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My Top Posts of 2021

Experiencing eLearning

Here’s my definition plus examples of common tasks. This was the original post that helped me build an audience for my blog back in 2007. This post ranks well for several search terms (e.g., “scenario generator with names,” “diverse name generator”) which seems to be driving traffic. 15 years of blogging.

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Plain Language for Course Creators: Enhancing Clarity and Engagement

CourseArc

Provide definitions for any unusual words. Belo Miguel Cipriani is a digital inclusion strategist who became passionate about making online spaces accessible after being blinded by a group of men in 2007. Use language familiar to your target audience. Avoid jargon. For example: Unusual word-contagion (disease that is easily spread).

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Looking Back at 2007

Tony Karrer

In December 2006, I posted my challenges and predictions for 2007. Biggest challenges for 2007? I could answer this as the biggest challenges for Learning Professionals generally, and maybe I'll come back and do that, but for now, let me just write what I see as some of my bigger challenges in 2007. We were very fortunate.

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Best and Worst ID Projects

Experiencing eLearning

The course looks dated now, but for a project in 2007, I was quite proud of it. If the owner had reviewed the course at the storyboard stage or we’d had a better definition of the course in the agreement, I’m sure we could have come up with a solution that worked for everyone. Your best ID projects? Your worst?

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Aha Moments in 2007

Tony Karrer

I wanted to go back and figure out what things really struck me during 2007. But the good news is that it appears that more and more people are getting it ( More eLearning Bloggers , Facebook Fridays and I'm definitely Pushing Harder Now and we need to adopt the attitude - eLearning 2.0 - Just Go Do It. I started using del.icio.us

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Motivation and Success from the Brain’s Perspective: Test Your Knowledge

KnowledgeOne

C) The concept of effort is not central to the definition of motivation. ” Therefore, the notion of effort is central to the definition of motivation since if a goal can be achieved without effort, then there is no need to be motivated. A) Before making an effort, the brain makes a cost-benefit assessment. CORRECT ANSWER C.

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My Top 10 Tools for Learning 2011

Jane Hart

This is the 5th year I have been building a Top 100 Tools for Learning list (based on the Top 10 Tools contributions of learning professionals worldwide), so I thought it would be interesting to compare my choices in the first year I ran the activity in 2007, with my choices today. In 2011 I now use WordPress to power my website.