Day: January 3, 2024

On Decem­ber 21, Willis Gib­son, a 13-year-old from Still­wa­ter, Okla­homa, became the first per­son to push Tetris to its absolute lim­it. Around the 38:20 mark of the video above, Gib­son advances to Lev­el 157 and soon encoun­ters Tetris’ “kill screen.” Real­iz­ing that he’s bro­ken Tetris for the first time (Alex­ey Pajit­nov designed the game in…

Overview Create assessments within the Adobe Learning Manager with the new quiz creation tool on the Content Library page. The assessments created become part of the Content Library and can be added to a “public” folder for course reusability. Steps to follow: 1. Log in to Adobe Learning Manager as an Author. 2. Select Content Library in…

Integrating AI Into Education To Reshape Learning And Teaching Education is in a transformative era with Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration. This technological advancement is not just a fleeting trend but a paradigm shift that promises to reshape the very foundations of educational methodologies and learning environments. AI’s potential in education extends from personalized learning experiences…

Are pinecones relat­ed to pineap­ples? This was the unex­pect­ed ques­tion with which my wife con­front­ed me as we woke up this morn­ing. As luck would have it, Dominic Wal­li­man has giv­en us an enter­tain­ing way to check: just a few days ago he released his Map of Plants, through which he gives a guid­ed tour…

They Might Be Giants achieved pop-cul­tur­al immor­tal­i­ty when they cov­ered Jim­my Kennedy and music by Nat Simon’s nov­el­ty song “Istan­bul (Not Con­stan­tino­ple)” in 1990. Key to the the lyrics’ humor is their simul­ta­ne­ous fix­a­tion on and appar­ent dis­in­ter­est in the rea­son for the re-nam­ing of the Turk­ish metrop­o­lis. As often as you hear the song…

The Case Study Approach In eLearning: How To Make It Work In wake of the rising demand for an alternate way of learning and training, several organizations invested heavily in their L&D departments. As a result, the eLearning concept emerged from the expended time and effort that could meet the rising demand, and even surpass…

Working In Pajamas, Training In The Cloud The rapid shift to remote work over the last few years has completely transformed the corporate environment. As more employees work from home full-time, companies must adapt their training and professional development programs to this new virtual context. While providing impactful learning experiences for a distributed workforce presents…