This is a “MUST SEE”! Follow the link and register to view the webcast – it’s about 1 hour long – it’s FREE – and it’s fascinating from 2 perspectives! Firstly, the content is really engaging and very relevant to all educators and learning professionals. These ideas and predictions about work will influence and shape…
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Q&A with Saul Carliner
By Lisa Neal, Editor-In-Chief, eLearn Magazine While we’re looking at future issues and trends – this recent interview with Saul Carliner highlights some interesting observations: Few observers are as astute as Saul Carliner, an e-learning veteran who examines data and trends to predict where the industry is going and why. Saul has a foot in…
Read MoreAristotle – The Knowledge Web
The link below is from Danny Hillis’ “Edge – the Third Culture” website. There are some interesting essays on the future of learning. Scroll down, past the essay on “The Reality Club” (you can read that later) to “Aristotle – The KNowledge Web” – some thought provoking comments for learning professionals! http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/hillis04/hillis04_index.html
Read MoreBus Drivers Are Honing Their Skills with E-Learning
By Paul Harris It’s easy to garner accolades about e-learning from members of the workforce who are familiar with computers. But what about those who aren’t? How successful is online or CD-ROM learning for workers who aren’t especially computer literate, and how can you overcome their natural resistance to it? Learner readiness has become the…
Read MoreOnline Documentary Training
George! As multimedia is the editorial focus of this month’s blog debate, I thought I would include a multimedia case study. I won’t make comment here – I’ll let the case study speak for itself! http://www.cicada.net.au/george/
Read MoreUser Experience in the First ARISE Distributed Classroom
e-Learn Magazine has a report on an interesting use of technologies to create a live distributed classroom for 2 university campuses to conduct a graduate seminar course. http://elearnmag.org/subpage/sub_page.cfm?section=3&list_item=18&page=1
Read MoreThe Guerra Scale
Learning Circuits, ASTD’s (American Society for Training & Development) online magazine, reports on a scale developed by learning technology practitioners at Paychex, called the Guerra Scale, that outlines the range of content and levels of interactivity from the user’s experience. http://www.learningcircuits.org/2004/mar2004/guerra.htm
Read MoreDigital Dialogues in foreign language teaching
I’m currently preparing for a lecture to Japanese post-grad teachers that will be teaching Japanese to Australians. I’m specifically going to address the use of blogs to enhance learning in foreign language teaching! Wow – now that I’ve started thinking of ideas – well, they’re endless! An article by Richard Orem, Journal Writing in Adult…
Read MoreMonlogue or Dialogue?
Welcome to start of my journey through computer mediated conversations. At this point I’m debating (with myself) whether this is in fact a dialogue or monologue? If a monolgue is based on my thoughts and ruminations, and a dialogue is an exchange of communication – then is my publicly published blog a monologue or dialogue?…
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Digital Dialogues 