Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

Nevertheless, Im trying to keep up. Then again, Im not trying to stay on top of hundreds of comments a day. Im not going to bother with a full-blown survey. But I will ask my dear readers (informally, of course) if you have any thoughts as to how I can make this blog better? Its at least half the fun.

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MARCH 27, 2020

This is especially true considering body language cues (and sometimes even tone) are missed out; during phone calls, texts, IMs, and emails; which make for 93% of personal communication effectiveness (as seen in the pie chart below on elements of personal communication).

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Im not blogging for the money or the fame, but I am in it for the community, networking and learning opportunities. Im already behind. So Im thinking Ill finally join Jay Crosss Internet Time Community. Dont worry--Im sure Ill be falling behind soon, as I have a grant due at the end of the month. Ill take the leap.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Elliot Masies most recent Learning Trends newsletter leads with the headline "DIY: Do It Yourself Trends". Harold Jarche says, The future of learning is DIY : This is the power of informal learning, if organisations decide to enable it. In small companies, DIY/informal learning is pretty much all you got. Because its out there.

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AUGUST 13, 2007

And Im not implying that Im a Second Life naysayer. 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. As you may know, Ive only been there once.

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AUGUST 9, 2007

Im a touchy-feely-people-kind-of-person. Making the time to engage in conversations online does seem to move towards greater abundancy thinking and Im really enjoying the opportunities it is presenting. Ive reached out to more people and more people are reaching out to me. Its awesome. But with community comes great responsibility. (Im

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AUGUST 3, 2007

Sorry you had that experience, but Im glad to know Im not the only one. They were coming at me in the chat, then IM, and when they started coming into my email I quit the program. Ive been into SL several times but Im very daunted about attempting to talk to anyone, so usually wander around by myself.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

3) I went to the same high school as presidential candidate Oback Barama (although Im 7 years younger and have never laid eyes on him in person). I used to speak it fluently; these days Im pretty rusty. Wendy Wickham Ray Sims Apologies if youve been tagged previously or have done something similar, Im just playing the game!

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

My current business card says Im a "Manager of Instructional Design". I wrote a monthly user-newsletter -- tips and tricks for maximizing the application. And now Im here -- "Manager of Instructional Design." But at this point, Im here to stay. My point is this: I dont think Im that unusual. And yet here I am.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Im on the press page, so I think I should get at invite, dont you? I did send an email and got a response that Id be included in the "next round of invitations", which Im told will be in the next day or so. I like that its built in Flash. I like that Virtual Ubiquity is a Massachusetts company. I like that its a purty application.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

My learning has all been completely informal. Im a writer and a schmoozer. Thanks for all the information so far Cammy! Im sorry its taken me so long to get back to you on your question about Instructional Designers here in the US. Thanks for the props Cammy! 5:35 PM Tex Briegersaid. Glad to help, Tex.

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Mark Oehlert

JULY 14, 2008

My solution to resolving this could be to do something like declaring " bookmark bankruptcy " but I dont feel like doing that; instead, Im going to hold a blog-a-thon. I do much better when Im under public pressure so Im putting myself under the gun to produce between 5 and 10 blog posts a day for the next 30 days.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Im not looking for a job right now, so theres no urgent need. Im blogging the progress at [link] Best 2:59 AM jmaddrell said. Should the blog become the landing point for your online portfolio? Your presence to the world? Should I be better about including links to all that other info so people can find out more about me?

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MAY 4, 2008

So someone tell me if Im wrong but here is how I am seeing this.the way IT departments are currently incentivized - their ideal situation would be zero users and no connection to the Internet. » May 04, 2008 I keep coming back to this intact cohort idea. Once you connect to the internet and add users, then things start getting hinky.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 7, 2007

Already I can tell you that Im just going to skip this step. Im not trying to make money off this blog. I think I need to go back over mine again reflecting on how well you manage to get across information. Well, thankfully, Im no George Lucas! Ive sort of done that already today, but I think Ill do it again.

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AUGUST 1, 2008

Im tired people, so Im only going to say this about 1,000 more times. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Im tired people, so Im only going to say this about 1,000 more times. Blog Information. informal learning. Newsletter. Blog powered by TypePad. Member since 08/2003. t unique, itâ??s

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 8, 2007

Just this week -- for once Im in the know. Posted by Cammy Bean at 10:53 AM Labels: rapid e-learning 2comments: Clive Shepherd said. Cammy, you seem to have taken on the role of gateway to the edublogosphere! A useful service indeed. 4:31 AM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 7, 2007

As someone who develops corporate elearning, Im simply thrilled! See the intense comment thread on The Real World, Second Life and Facebook/MySpace where Cathy provides some interesting commentary on women in Second Life. Cathy is a fabulous writer, offering great insight and analysis, along with a delightful sense of humor.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 24, 2007

Anyway, the team is sort of informal, although there are a couple of people from the Alliance Library system who are the primary team leaders, so working with us is perhaps part o their job. Informal learning at its best. Posted by Cammy Bean at 8:39 AM Labels: informal learning , secondlife 2comments: Manish said. Thanks, Dio!

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Im tired people, so Im only going to say this about 1,000 more times. Main | Interactive Game Timeline » September 21, 2007 Turns out that cough was. atypical pneumonia. What a pain in the butt.

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Mark Oehlert

OCTOBER 17, 2007

Im late to this party but Im there now.these things just crack me up and we all need some humor in our lives.I | Main | A Post Reborn or How Marcia Conner Reminded Me How Smart She is. » October 17, 2007 Finally for today.my new guilty pleasure.LOLCats and "I Can Haz Cheezburger?"

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Mark Oehlert

JULY 16, 2008

" The game doesnt start until September 22 but people have already started posting their visions for 2019 and while I read just a couple, Im immediately struck by the pessimistic view of the future that is present. Anyway, back to the topic, Im anxious #1 to see how this is going to be a game.I

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Mark Oehlert

JANUARY 9, 2008

» January 09, 2008 New Attempt at Conference Polls Im trying this again with a new service.lets see what happens.well, the polls seem to be working.please use "Comments" for other conference suggestions. Main | Did You Know: knol = a unit of knowledge? The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us

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Mark Oehlert

OCTOBER 9, 2007

Im sure there will be many posts remembering Philip.there should be. Im just a bit dazed that Philip is gone - he was always there - behind the scenes - working incredibly hard and ridiculously long hours for little or no credit. This is guy whose work has literally shaped the face of the e-learning world as we know it.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 25, 2008

Im on board with that but then comes this article in The Escapist, " This is your brain on smart drugs." " So now Im thinking, wow, that really puts a Flowers for Algernon or Terminal Man spin on the whole "made not born" issue doesnt it? " OK.so where I am linking to all the Lewin stuff I find.

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Mark Oehlert

MAY 14, 2008

Im going to head over and check out the feeds from the CBO blog and the Dept. Funny Future of e-Learning Research Cross Posting Futures Games Gaming & Learning Government Hardware Industry informal learning Innovation Insanely Cool Content Job Leads Latest News Learning Learning 2005 Learning As Art Learning/Training Learning/Web 2.0

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Mark Oehlert

APRIL 21, 2007

As DArcy explains "If you want to clean up your browser after Sitemeter, delete anycookies you might have from "specificclick.com" (I had 4 cookies fromthat domain, but Im not sure if they were a result of Sitemetertracking code from my blog, or from elsewhere.)" " Thanks for the catch DArcy.

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Mark Oehlert

APRIL 3, 2008

While the article doesnt give a direct link, I think this is the one here - of course I cant install Real Player at work so Ill have to wait until I get home or rely on someone out there for confirmation that this version of the player is sans ads but Im hopeful. The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us

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Mark Oehlert

JUNE 12, 2007

Main | Funny Funny (not safe for work) e-cards » June 12, 2007 Generate Your Own Mii Im digging this Mii Generato r from Joystiq. e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Great videos on RSS, Wikis and more. The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 25, 2008

So for content developments sake, looking down the numbers, Id say there is an argument here for focusing on audio as a main component of phone-based content (Im going to quit saying mobile as a general term because who knows what that means anymore - PSP, iPod, cell phone, smartphone, iPhone, UMPC, or whatever).

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JUNE 28, 2007

o IBM has a daily online newsletter called w3.Employees Employees rank headlines in the newsletter by tagging and highly-rankedstories appear first. Each tag is linked back to the tagger’s BluePagesprofile, and clicking on the tagger’s name lets a user send the personan IM o IBM owns more than 50 islands in Second Life.

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Mark Oehlert

AUGUST 1, 2008

Right now Im sitting in the audience listening Deborah Adler, the designer whos Masters Thesis became the redesigned Target pharmacy bottles - Clear RX. Blog Information. informal learning. Newsletter. « The Tool Kit Edition | Main. Quote of the Day » August 13, 2007. Live from Adaptive Paths UX. Government.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

Im sure it matters to them. This is part of the space my company inhabits -- my point is that we (the vendors) need to make sure that were talking to our clients about maintaining version information. Again, some of this may be process on the clients end (where and how to archive). Thanks to Janet for bringing this issue up!

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Mark Oehlert

JUNE 19, 2008

previous rants on this topic ) Until I get some explanations though, Im pretty well amazed at the academics involved in this scheme. Im feeling stupid here because I just dont freaking get it! Usually the "peers" who review articles, arent paid or theyre paid very little. where I am linking to all the Lewin stuff I find.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 21, 2008

I think Im going to go read the full article and then probably look at this again. Funny Future of e-Learning Research Cross Posting Futures Games Gaming & Learning Government Hardware Industry informal learning Innovation Insanely Cool Content Job Leads Latest News Learning Learning 2005 Learning As Art Learning/Training Learning/Web 2.0

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 10, 2007

I also kept the LibraryThing listing books Im currently reading (or have read or intend to read at some point.), I just deleted a bunch of stuff and/or tried to incorporate it into my About Page. I did keep the Instructional Design Resources list, which seems to be useful to people. as this does get a lot of interest (aka "hits").

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Mark Oehlert

DECEMBER 6, 2007

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Learning Games at Wharton | Main | 2007 edublog awards are now open for voting.and Im torn » December 06, 2007 msnbc is predicting the news? The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us

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