Learning 2.0 – 23 Things

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Learning 2.0 – 23 Things.
I stumbled across this mini-course, made in Blogger, which purports to teach the user 23 new and cool things about the web in as many weeks (perhaps sooner).
I am going to try it out.

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Writing for the Right Community

When developing training materials, keep in mind the skimming reader. Encourage, with both carrot and stick, to actually read the material. The carrot can be as simple as making the information engaging (incorporate the social side of training–scenarios, case studies, real life impact, etc.) or very, very direct (push this button and your entire warehouse inventory will be deleted from the system).

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Virtual or onsite

But, sitting in a cubicle, conference room or over-flow space while working on client work does not, on the whole, add the value that the travel expenses raise. That is, if there is drudge work to be done (working on a class, curriculum, etc.), let me do it from home, and then come in for discussion, review, etc.

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How to create a puzzle-remove in PPT

Instructional Design tool on how to create a disappearing puzzle.

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Welcome to my world

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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