http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/blog/2012/10/29/the-future-belongs-to-those-who-take-charge-of-their-own-learning/ This is a great article on Jane Hart’s Learning in the Social Workplace which champions the idea of employees having a Learning Portfolio outside of the parameters of the records kept by employers. Not only is the article interesting, I think it would be a great source to use in an instructional design plan like … Continue reading
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» 6 Mobile Learning Trends That Grew in 2012 » Bottom Line Performance
» 6 Mobile Learning Trends That Grew in 2012 » Bottom Line Performance. Really interesting info on learning for fast-paced, mobile lives. Continue reading
Evaluation & Assessment in Business Environments
Evaluation & Assessment in Business Environments This is an interesting site with a terrible name, and this specific page discuss and provides examples for evaluations and feedback for learning programs within business settings using the Kirkpatrick levels. Most examples of evaluation are of the informal kind which matches well with our corporate PLE group’s design plan. Continue reading
Trends for training, including PLE
Trends for training, including PLE This article has some interesting information about the growth of PLEs in corporate and training environments. One of the things I found most provoking was this statement, “…the highest quality social learning environments are differentiated by the continued involvement of facilitators and instructors.” Though I totally believe this is … Continue reading
NPR this morning – The Future Of ‘Short Attention Span Theater’
Favorite quote from the story – “A friend of mine actually referred to this recently as, this is the culture of narrative deprivation.” http://www.npr.org/2012/10/26/163649283/the-future-of-short-attention-span-theater Continue reading
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Theorists, Instructional Technology, and Interactions…oh my!
This article incorporates many different topics we have discussed in IT 570 and was written by Alexandra W.Logue Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost of the City University of New York. Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/10/08/essay-evolving-ideas-about-technology-and-education#ixzz29U7pSQqY Inside Higher Ed Continue reading
Incorporating failure into instructional design
This is a link to an interesting article written by a math professor at Williams College about how he values and implements failure into his instruction. http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/08/21/essay-importance-teaching-failure#.UH2XFmsWWu0.mailto Continue reading
Sir Ken Robinson – RSA animate
Following a fishbowl discussion in last night’s IT 570 class which included issues of student motivation, I was reminded of this RSA animation of a lecture by Sir Ken Robinson. His lecture is about a paradigm shift in education and also definitely addresses the role of technology in our modern system. Continue reading
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