Jay Cross got me straight on fraudulent information concerning the effectiveness of learning methods. Will Thalheimer who has a great blog with research-based commentary on learning and performance got some mails out on this topic and ... those mails surely got me gasping for air. In a previous presentation I have mentioned William Glasser and I put in statistics that I thought he used to divide learning methods. Some of those circulating statistics turn ... central point being that learning results depend on too many variables to enable such precision. He then searched for ...

The Annual Survey Report for 2008 on Learning and Development from the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) presents a confusing picture on the status of e-learning in the UK. The CIPD sent surveys to 5000 of their ... specific functional areas. Each one of the headlines concerning e-learning takes some interpretation: 'Less than half (47%) are using more e-learning and a quarter (26%) say they don't use or no longer use e-learning' : When you look at the figures, what you see is a more positive picture: not only are half of all companies using e-learning more, only 2% ...

... have to be able to compare it with something - how about 'ten years is no time at all in learning and development'. I enjoyed Daniel Wain and Graham O'Connell's session, Ten Years of Changing Trends in Learning and Development at the CIPD's HRD 2008 show in London this week, mainly because both presenters were honest enough to admit that not much had ... work in HR, typically soft skills and compliance. The surveys were also answered by learning and development ... unacceptable, for example, to talk of training rather than learning, even when that's what you're doing. He acknowledged ...

In Blood Flow and Learning , Michelle Gallen claims that: "When you sit down for more than 20 minutes your blood pools in your behind and feet?If you get up and move around your blood recirculates, and inside a minute, your brain gets a hit of about 15% more blood. This helps you think." Presumably that means that if you have a big behind or big feet then ... every 20 minutes and it makes sense to limit presentations to this duration as well. But the argument also applies to e-learning, synchronous or asynchronous. Limit modules to this length and encourage a little standing up or walking ...

Devlearn2007 - synchronous learning symposium - research data presentation Originally uploaded by Brent Schlenker Steve wexler is giving an overview of Guild research.

Looks like a worthwhile and inspiring presentation coming up: The Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research , University of Athabasca, presents the next presentation in their series of free CIDER sessions. Their next session features a presentation and discussion with Dr. Marti Cleveland-Innes from Athabasca University and Zehra Akyol from the University of Calgary. Title: Emotion, Learning and the Online Learning Environment . I did not find any digital ... presentation corresponds with the launch of a web-site to support continued discussion and research on emotion ...

... mobile research (or the pioneer stage it is in)... The presentation takes a minute to really start going but I think it is ... In follow-up of a previous mail here is the multimedia result. Yesterday I delivered a presentation on three mobile projects through the online classroom tool WiZiQ. The presentation is now available as a recording through this WiZiQ ... this presentation have been uploaded to Slideshare: SlideShare"> | View | Upload your own The WiZiQ-presentation became very lively once the introduction was given. All the participants got their questions out ...

... here is some research to back up my late night musings and anecdotal evidence. A study by the National Academy of ... at birth. First the researchers trained subjects in a complicated memory task, an elaborate variation on Concentration, the child's card game, in which the subjects memorized simultaneously presented auditory and visual stimuli that they ... designed learning event...No? Does your teaching, e-learning or training help people become more intelligent? Check ...

... algorithm presents: "a computational model that learns structures of many different forms and that discovers which form ... ...the fact that there is now research showing that computers can use an algorithm to do almost human-like pattern matching and recognition or that the entirety of this article is available for free online. (by the way, side topic, I will NEVER by another computer with anything less than 4GBs of RAM - oh, and Comcast, in case you're doing more illegal ... learning methods closer to human abilities and may lead to a deeper computational understanding of ...

A colleague recently returned from a trip to Singapore where he saw a briefing on the state of the blogosphere. The presentation can be found here . It has some great statistics and numbers for anyone who is looking to build a case for blogging.

... getting a bit tired so might be a bit limited). by jan cannon-bowers clint bowers peter smith alan levine game requirements how might we do this consult literature teams and team training learning science game based learning collect best practices organizational human what does research tell us shared knoledge /mental models interpositional knowledge cross training back up behavior closed loop communication !implicit coordination! looks at different cultures to go into gaming. ... suddenly realizing that Wendy Wickham is live blogging as well.... mmm, I ...

So last week I was speaking at Huntington Beach , CA (and it was cold) on the topic of "Learning in 3D" and this week ... blog postings I've done related to the topic and other related links. These postings and links support the presentation ... Consider Reading for the Gamer/Boomer Knowledge Gap Hard Sell: Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning Brain Drain ... Generations Consider Generational Learning Styles and Tools Technology Shapes Generations Contrasting Different Learning Expectations Games and the Gamer Generation: Keynote Four Generations in the Workforce Show ...

... recently published paper on ‘ Why Web2.0 is good for learning and for research ' disorientation and cognitive overload ... Let me take you on a quest for learning affordance s and on a loop in which I will suggest that future informal learning will not differ from 19 th century teacher top-down learning. Two topics which I find are a bit intertwined or ... especially 3 years onward: the LMS one and the fact courseware is out and I personally loath presentations or lessons that put one person in front and powerpoints on some wall or other. So hooray for the ongoing liberating learning ...

I have two objectives for this post. First, I will review Freepath 2.0 Beta , a free presentation tool.  Second, I will use Freepath to present 25 Free Tools for Learning Professionals as researched and compiled by Jane Hart ... learning professionals below in the embedded SlideShare presentation (created by Jane Hart).  Enjoy!    Tagged: elearning, free, freepath, learning, presentations, resources, tool, tools    ... that can include websites, images, videos, presentations, pretty much anything. You then call up the content for ...

... educational game is to present NASA content in such a way as to draw students into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning and to spark interest in STEM-oriented careers." You've gotta love this idea! The effort is a partnership between NASA Learning Technologies and the Innovative Partnerships Program , which is run out of NASA's Goddard Space ... . Interested to learn more? Look here . At our institute we are working on a game that involves HIV/AIDS, but I will keep ...

Magazine's 2007 Industry Report . Both show similar growth in the use of e-learning in the USA. As a share of total formal training hours, the ASTD shows e-learning at approximately 25% (up from 11% five years ago), while Training Magazine shows e-learning at 30%. What caught my attention was how this 25-30% was made up, with about 2/3 asynchronous (self-paced) and 1/3 synchronous (live/real-time), although the majority of the non-e-learning elements are synchronous as well ... a well-balanced, blended learning solution. Learning designers would do well to ensure a mix of synchronous ...

I've gone to several presentations by researchers (not Brandon Hall) and they basically just tell you the same ... I just saw that several of the Brandon Hall researchers have started blogs: Tom Werner - example post - Why Learning Professionals Shouldn't Just Focus on Learning Tim Sosbe - example post - Pop Quiz: What Do Learning Leaders Care About? Janet Clarey - example post - Why blended learning is not BS Gary Woodill First, let me say ... they would have a chance. But creating a closed model is very hard, especially when you are a paid-research firm.

For the live blogging info look below the AG08 synopsis) Alan Levine's blog the presentation that he gave ... it has a place for e-Learning. Second Life is an easy target for shoot-from-the-hip media articles, and it's proponents ... participants will share the experiences and lessons learned from the New Media Consortium's activities in Second Life, starting in ... Life education landowner (50+ sims). In this session, you will learn: * An inside look at Second Life culture and ... worlds FAS tries to list the growing landscape of virtual worlds gartner looks at the research on virtual ...

... have on using e-Learning to accelerate expertise and build a more innovative workforce? Session participants will join Ruth as she guides you through research and practice on creative skills training, drawing from the 2008 edition of e-Learning and the Science of Instruction. You will see examples, identify best-practices, review evidence, and apply a design template for problem-based e-Learning to accelerate expertise and build thinking skills. In this session, you will learn: The features of learning environments proven to build creative thinking skills The research evidence ...

Supporting new approaches to learning ... Designing for social justice: people, technology, learning ... Towards new learning networks December 2006 What should the educational landscape of the future look like? Where, and with whom, should learning happen? This report argues for a move towards the network logic of the learning ...

World Heritage site in Shropshire, United Kingdom. I feel quite excited about this because I will be presenting a paper on ... learning outcomes due to the fact that learners will identify more to the actors AND at the same time empower learners by a ... scientific researches that focuses on gender. The biggest problem of this instrument is defining ethnicity. This is REALLY ... Mobile Learning for All in room Telford 2.

The following invite is from the LIFE Center blog - An NSF Science of Learning Center : Dr. John Bransford, prominent education psychology researcher and editor of the book How People Learn, will be giving his first presentation in the popular virtual world of Second Life. Dr. Bransford is the director of The Learning in Informal and Formal Environments (LIFE) Center, a National Science Foundation (NSF) Science of Learning Center. He will present his latest thoughts on different ways that virtual environment can help people learn and possibly reorganize our educational system.

... define stakeholders Define business and learning strategy Agree to process with key stakeholders Evaluation ... Drill down on non-standard items Conduct initial research, select initial vendors, make ...

... them to present their research at the Forum, and to participate in a training workshop on scientifi writing, to be hosted ... , facilitates and supports cooperation between higher education teachers and students, scientists, researchers and other ... regions, amongst others, supported by the European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning. The initiative focusses on ... framework initiatives, the locally working researchers, scientists, teachers and students in universities, academies and ... , USA, ( www.fullcirc.com ) | European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning, ( www.qualitiyfoundation.org ) | ...

... groundbreaking to me, I do appreciate the effort in structure the content of such a HUGE topic. As one that gives presentations on this stuff throughout the year I am constantly looking for fresh ways to present this swing of the learning development ... , there's a ton of people already working on that." I would encourage us, the learning community, to participate and help by adding our thoughts to his thesis. Why? Because its exactly what this whole new paradigm in learning is all ...

At the recent eLearning Network showcase event, I attended an interesting presentation made by Nick Timpson of my ... delivery to a blend that involves self-study e-learning prior to the face-to-face event. Nothing unusual in that you might think. About time too! However, in my experience, HR is not the easiest audience to convince of the merits of e-learning - the typical cop-out response being that e-learning doesn't fit their learning style. Anyway, SHL, who are of course researchers by profession, did some investigating to find out what it is that HR people really want from a ...

World's Best Presentation Contest Winners Announced - Guy Kawasaki Slideshare.net announced the winners of the World's Best Presentation Contest. The Research Evidence Against Informal Learning - The Pursuing Performance Blog The evidence from the past 50 years of research on this issue is unequivocal - unguided or minimally guided discovery and constructivist learning programs simply do not work for more than a very small percentage of people. 2007 ... of the learning occurring in their organizations is informal. A Typology of Information and ...

... mentions a variety of new learning tools that will be used in this course. The course will be delivered fully online in ... the connectivism course will be taught. So prepare to get twelve weeks of intens learning spread out to you and build by ... ) History of networked learning Week 5: (October 5-11) Connectives and Collectives: Distinctions between networks and groups Week 6: (October 12-18) Complexity, Chaos and Research Week 7: (October 18-25) Instructional design ...

Times on the same subject. I subscribe to Sidi's blog via RSS ( learn more ). As I was convinced that Microsoft's ... expect. In this instance, I wanted to learn whom might be the netizens who already had posted about DataDepot.  In other words, this was my chance to learn about people who are both smart, linked and well informed. Thus, I did a Google ... / etc. which represent sites "in the know". I now spend time researching my Google results, but not just from ... results ultimately led me to this content (some via a link): eScience at Microsoft - a blog of research and science ...

Online , presentation Best Online Collaboration Tools for Learning November 17, 2008 from 8 ... - Presentation The past 20 years has seen a remarkable change in the landscape for knowledge work and learning ... | Type: Serial , presentations Learning When the Money Runs Out November 19, 2008 from 10 ... : Presentation    Tagged: events, learning, web2.0    ... I will be attending the free, online conference, Corporate Learning Trends and Innovations 2008 , at ...