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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 can look back and take stock. Unported License.

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Case study: How to become a stock market martial artist

iSpring Solutions

Now all staff members have access to 126 learning courses, available for viewing on computers and mobile devices anytime and anywhere. Our goal was well-defined: we wanted to deploy distance learning for both our employees and partner banks’ workers. Read more ».

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Secret to Creating Self-Motivated Learners

Association eLearning

If someone wants to learn how to play the guitar, but the music store doesn’t have any in-stock, they aren’t likely to buy a different instrument instead. Chances are they will lose the motivation to learn as obstacles begin to get in their way. Offer what they want.

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Training Virtual Teams: How to Manage It Effectively

ProProfs

The distance learning solution that you use should ideally support multiple languages. Organize regular review meetings to take stock of learning progress. Gathering feedback and learning from them are invaluable as they throw lights on the effectiveness of your remote training program. Offer Multilingual Support.

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Let's stop pretending

The Learning Circuits

In the interests of taking stock of the world in which we're working - in light of all of this (and inspired by this unconference update ) - let's stop pretending. Never has it been easier to elicit the right answer, even taking into account the number of wrong answers that doggedly flank our prey. Craig holds a B.A.

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Free learning & development webinars for July 2020

Limestone Learning

Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 9AM – 10AM PT: Beyond the "Zoom-Out": What’s Next in Best-Practice Distance Learning? We’ve reacted fast to the new virtual working environment, but now, our learners need more profound engagement, and our clients are demanding ever more power from learning.

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Leading Through a Rear-View Mirror

Big Dog, Little Dog

It extends the benefits of dL (distance Learning) by providing the best medium for delivering lectures. See The effectiveness of m-learning in the form of podcast revision lectures in higher education and Turn on your iPod and learn. Reversal : we tend to over-do the new until we run out of benefits and into detriments.