Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 9, 2014

These objects could be natural or man-made which would be provided with an IP address and the ability to transfer data over a network. It is aptly named as ‘The Smart Alice’ as it helps the visually impaired to ‘see’ things around them. These could actually make a difference in our lives.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

DECEMBER 31, 2012

A new complimentary whitepaper titled 5 Creative Ideas of using Raptivity in Online Training outlines five innovative ways to make online learning interesting and engaging with the help of learning interactions. Using characters to provide opening and closing remarks, intermittent summaries as well as dialogs.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Raptivity now shows helpful information such as recommended image size, sound bit rate, video format, size, frame rate etc alongside the customization window. The new version of Raptivity provides that too - in the customization screen.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

APRIL 15, 2011

It responds to the learner's needs and provides helpful guidance. For example, if a learner is revisiting a 'How to’ instructions page, this will help. Avatar should support 2-way interaction. It is not just a video or a cartoon. Wherever it makes sense, allow learners to turn off avatars if they want to.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MARCH 30, 2011

Presenters can gain and retain audience attention, help increase knowledge retention, and confirm audience understanding of material presented. Among the several well-known benefits of ARS, the most important one is that it creates an interactive and fun learning environment. Clickers are no good for webinars.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MARCH 9, 2012

Raptivity Essential provides a sufficient selection of templates for a novice user to get a hold of interactive learning. This best seller pack of Raptivity helps users create a variety of interactions like interactive questions, brainteasers, presentation aids, simulations, glossary and surveys.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

It makes you think, it unleashes your creativity, it helps hone your problem-solving skills, it helps you apply your math and reasoning skills, and finally it is a lot of fun. Q: Do you see Programming as an inherently interactive learning medium which helps people learn how to think and solve problems? We use Logo.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MARCH 17, 2010

Imagine a set of questions the learner has to answer, based on the information provided. How does active learning help here? Active learning is a great way to achieve comprehension, application and analysis- three key middle layers of Bloom's taxonomy - in adult learning. In this post, I give a few examples. Here is a trick.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 22, 2009

The speaker can control the amount of interaction The interaction serves a specific purpose: energizes the audience, creates fun, provides a breather and so on Everyone has a way to participate The interaction is organized and guided by some kind of a structure. One needs a concept that helps us put our heads around this problem.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JULY 31, 2009

What will help teens develop decision-making skills? I don't always provide immediate feedback - sometimes I delay it so the learner can observe the consequences of mistakes. How does a parent instill a sense of personal responsibility in children? One school of thought says, stop hovering. Don't go nuts with worry.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MAY 31, 2007

E-learning Guild’s Karen Hyder was most helpful in getting me familiar with Acrobat Connect Professional, the web conferencing system. Besides, there is a great opportunity to help each other. Someone asked where to get more information on Silverlight, and before I could answer, another participant had provided a web site link.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JULY 1, 2014

Though these steps have helped gain some momentum, it’s not yet enough. The key is to provide an ability to create semantically structured content through proper community collaboration. What needs to be done? Maheshkumar] We are getting to the goal in pieces like enriched tracking specifications, delivery mechanism, etc.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 9, 2009

The instructor has the ability to look up correct answers, provide helpful hints and mark right or wrong answers. Once in the classroom, the game allows the instructor to form competing groups of students, and rotate turns among them to answer questions within a fixed time limit, in an attempt to win a house.

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