OLDaily
by Stephen Downes
Jul 05, 2014
How to Create Your Own Illustrated Characters in PowerPoint
Tom,
The Rapid eLearning Blog,
Jul 04, 2014
I wonder what the 'completion rate' is for this bit of learning. Does it even matter? It help my attention right to the end, and I think I might try creating animated characters using PowerPoint some time in the future. The video is by Daniel Albarrán.
Microsoft joins key industry groups to deliver on promise of the Internet of Things
Kevin Dallas,
The Official Microsoft Blog,
Jul 04, 2014
If you're not watching developments in this arena, you should be. How do we "get the benefit out of the more than 212 billion 'connected things' IDC predicted we’ll see by the end of 2020?" The time is now to think about (say) how things will help us learn and how we'll interact with them. Microsoft is joining the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and the AllSeen Alliance to create this infrastructure. Maybe these will have education working groups, or maybe it makes sense to form an 'Education of Things' alliance. More.
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