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Here is a link to an article I wrote called Defining and Understanding Virtual Worlds for ASTD's Learning Circuits. And here is a good companion piece if you haven't read it already, check out Another Life: Virtual Worlds as Tools for Learning at eLearn Magazine . One of the authors of that article is Tony O'Driscoll who I am workign wth on an article about 3D synchronous learning environments for the E-Learning Guild . Tony has a great concept called "The Seven Sensibilities of 3D Spaces." Read his post Virtual Worlds Going Mainstream . Here is a snap shot of me and ...

During the past couple of weeks, I've seen increased chatter regarding evaluating the learning value of games. Throughout my dissertation, I've come across several authors who have noted the validity and andragogical advantages of simulations and educational games in the learning process. Interestingly, almost 40 years ago, an author observed that there are three types of learning that can result from simulation and educational gaming: 1) learning the content of the ... environments, only using Abt's three types of learning, most instructional systems focus solely on the first type of learning ...

I saw another post from Dave Boggs, Has The Blogging Trend Begun To Fade, Even Before It Ever Got Started In Corporate Training / e-Learning Environments? In this post, Dave unfortunately lumps together blogs, wikis, mashups, rss feed together (probably because eLearning 2.0 and web 2.0 often lump them together). However, I think the answer about adoption ... in favor of Wikis. Mashups we basically already use but in a different form. A reference hybrid embeds learning ... natural extension of what we are already used to doing. See: Authoring in eLearning 2.0 / Add-ins & Mash-ups .

... it has been helpful.  But today I found another resource by the same author… Stewart Mader it putting ... ‚  If the rest are like the first two, this should certainly help us to get the adoption of Social Learning environments in our organizations.

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... transferable to workplace learning. So, per the rules (that all nominations must be made in the form of a blog post), here are the blogs in various award categories that I love reading. Some are workplace learning blogs: Best group blog (tie): I’d say ASTDs The Learning Circuits Blog is a good one for it’s monthly BIG QUESTION series and eCube’s Collaborative Learning Environment blog with 16 contributing authors. Best resource sharing blog : Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day by Jane Hart Best teacher blog: dy/dan mainly because Dan Meyer have ...

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