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Why multiple-choice questions are (too often) problematic

Patti Shank

Chapter 02: Learning from the test: Dos and don’ts for using multiple-choice tests, in McDaniel, M. Fitzpatrick, S. & Roediger, H. Integrating Cognitive Science with Innovative Teaching in STEM Disciplines , Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri. Roediger, H. III, & Marsh, E.

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Possible versus practical

Clark Quinn

My games book came out in 2005, but the market wasn’t quite ready. I similarly think my L&D revolution book , in 2014, was ahead of the market (the topic is finally getting more traction, close to four years later), though closer. And the difference is between what’s possible and what’s practical.

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Why do searches on e-Learning terms drop dramatically?

Challenge to Learn

Searches on Google on some e-Learning related terms are dropping year by year: searches on Instructional design for example dropped by 80% since 2005. I presented on this topic (The death of the corporate LMS at DevLearn in 2014) and developments since then only strengthened my conviction. On SCORM the drop is 83%. On the rise.

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Why do searches on e-Learning terms drop dramatically?

Challenge to Learn

Searches on Google on some e-Learning related terms are dropping year by year: searches on Instructional design for example dropped by 80% since 2005. I presented on this topic (The death of the corporate LMS at DevLearn in 2014) and developments since then only strengthened my conviction. On SCORM the drop is 83%. On the rise.

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5 common eLearning assessment mistakes (and how to fix them)

BrightCarbon

2005) gathered and analysed data from lots of other studies from an 80-year period up to 2005. However, there’s a mountain of research that indicates that questions with just 3 options (1 key and 2 distractors) perform just as well (or better!) than questions with 4 options. Rodriguez, M. Schneid S.

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The Best Formula for a Successful POC Starts with The Cloud

Cloudshare

2014, November 12). 2014, August 28). 2005, October 26). Now, you and your customers can truly enjoy and benefit from the real value of successful POCs – empowering the enterprise and providing value to every customer, while giving vendors feedback and information about their own product. Resources: DeLuna, J. Hewlett Packard.

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Leveraging Technology

Clark Quinn

I mean, it is almost 2014, and they still need me to use hand-formatting. These instructions are essentially unchanged since 2005, when I wrote my first tome! (Ok, And I have to do it by hand, as there’s no way to systematically go through and manually format all the headings. This is nuts!