The eLearning Coach

JULY 7, 2015

Today’s learning environment is wide open. But what’s the best way to design in this new environment? Today's learning environment is wide open. But what's the best way to design in this new environment? We can choose from a multitude of technologies, modalities and techniques.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

I’ve been caught in an immersive 3D Learning Environment! According to the authors, Karl Kapp and Tony Driscoll, it’s just a matter of time until virtual immersive environments are commonly accepted as the learning mode of choice. 3D environment created in Thinking Worlds. 3D environment created in Thinking Worlds.

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The eLearning Coach

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

The top 10 tools that make up my personal learning environment. Post from: The eLearning Coach My Top Ten Learning Tools For 2012.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 15, 2015

One must consider the context and environment, emotional appeal of the design, the goal and behaviors of the user, the user’s affect, the microcopy for instructions, the responses or states resulting from every action and so on. Interaction design involves more than just clicking or tapping on an object.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

She provides compelling reasons to implement a social and collaborative environment as part of workplace learning. Jane: Social learning can still be structured i.e., take place within a formal course environment. eLearning Coach: Can you describe the advantages of the social media environment, Elgg?

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

This makes the learning highly transferable as opposed to learning about something in the environment of a classroom which is not the typical environment in which the learner needs to apply the learning. Karl: Well, one area that is near and dear to me right now is the use of 3D virtual immersive environments. Such a waste.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 27, 2009

Immersive and Gaming Environments. With 3D virtual environments coming online at a steady pace, sophisticated virtual authoring software, and augmented reality beginning to take hold, learning in 3D is now more feasible than ever. Comment below.

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The eLearning Coach

MAY 19, 2014

Experience API or xAPI) and discusses its potential for advancing the learning environment. Do you want to spread your wings and take advantage of modern technologies? In this episode, Megan Bowe demystifies the Tin Can API (a.k.a.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

We need to create guidelines to help target informal learning, we need to create environments in which informal learning can occur (both virtually and face-to-face) and we need to encourage experts within our organizations to actively engage in sharing knowledge. The impact of informal learning is huge. Second, we use the tools.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 1, 2010

They bring this emotional dimension to the learning environment so it deserves acknowledgment. The visual design of an online learning environment can impact the learner’s emotional response to it. For an all-encompassing emotional experience, consider designing a learning event in an immersive 3-D environment.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 14, 2010

But in both workplace and academic environments, people are often unmotivated because they are required to take courses in which they have no interest. Provide resources, references, videos and podcasts to create an ideal environment for personal exploration. Challenge through games; entice with immersive environments.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 10, 2009

The best way to understand the types of problems that potential learners experience is to get in touch with their work environment. The type of information that emerges from informal conversations and observations in the work environment are enlightening. This way, you’ll get at least half of the picture.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 14, 2010

But in both workplace and academic environments, people are often unmotivated because they are required to take courses in which they have no interest. Provide resources, references, videos and podcasts to create an ideal environment for personal exploration. Challenge through games; entice with immersive environments.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 6, 2010

Analyze the characteristics of the environment. Analyze the characteristics of existing and emerging technologies and their use in an instructional environment. (Essential). Identify and describe target population characteristics. Essential). Essential). Essential). Essential).

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 10, 2009

The best way to understand the types of problems that potential learners experience is to get in touch with their work environment. The type of information that emerges from informal conversations and observations in the work environment are enlightening. This way, you’ll get at least half of the picture.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 15, 2010

Possibly the only way to transfer this type of potent sensory experience online is through a virtual environment. It increased my understanding of how the physical environment affects our consciousness. Again, a 3D immersive environment would be ideal for this type of learning. It heightened my awareness of physical space.

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The eLearning Coach

AUGUST 3, 2015

He specializes in instructional media production and online learning environment design, and provides consultation and workshops. Abbie Brown is Professor at East Carolina University, teaching in the Instructional Technology Program. Dr. Brown was Editor-in-Chief of the journal, TechTrends from 2009 to 2012.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 21, 2011

COACH: Can you describe the development environment? MICHAEL: Content authoring is accomplished through extensions to the familiar PowerPoint authoring environment with intuitive extensions for creating surveys, quizzes and assessments. In other words, how does a developer go about creating content?

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The eLearning Coach

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

They like options and choice in their learning environment. Here’s a list of generalized characteristics common to many but not all adult learners. Adults typically prefer a sense of control and self-direction. Even adults who feel anxiety from self-direction may learn to appreciate this approach if given proper initial support.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 19, 2010

You can tell when a graphic is high-fidelity, because you will see a lot of detail, depth, shadow, texture, and nuance of color that nearly replicates what we you see in the physical environment. In the image below, the photo on the left has the greatest fidelity.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 18, 2010

It’s not as exciting as a 3D virtual learning environment, but it might be just as important. This is a back-to-basics article about the undervalued and little-discussed multiple choice question. If you need to use tests, then you want to reduce the errors that occur from poorly written items.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Emotions not only increase our general awareness and help us adapt to changes in an unpredictable environment, but they also facilitate social communication and interaction. That’s because we read the emotions of others through their facial expressions, bodily postures, gestures and tone of voice.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

The collaborative environment this creates encourages people to share knowledge and learn from each other, to engage in peer review and to generate content in a collective manner. These mind maps can be used in a collaborative environment, as well as saved and shared. MindMeister. Category: Mind Maps.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Through attention, we select the object of our concentration and focus on it, ignoring the noise in the environment. In addition, emotion often underlies curiosity and creativity, all of which can be motivational factors in the learning process. Research indicates that attention and motivation are highly correlated.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 27, 2009

This can be difficult to provide in an eLearning environment. It refers to the space instructional designers can give learners during instruction; the mental pause; the purposeful omission; the resting place that provides the time and space to use natural cognitive strategies to absorb things.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 27, 2009

This can be difficult to provide in an eLearning environment. It refers to the space instructional designers can give learners during instruction; the mental pause; the purposeful omission; the resting place that provides the time and space to use natural cognitive strategies to absorb things.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

This proprietary environment comes with coding resources, libraries, some training and an interface builder. Application Development. Course developers will be able to use Apple’s new version of the iPhone’s Software Developers Kit (SDK) which now supports the iPad.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 6, 2009

Example: “In a hospital environment, patients are dependent on us during emergency situations. It’s a well-known fact that speaking to the emotions is one way to motivate people. It also creates context—a way to connect previous knowledge with what one will be learning.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 17, 2009

After you’ve completed an analysis, you should have a sense of your audience’s standard everyday tasks as well as the difficult problems they must solve; the specialized vocabulary of their field or workplace environment; what goes on behind the scenes; their real attitudes about work; and what makes them laugh.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 17, 2009

After you’ve completed an analysis, you should have a sense of your audience’s standard everyday tasks as well as the difficult problems they must solve; the specialized vocabulary of their field or workplace environment; what goes on behind the scenes; their real attitudes about work; and what makes them laugh.

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