The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

I interview Jon Aleckson, PhD, and Andy Hicken, PhD, from Web Courseworks. I interview Jon Aleckson, PhD, and Andy Hicken, PhD, from Web Courseworks. If you have a vague understanding of digital badges and are wondering how learners can benefit from them, you’ll want to listen to this episode.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Users can share voice and video, display online PowerPoint presentations, documents, share their screen and show web pages, making annotations along the way. Category: Blogs. Blogging to teach others is common in the public domain, but not so within an organization. Internal experts could blog about their areas of proficiency.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Individuals and organizations gave their responses around the web this month. She presents a matrix that shows the types of learning that can occur through the use of varied social media tools, such as blogs, presentations and podcasts. In his blog, Karl Kapp presents ten strategies for communicating the value of social media.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 3, 2010

It’s a visual search engine that draws content from all over the Web, particularly social media sites. Your collage might show a book from Amazon, a YouTube video and a page from a blog or web site. Mashups let you combine and remix information, media, content, web applications and services in new ways.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

You can read more from Jane at her blog, Social Media in Learning. I was an advocate of computer-based learning in the 80s, then early internet/web-based learning in the 90s, social learning in the 2000s is just another step along the path. eLearning Coach: You were an early adopter of using social technologies for learning purposes.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 15, 2009

I’m talking about microcopy , and it refers to the little instructions and phrases that we use in eLearning and web page interfaces to guide and assure users. This can make an eLearning course or web site a friendlier experience. UPDATE: Read more about Writing Microcopy on the Bokardo blog. Importance of Microcopy.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

I have seen and taught with a tool called ProtoSphere that has a 3D virtual environment interface but also includes blogs and wikis, an interface with MS SharePoint, the ability to locate experts within an organization, application sharing and the ability to launch e-learning courses. Alternatively, the product Google Wave is impressive.

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