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The Myth of "Best Practices"

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in e-learning, in the virtual classroom, in instructional design, in classroom presentation. In education they call this a problem with "fidelity": one teacher writes a fabulously effective lesson plan and shares it with her friends. I get lots of requests for list of "best practices".in

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Join me at eLearn Magazine!

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eLearning has evolved so much since 2001, from “CBT” and the early days of “distance education,” through virtual classrooms and virtual worlds to, now, the brave new frontier of handheld devices and mLearning, in an age with so much being created, shared, and curated through the new channels provided by social media.

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E-Learning and the Panopticon

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Consider universities providing "distance education" courses via a course management tool like Blackboard, into which administration can ostensibly drop at any time to read student discussion comments, watch instructor videos, review recordings of virtual classroom meetings, and access other daily course activity.