As usual, Jon Udell is onto something interesting. A company called Linden Labs has produced a MMORG called
simulations
Harnessing Autobiographical Memory Through Simulations
The Eide Neurolearning Blog has an interesting post on autobiographical memory. It seems to me that the best way to tap its power from the perspective of online learning is through discovery learning adventure games. Check out, for example, this great little action maze that teaches emergency first aid best practices. It was created using […]
Why RoboDemo 5 Sucks
This post isn’t a litany of the things that I don’t like about RoboDemo, although there will necessarily will be some of that. Rather, it’s my own speculation as to why a smart company with a reputation for good software produced a lemon of a release. Make no mistake about it, though; Robodemo 5 sucks. […]
Educational Conversation Pattern: Role-Playing Simulation
Here is another tool that affords a particular educational conversation pattern. This time the pattern is role-playing simulation I may have to start a new site theme for this stuff. (Found via thee-Learning Centre.)
The Distant Librarian: Wink vs Viewlets
Another of Stephen Downes’ Breaking the Power Law blogs provides a useful comparison of Wink to Qarbon’s Viewletbuilder. The short version: Wink is free but ViewletBuilder is nicer.
Research Pages of Stuart G. Towns: Wink
In one of the blogs from Stephen Downes’ “Breaking the Power Laws” list, Stuart Towns recommends a nifty little tool called Wink. While it definitely falls in the low-end category of the range of software simulation products I outlined in eLearn, it has the great benefit of being free.
Teaching Hands-On Classes Online
From the Sloan Consortium, whose web site is turning out to be a gold mine of solid higher ed distance learning research, come articles on teaching electronics and Chemistry through distance learning. They used multimedia simulations of electronics in the former case while resorting to kitchen chemistry assignments in the latter case. For both courses, […]