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Feb
7
2011

  • Games are formal, abstract systems in which players can  investigate and discern patterns and  experiment with these patterns in safety, without fear of losing life, or, in the modern age, social status.
  • Games aren’t stories. Games aren’t about beauty or delight. Games aren’t about jockeying for social status. They stand, in their own right, as something incredibly valuable. Fun is about learning in a context where there is no pressure, and that is why games matter.
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Feb
4
2011

  • As time progressed and technologies evolved, the role of the instructional designer as we understood it several years back, underwent a paradigm shift.
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  • Instructional Design: On the road to learning: The New Age Instructional Designer
Dec
6
2010

  • Picking appropriate and effective learning activities for most instructional situations works exactly like the scenario I just described. Figure out what learners need to be able to do in the real world and then make sure they get plenty of practice doing it
Sep
2
2010

    • Learnability: refers to how quickly novice users can learn the the system to accomplish their goals
    • Efficiency: refers to how well experienced users can accomplish their tasks
    • Memorability: refers to how easily experienced users can reestablish their proficiency after a time gap
    • Errors: refers to the number and severity of errors users make with the system and how easy it is to recover from the errors
    • Satisfaction: refers to how much a user likes using the system
  • Cognitive researchers increasingly agree that emotion influences cognition, implying that we should all be thinking in terms of affective design.
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Jul
21
2009

  • By the year 2050, nearly 80% of the earth's population will reside in urban   centers. Applying the most conservative estimates to current demographic trends,   the human population will increase by about 3 billion people during the interim.   An estimated 109 hectares of new land (about 20% more land than is   represented by the country of Brazil) will be needed to grow enough food to feed   them, if traditional farming practices continue as they are practiced today. At   present, throughout the world, over 80% of the land that is suitable for raising   crops is in use (sources: FAO and NASA). Historically, some 15% of that has been   laid waste by poor management practices. What can be done to avoid this   impending disaster?

  • Advantages of Vertical Farming

                                                                                                   
        Year-round crop production; 1 indoor acre is equivalent to 4-6 outdoor acres or   more, depending upon the crop (e.g., strawberries: 1 indoor acre = 30 outdoor   acres)
        No weather-related crop failures due to droughts, floods, pests
        All VF food is grown organically: no herbicides, pesticides, or fertilizers 
        VF virtually eliminates agricultural runoff by recycling black water
        VF returns farmland to nature, restoring ecosystem functions and services
        VF greatly reduces the incidence of many infectious diseases that are acquired   at the agricultural interface
        VF converts black and gray water into potable water by collecting the water of
      evapotranspiration
        VF adds energy back to the grid via methane generation from composting   non-edible
      parts of plants and animals 
        VF dramatically reduces fossil fuel use (no tractors, plows, shipping.)
        VF converts abandoned urban properties into food production centers
        VF creates sustainable environments for urban centers
        VF creates new employment opportunities
        We cannot go to the moon, Mars, or beyond without first learning to farm indoors   on
      earth
        VF may prove to be useful for integrating into refugee camps
        VF offers the promise of measurable economic improvement for tropical and   subtropical
      LDCs. If this should prove to be the case, then VF may be a catalyst in helping   to reduce or even reverse the population growth of LDCs as they adopt urban   agriculture as a strategy for sustainable food production. 
        VF could reduce the incidence of armed conflict over natural resources, such as   water
      and land for agriculture
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