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Writing & Grammar Workshop: Do Training Examples Need to Keep it Real?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

And in 14 years working as a publications manager and setting production budgets for technical journals, I was never asked to create a "tritotal." " As soon as I saw this example, I knew that an IT person wrote the training example, not an accountant. Tags: eLearning mLearning Writing & Grammar.

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Learning in the Flow of Work

CLO Magazine

An example of microlearning might be a software engineer who forgets the syntax for a certain type of data structure. They could look online, find an example, and quickly copy it or review it before continuing work. It may include background material, sample exercises, case studies or even interactive projects that make learning stick.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

These dynamics have been around for thousands of years, and have been written about extensively for decades – like in this 1973 article by Mark Granvotter in the American Journal of Sociology, The Strength of Weak Ties. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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Expert eBook Conversion Service: Perfect for Kindle & More

Kitaboo

For example, eBook conversion services help you convert printed books, digital manuscripts, random collections of printed paper, text or stories compiled in Word files, etc. This step also includes other content-related aspects such as metadata tagging, optimization of all the images, videos, and other media requested for the eBook.

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"Hey ya'll": Informal Language is the way to go in E-Learning

Kapp Notes

In the study students who learned with text that was more informal and personal (for example, used the word "you" or "I") produced 20% to 46% more solutions to a transfer problem (similar problem as presented in the instruction) than the group who only had formal language in their module. Elementary School Journal, 96, 385-414.

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10 Guidelines to Help Your Learners Find Credible Online Sources

LearnDash

Academic articles off JSTOR, medical information from the Mayo Clinic, and poll research from Pew are all examples of credible sources. Train your learners to look for a “sponsored” or “paid content” tag when looking for sources. Offer up some examples of varying quality and have your learners analyze them.

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7 Things You Didn’t Need To Know About Me But I’m Telling You Anyway

Experiencing eLearning

Cammy Bean tagged me the 7 things meme that has hit so many of the bloggers I regularly read that I’m not sure who I’ll be able to tag. She tagged me when we did the 8 Random Facts meme over a year ago too. However, if no one tagged you and this looks like fun, please feel free to consider this an invitation!

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