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Thursday, February 19, 2009
This question “what IS informal learning?” Today’s post will attempt to define informal, and in another post I’ll tackle some technologies that can be used to enhance informal learning.
If I think about how I learn, I use a mix of formal and informal learning methods. 8221; came up in a meeting the other day. The answer that was given was interesting - but it focused on educational technology.
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Thursday, September 7, 2006
In any case, I need help figuring out the best way to explain the trends going on in eLearning. Maybe the answer to Question 1 would help. But, it seems like it heads you towards thinking about learning occurring through peer interaction and helps you move towards eLearning 2.0. Food critic because we don't even create I want to try an experiment. I
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
and the other is external, as in “Who can help me learn this?”.
We constantly go through a process of looking at bits of information and trying to make sense of them by adding to our existing knowledge or testing out new patterns in our sense-making efforts. The Web has given us more ways to connect with others in our learning but many people only see the information overload aspect of our digital society. Note: This is a revised HTML version of previous PDF’s posted on the site , which should make it easier for sharing.
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
In spite of dramatic changes in information creation, sharing, dissemination, and validation, tools don’t yet exist to help provide images and patterns of what information means. Fragmented information means that the act of coherence making now rests with individuals, not with linear (or centralized) structures like newspapers, books, and courses. Innovation Visual browsers such as KartOO help a bit with information. FriendFeed helps with tracking people.
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Monday, January 11, 2010
Be Less Helpful
Over the weekend, I watched this video of a great presentation by Dan Myer on how to Be Less Helpful to students.
Good questions should have information missing, so students can learn to figure out what else they need to know
Use same lengthy set of answers for multiple scenarios – this helps turns off learners’ “guessing” Computers are dumb, which can make your e-Learning dumb. What can you do about it?
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
You need information radar that continuously scans for new, quality information that you should be aware of. And certainly, you have to be able to quickly commit it to your metamemory. Information Addiction Let me start this topic with a word of caution. When you find new nuggets of information, you get a chemical reaction in your brain much like an opium hit. For many of the roles and projects you will be involved in, part of what you need to be able to do is to put yourself in a continuous learning mode. Most of you reading this are infovores .
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Every morning, my email is littered with very basic questions about informal learning. I’ve been ranting about informal and computer-supported learning in organizations for twelve years now. Google “informal learning jay cross;” go to the Informal Learning Page , for an overview and links..
(20 I’m the Johnny Appleseed of networked, social learning
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Chunking refers to the strategy of breaking down information into bite-sized pieces (Oh, that’s the visual!) so the brain can more easily digest new information. The reason the brain needs this assistance is because working memory, which is the equivalent of being mentally online, holds a limited amount of information at one time.
If we ran a contest for the favorite esoteric word of Instructional Designers, the term “chunking” might win. It’s one of those terms you never hear until you enter the world of online learning or writing for the Internet.
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Saturday, February 6, 2010
As Instructional Designers, its always a challenge to balance meaningful instruction with information. Cathy Moore's action mapping framework is a great way to create lively elearning that allows you to include just the right amount of information in your elearning course. or "All that's fine, but they need to KNOW ______ as well." Its a consulting challenge to make the trade-off between meaningful instruction and information overload in such cases. That said, our SMEs and clients will often say to us things like, "But we need to include _______ in the course as well." That
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Monday, March 3, 2008
Interactive characters increase trust in information sources, and research shows that when characters guide interactions, people trust the information more than in identical interactions without characters. Characters have personalities that represent brands, create predictability and help to build relationships. Characters can make interfaces easier to This post summarizes a Stanford University study that was published in 2002. Like a lot of academic papers, it's well, pretty academic reading.
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