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E-Learning Sucks (Or So They Say)

LearnDash

The content is generally dry, and so is the delivery (often the result of throwing a PowerPoint presentation into an e-learning template and pressing “publish”). I know there are probably some of you out there who can think of multiple examples of ultra-successful e-learning courses – and that’s great!

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20,000 US Hackers Wanted.Creating the Computer Elite (or Failing at it)

Kapp Notes

million new computer and IT related jobs will be needed between 2002 and 2012" and concluded that there will "be intense competition for top talent in the field. The article gives an example: In a cybersecurity simulation (called "Netwars"), the 240 contestants were required to hack into 12 servers. He was spot on.

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Agent of Change

CLO Magazine

When Michael Dowling was promoted to CEO of Northwell Health in 2002, one of his first moves was to lay out plans for a new learning center to support the fast-growing health care network in New York state. “A lot of people were still glued to the old PowerPoint lecture model,” she said. Deadly Errors.

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Learning Styles and E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

A PowerPoint is not an effective means of e-learning, although one person told me what did a PPT have to do with any of this? Subjects played a role – i.e. situations, such as Kinetic when working on a journalism article for example, but in others, I can clearly and honestly state, visual never applied. . E-Learning 24/7.

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eLearning Topics

Tony Karrer

For example, we see terms now at the top like Learning Management System , AICC , SCORM. For example, when I view my blog's content through the eLearning Learning lens , it shows me that relative to other sources of content in the system, I tend to talk about: eLearning 2.0 (130) Seems so long ago. :) How about 2005 ?

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Dilemma of author-educators migrating to story-based eLearning design

Vignettes Learning

Thinkers of that era believed that when learners retain abundant knowledge, they perform on the job when needed: ‘Thought First - Action Later’ (Johnson, 2002). Tracking Learning Trends , I wrote: “In the 18th century, education, learning and training have focused on thought or knowledge retention.

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Ghost Edition – Top 10 Authoring Tools for 2013

eLearning 24-7

What I like about this product includes the ability to output to HTML5, works on mobile devices, is extremely easy to use, appears within PowerPoint and SCORM. They were also one of the first to have scenario backgrounds that matched certain real world backgrounds – example: office background. 9 Quicklessons. AICC/SCORM, SCORM 1.2,