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I’m just returning from my annual trek to the Academy of HRD conference, held this year in the mile-high city of Denver, Colorado. I enjoy the conference as much for the conversations held in the...
View ArticleIs badging the needed paradigm shift in evaluation?
When it comes to demonstrating the effectiveness of our learning strategies, is badging the answer? The current paradigm In corporate learning, we often talk about ways to evaluate the effectiveness of...
View ArticleStarting a conversation on emerging technologies
This summer, I am privileged to be “teaching” a graduate course on emerging technologies for Penn State Harrisburg’s Training and Development master’s program. I hesitate to say I am teaching it...
View ArticleStarting a conversation about social media for learning
As promised in my last post, I’m sharing my reading list from my graduate course on emerging technologies. The first topic we took up was social media learning, since I thought it might be somewhat...
View ArticleStarting a conversation about MOOCs
I’ve been sharing the reading list from my Emerging Technologies course. So far, you’ve seen the overview and the social media lists. Here’s the reading list about MOOCs, which was our next topic of...
View ArticleStarting a conversation about learning analytics
This is the fourth in my series of posts sharing the reading list from my summer emerging technologies course. So far, I’ve posted the overview, social media readings, and MOOC readings – and up this...
View ArticleStarting a conversation about the “maker movement”
The last set of readings in my emerging technology class was on the “maker movement.” The Horizon Report subtitled that as “shift from students and consumers to students as creators.” Those of us in...
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