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Learning objectives are like metadata – useful but best left unseen

From the Coleface

Metadata are the unseen HTML elements of a webpage which tell search engines what the page is all about. If your platform lets you do so, do A/B testing to see how many learners click to see the learning objectives. Let me know you get on! So why the metadata analogy?

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Is Enterprise search the answer to L&D’s interruption problem?

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Probably a lot more difficult and frustrating than using a search engine to find public information…. Using a search engine is a moment where you realise that you don’t know something or you want to know more about something. How easy is it to find the information that you need for your job within your organisation?

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This blog is ENTP

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I was also tickled by the idea that websites might use this to decide compatability for sites for reciprocal linking (a technique to improve search engine rankings). Based on the narrative I feel extra “charming and trend savvy” – although often on this blog I wonder just how grumpy I sound. Want to find out more about MBTI?

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Curation 101

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” Content curation evolved as a digital marketing discipline to enhance search engine optimisation and then crossed over into the learning space. For those who like definitions “ Content Curation is the act of discovering, gathering, and presenting digital content that surrounds specific subject matter.”

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In search of the perfect authoring tool

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Robust testing engine (with features such as randomization, drawing from a test item. (The real need is full interoperability with many LMS solutions.). Short learning curve for new contentdevelopers. Extensive library of very interactivequestion types (beyond multiple choice and true false). pool, etc.). Rich media support.

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Advanced personal learning? Can we get solar power instead?

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The National Academy of Engineering of the USA’s National Science Foundation, has released 14 “Great Challenges” , which includes a focus on “Advancing Personalized Learning” and others such as making solar power economical.