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UX, Accessibility, & More: ID Links 5/24/22

Experiencing eLearning

I share these links periodically here on my blog. This post includes links on UX, accessibility, branching scenarios, Twine, instructional design blogs, free/freemium tools, and systems thinking. Guidelines for writing good alt text. How To: Write Good Alt Text | Supercool. A number of these are organizational blogs.

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Teaching Materials Development: A Step-by-Step Approach

Kitaboo

The key to successful teaching lies in the art of effective communication. The strategic use of instructional materials is a powerful tool that can elevate your teaching methods and enrich the learning experience for your students. Teaching materials should be flexible and dynamic to address this diversity among educators and students.

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Effortless Lesson Planning with the Right Tools

Kitaboo

Lesson planning is a crucial factor in teaching, as it helps to ensure that you are on track to complete the curriculum or training within the stipulated timelines. However, as any teacher knows, the journey from a blank page to a meticulously planned lesson can be daunting. Challenges of Lesson Planning II.

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eCombat: Lessons from the Interactive Battlefields of Afghanistan

Vignettes Learning

Spencer Ackerman features Vanguard of Valor, an interactive teaching tool built to instruct the mid-career officers who pass through the Army’s Combined Arms Center, about the lessons accumulated from years of hard-fought war in Afghanistan. Vanguard of Valor also contains a compendium of lessons learned from past military engagements.

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Taking Education to the Next Level: The Benefits of Interactive Teaching

Kitaboo

In this context, employing interactive teaching methods can be helpful in enhancing the effectiveness of lessons. By incorporating a more hands-on approach toward teaching and learning, interactive methods have the potential to transform a passive classroom into an active learning environment. What is Interactive Teaching?

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How Can Technology Help Improve Teaching Efficacy in a Classroom?

Kitaboo

The constantly growing needs of the education sector have added to the pressures of teaching. With a sea of information available at their fingertips, the tech-savvy generation is no longer satisfied with the traditional form of teaching, where the instructor uses the lecture form to deliver lessons aided by some simple teaching aids.

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Assessing Student Learning: Integrating Formative Assessment In Lesson Development

Kitaboo

Rather than merely quantifying knowledge at the end of a teaching unit, formative assessment provides a continuous feedback loop, allowing educators to monitor and adapt to student needs in real time. In this post, we’ll explore the benefits and different ways to integrate formative assessment seamlessly into your lesson planning.