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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: My Objection to Learning Objectives

Learning Visions

Learning objectives clarify exactly what it is youre trying to teach. Ray Sims has written a great summary on Writing Learning Objectives , with citations to some good resources, including Vicki Heaths post Learning Objectives: Writing Learning Outcomes So They Matter. I see the value.

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Think Like a Game Designer: Incorporate Action Into Your Learning Design

ATD Learning Technologies

The decisions that go into making The Sims an exciting game need to be incorporated into the learning modules we design. So let’s look at one techniques game designers have used in The Sims and other games and consider how we might be able to incorporate those design techniques into the learning we create. Action First.

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Think Like a Game Designer: Incorporate Action Into Your Learning Design

ATD Learning Technologies

The decisions that go into making The Sims an exciting game need to be incorporated into the learning modules we design. So let’s look at one techniques game designers have used in The Sims and other games and consider how we might be able to incorporate those design techniques into the learning we create. Action First.

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Here’s a Way to Make Your E-Learning Course Objectives Interesting

Rapid eLearning

One demo is a module on having an emergency preparedness kit in case of a disaster. In most cases they started the courses with the standard objectives screen like the image below. While there’s nothing wrong with creating a list to state learning objectives, there’s probably a better way to engage the learner emotionally.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: eLearning Authoring Tools Review -- Help!

Learning Visions

Do you know of another tool besides adobe connect for creating an on demand module that has the webcam/video locked in the upper corner while having a ppt. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Thank you for this. advance simultaneously? 12:30 PM Cammy Bean said.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Instructional Design and Market Sector Differences

Learning Visions

That part of the design doesnt exist for the self-paced e-learning courses; there isnt that same kind of learning community. Courses are divided into weekly modules, and students mostly complete the activities at the same time (although they have control over when in the week they do work).

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: What’s the Difference: Learning Designer vs. Instructional Designer?

Learning Visions

How about this, the term "instructional" seems to focus more on the teacher while the term "learning" seems to focus more on the student. Therefore, a "learning designer" has made the transition from design modules that seek to mimic what a teacher would do and focus now on learner engagement and interaction.