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Do most educational games suck? - Dangerously Irrelevant - 1 views

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games educational gaming

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  • Here are a bunch of screen shots of different online games for learning.
  • Most of these appear to be aimed at kids of middle or high school age.
  • what is out there that’s comparable in the commercial downloadable/DVD educational games sector?
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  • just how bad are most of these so-called ‘educational games?
  • Yes. Most "educational" games suck. They are created to make drills and tedious practice more palatable
  • If the goal is to solve as many math problems as possible in as short a time as possible, whether there are aliens or puppies or whatever, it's just not as important.
  • Commercial games have engaging environments
  • there are goals that are appropriately difficult for players
  • Most current groups making educational games do not seem to have much background (or at least they do not put much thought into) game design.
  • a quote from Will Wright, creator of Sim City, The Sims, and Spore. "Why are we even talking about 'educational games' -- as if games weren't already educational"
  • Instead of looking to attach video games to our curriculum, we should be looking to attach our curriculum to video games.
  • Kyle Murley on 03 Nov 09
     
    Here are a bunch of screen shots of different online games for learning. Most of these appear to be aimed at kids of middle or high school age... Just how bad are most of these so-called 'educational games? What is out there that's comparable in the commercial downloadable/DVD educational games sector?
Kyle Murley

Twitter / Diigo : Join Diigo for Classroom2.0 Live webinar Sat 9am PST to learn cool ne... - 0 views

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diigo webinar classroom2.0

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  • Join us Classroom2.0 Live webinar Sat 9am PST to learn cool new Diigo V4 features
  • http://tinyurl.com/cr20live
  • Kyle Murley on 31 Oct 09
     
    Join us Classroom2.0 Live webinar Sat 9am PST to learn cool new Diigo V4 features
Kyle Murley

David Brooks, NYT - Bonfire of overconfidence - SignOnSanDiego.com - 0 views

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edtec540 week8

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  • Humans are overconfident creatures.
  • the Obama folks never seem to ask how Republicans will use this power when they regain the White Hous
Kyle Murley

Handbook of e-Learning Strategy eBook - The eLearning Guild - 0 views

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  • What should we be doing in order to support improved learning and performance
  • Kyle Murley on 22 Oct 09
     
    The eLearning Guild's Handbook of e-Learning Strategy
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Marc J. Rosenberg, Ph.D. - Management Consulting in the Learning Space. - 0 views

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  • eLearning Guild's Handbook of eLearning Strategy, featuring a forward by Marc, is available for free download here.
  • Kyle Murley on 22 Oct 09
     
    Welcome and thanks for visiting! Marc Rosenberg is a leader in the world of training, organizational learning, e-learning, knowledge management and performance improvement. He is a highly regarded management consultant, writer and speaker in the field. Use this site to learn more about Marc's background, ideas, work and professional services. Feedback is welcome at the e-mail address below.
Kyle Murley

Instructional Systems Design (ISD) - Worksheets and job Aids"ISD - Worksheets | NRCS NEDC - 0 views

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  • Kyle Murley on 21 Oct 09
     
    " Instructional Systems Design (ISD) - Worksheets and job Aids"
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Instructional Systems Design | NRCS NEDC - 1 views

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  • Instructional Systems Design (ISD) - Introduction This guide is intended for use by NEDC instructional designers and design teams. It includes a brief summary of concepts and principles along with some worksheets and other documents. This guide is not a stand-alone design system and should not be used as such. The guide should be used after a study of the book referenced below or other suitable instructional design references and with the guidance of a professional in the field.
  • Kyle Murley on 21 Oct 09
     
    " Instructional Systems Design (ISD) - Introduction This guide is intended for use by NEDC instructional designers and design teams. It includes a brief summary of concepts and principles along with some worksheets and other documents. This guide is not a stand-alone design system and should not be used as such. The guide should be used after a study of the book referenced below or other suitable instructional design references and with the guidance of a professional in the field."
Kyle Murley

Encyclopedia of Educational Technology - 1 views

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test study session

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  • Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Evaluation In Kirkpatrick's four-level model, each successive evaluation level is built on information provided by the lower level. ASSESSING TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS often entails using the four-level model developed by Donald Kirkpatrick (1994).
  • Kyle Murley on 21 Oct 09
     
    Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Evaluation Pyramid illustrating Kirkpatrick's model In Kirkpatrick's four-level model, each successive evaluation level is built on information provided by the lower level. ASSESSING TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS often entails using the four-level model developed by Donald Kirkpatrick (1994).
Kyle Murley

How course management systems impact teaching by Lisa M. Lane on Insidious pedagogy - 2 views

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Moodle Blackboard elearning edtech edtec540 CMS LMS

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  • why aren’t faculty tinkering with them in an effort to make their individual pedagogies work online?
  • these systems are closed silos, and that this fact alone could hamper pedagogy
  • Many instructors teaching online today are not “Web heads”
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  • Their adoption of technology is based on top–down directives rather than interest or aptitude (Samarawickrema and Stacey, 2007).
  • They do not possess the “information literacy” skills now required of many undergraduates (Reid, 2006),
  • despite an assumption that professors are all computer–savvy (Dykman and Davis, 2008)
  • most are novices when it comes to the Web
  • most do not use the Web either extensively or intensively in their own work (Lane, 2007)
  • Few programs in the traditional disciplines at traditional universities offer anything in the way of Web–based methods
  • ,300 college instructors showed that while many use e–mail and some use discussion forums or plagiarism–check applications, none were communicating with students via current Web technologies such as video or audio chat, and only a few were experimenting with blogs for classes (Jones and Johnson–Yale, 2005)
  • Those experienced with the content involved in the search, but inexperienced at using the Web, did not tend to search far from the central “hub” where they began
  • Expert users contextualize their resources fluidly and organize materials effectively, while novices just upload and share files, hoping students will find them (Reanut, et al., 2006)
  • novices are inclined to utilize only the aspects they understand from a non–Web context
  • they require “restricted vocabularies, simple tasks, small numbers of possibilities, and very informative feedback.” (Chen, 2001)
  • buttons are based on type rather than purpose
  • exactly what most instructors do: upload word–processed files of their classroom materials
  • “plug in” their content under the appropriate category instead of envisioning a translation of their individual pedagogical style into an online environment.
  • Blackboard “tends to encourage a linear pathway through the content” [3], and its default is to support easy uploading and text entry to achieve that goal.
  • It would be natural and useful for novice instructors to see a blank schedule into which they could create each week’s or unit’s activities, rather than a selection of pre–set buttons or links.
  • Most professors think in terms of the semester, and how their pedagogical goals can be achieved within the context of time, rather than space.
  • It forces the instructor to think in terms of content types instead, breaking the natural structure of the semester, or of a list of topic
  • You could change all the course menu buttons into “Week 1”, “Week 2”, or organize by topic instead of content type.
  • Faculty are led by the interface of a CMS not only because they do not immediately see an alternative, but because the familiar signposts (the Syllabus button) imply a single way of completing the task (upload a document).
  • experience with the CMS over time does not necessarily lead to more creative pedagogy, or even to more expansive use of system features
  • faculty requests for help focus on what the technology can do, rather than how their pedagogical goals can be achieved.
  • Carmean and Haefner (2008) argue that any CMS can provide a deep learning experience and can be used for multimedia and in–depth communication with students
  • Novices happily use the high–tech CMS as a glorified copy machine (Dutton, 2004; Walker and Johnson, 2008).
  • With Web novices, pedagogy must be emphasized before features and tools
  • creating a course piecemeal means that the pedagogical goals are left behind in the interest of mastering a few tools
  • That replaces the instructor’s main strength (their expertise in their discipline and their teaching) with their main weakness (technological literacy).
  • A history instructor at MiraCosta College in California since 1989, Lisa M. Lane
  • Kyle Murley on 16 Oct 09
     
    A closer look at how course management systems work, combined with an understanding of how novices use technology, provides a clearer view of the manner in which a CMS may not only influence, but control, instructional approaches.
Kyle Murley

The History and Evolution of Social Media | Webdesigner Depot - 0 views

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socialmedia web2.0 webdesigner technology evolution

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      Kyle Murley on 10 Oct 09
       
      Another site in the Lifestreaming category: http://mybloglog.com includes a truck load of services including "new with Me" streams: - Bebo Post a blog entry - Deli.cio.us Add a bookmark - Digg Digg a story, submit a story - Flickr Upload a photo, comment on a photo, add a photo to favorites - FriendFeed Likes, Comments, Links, Posts. We also bring along additional services that FriendFeed carries if you don't already have them in MyBlogLog. - Google Reader Share items - Jumpcut Post a movie - Last.FM Listen to a track - Mag.nolia Adds a Bookmarks - MyBlogLog Post a blog entry, comment on a blog, add a contact, join a community, tag a member or community, leave a message for a member - Netflix Add a DVD to queue - Seesmic Post a video - Stumbleupon Add a website to favorites, submit a website - ThisNext Recommends an item - Twitter Post a tweet - Yahoo Answers Post a question - Yelp Submit a review - YouTube Add a video to favorites - Upcoming Watch an event, attend an event
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BinaryLabs - 0 views

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TIP: Theories Functional Context (T. Sticht) - 2 views

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Education learning theories

shared by Kyle Murley on 07 Oct 09 - Cached
  • By using materials that the learner will use after training, transfer of learning from the classroom to the "real world" will be enhanced.
  • functional context approach was developed specifically for adult technical and literacy training (reading/writing/mathematics) in military programs
  • Use material and equipment that the learner will actually use after training
  • Kyle Murley on 07 Oct 09
     
    "Functional Context (T. Sticht) "
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