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Video: Don’t do this to your students …

Dont Waste Your Time
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
A wake up call for everyone … especially those who think eLearning is as easy as providing an electronic resource! Please, don’t! “Would 8220;Would you do this to your face-to-face students? Then don’t do it to your online students.”
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Theory-informed design tips

E-learning in the Corporate Sector
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
In my previous article , I proposed a Taxonomy of Learning Theories to organise a few of the myriad of theories into some semblance of order, and to assist instructional designers in using theory to inform their work. In this article, I go one step further by listing specific, practical instructional design tips that are informed by those theories. But beware…
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Here’s How to Add Personality to Your E-Learning Courses

Rapid eLearning Blog
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
In a previous post, I shared some free handwritten fonts . Today, we’ll explore how you might use them in your elearning courses. We already looked at how fonts are more than the text you read . As a graphic element, they convey meaning and play a role in the message you communicate.
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A social interaction pattern language 2 of 2

Informal Learning
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Getting good at social interactions is vital for social learning. We live in a social world. Every action taken that involves more than one person arises from conversation that generates, coordinates, and reflects those actions. At best, those group actions serve the well-being of the whole: not just the whole of a particular organization, but the whole of life.
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A Great Example of Using Multiple Forms of Media

MinuteBio
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Last year “We Choose the Moon” was launched in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch. This is a fantastic example of using video, audio, photos, and animation all in one course. Here is the link, www.wechoosethemoon.org . It is absolutely
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A social interaction pattern language 1 of 2

Informal Learning
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Pattern Language ? A concept invented by Christopher Alexander , award-winning, renegade architect despised by most other architects, but wildly popular among designers and software authors. Alexander used to live in my neighborhood. I
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Exploring the learning landscape

Sticky Learning
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Monday, February 8, 2010
In my previous post I asked the question, 'Is Autonomous Learning the same as Informal Learning?' I'd been reading Daniel Pink's new book Drive and my mind had turned to thinking about autonomy, learning and motivation. The post itself was a fair reflection of this thought, but not the end.
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THRIVING IN THE NEW NORMAL:

Performer Support
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Monday, February 8, 2010
LEARNING ORIENTATION AND LEARNING AGILITYIn the previous blog, Timothy R. Clark and Conrad A. Gottfredson discussed how many businesses are struggling with achieving or maintaining competitive advantage. To help, they suggest that organizations should learn to pursue learning agility—the ability of an organization to learn at or above the speed of change—to sustain competiveness.
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Metanomics This Week!

Learning Matters!
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Monday, February 8, 2010
This Wednesday Karl and I will be appearing on Metanomics to discuss Learning in 3D and where we see Virtual Immersive Worlds going over the coming few years. Rob Bloomfield is a fantastic host and I am really looking forward to this. Be sure to get there early…..The
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Saffron instructional designer wins IT Training Award

Spicy Learning
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Saffron Interactive, one of Europe’s leading e-learning, mobile and blended learning companies, is proud to announce that Stephanie Dedhar has been named Instructional Designer of the Year at the IT Training Awards 2010. The instructional designer category was new for the 2010 awards, which were announced at a gala dinner held at The Dorchester in London on Thursday 4 February.
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