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Parasites!

Learning with e's

They weren't very good, they looked rather formulaic, and as I suspected, many of them were trying to plug some kind of product or service. Some of the more subtle ones merely eulogised over the product or service without endorsing it. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Technology makes a difference

Learning with e's

Even if we disregards the highly successful phenomenon of Massive Open Online Courses , there is an ever expanding menu of content that covers just about every subject and theme under the sun, available for free online. But what about the question of whether technology improves learning? Unported License.

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Just disinfect

Learning with e's

The ''guest posts'' weren''t written very well at all, looked rather formulaic, and as I suspected, many of them were trying to plug some kind of product or service. Some of the more subtle ones merely eulogised over the product or service without endorsing or naming it. Don''t misunderstand me. Unported License.

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The persistence of distance (learning)

Learning with e's

In a formal sense, distance learning has been a familiar concept since at least 1837, when Sir Isaac Pitman began teaching his shorthand system using typed instruction cards mailed through the universal Penny Postal service to his students across England. We are gazing into a very exciting future. Unported License.

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Free L&D webinars for August 2018

Limestone Learning

Sure, it’s great to have time to enjoy the sun, but time off can also produce anxiety. This product demo will showcase the two products that comprise Xyleme’s platform: Studio and Content Delivery Service (CDS). " Cherry, sweet cherry, red, fruit " by Hans Braxmeier is Public Domain.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: The Value of Instructional Designers

Learning Visions

They have the knowledge and that is why we should use their focussed knowledge services. The employees are good at their jobs, but management is uncomfortable with the fact that there are multiple methods employed in the field to service partner needs. This group includes folks from the ADL, IBM, Sun, etc. United States License.