Does it cost less to design and develop online teaching and learning today than it did a few years ago? I'm working on an article around the use of ROI and metrics in eLearning. did a quick search for resources and here's what I found. thought it would be worth posting this list here. Kirkpatrick's Level 3: Improving the Evaluation of E-Learning Level 3 evaluations measure whether the there was an actual transfer of learning to the actual work setting. Use EVA instead. ROI is toast. Use EVA instead. Questions you may have include: * What is the reason for the training? Use EVA instead. MORE >>

Found via Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development A great introduction to using Second Life as a teaching / learning tool. Over Spring Break 2007, my family including my kids (ages 12, 10 and 7) came with me to Boston (where I was speaking). Video embedded below - didn't show in my blog reader. few thoughts. I've said for a while that Second Life offers something interesting in terms of providing a natural "setting" for online sessions, presentations, etc. because they are based on understood physical settings, e.g., presentation rooms with break out spaces. MORE >>

Designers/teachers need to take account of the way in which the information is likely to be encoded and processed - it's not 'what you teach' but 'what is learned'. Did you teach it in such a way that the most important points were retained? Last week I attended a one-day workshop entitled The Science of Learning, which was facilitated by cognitive neuroscientist Dr Itiel Dror of Southampton University. So here we go: The brain is a machine with limited resources for processing the enormous quantity of information received by the senses. 20% of your blood is in the brain. MORE >>

Friday, August 10, 2007 More on Learning Styles Today Mark Oehlert points to Stephen Downes post Professor Pans Learning Style Teaching Method (in particular, the comments thread which I had missed as I typically just read Downes post right through the feed reader). The fact is, there are still a lot of people who stand behind the theory and believe it to be a useful tool when teaching. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. And there are people making a business out of it. My emphasis added in bold]. eLearnin. MORE >>

Teaching Tool? Due to some new research , the appropriate use of PowerPoint is again a topic of discussion. went back to look at different opinions expressed in the past, and I'm not sure that there's much consensus on whether we should use PowerPoint, how to use it appropriately, when it makes sense or when it doesn't and why. So, this month, The Big Question is. PowerPoint - What is Appropriate, When and Why? Please answer this question by posting to your own blog or commenting on this post. For further help in how to participate via blog posts, see the side bar.) with lcbPowerPoint. MORE >>