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TCC08: What can Educators Learn from Online Religious Communities?

Experiencing eLearning

It’s hard to do synchronous and get everyone there at the same time. Second Life focused his attention–unprogrammed worship requires that focus, not multitasking. Audio might be better for people who have trouble typing. A larger total population may give you enough people. Respect for people behind the avatar.

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Moving to the Virtual Classroom: A Trainer’s Roadmap to Success with Cindy Huggett #ASTDTK12

Learning Visions

She wrote the book: Virtual Training Basics Two types of virtual training: webinar vs. classroom One def of virtual training: “an online synchronous instructor led class with participants in dispersed locations, that uses a virtual classroom software program” vILT (virtual instructor led) Step #1: Clarify definitions and expectations.

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Deliver Strong and Smooth Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT)

ReadyTech

When participants are scattered across different locations (and sometimes different time zones), its easy for them to tune out, multitask, or lose motivation. Speak slowly and clearlyno one benefits from breakneck-speed lectures or garbled audio. Double-check audio, video, and platform features.

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Balancing Stimulation and Overload with Blended Learning

eLearningMind

The challenges of cognitive overload include dealing with distractions, managing different types of content (text, audio, video), and keeping track of multiple tasks at once. Keeping track of multiple tasks at once The very nature of blended learning requires multitasking between different platforms and activities.

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Telepresence: upping the stakes in synchronous online communication

Clive on Learning

And then there's the increased value that participants seem to place on face-to-face events - they're more likely to turn up and they're less likely to try and multitask. The lack of free and natural conversation, with body language cues and eye contact would, I believe, ultimately prove too much of an obstacle.

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How To Learn Effectively With Different Online Formats

SmartUp

Podcasts and audiobooks allow for multitasking, and you can listen to audio episodes while running, cooking, cleaning, etc., Here is a BBC Science Focus podcast that can help us understand how our brain helps us achieve our goals through something called executive function and can help to explain why we’re so bad at multitasking.

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Apple WWDC – 2015, Highlights and Much More

Harbinger Interactive Learning

It has enabled seamless multitasking; making notes is so much easier. New enhanced contacts framework synchronizes the Watch and iPhone after regular intervals. iOS 9 – This is why most of the attendees were present, firsthand experience of the OS was phenomenal. The new OS has a Picture in Picture (PIP) facility.

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