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It’s all about working smarter

Jay Cross

I rely on concepts from design, psychology, consumer marketing, network theory, social science, and media. An article by Jonah Lehrer in today’s Wall Street Journal describes the impact of the color of workplace walls on performance. I work with these disciplines because that’s where I have experience.

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Virtual reality for pain management

KnowledgeOne

interactive toys, electronic games) have been extensively studied and decrease pain and anxiety (Koller & Goldman, 2012). The Wall Street Journal. ” The six notes that accompany the new definition are: Pain is always a personal experience that is influenced to varying degrees by biological, psychological, and social factors.

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eLearning Conferences 2011

Tony Karrer

link] January 31-February 3, 2011 Quality Conference in the Middle East : TQM and Excellence – A Framework for Managing Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility, 5 th , Dubai, United Arab Emirates. link] February 23-26, 2011 Learning Disabilities Association of America International Conference, 48 th annual, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

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eLearning Conferences

Tony Karrer

All the information below was obtained from Internet sources and announcements in educational journals. html February 1-6, 2009 International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine , sponsored by the International Academy Research, and Industry Association (IARIA), Cancun, Mexico. link] conferences2009/ACHI09.html

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What matters is the question not the content: “One Idea + One Learning” = “Contexsual Learning”

Vignettes Learning

This made me ponder that although we have the facility of rapid communications and faster social learning environments (Twitter.com, Youtube.com, iPad and iPhone, SharePoint, Yammer.com and other similar tools), might the lack of good learner-driven questions hinder immediacy of answers from mentors / coaches or experts?

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eLearning Conferences 2010

Tony Karrer

link] December 4-6, 2009, Social, Global and Green: The California League of Middle Schools/California League of High Schools Technology Conference, Town & Country Resort, San Diego, California, USA. link] February 25, 2010 The International Society for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA.

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eLearning Conferences 2012

Tony Karrer

link] January 15-18, 2012 Pacific Telecommunications Council (PC’12): Harnessing Disruption – Global, Mobile, Social, Local, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. link] January 18, 2012 Using Social Media to Communicate , Birmingham, The United Kingdom. link] or [link] January 16-20, 2012 Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN (LION 5), Paris, France.