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Google is failing us: how to manage the information overflow?

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We are all struggling with the ever-increasing amount of information that we need to manage. Steve Rosenbaum pointed out in his key note address at DevLearn that search engines like Google become less reliable and that we have to find other ways to manage the information overflow. I decided to test Google myself.

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How subject matter experts can create more effective learning

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Subject matter experts often start with what we call a “PowerPoint mindset”; they are focussed on transferring the information as if they are creating a PowerPoint presentation. In 1885 the psychologist Ebbinghaus discovered that you will forget most information you learned within a matter of hours. This is called the forgetting curve.

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A How to Guide on the Principles of the #elearningmanifesto: # 5 Provide realistic practice

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This is Principle 5 of the manifesto: “We will provide learners sufficient levels of realistic practice; for example, simulations, scenario-based decision making, case-based evaluations, and authentic exercises.” Here is a well done animated example of a simulation about collecting evidence at the site of an accident.

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12 e-Learning trends that you need to know about

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By getting to know your user like google does (Big Data) and applying all these techniques it will become possible to present the learner the right information just in time. You look at the world through your device and the app add an interactive layer on top of it that can give you either appropriate information or guidance.

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A new methaphor for e-Learning

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At the moment I’m looking at a lot of different examples in order to learn from them. This way of presenting this information really adds value. A great way to present this mass of information to you in a whole new way. This example is created by one of easygenerators Dutch partners (Atrivision). Flipboard.

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Improve your lessons: 3 ways to make them more effective

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The brain will forget the majority of the information that it receives in order to prevent overload. Just plain repetition is one thing, but the retention will increase significantly if the brain has to process the information, if your students have to think on it. In Easygenerator for example that is built in by default.

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12 e-Learning trends that you need to know about

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By getting to know your user like google does (Big Data) and applying all these techniques it will become possible to present the learner the right information just in time. You look at the world through your device and the app add an interactive layer on top of it that can give you either appropriate information or guidance.

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