Andy Pulman Edublog http://andyp.edublogs.org A blog about my research interests which include E-learning, virtual worlds, blogs, wikis and other web 2.0 technologies Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:41:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en MRSA Serious Game Paper To Be Published In October http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/27/mrsa-serious-game-paper-to-be-published-in-october/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/27/mrsa-serious-game-paper-to-be-published-in-october/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:26:37 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/?p=281 Our paper presented at Serious Games on the move 2008 will be published by SpringerWienNewYork in October 2008:

Serious Games on the Move
Petrovic, Otto; Brand, Anthony (Eds.)
2009, Approx. 500 p., Softcover
ISBN: 978-3-211-09417-4

Springer publications website.


Authored by andyp. Hosted by Edublogs. ]]> http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/27/mrsa-serious-game-paper-to-be-published-in-october/feed/ Serious Games on the Move Presentation http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/25/serious-games-on-the-move-presentation/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/25/serious-games-on-the-move-presentation/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:26:39 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/?p=282 Just back from presenting a paper at the Serious Games Conference with Mark Shufflebottom focusing on the production of a serious game. The project, a collaboration between the School of Heath and Social Care and NHS South West, was one of three HSC e-learning initiatives granted funding during 2007. Mark worked with myself and Ruth Lewis from the HSC Clinical Skills team to create a web-based virtual simulation of an infection control scenario. This presentation included a brief q and a and a demo of the application.

mrsa-serious-game-conference-slides

Serious Games on the Move 2008


Authored by andyp. Hosted by Edublogs. ]]> http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/25/serious-games-on-the-move-presentation/feed/ The right time to practice is just at the moment you’re about to forget http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/13/the-right-time-to-practice-is-just-at-the-moment-youre-about-to-forget/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/13/the-right-time-to-practice-is-just-at-the-moment-youre-about-to-forget/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:16:07 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/?p=280 SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you’ve learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you’ve forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you’re about to forget…….

Wired Article : Want to Remember Everything You’ll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm

SuperMemo


Authored by andyp. Hosted by Edublogs. ]]> http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/13/the-right-time-to-practice-is-just-at-the-moment-youre-about-to-forget/feed/ Weezer Viral Video http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/12/weezer-viral-video/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/12/weezer-viral-video/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:09:02 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/?p=279 In a clever marketing move from a social media perspective writes Tamar Weinberg, Weezer created a video for their new single, “Pork and Beans,” using internet superstars from a handful of successful YouTube videos….

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YouTube Video


Authored by andyp. Hosted by Edublogs. ]]> http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/12/weezer-viral-video/feed/ biggest viral video of all-time and the fall out… http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/11/biggest-viral-video-of-all-time-and-the-fall-out/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/11/biggest-viral-video-of-all-time-and-the-fall-out/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:49:50 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/?p=278 Andy Baio post on Internet memes, how they spread, and how their distribution’s changed over time referencing the star wars kid video….interesting to see how this cultural phenomenon developed but spare a thought for Ghyslain.

Star Wars Kid Data Dump

BBC News

‘Star Wars Kid’ cuts a deal with his tormentors

[Note: meme definition - Richard Dawkins’s 1976 coinage, on the analogy to gene (with a little aid from mime and mimic), for a cultural copying unit, such as the word or melody that is mimicked by others]


Authored by andyp. Hosted by Edublogs. ]]> http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/11/biggest-viral-video-of-all-time-and-the-fall-out/feed/ iTunesU Arrives In Europe (Eventually) http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/03/itunesu-arrives-in-europe-eventually/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/03/itunesu-arrives-in-europe-eventually/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:12:27 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/?p=277 University College London, the Open University and Trinity College Dublin are putting lectures onto iTunesU as it finally arrives in Europe. Exciting but nothing that we haven’t been talking about since iTunesU first appeared - I can’t help thinking this could have been happening over 2 years ago……..

BBC News Report

Open University Story

See previous posts:

iTunes U 2 Years On - Mar 4th 2008

iTunesU - Feb 8th 2006

Sorry to be a sour puss but sometimes the appalling slowness of implementation is really frustrating…..


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Wired News

Google Launches Medical-Records App

Google Health


Authored by andyp. Hosted by Edublogs. ]]> http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/05/31/google-health-launches/feed/ Blogging at BU : HSC Case Studies http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/05/30/blogging-at-bu-hsc-case-studies/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/05/30/blogging-at-bu-hsc-case-studies/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 14:00:58 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/?p=275 This paper provides details on ten HSC case studies using a variety of internal and external blogging tools during 2006. This addresses the first aim of the Blogging @ BU project which was helping to inform future Bournemouth University strategy regarding the use of blogs. All case study participants were either interviewed or replied to a short questionnaire during late 2006 as a checkpoint to evaluate their experience so far. The paper will discusses these experiences and focus on particular points of interest from a strategic and personal viewpoint.

View Paper


Authored by andyp. Hosted by Edublogs. ]]> http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/05/30/blogging-at-bu-hsc-case-studies/feed/ Glucoboy http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/05/30/glucoboy/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/05/30/glucoboy/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 13:25:22 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/?p=274 Glucoboy was launched on World Diabetes Day back in November. It is claimed to be the first blood glucose meter to improve diabetes management using video game technology. The device encourages children with type 1 diabetes to test their blood glucose levels by unlocking new characters and secret game levels available in one of five games.

Press Release

Glucoboy

Source: Gamers For Health


Authored by andyp. Hosted by Edublogs. ]]> http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/05/30/glucoboy/feed/ Pulse!!! http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/05/23/pulse/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/05/23/pulse/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 14:45:10 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/05/23/pulse/ Pulse!! is an interactive virtual environment simulating operational health-care facilities, procedures and systems. The game-based platform is being designed as a cognitive, experiential learning tool for military and civilian health-care providers. This state-of-the-art simulator employs cutting-edge technologies to create a realistic, complex, high-fidelity virtual health-care lab.

Visit Pulse!!!


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