Recently I attended a Gronstedt Group’s Virtual Worlds workshop which was held over 2 days (3 hour sessions each day). I “beamed” into Avaya’s Web.alive virtual world where about 18 of us appeared. I must say, since the last time I used Virtual Worlds (VW) in 2009 (Second Life) this however seemed much easier; easy to […]
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“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro’ narrow chinks of his cavern.” – William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell If you’re like me you see the future of learning as being
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The 1993 movie Jurassic Park was an amazing film. However it was not the CGI that captured my imagination or even the exciting story line. It was always the man vs. nature / man’s efforts to control nature plot line. The most impactful scene for me was when the main character, Dr. Ian Malcolm, discovers
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Recently Patti Shank wrote a great response post on the heals of a post by Cathy Moore – Are Instructional Designers Doormats? …on an area that I have been pondering for some time. Julie Dirksen‘s comment in Patti’s post really resonated with me. Specifically when she stated “There’s something about instructional design that people think
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Dave Kelly @LnDDave wrote an interesting post comparing Blockbuster’s demise to the changes facing Learning Professionals due to technology advancements. I think he’s right, there are learning professionals resistant to change …but the lack of change is not always due to internal denial as it can be a result of …girth. So, in the case
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