort of distracted by the naked boy who just ran by (not mine). billbrandon had this comment on Twitter: I usually just tell em Im a writer. So what I tell people is my job is similar to that of a film director who directs a movie or an ad maker who visualizes commercial ads.

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AICC and SCORM Compliance: The Benefits for Your e-Learning

Trivantis

The frustration of accidentally buying a Blu-ray movie and realizing it won’t play in your DVD player? The lab combined the work of existing standards organizations like the AICC , IMS and the IEEE LTSC into a cohesive reference model. The Benefits of Making Your e-Learning AICC and SCORM Compliant .

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