On 05.27.09, In Daily Digest, by Lee Graham
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links for 2009-05-26 | eLearning 3.0
Edutainment, Distance Learning Collaboration & Social Learning = Future of eLearning | elearning30.com
Personal Learning Environment | EduTech Wiki
“Graham Attwell defines Personal Learning Environments (PLE) as an idea that firstly integrates “pressures and movements” like lifelong learning, informal learning, learning styles, new approaches to assessment, cognitive tools. Furthermore, PLEs are inspired by the success of “sticky” new technologies in ubiquitous computing and social software.” ”The most compelling argument for the PLE is to develop educational technology which can respond to the way people are using technology for learning and which allows them to themselves shape their own learning spaces, to form and join communities and to create, consume, remix, and share material”
How I use social media to learn | Adventures in Corporate Education
“Social media plays a huge role in how I learn these days. I’ve been comparing the way I use social media for learning to fishing. Let me explain what I mean.”
Implementing New Learning Technology? Choose the Right … | Kapp Notes
Before a large scale implementation of any new learning technology, you really need to run a pilot group. You need to catch problems on a small scale and then adjust, correct and modify based on the feedback and experience of the pilot group. Skipping a pilot of a new technology is a dangerous gamble. It could be, as they say, “career limiting.”
Wikis in Education | eLearning Blog
Wiki in Education: How & Why
Back to School: Buy a Mac, get free iPod touch | Apple Store (U.S.)
If you’re a college student or a faculty or staff member at any grade level and you buy a new Mac before September 8, you can get a free iPod touch.* No wonder they call these the best years of your life.
Army hopes interactive videos make smarter soldiers | CNN.com
“Every soldier who takes the DVD immersion course is given a pre- and post-training test to measure the change in their cultural acuity. But there is an even more immediate feedback about whether the Army has achieved its mission of connecting with its young soldiers.” ”When the US Army was seeking a solution to their need to train soldiers being deployed into culturally sensitive areas, InVisM’s RealityV was chosen to provide the best interactive tool available.”
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