online 2.0-3.0
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online 2.0-3.0

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Jan 1, 2012
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New culture of learning View more presentations from Judy O’Connell I thought this slideshare interesting as it’s covering the potential pitfalls of 3.0 which seem rarely discussed. As personal information and potential become more widely available what are the potential pitfalls in it’s expression and ways to circumvent these dangers? Tweet

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The Integrated Game and Community Learning

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Dec 8, 2011
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As someone ultimately interested in informal community based learning my last entry noted how the concept of learning from informal resources is now catching on in the business realm aimed at employee training. The concept of working peers now formally include the vast array of digital networking, bookmarking and microblogging web now the virtual community ...

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Non-training Approach

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Dec 2, 2011
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In thinking about games, or interaction that induces informal learning for adults, I was beginning to think not only of the course ware, or of a virtual place of moderation but of the extended network and methodologies. Most often adult learning is considered in terms of corporate training, and while I’m interested more in what could ...

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Games and Learning; Process, Semiotics and Subversive Learning

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Nov 12, 2011
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While still in the first third of the book The Art of Game Design and reading an academic paper Games and Learning: What’s the Connection? One of the reoccuring themes can definately be that the game and the education is the state of experience and by product of the process while exploring something else.  The ...

Cultural Immersion and Gaming
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Cultural Immersion and Gaming

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Oct 25, 2011
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 After hearing critiques in a backlash of the overproduced but visually stylized 3d virtual environments in games and the mistaken assumption of it’s necessity in the definition of  complex games for education in particular, it’s nice to see a well done 3d game that  appears valuable in creating a virtual immersive environment that’s culturally specified ...

Digital Play!
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Digital Play!

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Apr 22, 2011
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Opening this blog on Education and Technology. Tweet