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Three benefits of entering for an award

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These are the top three benefits I’ve experienced over the past year as a result of winning. Last but not least, don’t underestimate the importance of the confidence boost that winning an award provides. Often simply being shortlisted, even if you don’t actually win, is enough to start seeing some of the benefits.

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Brilliant backchannel tweeting: what to do during an event

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Provide an introduction and some context. Provide the title of the session, the Twitter handle of the speaker if possible, and a very brief summary of what to expect (if the title doesn’t provide that itself). Take advantage of any visuals provided. Okay, you may need two opening, context-setting tweets…!

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An e-learning chemistry lesson: how to mix text and audio

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But even these three results provide interesting food for thoughts. Providing text with verbatim audio is not detrimental to learning; providing there is an option to switch the audio off (and perhaps also an option to hide the text), it only offers the benefit of giving learners a little more control over their learning experience.

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Three tips for effective quality assurance

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I hope by now I’ve convinced you of the benefits of quality assurance – although I may not have convinced you that QA is a fun task! Either way, accepting that you need to do it is one thing; knowing how to do it effectively and efficiently is another. Here are my simple tips. Give it a fresh look.

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Day 2: The right interactions at the right time

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But screens around key learning points are likely to benefit from ‘testing’ interactions (like the third, fourth and sixth in the example above). But there are definitely benefits to putting the interaction first. Peripheral or context-setting screens (like the second screen in the example above) probably don’t need to be interactive.

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What you should look for when doing a QA

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Last week I set out the benefits of QA. Subscribe via email on the right to make sure you don’t miss my next post, providing three simple tips for efficient, effective QA.). But what does ‘QA’ actually mean? To many people, it is synonymous with ‘proof-reading’, but that’s a very simplistic view.

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Changes in language learning for busy adults

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OpenLanguage’s Tablet Textbook can be used on a smartphone, tablet or PC and delivers the core components of the traditional textbook with added multimedia and data benefits. The rest of the class is made up of instruction, review exercises and perhaps speaking practice amongst the group. Making use of self-study data.

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