From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Abraham Lincoln and Facebook for Learning

February 16, 2009 Facebook Learning

Last week Jane Bozarth and Cammy Bean posted a terrific parody of what Abraham Lincoln’s Facebook page might look like. While Lincoln’s Facebook page is well-done and humorous, it also serves as a history refresher by including popular, and lesser-known facts, about Lincoln. For example, are you familiar with all the references in the page: [...]

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Font Conference

February 10, 2009 Humor

Hilarious font parody via Innovative Interactivity.

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CreateDebate – Online Forum Debates for Learning

February 10, 2009 Online Forums

I’m a big fan of peer-based learning, especially online discussion forums. I learned a lot of what I know about multimedia design from asking and answering questions in newsgroups over the years. Limitations of Forums While forums are a great way to reach out to a community with questions, forums aren’t as good at delineating [...]

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Compliance Poetry

February 10, 2009 Creative E-learning

How many times have you heard compliance training is too boring to be taught in an entertaining or meaningful way? Most designers would agree that compliance training is the least glamorous of corporate training. But Yehuda Berlinger just made it a little harder for designers to justify such comments. Yehuda rewrote US and Canadian copyright [...]