Have you searched Simple Spark today?

I’m not sure how often you may have looked through this catalogue of web applications, but I think that about once a month I’m looking for something new for one project or another. Simple Spark has updated their look and features in what appears to be a great new format. They offer over 8500 different […]

Second Try at Second Life

So I was convinced by my friend Angela and by a presentation that I went to by Alan Levine (“I’m busy enough…What do I need Second Life for?”) that I should maybe give this Second Life thing a second chance. I found it hysterical that Angela and Alan had both said that they love to […]

One year later and I’m at 275 posts…oh this makes it 276

I was really hoping that by the end of the AG08 I would be at 275 posts and this I achieved. I started blogging when I returned from last year’s conference (my first) and since then I’ve tried to keep most of my posts about elearning. Occasionally I throw in some items that are just […]

Best Practices in Implementing a Complex LMS – Elmore

Pricewater House Cooper – mostly internal training 33,000 employees3000+ active catalog itmes4000+ activities3,000,000+ Continuing Professional Education records captured#1 ranking in Training Magazine’s Top 125 of 2008 Employees must get credits and within certain subjects. (not only internally, but governed by external bodies) This is now their second LMS. First was inhouse. Needed to make sure […]

AGO8 – Wrap UP (Wow Moments, and more)

My Moments– edit videos into chunks, make interactive with questions (for classroom, but like an elearning course)– check out udutu, BJs LMS , PLEs, VLEs– get over SL motion sickness, learn to dance, learn to fly with jet pack– use QR codes some where at work and see if anyone know what they are BJ’s […]

Things I’ve Learned in My Life So Far – Stefan Sagmeister

Stefan’s involvement – design for music, socially responsible design, corporate design, authors Design for music:Casa da Musica (sp?) – building is a logo itself, looking at it from various angles. Using software to capture the colour from any image they use these colours plotted on to one of the “various angle shots” and use these […]

My Favourite Part of the AG08

Okay…go on….guess…. For a bunch of people immersed in doing everything and all online, digitally, and virtually the one thing I kept hearing over and over (and reading on blogs) was how great it was to meet face-to-face. This too was my favourite part of the whole experience. The conference generates a billion ideas. Some […]

Second Life – Alan Levine

hetemeel.com – Einstein image with any text on chalk board behind him Presentation will be in slideshare Virtual worlds – been around for a while, graphics better, virtual worlds are international, video better, computer better, critical mass of people now doing it more and more, more games, more collaboration Habbo Hotel – Had 7.5 million […]

Moodle Goes Corporate: Leveraging Open Source – Michelle Moore

I do not use Moodle, but am interested in finding out more about it, especially with my LMS issues that are currently happening. Scorm issue – udutu – what they builds works in moodle. Ease of use, number of features, help community all makes Moodle an excellent tool. Current version 1.9.Has a new gradebook, more […]