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Social Media in Learning
A frequent question on Twitter and LinkedIn is, “Do social media have a place in learning?” Many trainers think the answer is, “No.” Read this article to learn why that’s the wrong answer, and how to implement social learning in your e-Learning designs!
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Brain Research, Instructional Strategies, and E-Learning: Making the Connection
Research is giving us valuable new information about how the brain works, how humans learn, and how learning physically changes the brain. This article explains the roots of brain-compatible learning strategies based on research using brain-scan technologies, discusses the strategies that are most effective, offers a guide to choosing one, and offers tactics for implementing selected strategies.
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Self-Efficacy in Social Learning
E-Learning designers sometimes show the same fascination with social learning that a moth has with a flame, or an acrophobic with a cliff ledge. Fascinated, but wary of getting too close. The secret to success is dealing with the real challenges: self-confidence, self-esteem, social proof, trust, cultural awareness, and technical knowledge and aptitude. Make the change without fear!
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Case Study: Team Development of Simulation-based Application Training
This is our story about an efficient and effective method to facilitate knowledge transfer from SME to ISD to Developer, and the production of a simple WBT format that both promotes learning and maintains our quality standards. We offer our three key actions for your consideration: Keep It Simple, Divide and Conquer, and Break With Tradition.
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Virtual Worlds: Barriers to Their Business Value and Operability
For several years, early adopters have been excited about using virtual worlds for e-Learning, but organizations have been slow to share that enthusiasm. In this week’s article, the author looks at the reasons for this reluctance, and at what must happen before virtual worlds become part of every instructional designer’s arsenal.
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Meet the Challenge: Designing End User Training During Application Development
For instructional designers without a background or experience in application development, producing e-Learning for end-user training during the development can be a great challenge. It can be difficult to communicate with the development team because of time constraints, and especially because of a lack of familiarity with the documentation that the team produces.
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Content Analysis: Key to Excellence in Your Blended Learning
An effective learning strategy for many organizations must include delivery of instruction through several modalities. E-Learning is an important part of this mix, but it is not the only one. Content domain analysis and content level analysis are two keys to selecting the optimum combination of methods and technology use, matched to the desired outcome. Learn how from this article and case study.
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Dispatch From the Digital Frontier: Volunteer for Your Schools; OS Wars
This Dispatch will provoke some thoughts! What have you done lately for your local schools? Consider volunteering – it helps schools stretch tight budgets, and you can bring your experience into the classroom. Also, the operating system (OS) wars are heating up again, between Microsoft, Google, and Apple. Are you ready?
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E-Learning’s Long Tail: Leaving Walmart to Buy From Amazon
Because of the way the media have presented it, most people think of the Long Tail as a strategy for retailers to maximize sales. But there are many not-so-obvious parallels between online retail and online learning, and we can leverage this idea to focus our resources and deliver more value. Read this article to learn how!
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Visual Language for Designers: Principles for creating graphics that people understand, by Connie Malamed
How to design visuals that will totally engage your learners and add value to your e-Learning applications!