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Technical eLearning Made Easy - Tip #204

Vignettes Learning

As a result, there is a lack of focus on the right and much needed learning content. This causes tremendous overload in our learning design. Learning by Doing : Problem-Solving Approach In today’s learning environment, the reality is that there are varied types of learners including those with technical or even medical orientation.

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10 eLearning buzzwords you need to know!

eFront

In this post we’ve put together short descriptions of the top 10 buzzwords in eLearning at the moment: Tin Can, Social Learning, Gamification, mLearning, Tablet learning, Rapid eLearning, Microlearning, Personalization, Blended learning, and Lifelong learning. Social Learning. Gamification.

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50 Ways to Lever Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

In a learning culture , formal training is just one of many methods used to facilitate employee learning. In a learning culture, we start with the performance goal and then select the mix of methods that will help employees acquire and retain the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs they need in order to achieve those goals.

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eLearning Learning - Best of May

Tony Karrer

eLearning Learning Hot List May 1, 2009 to May 31, 2009 Here is the best stuff from May 2009 via the eLearning Learning site. Clive on Learning , May 29, 2009 Implementing New Learning Technology? Hope you enjoy. Top Posts The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals.

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Social Learning and LMSs Marketplace

eLearning 24-7

As social learning continues to grow, LMS/LCMS vendors are taking various approaches. While some view themselves as “social learning&# savvy, incorporating various components, others seem to see themselves as just sitting on the sidelines. LMS/LCMS vendors are following one of three approaches when it comes to social learning.

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"Chalk and Talk" vs Collaboration - Can We Meet Halfway?

Vignettes Learning

The debate between Direct Instruction vs Discovery Learning is not new. Should we let the trainers and designers take control of the learning process or should we transfer the steering wheels to the learners? Therefore, discovery learning should be the preferred way to learn. It has been around. There is no easy answer.

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Agile instructional design

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

but ADDIE is beginning to show its age: Training is only part of the learning equation. Whether of not they learn is an entirely different matter. Learning requires motivation. It needn’t be this way, particularly since knowledge work and learning are nearly indistinguishable. Agile Software Development on Wikipedia.