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• Google Developer Day in Tokyo - November 1st
• Google Developer Day in Sydney - November 8th
• Google DevFest in Singapore - November 12th
• Google DevFest in Jakarta - November 16th

• Google Developer Day in Tel Aviv - November 13th
• Google DevFest in Berlin - November 19th

• First up is the gSocial conference on November 8-9 in Santa Clara, California. This is a peer-to-peer conference for Google Apps Resellers and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to collaborate, share best practices, and partner to grow their businesses.
• The Small Business Web is hosting its first Summit on November 11-12 in San Jose, California. Software vendors, resellers, and distributors serving small businesses are attending to make decisions to push the industry forward over the next few months.

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Link to article (By Ed Mayberry)
"Rapid Development "Must Haves":

• Access to centrally located project files
• A clear project plan, schedule, and due dates
• Team adheres to product version control protocol
• Access to subject matter experts (SMEs)
• Required project team members when needed
• Required development software/licenses
• Timely QA/product reviews and quality review feedback
• A reasonable do-able project schedule and objectives
• Solid content ready for development: minor/no changes

Risks to Rapid Development:

• The SME is very busy - SME interviews: Get it right the first time. You may not have time for follow up interviews.
• Unsure about what content exists - Perform an audit to identify what exists, what must be obtained from SMEs, and what must be developed.
• Unable to reach the SME - Talk to your key stakeholder. If you cannot access SMEs, it will affect your schedule, budget, and the final product.
• The content is supposed to be in great shape - Trust only what you see. Don?t rely on statements from others about the quality of the content.
• The content is weak or inaccurate - Don?t build on sand. Talk to your key stakeholder.
• Keep your antennae out and be aware of content that may be weak. You must identify this before you go into final production.
• Develop the prototype using the rough draft content - Content not ready for production will lead to rework.
• The clients need you to change one thing - Each change order affects your schedule. Carefully identify how changes will impact scope before you agree to make them. "

Very good article by Ed Mayberry. These tips will surely help instructional designers (IDs) who have problems with getting hold of the SME or the content itself. Having been an instructional designer myself (in the past), I surelly understand the problems often felt by IDs. However, it is not easy being an SME either, especially in an educational institution, where he or she must juggle between several courses, and of course content development. Perhaps if the SME uses Macromedia Breeze things will get smoother .

Link to article (By Jason Stitt and Les Chappell)

"If the last video game you played was Pac-Man, you might have missed the advances that turned games into immersive training tools for skilled professionals and leaders."

Three University of Wisconsin-Madison professors (Constance Steinkuehler, Kurt Squire and James Paul Gee), among the top researchers in learning through game-playing, explains the advantages of games over traditional teaching tools in this short article with a lot of interesting comments from the public (including mine ).

Also, check out this video about "How Games are Reshaping Business" (97 minutes) by these three professors mentioned above, and this article : Video games and the future of learning (By Kurt R. Squire, Richard Halverson and James P. Gee), which really awakens our minds on how games can play a huge impact in making the e-learning environment more immersive, interactive, interesting, collaborative and enjoyable.

Interesting games mentioned in this article include Age of Mythology, Full Spectrum Warrior, Biohazard, and Civilization III. Lets play to learn !

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