Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, February 15, 2008 Essential Reading for Instructional Design? As an instructional designer/eLearning professional, what books are the essential tools in your reference library ? Im not looking for the obtuse theory books.

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eFront

JUNE 17, 2011

Recently a fellow member of the Instructional Design & E-Learning Professionals' Group (14K+ of members) asked " If anyone know of where to find royalty free background music for training? " You can insert midi files (very small size) into PowerPoint presentations for great music effects. Since, 2008 it has 1,503,345 downloads.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 10, 2017

What kind of space best encourages you to think creatively? My base was iNLAB - a purpose built unit designed specifically to promote ideation - creative thinking and innovation. Whiteboard rooms are a simple yet surprisingly effective method to encourage and support creativity, agile thinking and collaborative working.

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Learning with e's

JULY 8, 2016

This idea connects with my own recent comments on transliteracy - the ability to communicate ideas equally effectively, no matter what tools or technologies you use. In my presentation I was also critical about the design of some learning spaces in higher education. the design features) militate against flexibility.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

The didactic method is cost effective in terms of the amount of contact time lecturers or teachers need to invest in the process. Every organisation it seems, continues to practice this approach, and educational institutions everywhere continue to build classrooms and lecture halls along the same design. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In small groups they were asked to design and construct a Lego robot , and then program it to race around a circuit, with a prize for the winners! Do aerodynamics in the design make any difference? This is not as easy as it sounds. There are a myriad of problems to solve. Do larger wheels have more speed that smaller ones?

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 10, 2016

A total of 27 quantitative studies on the use of tablets in schools dating from 2010 were analysed and the major finding was that the tools are most effective when used in student centred learning, rather than within teacher controlled environments (Tamim et al, 2015a). 2015b) Large-Scale, Government Supported Educational Tablet Initiative.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 9, 2014

In mathematics, I have seen interactive whiteboards used very effectively to teach number bonds and floor robots can be used successfully to teach geometry and algorithms. Blogging can be used to engage children in creative writing , while making videos is excellent for problem solving and collaborative work. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 4, 2013

A similar effect is seen in the 100 Word Challenge , and in other similar school related blog projects. Designer Micky McManus points out that the volume of knowledge production is unprecedented, and thanks to the Internet, anyone can publish content or perform their ideas to a potentially worldwide audience. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

My last post explored Donald Norman''s ideas around perception and the design of every day objects. It was used to great effect as early as the 1960s so that children could learn how to programme floor robots known as Turtles. Previous posts in this series are all linked below. Merizow Transformative Learning 28. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 12, 2017

Photo from LSE Library on Flickr Most of the students starting university at the end of summer 2017 were born around the turn of the century. Students are often dissuaded from using technology unless they are in a designated area such as an ICT suite. It's a sobering thought. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 28, 2013

Square buildings are easier to design and cheaper to build. Change it again, and face the participants outwards instead, and what is the effect? Children sit on the floor and face the curved walls of the igloo to experience the full 360 degree effect of the colour, movement and sound. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 16, 2016

My most recent post featured locus of control theory, and today's post is about the Pygmalion Effect in education. The theory Robert Rosethal and Leonora Jacobson conducted studies in American schools during the 1960s focused on the effect teachers can have on the learning performances of children. Milgram Six Degrees of Separation 29.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 4, 2018

Photo by David Goehring on Flickr In my last post, entitled Cinderella Technology , I wrote about the tremendous potential of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) and highlighted some of the reasons why it often fails to be realised in school classrooms. They have been around for a long time, but IWBs seem to have polarised teachers.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 16, 2016

Learning can certainly be creative, if the conditions are right. Firstly, creative learning requires active engagement. Teaching can be more effective when questions are posed or challenges are presented, than when content is delivered or knowledge imparted. Steve Jobs once said: 'Creativity is just connecting things.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

For a start, there are an impressive array of transferrable skills to be acquired, especially if the games played are designed effectively. Many scholars have researched the effects of games on learning, but perhaps one of the most prolific and profound games theorists is James Paul Gee. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 16, 2014

In my next few blog posts I intend to highlight some of the more important theories of human memory and offer some critical commentary on how they have influenced the design of learning experiences. We already know that in the design of digital learning materials, both audio and visual content can be combined to reinforce learning.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 11, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Effective design using PPT as a tool. “Effective design is done when there’s nothing left to take out.&# [not that you’ve found a way to put more stuff in.] It’s about design, not software!

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Learning with e's

MAY 13, 2015

Architects, designers, food technologists and also the military, are discovering the benefits of creating 3D versions of reality. When 3D printer technology eventually attains the speed of the Star Trek replicator, where objects appear instantly, will this effect be lost? But what about the teaching profession? Unported License.

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

At the time, I was doing a lot with some basic web design, and thought it would be fun to work with students on some basic HTML and CSS principles. Rather than writing out entire documents and refreshing the browser to see the effect, I start by prototyping in services like CodePen or jsFiddle. Why Rapid Prototypes?

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

We started designing our video using Camtasia Studio. We added media to the clip bin and then dragged it into place, where we trimmed it as necessary and added effects. We used Creative Commons photos to fill in the gaps of photos that we didn’t have.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 13, 2017

I saw the latest SMART interactive whiteboards on display at the BETT Show in London in January and I was particularly enamoured by two key advances in their design. This has the potential, if used effectively, to connect students, teachers, and devices together. One of those units will be located within the eXSpace. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Wozniak designed the first Apple computer, and together with Jobs, set in motion a company that continues this day to mould our use of digital technology. On computers and design, Woz is adamant - he is only interested in designing devices that are interactive. Hence, he says, teachers will always be needed. Unported License.

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Marcia Conner

MARCH 28, 2013

These are microsharing tools specifically designed to be used with specific groups of people, for instance a company or a team that shares a email domain name (that second part of the email address such as @marciaconner.com) or people attending a conference. The creators of this tool also created JustUnFollow.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 23, 2015

A battle of words and ideals is raging about which is the most effective, and indeed, the most appropriate approach to adopt for the needs of today''s society. The chart above (my design), comes courtesy of Wingra School in Madison, Wisconsin is derived from the work of a number of educational theorists. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

This is sometimes referred to pejoratively as 'shovelware' in academic circles, because course designers and lecturers can't seem to break out of the traditional mode of thinking about teaching, and simply shovel their content across into digital format. Photo by Archbob on Pixabay Why lectures? Unported License.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Join Kineos Mark Harrison for a free webinar on webinars: Building effective content for your online sessions. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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Learning with e's

JUNE 18, 2014

How it can be applied in education Inhelder''s work with Piaget was instrumental in shaping the way schools are organised today and is a key influence on the design of curricula. Deductive reasoning methods can therefore also be applied to good effect in just about any lesson on any subject. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 3, 2015

There are some great exemplars of effective education from across the ages. You could also analyse the shape of the bottle - its design - and the affordance of the bottle top and whether it allowed you to twist or flip the bottle open. The next stage is one that most students struggle with. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 6, 2016

No longer can we say that inward facing schools are effective (and indeed this has never been the case). Finally, the design of the learning spaces is creative. Because the spaces are flexible they can be used for a variety of creative purposes, and teaching and learning is more varied. Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 7, 2011

I visit a lot of schools as a part of my role as a teacher educator, and it always strikes me when I enter a school reception area, that only the best children's paintings, photos and other artwork are on display. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Why is that?

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In my previous post I wrote that even though research shows lectures to be less than effective in helping students to learn, they still persist in higher education. One of the constraints of the lecture theatre is its design. Photo by Steve Wheeler.or The key question is: What can replace the lecture? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

I had trained as a photographer and graphic designer over the previous two years and I knew that this would be part of the job. In the midst of all these early educational technologies, I was responsible for training the student teachers how to use tools effectively in the classroom. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Some household appliances are already designed with embedded microcomputers. Some museums already use RFID technology to tag and GPS locate valuable exhibits for security purposes and the technology has proved quite effective. So what next? On the horizon, and already with us to an extent - is pervasive computing. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 31, 2015

but every session has been designed to give you the best chance to get good grades in your assignments and exams. Manage your time effectively and you won't run out of time. When you're there, don't look as though you're bored in lectures and seminars (even if you are). Not all lectures are engaging - even though they should be! -

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Technology needs relevant pedagogical actions to be wholly effective. It's clear to me, watching the development of technology from my early days in the 1970s, it has developed from a set of tools that were designed to support the teacher, to a range of tools that enable everyone to learn. Users multiplied as the word got around.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 18, 2014

How it can be applied in education Inhelder's work with Piaget was instrumental in shaping the way schools are organised today and is a key influence on the design of curricula. Deductive reasoning methods can therefore also be applied to good effect in just about any lesson on any subject. Students could be encouraged to ask 'what if?'

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