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eLearning Trends for 2018

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The LRS is meant to track activity both on and off the LMS. This way whether a learner completes a task online, attends a live session, or even has a conversation with a mentor or supervisor, the tasks can all be recorded as activity statements, and tracked. The Learning Record Store (LRS) is an important feature in xAPI.

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The student will become the master! But how? Adapting the Feynman 3-Step Mastery Technique to Online Learning

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So step one: we want the learner to take an active role in teaching the material that they’ve learned to someone who hasn’t learned it, which is perfect for scenario based learning. Offer them the active task of organizing new material into groups or a logical order. Step One: Teach It Simply.

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Dense eLearning Isn’t Smart

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Activities and assessment questions are a good example. Activities should be more involved. Make questions and activities thought provoking. In most cases less density is better, but activities and assessments are often a key exception. That’s like trying to swim through the pool wall. What’s going on here?

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Top 5 eLearning Trends Happening Now

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According to a 2012 Bersin and Associates research report, “By allowing users to actively engage and share knowledge with one another, organizations are not only empowering them to teach one another, but are also actively assisting in fostering the types of conversations that organically lead to creativity and problem-solving.”

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Blended Learning: Not your Mother’s, Grandmother’s, or Possibly Even Older Sibling’s Training

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This involves actively redesigning and rethinking the teaching and learning relationship, and often including technology as a key partner. The courses she’s required to take to maintain her certification are all instructor-led and based entirely around group activities, which make her anxious and uncomfortable.

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Always Be Consistent Most of the Time

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And that’s to say nothing of interactive activities that aren’t formatted coherently. For instance, having the words cougar, mountain lion, puma, and panther used interchangeably would probably be confusing if you didn’t already know that they’re all names for the same animal. But compulsive consistency presents its own problems too.

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When Misused Buzzwords Attack

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Is : Realistic situations and activities presented in context. Example : A course on construction site safety is “set” at a construction site, covers content that applies to construction sites, and has activities that would take place there. Is not : 3D or virtual environments.