The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 14, 2010

It’s a great incentive when training is immediately valuable and helpful to one’s work or personal life. Provide resources, references, videos and podcasts to create an ideal environment for personal exploration. When it fits with your goals, let learners know that there is a real person behind an online learning course.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 14, 2010

It’s a great incentive when training is immediately valuable and helpful to one’s work or personal life. Provide resources, references, videos and podcasts to create an ideal environment for personal exploration. When it fits with your goals, let learners know that there is a real person behind an online learning course.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 13, 2011

The Sketch Block font is free for personal use from Dafont.com. When you buy people cutouts, you get the same person in various poses. In the computer literacy example below, different multimedia file formats (on the right) are organized into a table by media type (on the left) rather than using four separate bullet lists.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

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. They also think “social networking” is a trivial activity and compare it with Facebook. Thanks, Jane! Tell us how below.

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The eLearning Coach

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

When a person has a limited amount of knowledge in a particular domain, it’s the same as saying the person has a limited network of mental structures or schemas related to the content area. An obvious example is the difference between an expert radiologist and a lay person. A Minimal Network. Retrieval of Information.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 13, 2009

The comments more or less fell into a few categories: working with SMEs, designing and developing content, love of learning, business savvy and personal attributes. Extract information from SMEs and structure and organize content it in a way that makes it easy to learn. Organize information well. Strive for Personal Growth.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

During all of these tasks, you will be organizing content at a high level to give it a meaningful structure. Assuming that you’ve sufficiently wrapped your mind around the content, use the list below to find the most effective strategy for organizing it. The content on this page is organized alphabetically. Alphabetical.

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The eLearning Coach

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Also, cognitive researchers now know that the capacity of working memory depends on the type of information, the features of the information and the abilities of the person under experimentation. When you have a solid internal structure, organize the content so each screen consists of one chunk of related information.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

So I think readers of The eLearning Coach would appreciate an interview with a person who wrote the book on the subject … literally. Coach: Formal and structured learning can potentially promote efficient organization in long-term memory. Jay: Organization in a curriculum isn’t efficient unless it’s the right stuff.

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The eLearning Coach

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

In other words, adults need personal relevance in learning activities. Adults want to know the purpose of training and the motivation underlying an organization’s training initiative. They prefer to partake in learning activities that help them reach their goals. Competence and mastery. Learning by experience. Inquisitive.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 8, 2010

I assume other countries have similar organizations. I’ve directed video productions with one crew member: a camera person. Ideally, however, you’ll be able to afford the following: Director: In most situations, if you are the person responsible, you will become the default director. Post-production Work.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

So when 3D Learning invades your organization, will you be able to design or facilitate this type of experience? Whether it’s related to work, recreation or personal development, an immersive environment can be designed for creating the appropriate context and conditions for informal teaching moments. Promotes Informal Learning.

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The eLearning Coach

AUGUST 11, 2011

That’s when I decided I would personally define some of the most important terms and theories in our field and invest in a programmer to turn it into a native iPhone app. I also decided to organize the terms into categories so users could browse just the terms within a specific group. Not even close. Many Fanatical Months Later.

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The eLearning Coach

OCTOBER 12, 2009

As soon as we’re given a brain dump of information, we automatically come up with ways to organize and slim things down. Personally, I even have a prepared speech about the limits of what people can retain. The Throw-Away Reflex. Designers have their own throw-away reflex. It’s an instinct.

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The eLearning Coach

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Organize, organize. The key to efficient encoding in long-term memory and fast retrieval of information is a well-organized network of knowledge. Beginners don’t have an orderly and organized framework in which to fit their new knowledge and skills. Relate Content to Something Known.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 28, 2010

Your course has the potential to help another person become more competent at work, at life or at school. Use mind maps to analyze and organize content and to plan out interactions. Check out many of the groups on LinkedIn and Facebook as well as professional organizations like The eLearning Guild and ASTD. Analyze yourself.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Personally, I end up wasting a lot of time going through these sites looking for the right image. That’s why I never use photographs of a person from a free service. The additional functionality you can find on a for-pay photo site can help you stay organized and efficient. This is not true on a free site.

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