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12 Helpful Resources for Instructional Design

CourseArc

Guide to e-Learning: Building Interactive, Fun, and Effective Learning Programs for Any Company (by Michael Allen) . Michael Allen’s guide features best practices for creating engaging and effective online educational experiences. LinkedIn groups. Write Better Multiple-Choice Questions to Assess Learning (by Patti Shank).

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Connected pedagogy: Social networks

Learning with e's

Global social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter support various forms of communication and sharing actions that were previously unavailable. 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).

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Slaying giants

Learning with e's

New technologies liberate us from temporal and spatial constraints, and this will have a radical effect on the future of Learning and Development departments in organisations. Photograph by Steve Wheeler Slaying giants by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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The Only Person Who Behaves Sensibly Is My Tailor

Performance Learning Productivity

Effective Metrics for Learning and Development I wonder what Shaw would think if he saw the way learning and development is predominantly measured in organisations today. For example a study of 829 companies over 31 years showed diversity training had "no positive effects in the average workplace."

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Tools I Use

Marcia Conner

LinkedIn – A social network dedicated specifically to work connections, I participate in several LinkedIn groups and often look up people’s online resumes prior to meeting with them in person or corresponding with them online. Another reposts my Instagram pictures to Flickr. The possibilities are endless.

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Crossing the divide

Learning with e's

In LinkedIn, I manage a professional version of my persona, which evaporates when I'm on Facebook. It's more important for us to recognise the significance of each tool, and how they can be used effectively in all their variations, and also in combinations. On Twitter I am a bit of a mixture. Reference: Thomas, S., Lacetti, J.,

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How to customise presentation icons in PowerPoint

BrightCarbon

Once you’ve inserted an icon, you can format it in a similar way to PowerPoint shapes, by changing the fill colour, line colour and graphic effects. We’ve got a quick guide to Creative Commons for the uninitiated. We’d love to see what you come up with, so tag us on Twitter or LinkedIn. This example uses an Arc.