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Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (July 11, 2010 to July 17, 2010) July 21, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (July 11, 2010 to July 17, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (June 27, 2010 to July 03, 2010) July 11, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (June 27, 2010 to July 03, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Announcing Contest for Graphic Designers June 28, 2010

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Hello all,

It’s time for the first online contest of this year :) This is a contest for graphic designers and other e-learning professionals who are interested in developing graphics. This contest will be open till August 15, 2010. The winner will be selected through an online poll and will receive a prize amount of $20. Click here to view further information about this contest.

Regards,
E-Learning Planet Team

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (Jun 13, 2010 to Jun 19, 2010) June 24, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (Jun 13, 2010 to Jun 19, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (Jun 06, 2010 to Jun 12, 2010) June 18, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (Jun 06, 2010 to Jun 12, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (May 30, 2010 to Jun 05, 2010) June 10, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (May 30, 2010 to Jun 05, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Top 5 Tips on 3D E-Learning and Training June 8, 2010

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This guest post is contributed by David Gardner, CEO of VenueGen.

3D environments can be incredibly engaging, interactive and cost effective when supported by the right technology and functionality. For several years now, trainers, business professionals and educators have been experimenting with 3D technologies and techniques, and much has been learned. Following is a listing of important tips for any successful 3D e-learning, training or collaborative experience.

  1. Provide a Road Map
    Just as in real life, it is important that your attendees are provided with specific details on the location of the event and how to get there. It’s important to provide attendees with basic steps on how to login to your meeting and how to move around in the world they are using. The first problem that new users in 3D environments tend to face is navigation. How do I get my avatar where I need to be or sit down at that table? Non-gamers have a hard time walking around using arrow keys and tend to collide with things. Having attendees appear already in their seats can minimize many issues. Likewise, flying, teleporting and using portals within a virtual world is also very cool but not the kind of things people want to figure out when late for a meeting or class.  Try to look for 3D platforms where navigation and set up is simple, takes minutes.
  2. Make it Real
    Realism is an important part of fidelity that addresses how life-like the 3D experience appears.  For example, do avatars move in a natural and convincing way? Do they make eye contact when they look at each other? Do their lips move appropriately while speaking? The key to an immersive movie viewing experience is the suspension of disbelief. We have all watched low budget movies with poor and unconvincing graphics and sets. No matter how great the dialogue or story line, you probably struggled to “get into” the movie. The attendee’s mind should have minimal obstacles in accepting the virtual venue and other attendees as reasonable likenesses of what is being simulated. If others appear as flat cartoons incapable of neck movement or the ability to walk without “ice skating”, then the business professional or student is constantly being reminded that the environment is not real. Realism is important because it helps the virtual world to “get out of the way” so that attendees can focus on the goals of the gathering.
  3. Don’t Forget the Props
    As any good teacher knows, the more visuals you have the better. The best 3D worlds are those that allow users to mouse click directly on the object, person or content with which they want to interact with and provide the ability to clearly read content from anywhere in a virtual environment. The best interface for viewing content involves two capabilities: first, users should be able to zoom their focus in on content without actually having to move their avatar closer to it.  A second important capability for viewing very small content is an in-venue floating window. This technique forces the selected content to enlarge and float in reading position within the 3D environment.  
  4. Offer an Alternative for Sound
    Many users do not have a headset or are behind firewalls that do not allow them to connect to the Voice Over IP channel required for most virtual worlds. The best dial-in solution is one that turns the attendee’s telephone receiver into a VoIP headset, for all practical purposes, and usually is offered as part of a virtual world training package.
  5. Out-of-World Experience
    Make sure your materials are working correctly not only within the virtual world, but outside of it as well. Browsing the Internet and viewing web-base applications is a requirement for most 3D virtual training and meeting platforms. Platforms that have taken the time to integrate the operating system’s native browser into their 3D engine will have much better compatibility and provide a more consistent viewing experience for virtual attendees.  

Literary Mash-Ups, Fan Fiction, and E-Learning May 31, 2010

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This guest post is contributed by Tim Handorf, who writes on the topics of top online colleges.  He welcomes your comments at his email Id: tim.handorf.20@googlemail.com

While the fusing of two unrelated works of art is not particularly new, an emerging trend in the world of books is what’s been dubbed the “literary mash-up”. The whole idea seems somewhat absurd, but these books sell. And they sell well. Today’s most current trend in mash-up basically takes a work of literature from the established Western canon, and then injects it with a pop cultural artifact.

The first of these mash-ups was an appropriation of Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice. The novel was re-envisioned asPride and Prejudice and Zombies,” which, as the title suggests, is imbued with elements of zombie fiction. The latest installment in the Austen mash-up series is a prequel entitled “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls,” which was just released two months ago. Others in this milieu include the upcoming Android Karenina and the already released “Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters“.

The original author of the Pride and Prejudice book, Seth-Grahame Smith, was inspired by fan boy characters, and the other books, I suspect, take several leaves out of the fan fiction oeuvre. In fact, the Quirk Classics book series is essentially well-written fan fiction published in book form and widely disseminated. Again, fan fiction is nothing new, but the phenomenon has now spawned an almost exclusively Internet following.

What does this all mean for e-learning, then? While e-learning researcher Rebecca W. Black suggests that there are several English Language Learning (ELL) possibilities within fan fiction itself, I firmly believe that fan fiction can be seen as an important extension of e-learning in general.

What is interesting about e-learning, aside from the online platform that grants wider accessibility, is the fact that it actively seeks new ways to teach old ideas. What an e-learning educator can take away from literary mash-ups is this: Teaching a concept can sometimes best be accomplished by appropriating something the student can understand—in this case, zombies or sea monsters—and melding it with the new concept. This inspires confidence in the learner, perhaps even interest. Interest breeds passion, and passion is a feeling that is sorely needed in education, both online and traditional. Why? Because with passion, a student does not simply learn one lesson. Rather, she learns the ultimate lesson, a lesson that continually educates—the love of learning.

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (May 16, 2010 to May 22, 2010) May 27, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (May 16, 2010 to May 22, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (May 02, 2010 to May 08, 2010) May 15, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (May 02, 2010 to May 08, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Who Benefits from E-Learning? May 13, 2010

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This guest post is contributed by Anna Miller, who writes on the topic of degrees online. She welcomes your comments at her e-mail id: anna.miller009@gmail.com

E-learning is a relatively new entrant to the field of education, but with the way technology is taking off and advancing today, it’s no surprise that e-learning is making rapid inroads into traditional academia. Today, the emphasis is on learning, not on the media or vehicle that allows, supports and promotes it. And with all the forms of technology that support e-learning – computers, laptops, mobile phones, and even MP3 players – it’s no wonder that e-learning is poised to create history in the world of academics.

Although e-learning is advantageous to anyone who wants to learn, there are some people who benefit more than others:

Today, applications and software platforms are being created for the dedicated purpose of fostering e-learning. And as time goes by, there will be more standardization and uniformity across the technology that runs e-learning, thus allowing more people to join this bandwagon and broaden their horizons.

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (Apr 25, 2010 to May 01, 2010) May 7, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (Apr 25, 2010 to May 01, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Indian E-Learning Bloggers May 6, 2010

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Hello all,

We are trying to consolidate the blogs of Indian learning professionals and companies from various sources. You can view the consolidated list on the following page:

http://elearningplanet.com/library/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=216

Please post a comment if we missed the blog(s) of an Indian learning professional or company. We are readily available to update this list as and when new bloggers enter into the blogosphere.

Regards,

E-Learning Planet Team

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (Apr 18, 2010 to Apr 24, 2010) May 1, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (Apr 18, 2010 to Apr 24, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (Apr 11, 2010 to Apr 17, 2010) April 20, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (Apr 11, 2010 to Apr 17, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (Mar 28, 2010 to Apr 03, 2010) April 8, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (Mar 28, 2010 to Apr 03, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (Mar 14, 2010 to Mar 20, 2010) March 26, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (Mar 14, 2010 to Mar 20, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (Mar 07, 2010 to Mar 13, 2010) March 19, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (Mar 07, 2010 to Mar 13, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (Feb 28, 2010 to Mar 06, 2010) March 12, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (Feb 28, 2010 to Mar 06, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (Feb 21, 2010 to Feb 28, 2010) March 4, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (Feb 21, 2010 to Feb 28, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (Feb 14, 2010 to Feb 21, 2010) February 25, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (Feb 14, 2010 to Feb 21, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (Feb 07, 2010 to Feb 14, 2010) February 18, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (Feb 07, 2010 to Feb 14, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (Jan 31, 2010 to Feb 07, 2010) February 9, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (Jan 31, 2010 to Feb 07, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (Jan 24, 2010 to Jan 31, 2010) February 4, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (Jan 24, 2010 to Jan 31, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!

Best E-Learning Bloggers & Blog Posts (Jan 17, 2010 to Jan 24, 2010) January 28, 2010

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We are pleased to announce the best e-learning bloggers and blog posts of the previous week (Jan 17, 2010 to Jan 24, 2010).

Best Bloggers of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Bloggers of the Week” are:

Best Blog Posts of the Week

The “Best E-Learning Blog Posts of the Week” are:

Here are the aspects we look into a blogger or a blog post when selecting the above list.

Congratulations winners!