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Imagination and Empathy in ID - AECT 2005
Imagination and Empathy in ID - Pat Parrish Pat Parrish looked at the importance of imagination and empathy in ID — pervasive aspects of doing design work, but something we often overlook. He’s developed a really neat strategy for going beyond rational approaches to ID that include writing stories to describe the dramatic narrative of [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on October 22, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

Change Leadership and Networks - AECT 2005
“A Vision of New Networks of Educational Technology Professionals: Exploring Social and Issue Network Organization Models for AECT Change Leadership in the Knowledge Era” Dr. Eugene Kowch Yes, the session was by our very own Gene Kowch, and he did a very nice job of describing how new thinking in organizational change can inform how we build [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on October 22, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

Conversation As Inquiry: A Conversation With Instructional Designers - AECT 2005
Conversation As Inquiry: A Conversation With Instructional Designers Katy Campbell, Richard Schwier, Richard Kenny download a pdf of slides from the presentation. download a pdf of the paper. The first paragraph from our paper: The missions, goals, and practices of instructional designers are defined by organizational and cultural frames. What are these frames? What images fill these frames and who [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on October 22, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

The Nature of Manifest Learning in VLCs - AMTEC 2005
The Nature of Manifest Learning in Virtual Learning Communities Richard Schwier, Ben Daniel, Heather Ross download a pdf of the slides from the presentation download a pdf of the paper Here is an abstract from the paper: This study is part of a three-year research program investigating the fundamental components and characteristics of virtual learning communities in formal learning environments [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on October 22, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

Building the Culture of Instructional Design: Reflection on IDT Futures - AECT 2005
Building the Culture of Instructional Design: Reflection on IDT Futures IDT Futures Group (Andy Gibbons, Elizabeth Boling, Walt Wager, Michael Spector, Richard Schwier) This session looked at a variety of aspects of our professional culture and where it is going. It was the most recent product of a group I’ve been working with for four years. [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on October 22, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

Social Verbs (Ross Mayfield)
Social verbs in online gaming are gestures that do not change the meaning of a object. When someone’s WoW Mage waves to your Paladin, you choose how object’s meaning will change because of the gesture. Language is power, just... From Corante: Social Software on October 22, 2005 at 7:49 p.m..

Wake-Up Call: Open Source LMS
Mit der Frage: "Are Open Source LMS platforms taking the lead in learning technology innovation?" steigt der Autor ein. Die erste Antwort liefert er selbst: "In order for OS LMS products to compete in this commodity market they have to... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 22, 2005 at 6:46 p.m..

Active Teaching and Learning
Rosemary F. Wolfe presents a variety of cognitive strategies that can be used to activate both traditional and online classroom learning.... From Adult/Continuing Education on October 22, 2005 at 3:47 p.m..

Presentation on systemic school change
Charlie Reigeluth, Jerry Kemp, and I gave a Presidential Session presentation today at AECT Orlando. Our topic was how to bring about systemic change in public schooling, and how AECT as an organization can help bring about positive changes in instruction and assessment. If you were present (or otherwise) and would like to contribute, here [...] From Martindale Matrix on October 22, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

Verbal Abuse: “Impacted?” Ugh….
This morning I'm relaxing with my friend and colleague Catherine Dold before we both go down to see what's happening at the National Association of Science writers conference in Pittsburgh. In the dead-tree version of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Catherine stumbled across a column on page 1 of the business section which had us both cheeing and groaning. The column by business counselor and writer Andrea Kay, "Workers Need the Write Stuff to Succeed," bemoans the deterioration of writing skills in the business world. Since I provide writing coaching, and Catherine and I both edit l From Contentious Weblog on October 22, 2005 at 11:50 a.m..

eCuaderno versión mobile y TagClouds
eCuaderno estrena versión mobile: http://www.ecuaderno.com/wp-mobile.php y vuelven las TagClouds. También hay disponible una vista alternativa de los archivos y pronto recibiremos a nuevos visitantes. Ahora sigo con el taller. From eCuaderno v.2.0 on October 22, 2005 at 11:47 a.m..

The Agony of 'BlackBerry Thumb'
Orthopedists have been treating tennis elbow and repetitive stress wrist injuries for years now, but the advent of handhelds and video games with their tiny keypads is taking its toll on another body part: the thumb. From Wired News on October 22, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..

Grim Outlook for Africa's Future
Africa accounts for only a tiny percentage of the fossil fuel emissions that contribute to global warming, but the continent's poverty leaves it hard-pressed to deal with the coming catastrophic effects of that warming. From Wired News on October 22, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..

Enterprise Search Guidebook
Martin White has published a new report, the Enterprise Search Guidebook. These are my thoughts on the report: Publishing content within an organisation is one thing, ensuring staff can find it when they need it is another. Organisations everywhere are... From Column Two on October 22, 2005 at 4:47 a.m..

An iPod Worth Keeping an Eye On - DAVID POGUE, New York Times
Call it the iPod Paradox: with each successive version, Apple From Techno-News Blog on October 22, 2005 at 3:49 a.m..

Study lists top five tech trends - BBC
Specialised robots, devices for DIY content creation and new TV displays are among the trends to watch in 2006. That is according to the American-based Consumer Electronic Association which has published its view of technologies set to influence in next From Techno-News Blog on October 22, 2005 at 3:49 a.m..

Steve Ballmer vows to 'conquer' the internet: Squashing a rumour is like trying to unring a bell - Chris Noon, Forbes.com
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer knows from experience that trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell--few actually believe a rumor until it's been officially denied. Between saying nothing and vehemently playing down scuttlebutts, t From Techno-News Blog on October 22, 2005 at 3:49 a.m..

ID position at Bow Valley College
Patti Dyjur sends this along to everyone at the café. Instructional Designer >Learning Resource Services >Competition #05FA-47 >To enhance the quality of learning experiences offered at Bow Valley >College, the Learning Resource Services (LRS) department is seeking an >instructional designer to design and develop multi-modal instructional and >learning resources. This position consults and works with other >Instructional Designers, program departments and external/internal >contractors on [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on October 22, 2005 at 2:52 a.m..

Production Supervisor position at Bow Valley
Production Supervisor >Learning Resource Services >Competition #05AU-37 >The Learning Resource Services (LRS) Department is seeking a full-time >Production Supervisor for a one-year, temporary assignment. In this role, >you will be responsible for administering and monitoring all of the >processes and procedures involved in the development of curricula within >the >LRS. This role will also coordinate and supervise the assigned tasks of the >LRS Production [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on October 22, 2005 at 2:52 a.m..

Lottery to Be Used for Openings in Top Upper West Side Schools
Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein has approved the use of a lottery system to allocate seats in some of the highest-performing neighborhood schools on the Upper West Side. From New York Times: Education on October 22, 2005 at 2:19 a.m..

Cornell President Condemns Teaching Intelligent Design as Science
Interim president Hunter R. Rawlings III denounced the theory as "a religious belief masquerading as a secular idea." From New York Times: Education on October 22, 2005 at 2:19 a.m..

Lab computer simulates ribosome in motion
After modeling each of 2.64 million atoms, researchers make a movie of a never-before-filmed cellular process that lasts just 2 nanoseconds. Images: Ribosomes on film From CNET News.com on October 22, 2005 at 2:18 a.m..

Exploit out for Zotob-like Windows flaw
Computer code exploits a flaw in Windows similar to the hole that led to the Zotob worm two months ago. From CNET News.com on October 22, 2005 at 2:18 a.m..

Major layoffs expected at Novell
Server software company could cut 1,000 or more jobs in attempt to restore its financial strength. From CNET News.com on October 22, 2005 at 2:18 a.m..

Vacation :)
I'm on a vacation till 31 October. First St.Peterburg, then Moscow. No blogging, but may be some flickring From Mathemagenic on October 22, 2005 at 1:52 a.m..

Day 2: The kayak of salty tears
The following is from my journal from our wedding trip to Peurto Vallarta, Mexico for Sunday, Sept. 24th: Why are underwater cameras wrapped so tightly in swaddling plastic? The resort if just packed with people, mostly locals. I believe their is a convention going on. An Alcoholics Anonymous convention. Seriously. As one waitress remarked, "One thousand people drink. One thousand don't!" The only English channel on the telly is CNN. So I watched Hurricane Rita all morning. Later in the day, Woofer and I try our hands at an open-faced kayak. The water is as warm as blood. We do pretty wel From silentblue | Quantified on October 22, 2005 at 12:55 a.m..

2004 Education Stats
The Digest of Education Statistics for 2004 includes data on the number of schools and colleges; teachers; enrollments; graduates; educational attainment; finances; federal funds for education; employment and income of graduates; libraries; technology; and international comparisons. Access the digest on... From Adult/Continuing Education on October 22, 2005 at 12:50 a.m..

Day 1: A Mexican vacation, and more
The following is from my journal from our wedding trip to Peurto Vallarta, Mexico for Friday, Sept. 23rd: Saw five vintage VW Beetles on the road today. And a jalopy truck with the words "$18,000 FOR SALE" scrawled in its back canopy window. 18,000 pesos, that is. It's hot and humid. Really hot. Unfortunately most of the resort, the Rui Jalisco, was open to the elements. We waited in the sweltering nighttime heat to obtain bottles of water (don't drink the tap water!) and get upgraded to a junior suite. They're also out of hotel safe keys. Stood on the tidal line with Woofer and From silentblue | Quantified on October 21, 2005 at 11:47 p.m..