The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 14, 2010

Provide options. Even if you provide a suggested order, allow learners to take lessons in a sequence that works for them. Provide resources, references, videos and podcasts to create an ideal environment for personal exploration. Provide opportunities for group discussion, collaboration and group problem solving.

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Social Networks Learner Simulations Cognitive 89

The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 25, 2010

He provides a short summary and a link to the original. Share this on Facebook. You’ll never guess the focus of this blog. Salvidar, a doctoral student in the above science, does a good job of culling informative and relevant articles at his site. I’d call this site simple to use and effective. Tweet This!

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Cognitive Social Networks Courseware Brain 72

The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 6, 2010

Provide for the effective implementation of instructional products and programs. Share this on Facebook. Promote collaboration, partnerships and relationships among the participants in a design project. Apply business skills to managing instructional design. Design instructional management systems. Essential). Tweet This!

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The effective 3DLE is designed to provide guidance as learners engage in discovery activities that facilitate the learning goals of the experience. Share this on Facebook. As in real life, the learning will vary depending on the knowledge and experience of the individual. 3D environment created in Thinking Worlds. Tweet This!

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

The pre-built templates provide a way to quickly assemble an interaction or presentation segment and publish it to a Flash (.swf) The full Raptivity library of around a dozen products provides over 225 presentation and interactive templates for various audience groups. Share this on Facebook. swf) format. Unique Features.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 7, 2009

This book is an excellent introduction to online user interface design, providing the background, thought processes and uses for just about every type of user interface element you can imagine. Apply this knowledge to your eLearning courses to provide a richer user experience. Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us

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The eLearning Coach

AUGUST 3, 2011

SMEs will often provide content resources and review design documents, scripts and media assets for accuracy. Join me on Facebook and Twitter for more on instructional design, eLearning and multimedia. In case you’re new at this, instructional designers often interview subject matter experts to access their stream of knowledge.

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Brain Expert Instructional Design Guidelines 79

The eLearning Coach

MARCH 30, 2010

This free 90-minute lunchtime webinar provides you with the unique opportunity to engage in discussion with two of the world’s leading instructional design practitioners in Cathy Moore, from the USA, and the UK’s own Patrick Dunn. Share this on Facebook. Date: April 19, 2010. Presenters: Cathy Moore and Patrick Dunn.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Also, as a Regular member, you are not provided with exercise files that go along with each course. Although the exercise files are not required for using the tutorials, they do provide a way to continue learning and exploring after completing the course. Share this on Facebook. These files are reserved for Premium members.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 27, 2009

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. This can be difficult to provide in an eLearning environment.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 27, 2009

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. This can be difficult to provide in an eLearning environment.

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Cognitive eLearning Strategy Picture Specialist 55

The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Other people are providing the context and the need, even if they’re not in the room. Share this on Facebook. Coach: Are there advantages to informal collaborative learning as compared to informal individualized learning? Jay: Learning is social. Most learning is collaborative. I don’t sense that there are absolutes. (And

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Informal Learning Social Networks Informal Wiki 76

The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 15, 2009

In addition to providing instructions and wayfinding, microcopy can assure users that things are safe and secure. Share this on Facebook. I thought I was supposed to click on the words, “click to expand.&# Actually, I was supposed to click on some links on the other side of the screen. Was I frustrated? Tweet This!

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

They serve to energize people, providing intensity and direction. Share this on Facebook. Motivation. Emotions are at least partly responsible for our motivation to pursue goal-directed behaviors and activities. For example, motivation increases when a goal is neither too difficult nor too easy to succeed. Use the tools below.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The topic is somewhat complex and the author doesn’t skimp on providing depth. Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us One thing about the book’s approach—if you’re looking for a quick and easy 1-2-3 experience, then this isn’t for you. That’s how I like it. Publisher: Portfolio, 2008.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 1, 2010

Ensure feedback provides solid information and is phrased in an encouraging way. Using collaborative tools and social media can help learners build relationships, cooperate on tasks, and provide support and feedback to each other. You can provide humor in an unexpected moment or add an unusual twist to generic scenarios.

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Design Cognitive Simulations Case Study 76

The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Then the announcer, as if reading my mind, provided the answer. Games provide immediate feedback unlike a test or a quiz which requires time for an instructor to grade and return. They provide a context for the learning that can be highly realistic for knowledge transfer. Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us

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Simulations Games Cognitive Virtual Classroom 75

The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Then continue to provide success stories to the next group on the continuum, moving along until you reach the Late Adopters. Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us Thus, individuals differ greatly in their readiness to adopt new technologies. Ensure It Solves A Business Need. Share this on Linkedin Tweet This!

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Social Media Media Communication Case Study 75

The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 27, 2010

If you need for multiple voices for scenarios and other treatments, finding one person to cover several characters provides a huge time and cost savings. Share this on Facebook. Look for character voices. Some narrators can portray several distinct voices. Check previous experience. Audio Recording: Going In-house. Tweet This!

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Each tool fulfills at least one of these criteria: encourages collaboration; enables user-generated content or input; provides a way to share; and facilitates informal or formal learning. This software provides a way to centralize and manage blogs within an institution by hosting them all on one domain. Edublogs Campus. MindMeister.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 28, 2010

Your problem is how to provide an engaging learning experience that turns information into knowledge that gets transferred to real world situations. Check out many of the groups on LinkedIn and Facebook as well as professional organizations like The eLearning Guild and ASTD. Share this on Facebook. Get fascinated by the brain.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

This strategy provides a slow initiation into a subject, building the learner’s confidence and knowledge base. The structure of sequential content provides hooks for learners to remember the steps of the procedure. Providing the big picture helps adult learners make sense of information. Simple to Complex. Sequential.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Many of the higher end subscription services provide customers with access to multiple collections so you can search among millions of photos, making it more likely to find what you need. Some services even provide corresponding search terms with each photo, which can give you ideas for alternate keywords. Share this on Facebook.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Enclosure is a compelling way to provide meaning. Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us You might draw a line around a set of buttons in the user interface or place a filled area of color in the background of a map or diagram. Here, we perceive the houses on the colored background as grouped and set apart.

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Social Networks Social Bookmarking Association LinkedIn 71

The eLearning Coach

MARCH 8, 2010

The publisher provides a list of sites where you can download the application. Share this on Facebook. This is supposed to work more smoothly than the software that comes with Windows for burning CDs and DVDs. It creates data backups, video DVDs and music CDs. They’d like a donation, so oblige if you can. DOCUMENT CREATION.

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