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eCombat: Lessons from the Interactive Battlefields of Afghanistan

Vignettes Learning

In October 2000, Military Technical Report 1107 entitled “Applying Collaborative and e-Learning Tools to Military Distance Learning: A Research Framework by Curtis J. If nothing else, you’ll gain empathy for the situation individuals were placed in.” This gets more interesting. Bonk and Robert A. Wisher of the U.S.

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Interactivity

Kapp Notes

References. [1] In The 2000/2001 ASTD Distance Learning Yearbook. 2000) Designing web-based training. Michael Allen’s guide to e-learning: Building interactive, fun, and effective learning programs for any company. Learners demand stimulation and interactivity for them to be effective as learners.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

CBT Prior to online learning known then as WBT, and then the latter term of e-learning (vendors today, use it to refer to content that is online), there was CBT. CBT was the “new” and exciting way to learn. The LMS The player for online learning and WBT? WBT (Web-Based Training). Blackboard.

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Online Learning Works – So Why are Schools Failing at it?

eLearning 24-7

Clearly online learning in elementary and secondary schools were well on their way by the early 2000’s, which puts a big dent into the whole “new experience of learning online” argument. . Distance learning IMO was an absolutely horrible way to learn regardless if you were in K-12 or higher education.

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Reflections on Two Decades and Three Degrees

Allison Rossett

The young, hot sociology professor who lectures that, “Greed is Good” using a pop culture reference from the movie Wall Street. A difficult professor teaches the classroom section and we learn about plate tectonics. A difficult professor teaches the classroom section and we learn about plate tectonics. He’s irreverent.

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Mobile Learning: e-learningnext

ID Reflections

Ten years back, Clark Quinn’s statement about mobile learning seemed wishful thinking. Today, mobile learning is no longer a buzzword. Workplace Learning: Beyond Training (janeknight.typepad.com). It has arrived. Mobiles are already well on the way to becoming a universal tool for communication of all kinds.

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10 Great Moments in eLearning History

SHIFT eLearning

Others in the industry have already used the term "online learning," which basically points to the same concept. The term has always been used to refer to learning using the web or any other electronic medium. Early 2000s: The Dot Com Boom. Early 2000s: The Dot Com Boom. CD-ROMs quickly became a thing of the past.

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