E-Learning Provocateur

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Is the pedagogy of MOOCs flawed?

E-Learning Provocateur

She took umbrage to my assertion that MOOCs are pedagogically richer than “regular” online courses. Her counter argument was that the pedagogical devices that I cited – readings, online discussion forums, social media groups and local meetups – are the same learning and teaching functionalities available in any LMS.

Pedagogy 277
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How to fix our senseless compliance training

E-Learning Provocateur

All big organisations have a Learning Management System. It’s used to track and record the training that the employees do. In practice, it tends to be used to administer compliance training, though it can be much broader than that. And this is a good thing.

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Udemy for you and me

E-Learning Provocateur

It seems like every time you blink, another free tool becomes available to help you create online learning resources. One of them is Udemy – a web-based platform that enables anyone to create and deliver online courses for free. Make the message alert highly visible at the online interface. That’s 47% off!

Audacity 248
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Badges of honour

E-Learning Provocateur

The initiative allows training providers to issue digital “badges” to the participants in their courses, who thereby earn online representations of their newly acquired skills. And you know what, it works. They are, after all, badges of honour.

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E-Learning? Ja!

E-Learning Provocateur

E-Learning was a focus topic of the fair this year (hence my presence), so I made a beeline to the “eLearning Joint Stand” I can report that the state of e-learning in both countries appears to be very similar. Among the recurring themes were: • Online course development. • Online training delivery.

Lecture 156
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How to revamp your learning model

E-Learning Provocateur

In my articles Online courses must die! and The ILE and the FLE in harmony , I advocate the development of a virtual Informal Learning Environment (ILE) to work in tandem with the Formal Learning Environment (FLE) to support both the learning process and its administration. Formal Learning Environment.

Wiki 211
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The future of learning management

E-Learning Provocateur

On the contrary, I think a Learning Management System is a valuable piece of educational technology – particularly in large organisations. Assessment represents the sum of learning in relation to a domain, regardless of where, when or how that learning was done. The LMS only needs to manage it.