980 - TED Idea Accelerator, Tech for Girls in War-Torn Areas, xAPI Book
September 19, 2017 Elliott Masie’s Learning TRENDS - September 19, 2017.
#980 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology Since 1997.
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1. TED Idea Accelerator: New Learning Program!
2. Technology for Girls in War-Torn Countries.
3. xAPI Book: Investigating Performance.
4. Brain Scans with MIT Learning Experiment.
1. TED Idea Accelerator: New Learning Program! We are honored to announce a MASIE Center grant to TED for a new learning program: TED Idea Accelerator. They will be featured at a Keynote and several LAB sessions at Learning 2017. Here is a blurb from Logan Smalley, the TED-Ed Director, about this program:
“Be among the first to experience an exciting new learning program being developed by TED. The TED Idea Accelerator aims to spark and celebrate the best ideas in companies and schools around the world. You’ll get a sneak peek of the program in a Learning 2017 General Session, and later you’ll be able to experience the TED Idea Accelerator in person with the TED-Ed team.”
Info at: http://www.learning2017.com
2. Technology for Girls in War-Torn Countries: Another wonderful resource is Metra Mehran from Afghanistan. She is a Fulbright Scholar and very focused on how Technology can Enable & Empower Girls in War-Torn Countries. Metra will be presenting at Learning 2017 about this critical issue. Details at: http://tinyurl.com/metra2017
3. xAPI Book: Investigating Performance: I just finished reading a book about xAPI, “Investigating Performance - Design and Outcomes with xAPI” by Janet Laane Effron and Sean Putman.
For those of you who are not familiar with xAPI, here is the Wikipedia Definition: The Experience API (xAPI), is an e-learning software specification that allows learning content and learning systems to speak to each other in a manner that records and tracks all types of learning experiences.
It is a growing project and experiment and I wanted to dive deeper to better understand both the Technical Aspects of xAPI and how it could impact the use of learning content/activities/experiences to drive workplace performance.
The book dives deep and also gives good perspectives on the changing world of xAPI. It is a valuable resource: http://tinyurl.com/ybmd8vag
4. Brain Scans with MIT Learning Experiment: In a few days, I will be heading over to MIT’s Digital Learning group and have a planning session about a joint experiment focused on Brain Scans during Micro Learning activities.
We will be monitoring brain scans of over 100 learners while they take a set of micro-learning lessons via video. Yes, they will be wearing brain wave monitoring headsets, which will track the brain science reaction to content segments of various lengths.
On Friday, we will conduct a test trial with students at the University in planning for two days of learner testing in a Brain Wave LAB that will be set up by MIT at Learning 2017. Dozens of learners will take segments of learning and the MIT scientists will correlate the length of micro learning video programs with brain reaction. And, we will publish the first wave of results at the end of the conference. Details at: http://tinyurl.com/masiemitlab
Yours in learning,
Elliott Masie
Email: emasie@masie.com
Twitter: @emasie
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