Archive for August, 2010

The 4 R’s of Brainstorming New Ideas

19 Aug 2010 at 21:41

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eLearning 2.0, instructional design, learning, schools

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In his free eBook “Designing for the Web”, Mark Boulton suggests a 4R approach to brainstorming ideas for a project. While the eBook is geared toward Web Design, those working as Instructional Designers and educators can also benefit from these tips as creative professionals. Here are the 4 R’s as presented by Mark. “Revolution: Revolution [...]

Unsuck-It, a Glossary for Business Jargon

14 Aug 2010 at 21:17

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learning

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“We must leverage the power of crowdsourcing to create robust and engaging solutions that meet the needs of our clients as we work collaboratively with SMEs and stakeholders…” This is not an unrealistic example of typical meeting conversations one can have in the business world… Some meetings are just foreign language for many people… When [...]

Handylight Tethering iPhone App is Back

07 Aug 2010 at 06:14

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mobile

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The Handylight app is available again. Don’t get so excited: it is not THE Handylight (the original one had been yanked from the App Store a few days ago). It still costs $0.99 bur the hidden tethering option doesn’t work. If you follow the instructions correctly you will, however, get a *useful* purple flashlight right [...]

Isolating eLearning

02 Aug 2010 at 08:05

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learning

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The term “social” has become quite popular amongst those involved in Web development, marketing, journalism, and many other fields. Education isn’t immune to that trend. “Social media” seems to now have claimed the title of overused term from “Web 2.0.” However, these technologies that allow sharing of information, more importantly, coordination of efforts and co-authoring [...]