One topic of my presentation was the value of reinforcement. A few minutes revisiting one’s recollections by applying the learning, reviewing notes, or talking with others retards the exponential decay of memory (The Forgetting Curve). Here’s a short reinforcer constructed with Animoto, a free video-maker. Here’s a second Animoto reinforcer. Note: cut down your volume; Animoto believes in blaring music.
I promised participants a look at my work-in-progress paper on Collaboration (“It’s not about the technology.”) Please comply with the restrictions on copying. Since this is on a wiki, help me make it better.
Steve Wexler announces the eLearning Guild’s new policy of providing research reports for free.
Paul Saffo: “When someone has a technology that’s failing, they call it a learning tool.”
An amazing traveling show at the Tech, Body Worlds. Another video. And another. What’s on show are real human bodies. Upon death, the corpses are filled with plastic — and the result is stunning displays of what you once might have seen in a 2D anatomy book.
“What’s the difference between an instructional designer and a terrorist?”
“You can negotiate with a terrorist.”
Attending two conferences at once is challenging.
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Jay,
I regret that I was not able to say hello in San Jose. I was never able to catch up with you and I was unable to stay for Thursday’s presentations. Thank you for posting this.
Richard