Friday, April 19, 2024
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Simulations in paramedical training

The Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) offers a range of applied and academic programs that span the spectrum of safety - from prevention...

Canadian corporate innovation in e-learning

Galt, V. (2010) How to bake agility into corporate DNA Globe and Mail, May 20 In my blog on Six Priorities for Canadian e-learning in...

Preliminary book review: An Introduction to Distance Education

Cleveland-Innes, M. and Garrison, R. (eds.) 2010 An Introduction to Distance Education: Understanding Teaching and Learning in a New Era New York/Abingdon UK: Routledge This...

Using games to teach Latin

Fusch, D. (2010) An innovation in learning games Academic Impressions March 11 This is a report of a 'minimal technology' approach to using games in...

Update on educational video games, March 2010

Thanks to Natasha Boskic for this John Rice (2010). New 3D Learning Book by Karl Kapp. Educational Games Research: Research and discussion concerning instructional video...

From Second Life to authentic educational Virtual Worlds?

Young, J. (2010) After Frustrations in Second Life, Colleges Look to New Virtual Worlds Chronicle of Higher Education, February 14 This excellent article looks at...

Learning technologies in engineering education

Regular readers will know that I believe that 'real' engineering is one of the tougher areas for e-learning, because of the need for hands-on...

More news on educational games – and conferences

Thanks to Natasha Boskic for this: Amazon.com has published a list of Bestsellers in Video Games for 2009. Jamie Madigan published an interesting article on her...

Review of e-learning possibilities and limitations of Apple’s iPad

Brandon, B. (2010) Apple's iPad: what does it offer for e-learning? Learning Solutions Magazine January 27 I was wondering how to comment on the iPad...

50 educational games for higher education

The How To E-D-U  Your How-To guide for Higher education has just published a list of 50 educational games, including 13 aimed at college...