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2013
Research/Case Studies
Giving Students Real-World Experience via Virtual-Reality Learning
The iMBA program at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (LFGSM) allows students to participate in a virtual internship program within a simulated manufacturing company. iMBA lets students work in a virtual corporation with real products, customers, competitors, opportunities, and challenges. This immersion-based, virtual reality learning is considered stickier than passive sit back and observe style lectures as students are more emotionally engaged. Because academic learning and virtual internship occur simultaneously students are able to immediately apply the scholastic concepts, enabling them to more rapidly develop and practice critical business skills.
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TAGS: Digital Literacy, Program Evaluation
Reviews
A Look Back at TCC 2013
The 18th Annual TCC Worldwide Online Conference featured more than 1000 participants and 200 presenters all focused on emerging technologies in education. Highlights from the 2013 event are provided along with details about how organizers fostered a supportive atmosphere and active exchange of ideas through a variety of communication tools, social media use, and a system of digital badges.
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TAGS: Digital Literacy, Lifelong Learning, News and Trends
Interviews
The Rock Stars of eLearning: An interview with Megan Bowe
The path along the future of training and development can be murky. Visionaries like Megan Bowe are mapping this brave frontier.
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TAGS: News and Trends
Interviews
The Rock Stars of eLearning: An interview with Clark Quinn
Leveraging the powers of technology and science, the amazing Clark Quinn performs incredible feats in learning and performance.
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TAGS: Lifelong Learning, News and Trends
Opinions
Open Educational Resources in the Post MOOC Era
It's clear that the landscape of the open education movement is changing every day. The history of MOOCs has been a fascinating tale of supply and demand. The need for open educational resources (OER) have been demanded from learners all over the world and with the immense supply of open educational resources available from schools everywhere demonstrate the importance of MOOC. In response to the ever changing OER movement, UC Irvines Open Chemistry project leads the way in offering a full, coherent curriculum of lectures and coursesrather than individual courses. Another major milestone for MOOCs is the opportunity for learners to earn credits for certain coursesagain furthering the possibilities of the OER movement by lowering the cost of higher education.
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TAGS: Digital Literacy, Lifelong Learning, News and Trends
Reviews
Attack of the Apps: Helping facilitate online learning with mobile devices
Can iPad apps help facilitate online learning? Naomi McGrath, Educational Development and Communications Officer at the UNE Business School, University of New England, answers this question with a reviews of four apps. It is her hope that using by incorporating mobile apps in the classroom, instructors can improve enable communication to external students. These specific apps have either been used as a gadget to help provide support when teaching, assist with ease of access, or used within an LMS to collaborate information and share with other open source software available online.
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TAGS: Digital Literacy, Mobile Learning, News and Trends
Interviews
The Rock Stars of eLearning: An interview with Jane Bozarth
ELearning's Rock Stars are individuals whose passion and enthusiasm has made a positive impact on the industry. When Jane Bozarth talks, not only do people listen, but they are compelled to be a part of the conversation, which makes what Jane has to say, even more powerful.
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TAGS: News and Trends, Theories and Principles
Reviews
Training 2013 Conference & Expo: A Review
Kevin Thorn shares a detailed recap of Training 2013 Conference & Expo, which attracts training, learning and performance professionals from both the public and private sectors. In this overview, Thorn offers a detailed description of the three-day event. If you have a hard time figuring out which learning conference to attend, this recap will help.
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TAGS: News and Trends
Interviews
The Rock Stars of eLearning: An interview with Neil Lasher
ELearning's Rock Stars are individuals whose passion and enthusiasm has made a positive impact on the industry. Whether it's using new technologies, or staging an epic event, Neil Lasher is an expert at making impactful learning.
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TAGS: News and Trends
Best Practices/Tips
Should Instructional Designers care about the Tin Can API?
The Tin Can API is an extremely hot topic in the elearning industry. But what exactly is it, and what does it mean to today's instructional designer? In this article, David Kelly and Kevin Thorn explain what the Tin Can API is, and explore just how much it may impact the world of today's instructional designer.
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TAGS: Delivery Technology, News and Trends
Interviews
ELearning's Rock Stars
ELearning's Rock Stars are individuals whose passion and enthusiasm has made a positive impact on the industry. This series of 12 interviews will spread some of the knowledge behind what drives these eLearning rock stars.
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TAGS: News and Trends
Best Practices/Tips
PowerPoint as a Graphics Editor
As a preview to the Training 2013 Conference & Expo, this article will serve as an introduction to Kevin Thorn's session "PowerPoint as a Graphics Editor." With a focus visual design and communication, Thorn delves into how our brains work and perceive visual signals.
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TAGS: Design and Development, News and Trends
Reviews
2013 ASTD TechKnowledge Recap
If you missed this year's TechKnowledge, don't fret. Find out what you missed, as Dave Kelly recaps the ASTD conference, He also discusses the benefits of attending, including the intangibles, which will surely appeal to those new to the field of technology-based learning.
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TAGS: Lifelong Learning, News and Trends
Reviews
Book Review: 'E-Learning Provocateur: Volume 2' by Ryan Tracey
Laura Layton-James reviews Ryan Tracey's latest offering of his most compelling blog post. In this curated volume Tracey share his observations, stories, and experience in the eLearning arena.
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TAGS: Digital Literacy, News and Trends, Social Learning
Best Practices/Tips
7 Student Myths of the Online Classroom
Students have misconceptions of online college course. This article discusses the top seven common myths, and presents remedies for instructors to resolve these inventions. The focus is on specific resolutions of student issues before they become student problems.
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TAGS: Design and Development, News and Trends, Program Evaluation
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