Posts Tagged elearning

More Self-Centered Idiocy From the Social Network Fringe.

Posted by Robert Bacal in Stupid Trainer Tricks, Thought Jolts, Training Wisdom or Training Foolishness, Writing & Publishing on March 5, 2010

In a virtually rambling and incoherent blog post, BFChirpy seems to write about metrics, knowledge and such stuff. Take a quick look. A great example of self-indulgent writing and thinking, AND the common extreme self-centeredness of almost all the most active social media pundits and fringe members.
I posted a response on the blog, but you [...]

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Elearning, Distance Education, Not Equivalent to Full Time Study

Posted by Robert Bacal in For Learners, Mouthing Off, adult education on March 1, 2010

Even though almost everybody can understand that:

a conversation on the phone is not the same as a conversation face to face
watching a sport on television is not the same as being there in person
watching people have sex is not the same as actually having it

many people believe that e-learning is the same as learning in [...]

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#lrnchat – Meeting of Dunces or Rich Learning Resource? Or Both? Oct. 8th Report

Posted by Robert Bacal in Robert's Editorials, Training & Technology, adult education on October 14, 2009

lrnchat is a twitter based system to chatting which has been trumpeted by at least some of its users and hosts, as being a prime example of how Twitter, and social network platforms can be rich in learning.
Periodically we’ll check in and take a look at the chat, and highlight some of the features, so [...]

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What Do Intellectually Impoverished Educators/Trainers Do To Make A Living? Why They Make Up New Fancy Sounding Terms

Posted by Robert Bacal in Robert's Editorials, adult education on October 11, 2009

Traditionally educators and trainers have not been leaders in intellectual pursuits. For example, tradionally SAT scores for those entering faculties of education have been the lowest among all university attendees. Why? That’s a complex question for another time, but it is clear that many people who are becoming “experts” in education and training have little [...]

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Elearning Related Free Whitepapers. Keep up with the field

Posted by Robert Bacal in FREE!, Featured, Learning Theory To Practice, Training & Technology, Uncategorized on March 17, 2009

Here are a few elearning and informal learning white papers that have come across our desk. Please note that these offers tend to be available for only short periods of time, so if you are interested, please grab your copies ASAP.
Top 5 Trends in Learning Technology

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