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How to Turn Long-Form Content into Online Lessons

LearnDash

Want to turn a lecture, presentation, or ebook into an online course? However, for some online educators, especially those who are trying to move in-person lectures into an online format, the situation is different. An ebook might have several chapters, or a lecture might be part of a series. Here’s where to start.

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How To Navigate Online Lecture-Based Learning For Maximum Results

eLearning Industry

Discover innovative strategies to engage students during online lecture-based learning and give life to this traditional teaching method to make it more engaging and relevant in today's digital age. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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How Long Should My Online Lessons Be?

LearnDash

But others are torn between the quick, punchy length of YouTube videos and the hour-long lecture format typical of college courses. This has been a common criticism of the traditional lecture format for many years. Lectures, whether written or presented as videos, are a form of passive engagement. Which is better?

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The Art of Storytelling in Corporate Training

Clarity Consultants

Endless slides and dry lectures leave employees disengaged and forgetful of key concepts. Lets face itmost corporate training programs are boring. But what if there was a way to keep your audience hooked and make learning stick? Storytelling in corporate training does exactly that. Storytelling has that power.

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Online Education Is about More Than Video

LearnDash

I suspect this practice has its roots in the kind of remote courses that predated the internet—ones where learners would purchase a textbook and a series of video lectures. Anyone who has tried to learn a subject this way can probably tell you how dull recorded lectures can be. Have your video content support active learning.

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Why Colleges Should Think Long-Term with Online Education

LearnDash

We may expect students and teachers to stay home more frequently if they have any kind of cold or flu symptoms, for instance, and a student staying home with a mild cough will still want to access the day’s lecture. Colleges have a chance to invest in quality lecture recordings and innovate with online materials.

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7 Benefits of Blended Learning

LearnDash

Teachers must continually print handouts, repeat lectures, and perform administrative tasks that, in an online system, might otherwise be automated. In a traditional lecture scenario, students have to take notes in order to save information for later. Listening to a lecture, whether online or in person, is a passive learning activity.