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E-Learning events in the Asia-Pacific region 2012

E-Learning Provocateur

With 2012 gathering steam, it’s time to plan the next round of professional development events to attend. If you’ll be in my corner of the globe over the next 12 months, may I draw your attention to the following… Learning Cafe Unconference. • When: 16 February 2012. • When: 21 March 2012.

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Here’s How I Became a Full-Time Freelance eLearning Designer

Tim Slade

For me, I started working on my professional brand back in 2012, when I created my first online portfolio and blog. Well, it’s simply a matter of paying attention to the types of work or projects you’re both successful at and enjoy the most. So, how do you find your niche?

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The Advantages and Disadvantages of MOOCs for Learning

Infopro Learning

MOOCs really took off in 2012, when Professors Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig of Stanford University offered the online course called “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence”. Can’t provide for personalized courseware and attention from a tutor. It was created as a credit course for the University of Manitoba.

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Pick of the Month: August 2012

Jane Hart

” 5 – And more … Two other things caught my attention. Just as bicycles did not eliminate walking and cars did not do away with automobiles, informal learning doesn’t snuff out formal learning. That’s why models like 80/20 and 70:20:10 retain the 20 and the 10.”

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E-Learning events in the Asia-Pacific region 2012

E-Learning Provocateur

With 2012 gathering steam, it’s time to plan the next round of professional development events to attend. If you’ll be in my corner of the globe over the next 12 months, may I draw your attention to the following… Australian eLearning Congress. • When: 7-9 February 2012. • When: 16 February 2012.

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Ruth Clark Claims “Games Don’t Teach”

Experiencing eLearning

” It’s a deliberately provocative title, meant to draw attention and cause controversy. A more accurate title would be “Some Games Aren’t Effective at Making People Remember Content,” but that’s a lot less likely to grab attention. Adams, D.M., Mayer, R.E., MacNamara, A., and Wainess, R.

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How EdTech Can Help Improve Declining Student Attention Spans

MagicBox

Back in 2012, a Common Sense Media report detailed the ill-effects of entertainment media on children’s academic skills. But what was affected the most was their attention span, with a whopping [.]