by Learning Solutions Staff
Educators would like to use tablets and handheld devices in their classrooms, but there are serious concerns about cost, security, distraction, and student safety. Brainchild Corp. has launched a new Android tablet eBook reader that addresses these issues.
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by Temple Smolen
Mentors make a difference: in salary, in job satisfaction, and in career success. If you don’t have a mentor now, here are some tips on getting one.
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by Bill Brandon
Every year, we try to look ahead to what we might expect in the next 12 months. Every year, this gets more interesting and exciting. This year is no exception.
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by Anne Derryberry
Curation – the aggregation, synthesis, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of content – is a growing role in e-Learning. Anne offers her thoughts on the expansion of data, and what it means for us and for our learners.
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by Carmen Taran
When we move learning from one medium to another, it is tempting to do it the easy way: scrape the old content and dump it into the new format. Unfortunately, this creates more problems than it solves, especially in the interface. Here are the five questions to ask, with illustrated answers.
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by Ryan Tracey
Informal learning today is a lot like the old saying about the weather: everybody talks about it, but nobody knows what to do about it. Here’s an approach to creation of an environment that will support both formal and informal processes.
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by Marc Rosenberg
Marc’s wish list for the New Year. How many of these are on all our lists?
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by Alicia Sanchez
The Defense Acquisition University in the U.S. is launching a gaming portal today. While this was an obvious move, it required strategy. This week’s spotlight explains how and why DAU is taking this step.
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by Anne Derryberry
Gamification – adding game elements to applications for business and education – is a hot trend. But does this dumb down the transformative nature of games? Anne examines the question.
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by Sesh Kumar
The iPad continues to draw attention and to drive change in mobile computing. Here is a summary of its specific benefits for education.
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