Metrics will pop up quite often on this blog as I wrestle with just how to use performance indicators to “pulse” the learning encounter. It seems that often how to test and then how that test is used determines the outcome–Schrödinger’s Cat in training.
Archive for September, 2008
Teaching to the metrics–dangers to k-12s and business
Posted in Education, Training, tagged Education, metrics, NCLB, SAP, testing, Training on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Website to watch: Knetwit
Posted in Educational sites, tagged 2.0 education, collaboration, educational tool on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Knetwit (an amalgam of KNowledge, NETwork and profIT), touts itself as a 2.0 community of like-minded individuals whose goal is to take, share and profit from attending class. Yes, attend your class (which you paid for–someone did, at least), write your notes, upload and rake in the profits.
Education Question: Is Googling “Research”?
Posted in Education, tagged 2.0, Education, Google, research on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What Berkeley and Cornell are both wrestling with is the complication of performing research in an iPod age. The players as I see them: “digital native” students, cranky, if well-meaning professors, Google and brick-n-mortar libraries. Oh yea, and Steve Jobs.
Company to Watch: 2tor
Posted in distance learning, tagged 2.0 education, 2tor, blogs, distance education, distance learning, Moodle, podcasts on September 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
From the guy who brought you the Princeton Review (how to study for the SAT) comes 2tor.
Online Identity: Avatars and Prufrock
Posted in distance learning, tagged avatars, distance learning, identity, persona on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you are considering online education, I would recommend you stick to “actual” identities (every encounter, when taken to the logical extreme, is an avatarian persona) with your learners. There is enough post-structural irony in everyday life without adding to the layers.
How to create a puzzle-remove in PPT
Posted in Instructional Design tools, Uncategorized, tagged content tools, instructional design, powerpoint, rapid e-learning on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Instructional Design tool on how to create a disappearing puzzle.
Welcome to my world
Posted in Welcome, tagged academia, aids, BlackBoard, commercial, content, ERP, instruction, instructional design, teaching, tools, WebCT, Welcome on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi All
I am starting, after years of anonymous blogging, I am making my debut to the larger world. In doing so, I wish to bring together my seemingly disparate interests into one discussion. First, let me introduce myself.
I have, for the last ten years or so, straddled both the business and academic worlds, focusing in [...]
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