The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The effective 3DLE is designed to provide guidance as learners engage in discovery activities that facilitate the learning goals of the experience. Share this on Linkedin. As in real life, the learning will vary depending on the knowledge and experience of the individual. 3D environment created in Thinking Worlds. Tweet This!

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

The pre-built templates provide a way to quickly assemble an interaction or presentation segment and publish it to a Flash (.swf) The full Raptivity library of around a dozen products provides over 225 presentation and interactive templates for various audience groups. Share this on Linkedin. swf) format. Unique Features.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 7, 2009

This book is an excellent introduction to online user interface design, providing the background, thought processes and uses for just about every type of user interface element you can imagine. Apply this knowledge to your eLearning courses to provide a richer user experience. Share this on Linkedin Tweet This! Sound familiar?

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 30, 2010

This free 90-minute lunchtime webinar provides you with the unique opportunity to engage in discussion with two of the world’s leading instructional design practitioners in Cathy Moore, from the USA, and the UK’s own Patrick Dunn. Share this on Linkedin. Date: April 19, 2010. Presenters: Cathy Moore and Patrick Dunn.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

She provides compelling reasons to implement a social and collaborative environment as part of workplace learning. Elgg provides a private integrated suite of social media tools—within a seamless environment for individuals to use for their own personal learning and for groups to use for formal or informal learning purposes.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Also, as a Regular member, you are not provided with exercise files that go along with each course. Although the exercise files are not required for using the tutorials, they do provide a way to continue learning and exploring after completing the course. Share this on Linkedin. These files are reserved for Premium members.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Other people are providing the context and the need, even if they’re not in the room. Share this on Linkedin. Coach: Are there advantages to informal collaborative learning as compared to informal individualized learning? Jay: Learning is social. Most learning is collaborative. I don’t sense that there are absolutes. (And

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 15, 2009

In addition to providing instructions and wayfinding, microcopy can assure users that things are safe and secure. Share this on Linkedin. I thought I was supposed to click on the words, “click to expand.&# Actually, I was supposed to click on some links on the other side of the screen. Was I frustrated? Tweet This!

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

They serve to energize people, providing intensity and direction. Share this on Linkedin. Motivation. Emotions are at least partly responsible for our motivation to pursue goal-directed behaviors and activities. For example, motivation increases when a goal is neither too difficult nor too easy to succeed. Use the tools below.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The topic is somewhat complex and the author doesn’t skimp on providing depth. Share this on Linkedin Tweet This! So you’ll need to think things through, ponder and maybe even sketch to really get it. That’s how I like it. The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures by Dan Roam.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 1, 2010

Ensure feedback provides solid information and is phrased in an encouraging way. Using collaborative tools and social media can help learners build relationships, cooperate on tasks, and provide support and feedback to each other. You can provide humor in an unexpected moment or add an unusual twist to generic scenarios.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Then the announcer, as if reading my mind, provided the answer. Games provide immediate feedback unlike a test or a quiz which requires time for an instructor to grade and return. They provide a context for the learning that can be highly realistic for knowledge transfer. Share this on Linkedin Tweet This!

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Then continue to provide success stories to the next group on the continuum, moving along until you reach the Late Adopters. Share this on Linkedin Tweet This! Thus, individuals differ greatly in their readiness to adopt new technologies. Ensure It Solves A Business Need. Email this to a friend? Stumble upon something good?

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 27, 2010

If you need for multiple voices for scenarios and other treatments, finding one person to cover several characters provides a huge time and cost savings. Share this on Linkedin. Look for character voices. Some narrators can portray several distinct voices. Check previous experience. Audio Recording: Going In-house. Tweet This!

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Each tool fulfills at least one of these criteria: encourages collaboration; enables user-generated content or input; provides a way to share; and facilitates informal or formal learning. This software provides a way to centralize and manage blogs within an institution by hosting them all on one domain. Edublogs Campus. MindMeister.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

They use authentic sounds to put the listener in the location of the interview, stories to provide the context of the segment and then insightful questions. Share this on Linkedin Tweet This! All great techniques to use for educational podcasts. Another example is National Public Radio (NPR). It does not mean “shrunken slides.”

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 28, 2010

Your problem is how to provide an engaging learning experience that turns information into knowledge that gets transferred to real world situations. Check out many of the groups on LinkedIn and Facebook as well as professional organizations like The eLearning Guild and ASTD. Share this on Linkedin. Get fascinated by the brain.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

This strategy provides a slow initiation into a subject, building the learner’s confidence and knowledge base. The structure of sequential content provides hooks for learners to remember the steps of the procedure. Providing the big picture helps adult learners make sense of information. Share this on Linkedin Tweet This!

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Enclosure is a compelling way to provide meaning. Share this on Linkedin Tweet This! You might draw a line around a set of buttons in the user interface or place a filled area of color in the background of a map or diagram. Here, we perceive the houses on the colored background as grouped and set apart. Grouping by Proximity.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Many of the higher end subscription services provide customers with access to multiple collections so you can search among millions of photos, making it more likely to find what you need. Some services even provide corresponding search terms with each photo, which can give you ideas for alternate keywords. Share this on Linkedin.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 8, 2010

The publisher provides a list of sites where you can download the application. Share this on Linkedin. This is supposed to work more smoothly than the software that comes with Windows for burning CDs and DVDs. It creates data backups, video DVDs and music CDs. They’d like a donation, so oblige if you can. DOCUMENT CREATION.

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