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Teacher Voices: Megan Douglas

Learning with e's

The sun was shining and it was a glorious day, we took them straight to the beach and our wonderful parent vounteers and staff marked off a very large section of the beach for us. On the last day of the summer term we took the whole school on a day trip to Bournemouth. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Escape to the sun

Good To Great

Good To Great In pursuit of excellence: my view on the world of learning and training Skip to content Home A bit about me ← Good e-learning: engaging, relevant and effective Learning about learning → Escape to the sun Posted on August 20, 2010 by Stephanie Dedhar | Leave a comment I’m off on my holidays for a week to enjoy some sunshine (..)

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Classical and Rigorous

Clark Quinn

We used to believe that the sun circled the earth, and that the world was flat. Respected voices are pointing in new directions based upon empirical research. And I don’t take kindly to someone questioning my integrity. (I’m I’m an ex-academic after all! ;) I thought I should point out why I said what I said.

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The sun sets on Becta

Learning with e's

Peter Ford sees a danger in our voices becoming 'lost in the echo chamber' of social media, but poses the question - does the loss of Becta provide for a new age in which OFSTED pays "more than lipservice to the use of new technologies in schools".

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Knowledge Anywhere Founder Predicts the Future: How Online Training Has Changed from 2001

KnowledgeAnywhere

When there’s no clock to punch and no manager walking the halls, you’ve got to be able to trust your employees to work on their own- even if the sun has come out or the ski slopes are in perfect condition. So, hire very accountable individuals and set clear goals. Employees should cultivate a team environment.

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Using Punctuation and Mark-Up Language to Increase Text-to-Speech Quality

Tony Karrer

One of the concerns raised by various comments during the series has been around the quality of the results of Text-to-Speech (TTS) Voices and if that was suitable for eLearning. A great deal more information per slide can be transferred with voice than with plain text. This issue was partly addressed in the previous post.

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Alternatives to Second Life Continued

Kapp Notes

MPK20:Sun's Virtual Workplace "Wonderland" The MPK20 virtual world is also known as Wonderland. Sun employees can accomplish their real work, share documents, and meet with colleagues using natural voice communication. For more information, you can read Sun unveils corporate 'Second Life'. Here are two more.