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Talking about my generation…effect

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The scientific basis for this is the “generation effect” which I remember fondly from my days of being a psychology undergraduate. The generation effect and the studies that he is citing are derived from experiments where people are asked to recall a random list of words.

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Chat GPT kills formal learning?

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Similar to when Google first became integrated into our daily work life, it will take time for people to become familiar with ChatGPT’s capabilities and how to use it effectively. Speed: L&D’s lead time for formal learning is expressed in weeks or months, whereas ChatGPT provides almost instant results.

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Five ingredients for compliance e-learning excellence

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If the organisation requires people to read the whole policy, e-learning should not be the answer – put in place an effective system of tracking completion and the right carrots and sticks. Some entries applied campaign thinking very effectively. If you get the attitudes right, people will refer to the policy when they need to.

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Curation 101

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Do you need to be a subject matter expert to curate effectively? However, having subject expertise means that you know which resources are the most trustworthy and highest quality so you can filter and sift more effectively. Does the curator need to comment on every resource they have included?

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Are confidentiality concerns holding back the e-learning industry?

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Showing a few screens of a module proves that the provider has not invented their client list and that the screens are demonstrating a variety of interactions, and well-designed menus but not much more. When potential customers ask vendor for examples of e-learning they’ve designed, this could be for a variety of reasons: 1.

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Learning objectives are like metadata – useful but best left unseen

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Rephrasing the objectives as questions that this module will help you answer is just as effective at providing salience (Thalheimer ibid). If a learner does not know something, will seeing a learning objective including terms they don’t know only confuse them more? What’s the way forward? Have learning objectives.

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How was your conference? How was the backchannel?

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One of the side effects of having a conference hashtag is that other Twitter users can join in the discussion from afar. Another side effect is that you end up with a patchwork quilt of points from the day which you can learn from as part of reflecting on the day.