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Good Writing

Tony Karrer

The good news these days for my kids is that there is often a rubric (set of evaluation criteria) that are used to grade their writing. Missing Element in Definition of Good Writing While I applaud this move, I think that there's something vitally important missing in education. Shorter was better. Extra words were bad.

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LMS Selection Checklist: How To Choose The Best One?

ProProfs

With so many learning management systems (LMS) flooding the eLearning space, selecting the best platform is definitely a daunting task. Why is it that people install WhatsApp as the first IM app on their smartphone when the market is flooded with innumerable options? Do you know what makes WhatsApp so popular? Summing up.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): I keep coming back to this intact cohort idea.

Mark Oehlert

So someone tell me if Im wrong but here is how I am seeing this.the way IT departments are currently incentivized - their ideal situation would be zero users and no connection to the Internet. » May 04, 2008 I keep coming back to this intact cohort idea. Once you connect to the internet and add users, then things start getting hinky.

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Breakthrough eLearning: Be Nice to Your SME!

Breakthrough eLearning

Breakthrough eLearning Reflections on how to break through some of the barriers that prevent the achievement of excellence in eLearning.The 5-E Framework: Establish Value / Effect Change / Engage Stakeholders & Learners / Experiment / Evaluate Results Thursday, November 30, 2006 Be Nice to Your SME! Talk about being nice to your SME!

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Breakthrough eLearning: Why I Hate Conferences!

Breakthrough eLearning

Breakthrough eLearning Reflections on how to break through some of the barriers that prevent the achievement of excellence in eLearning.The 5-E Framework: Establish Value / Effect Change / Engage Stakeholders & Learners / Experiment / Evaluate Results Tuesday, May 02, 2006 Why I Hate Conferences! 2:52 PM Tony Karrer said.

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Student-to-student interaction in small distance courses

E-Learning Acupuncture

In addition to discussing the deliverable, it should also discuss basic team functions such as the concept of needing a team leader, the importance of defining expectations between team members and role definition of members to facilitate task assignment, etc. 2) A mandatory Learning Team Charter.

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The A to Z of eLearning Acronyms Part 2

LearnUpon

The features included with a good LMS allow you to deliver course content in a range of eLearning standards, sell courses online, assess and evaluate learner performance, deliver blended learning, brand or white label your portals, integrate with existing systems , and much more.