The Boggs e-Learning Chronicle

Official Guide To Second Life....

Second Life: The Official Guide, 2nd Edition

by Michael Rymaszewski, Paul Cezanne, Jim Rossignol, Jeannette Cezanne, Benjamin Batstone-Cunningham

Synopsis:

"Second Life: The Official Guide is the perfect book for anyone interested in Linden Lab’s fascinating Second Life metaverse. It explores in detail every aspect of Second Life’s rich and multilayered virtual world, explains how it works, and offers a wealth of information and practical advice for all Second Life residents. The first part, “Getting a Second Life,” acquaints potential and new players with the Second Life world. It describes the metaverse’s geography as well as its society, explaining its written and unwritten rules. The second part, “Living a Second Life,” deals with the practical and economic aspects of Second Life: creating and customizing an avatar, building objects, scripting, and making money. The third part of the book, “Success in Second Life,” discusses ways to enjoy Second Life more. It includes profiles of successful Second Life residents, discusses fascinating in-world events, explores shopping opportunities, and examines how some are using Second Life for business, training, and other purposes. The book's appendices include information about how educators can use Second Life, a glossary, a commands reference, and additional resources listings. The book's CD features textures, avatar templates, Avimator animation software, more than a hundred sample animations, and a host of resources to help Second Life  builders, scripters, and animators. "

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
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Episode 36: Market Basket Analysis

The next episode of the e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series is up!   This week's word is  "Market Basket Analysis".

On the e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series, there are three ways to comment on each episode. You may post a message to the blog; leave a web-based voice mail by clicking the button in the upper right-hand corner; or call in and leave a message about each show.  You may find each weekly episode and its accompanying transcript on the e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series page located in the media center of the SyberWorks web site.

Press Release:

The e-Learning Lingo Podcast #36: "Market Basket Analysis"

Blog:

e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series Blog

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
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Comparing the Changes In Training Departments and the Newspaper Industry

Janet Clarey from Brandon Hall has an interesting post where she compares the changing dynamics of the newspaper industry and training departments....

How to Save the Training Department

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
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e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series
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Sharable Flashcard Web 2.0 Widget...

Found this up on Jane Hart's blog....

Flashcarddb.com-Create, study, and share flashcards online.

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series
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e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series
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Book on Creating e-Learning with PowerPoint...

Better Than Bullet Points: Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint

by Jane Bozarth

Synopsis:

"This book focuses exclusively on the application of PowerPoint to the creation of online training programs. Better than Bullet Points, Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint fills that gap. By providing in-depth guidance, specific instructions, and helpful exercises, the book will enable training practitioners to create impactful learning interactions in PowerPoint. The author steps readers through the powerful features of this popular desktop application, covering everything from text to art, animation to interactivity. Provided that the reader owns a copy of PowerPoint, this book will immediately put free real-world tools into the hands of those who need it. The information is practical rather than theoretical and immediately applicable. Most importantly, this book will help make e-learning accessible to those who have previously been excluded from taking advantage of the opportunities e-learning can provide.

Jane Bozarth is the e-learning coordinator for the North Carolina Office of State Personnel's Human Resource Development Group and has been a training practitioner since 1989. She is a columnist for Training Magazine and has written for numerous publications including Creative Training Techniques Newsletter and the Journal of Educational Technology and Society."

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
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e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series
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Lessons Learned When Creating and Repurposing Reusable Content...

Integrating Interactive Learning Content into an Adaptive E-Learning System: Lessons Learned by
(1) Maram Meccawy, (2) Peter Brusilovsky, (1) Helen Ashman, (2) Michael Yudelson, (2) Olena Scherbinina

(1) School of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Nottingham, UK

(2) School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Abstract:

"One of the interesting problems that have attracted the attention of both industry and academia in current e-learning environments is the reusability of learning content in Learning Management Systems (LMS). A number of standards have defined a Run-Time environment in order to allow an LMS to deal with learning objects i.e. to launch, track and communicate with it. Such standards achieved high performance when dealing with simple learning objects such as a text file, picture or a simple animation but when dealing with much complicated content such as rich interactive or adaptive content they show many limitations This paper takes a closer look at the issue of reusability and interoperability of interactive learning content and presents a case study that followed one of the non-standardised research efforts where an existing LMS integrates an independently developed interactive learning simulation activity. The lessons that have been learned from this work has also been stated here."

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
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Episode 35: Raster Graphic

The next episode of the e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series is up!   This week's word is  "Raster Graphic".

On the e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series, there are three ways to comment on each episode. You may post a message to the blog; leave a web-based voice mail by clicking the button in the upper right-hand corner; or call in and leave a message about each show.  You may find each weekly episode and its accompanying transcript on the e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series page located in the media center of the SyberWorks web site.

Press Release:

The e-Learning Lingo Podcast #35: "Raster Graphic"

Blog:

e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series Blog

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series
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e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series
SyberWorks Training Center Learning Management System

eLearning Magazine's Guide To Developing Self-Paced e-Learning Courses....

eLearn Magazine has a article out on Designing Usable, Self-Paced e-Learning Courses: A Practical Guide

By Michael Feldstein, SUNY Learning Network, and Lisa Neal, eLearn Magazine

Excerpt:

"This guide was primarily designed to help teams of instructional designers and content experts create effective, self-paced e-learning. It teaches best practices for improving usability that can be applied by any instructional designers or content experts and was created so that no prior knowledge of usability is required to use the techniques.

Applying the systems in this guide will reduce the likelihood of learners getting confused or lost, or even failing to complete a course. The guide is intended to be helpful throughout the entire development cycle of e-learning courses. It includes strategies for usability engineering that can be used by the course designers early in the development process and information about usability testing that can be applied to completed courses."

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
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e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series
SyberWorks Training Center Learning Management System

Student Satifaction Levels In Regards To Asynchronous Learning

STUDENT SATISFACTION WITH ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING

by Charles Dziuban, Patsy Moskal and Jay Brophy Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Central Florida; Peter Shea University at Albany

Abstract:

"The authors discuss elements that potentially impact student satisfaction with asynchronous learning: the media culture, digital, personal and mobile technologies, student learning preferences, pedagogy,complexities of measurement, and the digital generation. They describe a pilot study to identify the underlying dimensions of student satisfaction with online learning and present examples of techniques for engaging students in classes that respond to their uses of technology."

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
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e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series
SyberWorks Training Center Learning Management System

President's Day Holiday

Due to the President's day holiday, we will not resume posting until 2/19/2008.

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
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e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series
SyberWorks Training Center Learning Management System