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    If the Culture Doesnâ¬"t Support it, it WILL be a Fad.
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    Image via Wikipedia Donald Clark puts up a post about the ‘fadness’ of Learning 2.0.  He feels that if it was all it was cracked up to be, we would see it mainstream. “If informal learning was really all that dominant, then the adaptation and satisfaction rates of web 2.0 would be much higher as the learners would have been absolutely primed for this type of technology, no matter what flaws were in the implementation.” As someone who has worked on ... . Through my research (although limited) the #1 correlation between using web2.0 tools and not - independent of ...
    Engaged Learning - Thursday, August 28, 2008 - Comments
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    Information overload: Is it time for a data diet?
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    Events Research E-mail Newsletters ... Perfect Union CW Report: Learn-Fast Guide: Software as a Service is Growing Up ... Learn-Fast Guide: Software as a Service is Growing Up ... Platform on Dell Servers. Learn more. Ever been to a virtual conference? Introducing ... defending your systems easier. Learn how at easyeasier.com Defy the laws of ...
    Tony Karrer delicious links - Thursday, August 28, 2008 - Comments
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    eLearning 2.0 -> Informal Learning -> learning 2.0 -> web 2.0
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    ... the hypes is built on bad research (mostly bad numbers in this case). If informal learning was really all that dominant ... Brent Schlenker writes, "... that 80% to 90% of learning occurs informally outside of the classroom. This should be shocking enough to force some sort of change in e-Learning design, but it hasn't ... at least not yet in any significant way." Schlenker goes on to tie elearning 2.0 to informal learning to learning 2.0 to web 2.0, which is based on ... puny 10% to 20% percent of formal learning while we should be spending it on the 80% to 90% of elearning ...
    Big Dog, Little Dog - Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - Comments
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    Daily Bookmarks 08/26/2008
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    Tools Used : eLearning Technology Tony Karrer looks at some results from the eLearning Guild survey on eLearning 2.0, specifically what tools learning professionals are using themselves. He compares people in corporations, education, and government. Surprisingly, people working in education are using more of these tools than their corporate counterparts. tags: web2.0, e-learning, research, ...
    Experiencing eLearning - Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - Comments
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    "Studies: Video Games Can Aid Students, Surgeons" (CBS News)
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    ... link) "Researchers who gathered in Boston for the American Psychological Association convention detailed a series of studies suggesting video games can be powerful learning tools _ from increasing younger students' problem-solving potential to improving the suturing skills of laparoscopic surgeons." ...
    e-Clippings (blogoehlert) - Monday, August 25, 2008 - Comments
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    eLearning Guild Research: Blog and Survey
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    I know that there are a lot of good people and organizations out there doing research around elearning topics right ... wanted to call attention to two items - first is the Guild's Research Blog  - curently manned by the Director of ... data points from ongoing research that the Guild is doing - so they're backed by real albeit incomplete data or the posts concern possible future directions/questions for the research to address. So when Steve posts something like "Iâ ... opportunities for e-Learning professionals" - and asks people to post what kind of data points should be in that kind ...
    e-Clippings (blogoehlert) - Monday, August 25, 2008 - Comments
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    Learning Measurement eLearning Guild Stuff
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    I've been busy again thinking about the nexus between LEARNING and LEARNING MEASUREMENT. You can peruse some of my previous thoughts on learning measurement by clicking here. Here is a brand new article that I wrote for the eLearning Guild on how to evaluate Learning 2.0 stuff. Note: Learning 2.0 is defined (by the eLearning Guild) as: The idea of learning through digital connections and peer collaboration, enhanced by technologies driving Web 2.0. Users/Learners are empoweredto search, create, and collaborate, in order to fulfill intrinsic needs to learn new information.
    Will at Work Learning - Monday, August 25, 2008 - Comments
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    Updates to Top 10 Tools Lists
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    ... eLearning consultancy in the US. Bruce Richards - Bruce is the Research and Instructional Design Coordinator at the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. David Sugden - David works across the UK as an independent e-Learning specialist ... do share your 10 favourite tools for learning or performance/productivty support.
    Jane Knight - Saturday, August 23, 2008 - Comments
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    A Better Learning to Performance Model and Job Aid
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    ... researchers on learning, memory, instruction, and cognition who have helped me understand learning at a deep level ... For almost a decade I've been building a model of how learning works to prompt performance. Each iteration gets ... learning professionals have AND the responsibilities that learners' managers and the workplace have in creating on-the-job results. You can use this model for two purposes: As a visual metaphor for how learning works to drive on-the-job ... , and Flanagan of Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning fame, and Tim Mooney and Rob Brinkerhoff from the new ...
    Will at Work Learning - Friday, August 22, 2008 - Comments
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    Brain-based Learning, Backchannel, Pics. ipods, & Gaming
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    ... looked at their video game usage and its effects. Findings from the student studies confirmed previous research on ...
    Big Dog, Little Dog - Friday, August 22, 2008 - Comments
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    Daily Bookmarks 08/20/2008
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    Interview with Stewart Mader on how wikis can be used in higher ed for teaching, research, and administration. He discusses ... , education, productivity, assessment Ignatia Webs: My top 5 list of agonising eLearning Myths Persistent myths about e-learning ... multiple choice questions.” tags: e-learning Clark Aldrich’s Style Guide for Serious Games and Simulations: Techniques for grading student performance in a simulation When using simulations for learning, how do you assess what people have learned? Clark Aldrich shares some suggestions. tags: simulations, assessment, ...
    Experiencing eLearning - Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - Comments
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    Bottom-up Learning, Design, & Learning
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    Click picture for Flickr view. Bottom-up learning - e.learning age Bottom-up learning occurs because employees want ... appropriate knowledge and skills. Is Google Making Our E-Learning Stupid? - The Rapid eLearning Blog Instructional ... Employees Learn in 2008 - The MASIE Cente Employees today are learning how to do their jobs very differently! e-Learning, on-line Video, Social Networks and other Informal methods are now options for learning, in addition to more ... the world provides a profile of how employees currently learn at work and how their learning preferences are changing.
    Big Dog, Little Dog - Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - Comments
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    Success Stories
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    Just wanted to pass these on.  A bunch of success stories (case studies) when implementing social media.  Although not learning centric, they do provide a ground for research and creating your plan. Enterprise 2.0 Success Stories from 2007 Some 2008 Enterprise 2.0 Success Stories - Tell Me ...
    Engaged Learning - Monday, August 18, 2008 - Comments
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    eLearning on a Shoestring (eLearning Guild Online Forum)
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    ... issues (unlimited users)Web Quests"student....you're going to research info and create something for our public to learn ... E-learning on a Shoestring: Help for the Chronically Underfunded - Jane Bozarthbozarthzone.com I was able to sit in on the eLearning Guild's Online Forums today and here is a collection of notes from this presentation.For every product I ... renovateCollaborative Learning Systems http://www.clsllc.com/each game - $1.80 (only mine, once you download to your own ... web communities (at $99 you get lots of reports and feedback as well)Jane's BooksBetter Than Bullet Pointse-Learning ...
    Discovery Through eLearning - Thursday, August 14, 2008 - Comments
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    eLearning on a Shoestring (eLearning Guild Online Forum)
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    ... issues (unlimited users)Web Quests"student....you're going to research info and create something for our public to learn ... E-learning on a Shoestring: Help for the Chronically Underfunded - Jane Bozarthbozarthzone.com I was able to sit in on the eLearning Guild's Online Forums today and here is a collection of notes from this presentation.For every product I ... renovateCollaborative Learning Systems http://www.clsllc.com/each game - $1.80 (only mine, once you download to your own ... web communities (at $99 you get lots of reports and feedback as well)Jane's BooksBetter Than Bullet Pointse-Learning ...
    Discovery Through eLearning - Thursday, August 14, 2008 - Comments
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    Daily Bookmarks 08/12/2008
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    The Bamboo Project Blog: Privacy, Social Media and Learning Businesses and organizations may worry about social media ... a blog or wiki, using social networks to interact and share information, as a learning professional I can monitor those channels to see where additional learning interventions might be appropriate.Not as a punishment, mind you, but as a sort of ongoing just-in-time learning needs analysis and opportunity for coaching. If a lot of questions suddenly start popping up on the network, that’s a pretty good sign that as a learning professional I may need to do ...
    Experiencing eLearning - Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - Comments
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    Workplace Learning Today: A Daily (Mon-Fri) Newsletter
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    ... research on all aspects of workplace learning, including training and development, performance support, job aids ... those of you not familiar, OLDaily - short for Online Learning Daily - is a daily newsletter, with commentary, about significant news in the online learning field. Stephen Downes produces the newsletter as a part of his work at National Research Council Canada (read more about the newsletter here). I won’t say much more about OLDaily other than it is a ... OLDaily and suggested there was a need for a corporate workplace learning-specific newsletter similar to OLDaily.
    Janet Clarey - Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - Comments
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    Engineering Design Software Tools Tutorials
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    I've been tweaking my Google Alerts, and via that research I've found some excellant tutorials which will assist the design engineer who uses many of the leading software tools. I intend to add each tutorial to the Engineering Learning Wiki's engineering design tools section, and will posted my own updated tutorial later this week on how to use Google Alert. Stay tuned ... Ansoft Microwave and Electromagnetic Tutorials ANSYS Short Course  - Cornell University ANSYS Tutorials - University of Alberta MATLAB Basics - Purdue and Cambridge University Simulink Basics - Purdue ...
    eContent - Monday, August 11, 2008 - Comments
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    eLearning on a Global Scale
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    I was presented with an interesting task recently: I was asked to recommend a learning management system (LMS) that can ... to me; I have only worked with LMSs and eLearning courses in English. So I embarked on many hours of research (thank you, eLearning Guild) and web surfing to learn about multi-lingual LMSs. I read data sheets and sales-speak until my eyes ... Learning Management Systems. So, here’s where I’m a newbie: When purchasing off-the-shelf content, do vendors ... others who are tasked with researching, selecting, and implementing multi-lingual eLearning.
    eLearning Weekly - Thursday, August 7, 2008 - Comments
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    Daily Bookmarks 08/05/2008
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    How long does it take to create learning? | Bryan Chapman Basic ratios for developing learning content, from 34:1 for ILT to 750:1 for simulations. (That’s 34 hours of development for 1 hour of instructor-led training.) Compiled from multiple Brandon Hall research reports. tags: instructionaldesign, projectmanagement, e-learning Content Migrations: Options, Strategies and Faux Pas Collection of articles about content migration. Even though this is about general CMS migrations and not specific to e-learning, most of this is relevant to e-learning and converting from one LMS ...
    Experiencing eLearning - Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - Comments
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    Myths about online learning
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    However, creating a learning environment where people can discuss, rate, do additional research, etc. based the book… ... Hall Research Excellence in Learning Awards, because I thought he could quickly get his hands on some numbers related to ... the delivery channel. Myth: Face-to-face instruction is more effective than online learning. Actually, the research ... applied to corporate e-learning. [blue is mine] Myth: Videocasting lectures/presentations works. [As part of a blended ... PowerPoint deck notes doesn't do much. Utilizing SlideShare though has been a nice supplement for my research.] ...
    Janet Clarey - Monday, August 4, 2008 - Comments
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    Thirty-two Trends Affecting Distance Education: An Informed Foundation for Strategic Plannning
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    ... et al., 2003). Distance learning research should focus on delivery strategies that help solve the capacity ... nlindsay@umich.edu Abstract Recent issues in this journal and other prominent distance-learning journals have established the ... article provides decision makers with 32 trends that affect distance learning and thus enable them to plan ... , academics, technology, the economy, and distance learning. All the trends were identified during an extensive review of ... distance-learning journals have established the need for administrators to be informed and prepared with strategic ...
    delicious eLearning - Friday, August 1, 2008 - Comments
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    eLearning Reviews: research on elearning â?? reviewed for you
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    Management, Learning Culture, User Acceptance Competence Development General Research, Measurement, Higher ... interested in research on elearning with concise and thoughtful reviews of relevant publications. The most important ... RSS 2.0 feed. 2008-19-02 3rd International SCIL-Congress "The changing face of learning: Creating the right balance." 22-23 May, 2008, University of St.Gallen. Learn more about the planned workshops and the invited keynote speakers ... , Readiness, Communication, Assessment, Learning Design, Learning Ware Human Computer ...
    delicious eLearning - Friday, August 1, 2008 - Comments
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    Open Learning Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University
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    ... home open & free courses project overview publications & research contact ... REGISTRATION CLOSED > workshop descriptions recent events Opening Learning Interplay Symposium The Opening Learning ... OLI course designs improve learning outcomes Using intelligent tutoring systems, virtual laboratories ... ?? or, more precisely, to enact the kind of dynamic, flexible, and responsive instruction that fosters learning. > OLI ... Statistics Course in Accelerating Student Learning In this study, results showed that OLI-Statistics students learned a ...
    delicious eLearning - Friday, August 1, 2008 - Comments
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    Second Life Education Wiki - SimTeach
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    Research 10 Classroom Management, Lesson Plans 11 Teaching Resources 12 Educational Locations in Second Life Getting Started ... "SLED" Educators Working with Teens Healthcare Support and Education Non-Profits SL Researchers Professional ... research, dissertation writing and promoting collaboration among researchers/student researchers, Limited to students pursuing advanced degrees. Contact group owner naiad - bbovard at nmsu.edu Second Life Research -- To help ensure ethical treatment of subjects and to promote collaboration. Limited to academics pursuing IRB-authorized research ...
    delicious eLearning - Friday, August 1, 2008 - Comments
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    's Time to Drop E-Learning - 11 Jul 2007
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    Learning For some, e-learning is only now coming into its own. For others, the word smacks of an obsession with technology. Donald H Taylor argues that it?s time to drop the ?e? and start concentrating on the ?learning?.It?s time to drop e-learning. Let?s be specific. It?s time to drop the ?e? in e-learning. It?s time to recognise that the ?e? carries the ... everything to do with content delivery, rather than individual learning. If the ?e? was ever useful, it has outlived that use now. That?s why ELIG ? formerly the E-Learning Industry Group ? is now ELIG, the European Learning Industry ...
    delicious eLearning - Friday, August 1, 2008 - Comments