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eLearning Glossary: Definitions for the Most Commonly Used Terms

Association eLearning

If a customer service agent has had to sit through dry lecture videos that were filmed ten years ago, which are now online, that may be their image of eLearning.” If you sign up for an in-person workshop but need to watch an online video that explains the basics before you attend, that’s an example of blended learning.

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Why lectures?

Learning with e's

A recent article on the BBC News website asks why lectures aren't obsolete. It seems strange that although research points to their ineffectiveness as a method of learning, lectures still figure predominantly in higher education. The third concerns the nature of the lecture itself. There are three issues to consider here.

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My ‘Man on the Moon’ Project

Clark Quinn

So let me document three important criteria that I think are critical to make this work (queue my claim “only two things wrong with education in this country, the curriculum and the pedagogy, other than that it’s fine”). Second, as suggested, it can’t be the existing pedagogy. Which leads to the third component.

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Best Practices for Effective Online Course Development

Hurix Digital

Pedagogy has since long been an overly debated subject. The phenomenon of digitalization has arguably gifted pedagogy its greatest strength, i.e., online learning. Some do it only to earn a degree, while some others do it to take the next big jump in their career. You can do this by running an audience analysis.

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How to Write a Winning Course Description: Examples & Best Practices

learnWorlds

We also present the best course description examples that will equip you with the know-how you need to write yours. Teaching Methods Describe the instructional methods used, such as lectures, discussions, hands-on projects, or group activities. Provide examples of how the knowledge can be utilized. What is a Course Description?

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How Educators Can Leverage Generative AI to Augment Teaching and Learning

Coursera

Sample prompts mirror learner prompts from research but are not written verbatim. Learner Case Study 1 How Shira Created a Personalized Example to Clarify Concepts Problem: Trouble understanding unfamiliar terminology and relating it back to examples provided to explain concepts.

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or not to lecture

Learning with e's

In my previous post I wrote that even though research shows lectures to be less than effective in helping students to learn, they still persist in higher education. The key question is: What can replace the lecture? Worse still, they may decide not to attend lectures at all. There is no point simply talking at them for an hour.

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