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2017: The Year of User Interface Design

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Learning environments have what experts call affordances and constraints. Affordances encourage learners to use their environments in a particular way (e.g., Just like physical learning environments, learners interact with virtual learning environments that have particular affordances and constraints.

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Virtual Patient eLearning Simulations: An Introduction & Check List

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Medical education experts have grappled with the difficulties of providing learners with authentic and flexible opportunities to manage complex clinical situations in a controlled learning environment for years, but recent collaborations with eLearning experts may hold the key to a new wave of interactive courses focused on building clinical decision-making (..)

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Content Curation & Association Education Strategy

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In this webinar he will share the three major components of a curation effort, discuss skills the new digital curators must have and share case studies of successful corporate Learning and Development Department efforts at digital curation. Check out David Kelly’s post: Curated L&D Content for the Week on LinkedIn. webinar link.

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Raise the Bar with VR

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The webinar will cover how VR is changing the education and training landscape and how it can address specific pain points within your association learning environment. The conversation will dive into how organizations can use technology, in general, to save costs and increase efficacy and what changes to expect that are inevitable.

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USDLA – Advocating the Growth of Distance Learning

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What I like about the USDLA is their ability to keep moving forward and provide instruction for proven techniques for effectively implementing new technologies within a learning environment.

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Educating Medical Personnel: New Book Reviews CPD Topics

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Throughout the collection, we were pleased to see the emphasis on using the internet to create blended learning environments. Titled “Learning to Lead in an Academic Health System,” the chapter provides an overview of the need for more emphasis on leadership training and finding leaders who have the right skills to lead.

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Complexity Continuum – A Tool for Discussing Interactivity and Effort – Part 4 of MindMeld

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While one can argue that these are effective methods for learning complex subjects, adding interactivity can add more dimensions to learning that may not otherwise be possible. Simply put, it’s all about “learning by doing” rather than by absorption and memorization.