Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 24, 2021

One study compared information on a brochure presented in bullet points or a narrative format. If it’s so easy that everyone gets a perfect score on the first try, the practice isn’t as valuable. Our brains are wired for stories. Even when we sleep, our brains keep telling us stories all night in our dreams.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 14, 2023

This study turns for guidance to the expertise of narrative designers for games, where storytelling for interactive narrative has a long history of testing, iterating and perfecting.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

We decided to study these influences, to get an idea about just how wide-ranging the sources of influence are. (Yes, I’m on the list, along with a lot of other really great folks in the field.) The fields of instructional design, learning & development and learning theory have been shaped by a wide range of people over many years.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 17, 2020

One study compared information on a brochure presented in bullet points or a narrative format. If it’s so easy that everyone gets a perfect score on the first try, the practice isn’t as valuable. Our brains are wired for stories. Even when we sleep, our brains keep telling us stories all night in our dreams.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 16, 2012

” This chapter focuses on two areas of the research: meta-analysis studies and research on specific elements of games. In the elements of games section, Karl summarizes several individual studies and their findings in the following areas: Reward structures. ” (Wolfe, 1997). ” (Hays, 2005). . ” (Hays, 2005).

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 31, 2011

Study examining what happens when you remove common elements of instruction. “This study investigated the effects of several elements of instruction (objectives, information, practice, examples and review) when they were combined in a systematic manner.&#. tags: instructionaldesign e-learning research.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 12, 2011

Although they may seem horribly fake, past research has suggested that we react to them in the same ways we react to a real person: studies have suggested that we tend to be more comfortable when the virtual personality shares our gender and ethnic background, just as we are when we work with living humans.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies , 68 (4), 223–241. Better to be frustrated than bored: The incidence, persistence, and impact of learners’ cognitive–affective states during interactions with three different computer-based learning environments. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2009.12.003. 2009.12.003. C., & Greene, B.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 7, 2020

eLearning Development Calculator – Estimate the Time to Create a Course Bryan Jones created this development calculator using the benchmark data from the Chapman Alliance study. Free tools and images. This also includes ways to estimate the course length based on the length of ILT, number of slides in a slide deck, a script, etc.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 22, 2011

Summary of findings from a number of studies showing increases in productivity due to telecommuting. Nine Shift : How much more productive are teleworkers? Increases in productivity range from 15% to 50%. tags: telecommuting productivity research. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. Filed under: Bookmarks.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 23, 2011

This is based on studies of more than 40000 classes, and nearly 950000 students worldwide. over nearly 4000 students and 38 studies. What the research says: Of the 138 factors of the meta-analyses done, this was ranked as number 106, and had a impact factor of 0.21, well below the hinge point of showing notable change.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 18, 2014

This project is on the low end of a Level 2 by Chapman’s study, so the ratio for development is 127:1 (that is, 1 hour of e-learning takes 127 hours to develop). Chapman’s study provides this breakdown of tasks and the percentage of time for each (see slide 18). For 3 hours, that’s 127 * 3 or 381 hours total work.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 11, 2010

Lengthy study from 2005 comparing how e-learning is used in Australia and Korea, finding some similar concerns. Like most other studies, this one has found that e-learning “cannnot on its own guarantee successful learning outcomes for students. NCVER – E-learning in Australia and Korea: Learning from practice.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 7, 2020

In one 2011 study, researchers randomly removed wrong answers and compared questions with 3, 4, and 5 options. Instead of spending time and effort creating additional wrong answers, reducing the number of choices to 3 means you can work on making those 3 options higher quality.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Karl Kapp has summarized several studies showing that fantasy can support learning. Some companies are less open to that kind of playfulness. Fantasy in games and stories for learning. When does fantasy work in games and stories for learning?

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 26, 2008

Links to multiple studies done in the last several years. In 2003, there was a study that showed that all this writing online was actually making kids more comfortable with writing in general. In 2004, a study showed (like this one) that with a little instruction kids easily understood the difference between texting and writing.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 9, 2014

Lectures Aren’t Just Boring, They’re Ineffective, Too, Study Finds | Science/AAAS | News. Break up lectures every 10 minutes with active teaching techniques to improve student outcomes. tags: instructionaldesign highered research. Flipping the conversation at ElNet Workplace Learning Congress | Explorations in learning.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Case study on how allowing employees to work from home increased productivity. This might be helpful for people job searching to have some other phrases and terms to look for. tags: instructionaldesign career e-learning training. If You Want To Get Something Done, Get Out Of The Office « Annie Murphy Paul. tags: telecommuting research.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 21, 2011

Women who participated in this condition were almost as likely to use the new features as the men in the same study, and were able to solve more problems more quickly than women who didn’t use the new features.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 12, 2008

eLearn: Case Studies - Telling an Old Story in a New Way: Raid on Deerfield. Case study of a website using primary sources to tell the story of the raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1704. tags: assessment , digitalstorytelling , e-learning , informallearning , primarysources.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 4, 2011

There’s no real way to get better at Jeopardy other than studying; studying isn’t a game activity. If we want to engage people like they are engaged in real games, we need to look at how games really work, not just putting the superficial elements on top. As you play a game, you get better: you learn.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 15, 2009

This virtual learning community took the initiative to form a study group and share strategies for completing course problem-solving assignments. Started with a study of their students–how students were communicating outside the classroom. Study Group wikis. Research showing benefits of learning communities.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 14, 2009

This preliminary study uses examples of digital user-generated content, specifically digital stories and movies, to examine the types of information that appear to convey effectively. Would like to do a similar study in Second Life–more global audience. Another study: They created Monticello in Sims. Meaning making.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 24, 2008

Includes examples & case studies of successful online K-12 programs. Evaluating Online Learning. 80-page PDF from the US Department of Education on evaluating K-12 online learning. I haven’t read it all yet, but some of this would probably apply to higher ed settings, and maybe corporate settings.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 25, 2008

Students self-report learning 21st century skills, although the study doesn’t attempt to actually measure any of that learning. Brief summary of research on the educational benefits of sites like MySpace and Facebook for high schoolers. tags: socialnetworking , education , 21stcenturyskills , research , k-12.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 1, 2011

Here are the guidelines we have adopted as a result of this study: [How much?] Nearly 60% of our employees said “no preference”as long as the voice isn’t irritating to listen to. 40% prefer that the narrator be someone they recognize (i.e., a well-known manager, process owner, or SME). We will use audio only when instructionally necessary.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 22, 2008

18-week study comparing performance of high school students who learned math in a traditional classroom or with a game. Donald Clark Plan B: Immersive games beats classroom in maths. Both classroom and game learning resulted in improvement in skills, but students who played the game scored significantly higher.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 18, 2009

Research may be little pilot studies, case studies–not always full scale research. Did this meet what you expected it to meet? An interesting idea. When people are afraid, have to show that the benefit outweighs any harm. Look for the powerful stories about how work has changed–success cases.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 8, 2008

University of Houston Study: Hybrid Courses More Effective for Students Annotated. tags: hybrid , e-learning , highered , research. Research comparing traditional and hybrid methods of teaching a college course. Students in the hybrid course with access to materials online scored 10% higher in the course.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 16, 2009

This paper presents a pilot study conducted to begin learning how digital storytelling is manifesting on YouTube, which is currently the most widely used of all video-sharing services. The Pilot Study. They studied YouTube not b/c it’s the only place, but b/c it’s the “mother ship&#. Perspectives.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Moreover, this result was robust, not influenced by the inclusion of a single effect-size or single study, and not moderated by various study characteristics. Clark Quinn Case Study: Effective Branching Scenarios for Training A case study of branching scenarios as part of a larger training program.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

You aren’t forced to a fake case study that I pick for you. Each activity helps you build your scenario, step by step. Build Your Branching Scenario isn’t a course just about the theory behind writing scenarios. In this course, you work on a scenario that you can actually use in your work or portfolio.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Not a controlled study, but promising results for spaced learning. Emerald | Industrial and Commercial Training | Enhancing coaching skills and emotional intelligence through training Annotated. Research comparing training spaced over multiple weeks versus an intense burst of training in two days.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

One of the major updates in this second edition is the addition of elearning, both self-paced (which he calls “self-study”) and virtual instructor-led training. The first edition of this book focused on classroom training.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 28, 2019

The Stanford study offers an alternative: Imitating its third group of experts, professional fact-checkers. Instead of just focusing on deeply checking the source itself, use “lateral reading” to check other sources and circle back to the original. tags : digitalliteracy.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 19, 2008

If you're interested in describing ways that students learn best, it makes sense to study classroom situations. In general, if you are interested in describing effects at a given level of analysis, you are most likely to make progress by sticking to that level of analysis.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 22, 2008

Case studies from several school districts provided. Making the Case for Quality. Resources and tools supporting continuous improvement techniques in K-16 education. tags: quality , continuousimprovement , education. Create Custom Characters for Your E-Learning Scenarios - The Rapid eLearning Blog. tags: e-learning , graphics.

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