Gyrus

JULY 28, 2016

Mobile Learning – Is it Finally Viable? Mobile Learning has been a cool shining beacon in the learning industry for quite a while now. So much so, we here at Gyrus tend to talk about it… a lot. Instead, effective content is and must be designed specifically for use on our handheld devices and tablets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Learning Analytics comes from a report about the impact of emerging technologies for practitioners in a field. As a practitioner, what interests me most using the data to gain insights about student interaction with material and courseware and tracking results of training. Learning and Knowledge Analytics.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 9, 2016

A lot of times in bustling start-ups and small business environments, there is an underlying sentiment, along the lines of “I don’t care how you do it, just get it done.” This can be achieved through establishing a learning environment that is specifically designed to meet their needs. Certifications.

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Gyrus

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Questions should be raised with the vendor about why they have not improved their product for such a long time. Whether the LMS you are investigating is designed to be installed at your location, is cloud-based, or SaaS, the vendor should readily provide Release Notes when asked for them. The post Show Me the Release Notes!

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Gyrus

JULY 14, 2016

So, how can this apply to the corporate learning environment? Pokémon Go is great as it is, however, the possibilities of new and more enthralling mLearnings are a real game changer for the learning industry. Gamification. Pokémon Go is an incredible study on gamification.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

So, I’m thrilled that community manager, Meghan Ventura, who is responsible for cultivating the community presence of Games for Change agreed to write this guest post about nonprofits who are using games for social change. And, don’t miss this special offer: Get 10% off tickets with the code beth_g4c14. You can register here.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The first Presidential Debate of 2016 occurred this week, and people on both sides are fired up about it. This projection is set to grow throughout at least the next two presidential terms, and I for one would like to help educate potential users on all of the great features of which they can be getting out of their learning environments.

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Gyrus

JUNE 28, 2016

So, what are good practices we can instill in our corporate learning environments that will ensure the highest level of safety, the greatest output, and best compliance to corporate guidelines? There are five major types of learning styles. Why do I care about 55 oranges and 16 coconuts? Use various forms of media.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2013

Of course libraries are all about education in its various forms. CFY was founded by Elisabeth Stock in 1999 with the mission of helping low-income students do better in school by improving their learning environments at home. Nonetheless, I was pleased find that CFY is thinking big about the service.

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Forj

JULY 25, 2017

The design of the book speaks to this. Throughout the collection, we were pleased to see the emphasis on using the internet to create blended learning environments. Turco also gave a shout out to Paul Batalden’s forward, which speaks about the personal joy one attains from working in the health professions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m. He suggests developing a dialogue with your child about media.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 30, 2010

I never stayed at any one institution for longer than I was learning (about 3 months on average), and I never made more than $7 an hour. But I learned enough to know what I wanted from full-time employment and how to get it. It's a learning environment free of meetings and bureaucracy.

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

These platforms remove the onus of designing each individual experience from the shoulders of the association— your team— and instead give learners agency to do so themselves. What are the main learning experience platform features? On the other hand, LXPs are: Focused on personalized learning experiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2005

I'm thinking a lot about "backchannels" in a very micro way. Since the workshop is essentiallly about designing more interactive face-to-face learning environments, I don't want to model a 85 minute lecture with 100 slide powerpoint, leaving 5 minutes for q&A at end.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

I was fascinated by our discussion, and Bob came to mind last month, when I was asked to write an article for the Association of Children's Museums quarterly journal, Hand to Hand , about children's museums and Web 2.0. All the designers will only give me plastic trees." To many of these folks, Bob's wired classrooms seem threatening.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2009

The thing that excites me about this is not the opportunity to use all the weird-colored cardstock hanging around the supply cabinets of most museums. What's GOOD about Signtific is that it encourages people to reflect on others' submissions and react to them in a series of intentional ways. White for investigation. You get the idea.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

” According to Tincanapi.com (which also exists as experienceapi.com to suit your fanatical naming convention’s needs), “xAPI is a brand new specification for learning technology that makes it possible to collect data about the wide range of experiences a person has (online and offline). ” Why is this important?

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Gyrus

AUGUST 3, 2016

Have you found yourself fighting your way through the learning and development market without a guide? All the content in the world cannot save you from the harsh reality that an LMS is designed to mitigate. No more guessing at the effectiveness of content, receive live feedback about the quality of your organization’s learnings.

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Gyrus

JULY 26, 2016

That being said, the platforms in which these games are being built are constantly evolving, giving designers better graphical capabilities, smoother operations, and in general more robust offerings. Content is king, good content can be the make or break foundation of a great Learning and Development program. Mobile Content.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Why do you care about and or work in museums? My story is about radical educational philosophy. I took the two things I was most passionate about--math and non-compulsory learning experiences--and smooshed them together into a string of internships and part-time jobs in science museum education departments.

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