Visit our other sites: eLearning Activities , eLearning Games , Articulate Skins. Everyone is always looking for ways to make their eLearning more interactive. There are many ways to do this. Here are just a few: 1. Interactions. There are many times when you have various concepts or “chunks&# of information on a page. You could break it into multiple pages or divide it into sections. For example use tabs and dividers so that the user only sees small parts at a time. Here are some tabs and dividers. You could also use some type of simple flash memory cards or drag and drop. MORE >>

Next → 10 “Cool” Twitter Activities for Your Online Training. In the video below I provide 10 activities that you can utilize and modify for your concrete context that will spice up your teaching and training and will engage your learners. WHAT TO DO NOW: In the comments below please tell us about Twitter activities that YOU use in your classroom. Reply ↓ Emily Egerton on August 12, 2012 at 1:23 pm said: Love, love, loved the Twitter activities! Wired@Heart. Transcending Distances in Online Learning. Search. Main menu. Skip to primary content. MORE >>

In this case, I want to elaborate on the notion of activities, and some associated properties. First, I think it’s important to recognize that gradually, learners will take more and more ownership of choosing activities. We shouldn’t assume learners will have that ability, and our curricula should make explicit what good activity criteria are, and helps learners develop those skills, gradually handing off the responsibility for choosing them, with gradually released scaffolding. There are lots of ways in which activities could be related. MORE >>

It is also important that learning is made to be active and engaging. All of these aspects of learning are active. It is not hard to see how such an artificial transition from active to passive can stifle creativity and demotivate learners. As a response to the problems of learning in homogenised, regimented environments such as classrooms and lecture halls, Technology Enhanced Active Learning (TEAL) came into being. One argument is that simply having access to personalised technologies creates conducive conditions in which active learning can occur. MORE >>

Use within the classroom and as the hub of activity for homework assignments. So dynamic content can be created, delivered and actively engaged with by each student. Learning Design Learning Activities Blended Learning TabletsI wanted to blog again as it's been a while. Amongst all the different facets of my work recently, the area that is most stimulating my thinking is ipads and the potential of tablets in formal education. feel strongly that tablets have the potential to have really positive impact on our formal education in the classroom. Ipad provide this. MORE >>