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Engaging online learners 1

Learning with e's

Engaging them in online environments can amplify the problem. Let's start with collaborative online spaces. It relates to critical writing on wikis, but it can be applied to just about any collaborative online learning space: There is a spectrum of wiki activities that can be used to encourage critical thinking in writing.

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Engaging online learners 2

Learning with e's

Photo from Pxhere In my previous blog post I remarked that engaging learners can be difficult in any context, but is often harder in online environments. Today, as many of us attempt to teach online, it's often that case that a lot of our energy is expended on keeping students focused and engaged - and at a distance. Wheeler, S.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: eLearning Guild 2009 Salary Report

Learning Visions

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 eLearning Guild 2009 Salary Report Check out the 2009 salary report from the eLearning Guild. Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID. Online Chat with Charles Reigeluth (Instructional. Brent Schlenker asks, " Are you making over $78k as an elearning professional?"

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: My Top Ten Tools for 2009

Learning Visions

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 My Top Ten Tools for 2009 Cammys Top 10 Tools of 2009 These are my favorite tools in support of my own learning adventures. A place where I process thoughts and ideas, record notes of online sessions, and seek advice. Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID. United States License.

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Seven Things I Learned This Year

Tony Karrer

I’ve been doing this the past few years, for example: Learned about Learning in 2009. See Failure of Creative Commons Licenses and Creative Commons Use in For-Profit Company eLearning? And every year I use this as a Big Question – see: Learning 2010. So here are a few of the things that are a bit different for me.

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Connected pedagogy: Social networks

Learning with e's

A large proportion of younger learners are perpetually online, constantly using their smartphones as gateways into this world. Many writers have highlighted the power of the global digital tribe , particularly the way groups tend to solve problems more effectively than individual experts (Surowiecki, 2009). 2009) The Wisdom of Crowds.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: US Dept of Education Report on Online Learning

Learning Visions

Sunday, August 23, 2009 US Dept of Education Report on Online Learning The US Department of Education has just released a new report "Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies". Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID. Nice brief title.