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Attract Students’ Attention in 30 Seconds or Less

Experiencing eLearning

Official description: Information overload, tripletasking, hyperchoice, and short attention spans are just a few of the symptoms of the modern client. Zoom in: even with generic photos, you can focus on a small part and get a different feel. The power of your voice helps you connect to your audience. How You Say It.

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Creating Branching Scenario Layouts

Experiencing eLearning

I chose a photo by NorbertLevajsics on Unsplash and blurred it. If I was going to use voice over for this scenario, this would work well. Maybe this is too much on the screen at once and will be information overload. I need space for the introduction paragraph, a character (Sophie), and a button to get started.

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Creating Branching Scenario Layouts

Experiencing eLearning

I chose a photo by NorbertLevajsics on Unsplash and blurred it. If I was going to use voice over for this scenario, this would work well. Maybe this is too much on the screen at once and will be information overload. I need space for the introduction paragraph, a character (Sophie), and a button to get started.

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Seven more online icebreakers

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Image search Ask people to search through Google images or through a photo site like Flickr for an image that represents their expectations from the course. Voice icebreakers You may use a service like Voicethread to create a short video to which participants may comment. What will they gain through the workshop?

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Devlearn conference day one: an exhilarating day

Challenge to Learn

The brain filters information (to prevent information overload), in principle you forget the most information that you encounter, you need to reactivate the facts in order to really store them in your brain. I have two photo’s of interesting slides. It was about how to improve memory retention.

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LearnX Asia Pacific 2009 - Day 2

E-Learning Provocateur

Connecting Many Voices to Make a Difference: Anne Walsh and Brendan Revell from Fraynework Multimedia provided an overview of the e-learning support they are providing to The Sisters of Mercy. Stephen has kindly made the slides and audio from his session available on Stephen’s Web.

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Three steps to compliance greatness | Good To Great

Good To Great

Banish the business speak (it’s not a legal document, textbook or academic paper, after all), keep it conversational, and have fun with the tone of voice and language you use. 8 hours ago RT @ saffronint : Photo: We made it! Bookmark the permalink. Now off for a swim to relax!