CourseArc

APRIL 19, 2017

To be effectively measured, these objectives must be framed in terms of the ABCD guidelines proposed by educational psychologist and theorist Robert Mager to include: A = Audience. To meet a learning objective, you must first know who your learners will be. B = Behavior. C = Conditions.

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Superb Learning

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

From schools to businesses, online courses have quickly become an effective alternative to in-class courses, helping people to continue to learn wherever they are. Image Credit: Unsplash under Creative Commons. MOOC style courses provide an engaging way for learners to develop the knowledge and skills they need.

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Learning with e's

MAY 31, 2012

In effect, S'cool Radio is taking a similar approach to Dave Mitchell's Quadblogging concept but developing it in another direction. What both projects have in common is their capitalisation on the 'hidden audience' effect. Unported License. Unported License. Based on a work at steve-wheeler.blogspot.com.

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CourseArc

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Dirksen walks readers through key questions to consider before starting a project, such as “Who are your learners?” In addition to essential information on meeting Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), the book also dives into how accessible content can ensure that all learners receive the best learning experience.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 27, 2020

Either teacher led or learner led, Python In Pieces can lead the learner steadily through a series of simple but gradually more complex tasks to support their understanding of loops, variables, multipliers and how to debug code. The cartoons and graphics provide visual stimuli to show students the effects of their coding efforts.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

I have used these to great effect with smaller groups to enable them to document and share their progress during project work. Photo from Search Engine People Blog 7 ways to support learner-teacher interaction by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Kitaboo

OCTOBER 25, 2023

These resources are helping the modern learner make the most of their educational journey. OER, also known as Open Educational Resources, are educational resources that are freely available for use by educators or learners. Some eLearning modules require the learners to have access to a functioning internet connection.

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learnWorlds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

You probably put most of your effort into getting the lighting right , but have you ever thought how much better your learners will enjoy them when there’s some background music to enrich the experience? Your goal is not to evoke emotions but to keep learners focused. Definitely avoid vocals because they will distract learners.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 22, 2011

Many schools and classrooms all over are investing in mobile devices and educators want to know how to use them effectively, the apps to consider and more. The proportions of formal and informal learning vary with the task at hand, the context for learning, and the psyche of the learner. 30+ Places To Find Creative Commons Media.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

He wanted to see the user experience effects and how they played out. Most important is what the learners will be doing on the platform. Desire paths by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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CourseArc

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

For content creators, this means you can help your learners retain your lessons through the following reinforcement tactics. This is more effective than cramming the entire arc of a lesson into one nonstop session. Image of hourglass by Alexander Boden via Flickr Creative Commons License.

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CourseArc

JANUARY 28, 2022

A learning officer must understand how adult learners learn. This enables them to communicate and collaborate more effectively. Lastly, the ability to influence, coach and mentor others – including resolving conflicts effectively – is the final component of emotional intelligence.

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Learning with e's

JULY 2, 2019

Elements are often separated by boundaries, and these must be transgressed if blends are to be effected. Many types of borders (binaries) exist in 'the blend', including those between personal/social, learner as producer/consumer of knowledge, synchronous/asynchronous, local/global, closed/open, real life/virtual and local/distance.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The process of co-learning between teachers and students can only effectively occur if and when teachers realise that learners can offer something new. There is always more to learn, and the teacher is, after all, a professional learner. Successful teachers today are indeed professional learners as well as educators.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 1, 2019

Reading an advance copy of Richard Gerver's book Education: A Manifesto for Change this week confirms yet again that this approach is both effective and desirable, especially in the rapidly changing world of the 21st Century. There was a constant exchange of thoughts and ideas around the content, rather than a one way stream of information.

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Coursy

AUGUST 26, 2022

The real issue is that LMS vendors are attempting to position their tools as the center-point for elearning - removing control from the system's end-users: instructors and learners. Using a structured tool like an LMS drives/dictates the nature of interaction (instructors-learner, learner-learner, learner-content).

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

In contemporary web based education, presenting online learners with multiple choice questions to check their understanding is a low-level form of assessment. Fontanillas et al (2016) write that assessment of online learners should be continuous and participatory, and that distance students value both individual and group forms of feedback.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Employers are discovering that productivity and effectiveness can be increased if learners stay in their workplace or remain mobile as they learn, rather than requiring them to travel to, and spend time in a 'training place.' We have come a long way since the 'Just in Case' curriculum. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 2, 2019

They need to find resources quickly and effectively, so navigation of content must be quick and simple. Today's learners Today's learners are more independent and self-sufficient than previous generations of students. No wonder video is considered by many teachers to be so effective. References Brame, C. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 7, 2014

Jerome Bruner took this notion a little further and talked about the scaffolding of learners - proving close support for them as they developed their skills, knowledge and expertise, and then, when they became more independent, the scaffolding could be faded and eventually removed. Behind the video is the social support, the scaffolding.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 30, 2016

In effect, Web 2.0 Previous posts in this series 1: Gazing down the corridor 2: Smart clothing Graphics by Steve Wheeler Our digital future 3: Semantic Web by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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CommLab India

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Videos add great value to learning, reducing the load of reading and helping the learner retain information for a longer period. Video footage can be added in a course for a “wow” effect (e.g. Videos help the learners to connect with your course and complete it. the footage used to illustrate a technique).

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Technology integration results in digital tools being embedded into learning, so that for example maker cultures emerge, or the classroom activities are flipped , supporting more effective pedagogies and improving student learning outcomes. Ultimately, technology should be integrated into education so that learning can be transformed.

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Learning with e's

MAY 31, 2019

A large proportion of younger learners are perpetually online, constantly using their smartphones as gateways into this world. Many writers have highlighted the power of the global digital tribe , particularly the way groups tend to solve problems more effectively than individual experts (Surowiecki, 2009). Tapscott, D.

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Learning with e's

MAY 26, 2014

Dewey further argued that for education to be at its most effective, children should be given learning opportunities that enabled them to link present content to previous experiences and knowledge. Again, this was a ground breaking idea for the period. In some schools, a return to these values is long overdue. Reference Dewey, J.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 30, 2017

If that occurs, you have networked learners. If we restrict ourselves to the current mindset, we limit the extent to which we can effectively imagine the future and constrain ourselves to old practices. Prediction is difficult, especially when it is about the future.” Unported License.

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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. Although the didactic method has been severely criticised as less effective than more active and participatory pedagogies, it persists. Photo from VCU Libraries A growing divide? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 28, 2012

The community decides what is important to learn, so in effect, the community becomes the curriculum (Cormier, 2008). Again, this is reminiscent of the random searching, scanning and jumping around content through hyperlinking that learners participate in when they traverse the digital landscape. Surowiecki, J. London: Abacus.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

We''re also in the age of the learner as their own node of production – it''s exciting to see students working with their teachers to create, organise, repurpose and share content on a global scale through social media and personal devices. Ultimately, what ever tools are used, they must be used appropriately and effectively.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Testing in many schools is far too frequently administered in many schools to be effective and many exams still rely heavily on the testing of fact based learning - essentially the testing of crystallised intelligence. Photo from Wikimedia Commons by Hariadhi Who put the ass in assessment? It should be AfL. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 12, 2016

However, these are still used effectively by those who desire to access educational opportunities to which they would otherwise have no access. 3) Learners need consistent, reliable access to learning materials, but also connections to peers and teachers if learning by mobile is to be effective. don't have internet capability).

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ATD Learning Technologies

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Learners can log into the system to find and register for available or assigned courses; administrators can assign courses and run reports on completion and quiz results. Augmented reality takes a view of a real environment and augments it with additional information or effects. What is Creative Commons? What is an LMS?

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Learning with e's

APRIL 8, 2012

The first, learner-teacher, is the most likely kind of interaction to be found in traditional classroom settings, but with the age of social media and other forms of digitally mediated communication, interaction can now be just as rich an experience when conducted at a distance. Moore's third kind of interaction is learner-content.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

It's clear that collaborative learning can be powerful, because it draws on the knowledge and skills of the entire team, but it is even more effective when there is a challenge to be met. Challenge based learning , coupled with learning through making is more powerful still, and can be adapted and applied across any age group of learners.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Just in time' is often seen as a counterpoint to the standard, traditional 'just in case' curriculum where learners are provide with everything they might possibly need, in the event that someday, some of it will be useful. It is rather a hit and miss strategy and it's not very effective. Just in time learning now takes precedence.

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Learning with e's

JULY 12, 2017

Nearly two decades into the third millennium, we need to question the effectiveness of this process, and ask whether a degree from a university still equips people for higher level work. What will this new generation of learners think about their university experience? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 2, 2018

I also published a second post in which I listed 6 ways IWBs could be used to engage learners in the classroom. Here are a magnificent seven ways interactive whiteboards can be used to enhance learning and engage learners: Firstly, IWBs can promote better engagement in learning. A critical review of the literature. Unported License.

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