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How to Set Proper Learning Objectives

CourseArc

Learning objectives are to instructional designers is the same as a map is to a traveler. With the proper learning objectives in place, designing a relevant, engaging and useful course becomes a lot easier. Thoughts Behind Setting Learning Objectives. Building Blocks For Good Learning Objectives.

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How to Make Sure Your Course Meets Its Learning Objectives

CourseArc

Instructional designers are guided by these same types of parameters when ensuring their courses meet specific learning objectives. Let’s look at the process of designing good learning objectives, so you can build the various elements of your course or training in service of a clear purpose with measurable outcomes.

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Instructional Content Licensing: A Framework for Sharing and Reusing Educational Materials

Kitaboo

There is tremendous benefit in sharing learning objects – both for the teachers and the students. Firstly, educators get the opportunity to learn from other educators’ expertise through reusing their educational materials. Besides, sharing resources enables teachers to propagate their pedagogy far and wide.

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How can we engage online learners?

Learning with e's

Quantity was more important than quality, because a rapid population of new digital spaces was deemed to be expedient - the pedagogy could wait. These activities supplemented the content, and in some ways, replaced it as the new learning objects of online education. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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How to Measure Online Course Effectiveness

CourseArc

Image: “ Improvement ” by thinkpublic, via Flickr Creative Commons License. You will need to take appropriate action to close those gaps based on the results of the course effectiveness measurements.

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Open all OERs

Learning with e's

IPR and Creative Commons were discussed. The first question was from Mark Power (Bolton University, UK) who wondered why we should pay attention to OERs when reusable learning objects had apparently failed. It is all a matter of granularity, with Open Courseware the most contextualised.

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How to Make Online Learning Easy for First-Time eLearners

CourseArc

You can learn more about designing Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs) here.). Provide Content That Introduces the Learning Environment. This will build their confidence and momentum, inspiring them to learn more and tackle increasingly difficult challenges.