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Don't miss the train!

Learning with e's

I'm just about to hop on a train and make my way up to Milton Keynes for the first time, where tomorrow I'm an external examiner for one of the Open University 's PhD candidates. Before the train arrives, there's just enough time to write a brief review in an extraordinary book that has landed on my desk this week. Understanding Web 2.0

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Semantic technologies and learning

Learning with e's

image, sound, and video) to provide students with a better understanding of concepts under study. collaborative tagging, social networking, mash-ups, and wikis), lightweight representation of semantics and metadata is used in the form of folksonomies, user comments, and ratings. Due to the intensive use of Web 2.0

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What Can You Expect in 2013?

CLO Magazine

” Some apps connect students to study groups or link to dynamic content such as RSS feeds. According to a 2011 Forrester Research report, “Informal Learning Garners Acceptance as a Legitimate Learning Approach,” 76 million millennials will make up 47 percent of the 2014 workforce and will soon become middle managers.

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Commonly Used Training Evaluations Models: A Discussion with Dr. Will Thalheimer

Convergence Training

Convergence Training: I’m sure people will be like sponging that up. But this research study is available at the eLearning Guild. And last year, I thought I would capture maybe 15 to 20 of these, but I came up with 54. They’re all mashed together. And then level two learning is mashed up.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Jott This Blog

Learning Visions

I find my best time for thinking up excellent blog entries is late at night when Im lying in bed. I picked up the same tip from Michele, and while I havent used Jott to blog, its a terrific way to "write" a note to yourself without endangering too many other drives. Now Im trying to maximize my time on the drive to work.

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Top 60 eLearning Posts for October 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

It’s an intriguing read, with several interesting case studies from organisations that are using social media to advance their business goals. A day with Dave Snowden , October 26, 2010 Dave Snowden is a compelling storyteller, mad genius, and irascible Welshman who has pioneered the mash-up of complexity theory and management practice.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Brent Schlenker: Marketers and Game Developers Know More About Learning Than We Do!

Learning Visions

We’re not talking about “dressing up&# content to fake that it’s engaging. A Theory of Fun (“games are puzzles to solve, just like everything else we encounter in life&# ) The most serious issues we have to approach are puzzles. Understand gaming theory and gaming design. SO glad you picked up on that.