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Does Your Online Course Need a Forum?

LearnDash

Course forums can give learners a reason to come back and stay engaged, but they’re also a lot of work. While you can build a community on various social platforms, including Discord, Facebook, or Slack, each of which offers various moderation tools and content sharing features, none of these platforms will be within your control.

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6 Ways to Motivate Adult Learners

LearnDash

By adding features such as points, badges, levels, and leaderboards, you can motivate learners to actively participate and progress through the course. Be social Encouraging social interaction is essential for creating a sense of community and fostering learner engagement in an online course.

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More than just a pretty face

E-Learning Provocateur

To me, that’s a greater achievement because it shifts the focus of the exercise from the activity (learning) to its outcome (performance). Celebrating the latest cohort of people who’ve earned badges in the same forum may also generate a bit of FOMO. In any case, my point is a badge should be more than just a pretty face.

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Accelerated Learning: Where Does It Fit In? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Accelerated Learning attempts to change this imbalance by including activities that trigger the other intelligences, for example, Brain Gym® , games that involve movement, MindMapping® tools, songs and raps, and word cards. The term “Accelerated Learning” was actually coined by a British educator, Colin Rose. He said it was great.

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Thoughts on Social Networking

Moodle Journal

Going on as I do these days with regard to the value of social networking tools practices and the implications for collaboration in learning, which you may well have picked this up from a number of posts in this blog. I used Moodle reports to produce a student-by-student activity for the Social forums throughout September 06.

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8 Types of Online Communities: Examples & Tips on How to Build Yours

learnWorlds

One study found that people participate in online communities that include blogs, forums, and/or vlogs across all devices. For example, Reddit subreddits are dedicated to specific hobbies or Facebook groups centered around particular interests, such as music, gardening or photography. Communities provide a safe space.

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Using Peer-to-Peer Learning to Build Collaborative Cultures

Learning Rebels

They are active participants with valuable knowledge and experiences to share. This active learning approach leads to better information retention than passive listening. Provide Platforms for Collaboration Use easy collaboration tools, like internal social networks and collaborative workspaces.