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Exploring education on the 3D Web since 2005. Subscribe: other... a2a_linkname="Shiv's Blog";a2a_linkurl="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/ShivOnLearning";a2a_onclick=1;a2a_num_services=22; Random Post Archive Mobile Contact Affective.ly Shiv's Favourites : 1,2 Readers' Favourites loading.. new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: 'list', rpp: 30, interval: 30000, title: 'Languagelab.com people', subject: 'tweeting ', width: 250, height: 300, theme: { shell: { background: '#ff96e7', color: '#ffffff' }, tweets: { background: '#ffffff', color: '#444444', links: '#b740c2' } }, features: { scrollbar: true, loop: false, live: true, behavior: 'all' } }).render().setList('shiv53', 'languagelab-com').start(); The blog of Shiv Rajendran

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I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Pablo Picasso

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Virtual Reality Training Improves Social Skills and Brain Activity

Autism Speaks Meixner fellow working with young adults who have autism to improve effectiveness of virtual-reality training program

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Modern Toss

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UK nations have biggest skills gaps, says OECD - BBC News

UK nations have some of the biggest skills gaps between young people who are not in education, employment or training and those in work, suggests a study.

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When kids go home, they’re surrounded by devices, and they spend a lot of time online. De Cicco Remu says it’s unfair to expect them to behave so drastically different at school. For teachers who are hesitant to move away from the traditional teaching styles, she has a message: “Shift or get off the pot. Seriously, it’s not fair to the kids.

Pens And Paper Are Holding Your Kids Back, Says Microsoft | Popular Science (via infoneer-pulse)

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Daphne Bavelier: Your brain on video games

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Learning how to learn | Barbara Oakley | TEDxOaklandUniversity

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[infograpic] Online Learning and Development Summer 2014

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Which countries have the best schools

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The end of conventional wisdom

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Schools begin to map out their virtual places of learning - FT.com

After years of relying on “take it or leave it” technology that often failed to match their ambitions, business schools wishing to create virtual worlds or campuses for their students are taking matters into their own hands.

“If you want a learning experience with plenty of group work, that is dynamic and engaging, then even some of the newer tools such as Google Hangouts don’t provide the flexibility and agility of this environment, nor a sense of the nebulous concept of ‘presence’,” 

“We were very guarded initially in case the virtual participants interfered with the learning experience of those attending in person,” says Dr Hirst. “But virtual and live participants, and faculty, all said this looks really interesting, and the virtual participants engaged in a very significant way.”

Peter Hirst, executive director of executive education at MIT Sloan School of Management.

Affectively for Schools

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ON THE ED – ALPHA 009 – 80 MILLION QUESTIONS

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News in general doesn’t matter most of the time, and most people would be far better off if they spent their time consuming less news and more ideas that have more lasting import.

Twitter Co-Founder Evan Williams  (via courtenaybird)

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Show the world we want a phone worth keeping! #phonebloks http://thndr.it/15eLEMU

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Grand Theft Auto has sparked another debate about *ism, treatment of people as people, and other political - in the non-Capital sense - topics, and my side are irritating me.

That is, I’m a firm believer that games are a cultural medium worth their while, that they can present stories and...

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HarperCollins Joins Scribd in E-Book Subscription Plan

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The deal will make the publishers’ backlist books available to monthly subscribers in a Netflix-style service.