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Sestri Levante (I), August 2010 - Giunti Labs, the online and mobile-learning content-management and digital-repository solution provider, has announced that it is undergoing a management buy-out by the management that started its activities within Giunti Editore Publishing Group during the '90s. At the same time, Giunti Labs has rebranded to eXact learning solutions from 01 August 2010.

Source: CHECK.point-eLearning.com (eLearning news service)

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:15:40 GMT
When teachers do anything for more than 20 minutes, students get restless. One way to deal with this is to keep a collection of relevant film clips on hand to break up the monotony of discussion, to reenergize a class grown bored. A well-paced, technology-enhanced class feels like it's going by faster and is more enjoyable for students. And when students are enjoying themselves, it's a lot easier to teach them. This article explains the tools you will need to create video clips for class, as well as an explanation for why and how to use them.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:46:05 GMT+00:00

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Iasi (RO), August 2010 - (by Elena Lita) The Red Point, a Romanian company, has recently extended its Academis integrated platform, which ensures complete and efficient management of the resources of higher education institutions. This was done by adding to it the Blackboard blended learning component. Alexandru Uglea, Chief Executive Officer of The Red Point, talks about the objectives of the partnership, as well as about the current goals of his company.

Source: CHECK.point-eLearning.com (eLearning news service)

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:12:26 GMT
For many years, e-learning suppliers (at least, those in the U.K.) have been frustrated by having to sell their products twice to the same potential buyer. That's because they need to convince not only a potential customer's HR specialists, but also their IT specialists that they should buy what the supplier is offering. Now comes news that that sort of frustration could soon become a thing of the past. Newly published research suggests that a new job title is coming to the business world: the human systems director. According to a study conducted by the Future Foundation on behalf of Google, the workplace will be transformed by the sharing and development of ideas by 2020.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:43:37 GMT+00:00

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IIM eyes resource pool
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Speaking at a technical session — e-Learning: The next in the ICT-enabled Education — on the second day of the NICT 2010 here, director of IIM Shillong ...

Zurich (CH), August 2010 - A forum of European business leaders has expressed concern that technology and cultural barriers could slow the adoption of mobile and cross-platform learning within their organizations despite the great potential they see for its use. This worry emerged from a roundtable discussion event organized by LINE Communications, the leading provider of learning and communications solutions, on the theme of mobile and multiplatform learning.

Source: CHECK.point-eLearning.com (eLearning news service)

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:04:33 GMT
Didaskaleinophobia, more commonly referred to as school phobia, is a panic disorder affecting roughly 1.4 million American adolescents. For these children and young adults, e-learning and other learning grounded in social media tools may provide some of the best opportunities for them to succeed in their education.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:04:36 GMT+00:00

KMSI Announces 'KMx Total Solution Program for Learn.com Clients'
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Download the catalog of Vubiz eLearning courseware titles included with this special offer at http://www.kmsi.com/Vubiz. KMxASP leverages the capabilities ...

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London (UK), August 2010 - Employees are keener than ever to test, maintain, and demonstrate their skills, and this has been reflected in the popularity of Highlander's range of free online Adobe Skills Tests. Highlander's Adobe Skills Tests cover a range of topics such as Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash, ActionScript, and DreamWeaver and are completely free to take.

Source: CHECK.point-eLearning.com (eLearning news service)

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:46:47 GMT
Why do we assume that Internet communication tools are only useful for studying online behavior? Why not also for studying offline behaviors? Online Interviews in Real Time by Janet Salmons (2010) is a book for qualitative researchers and graduate students who want to make good decisions about the use of online communication tools for conducting interviews. Although the title calls attention to synchronous forms of communication for interviews, the book also focuses on asynchronous technologies in the context of pre- and post-interview best practices in research and ethics.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:00:50 GMT+00:00

Avalon Consulting, LLC Named One of America's Fastest-Growing Private ...
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Saarbr�cken (GER)/ Warsaw (PL), August 2010 � In order to convey medical advancements in ophthalmology to the relevant specialist doctors, equally advanced learning-management methods are being used in Poland. OKOMEDICA S.A, based in Warsaw, has launched a new project enabling eye doctors to undertake further training in ametropia, a specialist area of optometry. At the core of this project is the SaaS variant of IMC AG's CLIX learning-management system. This project, which is the first of its kind in Poland in terms of size, is financially supported by the European Social Fund.

Source: CHECK.point-eLearning.com (eLearning news service)

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:44:17 GMT
You may think the differences between British English and American English are just a few spelling differences along with an accent and cadence change. Superficially, yes, but don't assume that there isn't any baggage that goes along with the way you speak. Culture goes hand in hand with language, and even within the U.S. Southerners conduct business in quite a different fashion from their Northern "time is money" brethren. It's important for an American to have a good grasp of British English along with the British way of life, and vice versa. This is not so much to avoid the comical errors when using words such suspenders or ascot (that's "braces" and "cravat" in British English), but to make a good connection with your potential business partner and online learners from around the globe.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:53:26 GMT+00:00

Avalon Consulting, LLC Named One of America's Fastest-Growing Private ...
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London (UK), August 2010 - (by Bob Little) One of the UK's newest stars in the e-learning sector, The Safety Train, has re-located its operations to Sheffield, largely on the basis of Learning Light's advice and guidance. Already, according to Jonathan Blythe, The Safety Train's business development director, the move seems to be paying off. The Safety Train provides training, via eLearning materials, dealing with social care, office health and safety and personal development. These eLearning materials are delivered via streaming video over the web and/or via mobile phone apps.

Source: CHECK.point-eLearning.com (eLearning news service)

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:41:12 GMT
In a recent article ("Finding a Place for Twitter in Higher Education," May 20, 2010, eLearnMag.org), Hend Suliman Al-Khalifa reported some of the findings in a Faculty Focus 2009 survey, "Twitter in Higher Education: Usage Habits and Trends of Today's College Faculty." In the article, Al-Khalifa summarizes the findings of the more than 2,000 respondents, writing that according to the survey, the majority of higher education thinks Twitter is a gigantic time suck with little to no educational value. While she accurately reported the findings, she missed reporting the bigger picture, namely, that while approximately 30 percent of the surveyed higher education professionals tweet, currently only 10 percent of the general Internet-using public makes regular use of Twitter. The college ranks are outpacing the public in adoption nearly 3 to 1.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:50:03 GMT+00:00

Avalon Consulting, LLC Named One of America's Fastest-Growing Private ...
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London (UK) / Kiew (UA), August 2010 - Atlantic Link Ukraine has announced that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Youmanage LTD, a provider of the online HR software toolkit for line managers. The acquisition of Youmanage will allow Atlantic Link Ukraine to further broaden its strategy to become the dominant player in the online HR software sector.

Source: CHECK.point-eLearning.com (eLearning news service)

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:51:59 GMT
Jessy Keiser is an organization development professional whose career path lead her to teach for the University of Phoenix, the for-profit learning institution best known for its online presence and open-enrollment policy. In this interview, she spoke about how she came to teach at Phoenix, what kind of training and assessment was required, and some of the pros and cons of its system.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:46:27 GMT+00:00

Avalon Consulting, LLC Named One of America's Fastest-Growing Private ...
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Bonn (GER), August 2010 � (by Kirsten Seegm�ller) Ten years after the launch of their eLearning platform Global Campus 21, the non-profit organization InWEnt, Capacity Building International, started the GC21 E-Academy, where experts and managers all over the world can participate in courses. For developing countries in particular, this means a tremendous step forward in education since many people have not been able to access content due to a lack of infrastructure.

Source: CHECK.point-eLearning.com (eLearning news service)

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:46:33 GMT
Between 300,000 and 500,000 women die each year from problems related to pregnancy. Ninety-nine percent of these deaths, which are often preventable, occur in developing countries. One of the leading causes of maternal death in the developing world is pre-eclampsia, a pregnancy condition that is characterized by high blood pressure and protein in the urine. In an effort to drastically reduce cases of pre-eclampsia, Italy-based Giunti Labs is helping the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and the Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute (Green Templeton College) at the University of Oxford in the U.K. develop educational material on maternal health for midwives, nurses, and doctors in developing countries, notably India, Mexico, and Nigeria. The material, delivered via e-learning, focuses on pre-eclampsia.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:42:41 GMT+00:00

Avalon Consulting, LLC Named One of America's Fastest-Growing Private ...
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Bristol (UK), August 2010 - CM Group's Luminosity product has underlined its cost efficiency by demonstrating its powerful abilities to reuse existing learning objects developed using Flash and PowerPoint.

Source: CHECK.point-eLearning.com (eLearning news service)

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:38:27 GMT
Participatory activities that tap and foster social and emotional learning and new media literacies enrich student learning, boost physical wellness, and support social functioning. Skeptics dismiss social and emotional learning as being too "touchy-feely," but empirical research has found that they can help lead to holistic health and achievement. Author Laurel Felt, a doctoral student, is staunchly committed to social change. Informed by her background in social policy, developmental psychology, and multimedia curriculum design and instruction, she is currently working for Senegal's African Health Education Network (RAES) to help leverage entertainment-education to foster young people's education and well-being.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:24:14 GMT+00:00

Telvista Improves Performance by Partnering with Verint Witness Actionable ...
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This solution combines compelling QM with encryption management, performance management, eLearning and custom reporting capabilities, notes Verint. ...

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London (UK), August 2010 - ILX Group plc have announced a new fast-track training course in support of the Association for Project Management APMP Qualification. APMP Qualification with prior learning has been designed specifically for PRINCE2� registered practitioners recognizing that several areas of the APM Body of Knowledge will have already been tested at examination. PRINCE2� registered Practitioners will now be given exemption from a number of topics and will study towards an exam that only tests those areas that are not fully covered by PRINCE2�.

Source: CHECK.point-eLearning.com (eLearning news service)

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:33:55 GMT
Jay Cross's latest book, Working Smarter: Informal Learning in the Cloud, is his second title about informal learning. Acquiring knowledge through informal contacts and casual conversation, as Cross indicates, is as old as the campfire. However, the rise of social networking technology and Web 2.0 tools have worked as a force multiplier, greatly enhancing the power of people to acquire knowledge.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:19:14 GMT+00:00

KnoahSoft's Harmony Now Avaya IP Office 6.0 Compliant
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KnoahSoft's Harmony delivers 100% call recording, with web-based quality management, reporting, analytics, coaching, elearning and survey solutions to ...

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Leuven (BE), August 2010 - The European Commission has recently approved the new Erasmus Mundus programs, an event European universities eagerly anticipate every year. K.U. Leuven will participate in four of the twenty-nine new European Master's programs and in two of the nine new European doctoral programs. Thus, in one year, K.U.Leuven has doubled the number of Erasmus Mundus programs it offers and is now ranked highest amongst European universities, offering no less than eleven programs with the Erasmus Mundus label.

Source: CHECK.point-eLearning.com (eLearning news service)

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:30:34 GMT
The current model of higher education in the U.S. is deeply flawed and unsustainable, says journalist Anya Kamenetz, in her new book DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education. Kamenetz's critique is both economic and social, encompassing such topics as the cost of tuition and textbooks, loan-based financial aid, admissions patterns, and the deteriorated job market.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Hong Kong (HK), August 2010 - NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning-management systems, has announced the commercial release of a new product, mobile EKP (mEKP). "We believe that mEKP is the world's first full-featured personal learning environment that runs completely off a USB flash drive � no installation required", said NetDimensions Managing Director and CEO Jay Shaw.

Source: CHECK.point-eLearning.com (eLearning news service)

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:50:51 GMT
In an online learning community where interaction occurs primarily through reading and writing, podcasting is an ideal way for instructors to better connect with their students. Podcasting can enhance instructor-student relationships, and provide an avenue for instructors to speak to the students whenever it is most convenient for them, even repeatedly. Heather Zink explains why adding this on-the-go content is invaluable.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Paris (F), August 2010 � The world's largest broadband event � the Broadband World Forum 2010 from 26 to 28 October at CNIT, La Defense in Paris, France � has unveiled its enhanced conference program and released delegate passes for its biggest show yet.

Source: CHECK.point-eLearning.com (eLearning news service)

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:48:12 GMT
Everyone wants value for money even from their e-learning solutions. But getting value for money can be confused with merely trying to save money, which is far from being the same thing. Bob Little has some pointers for helping you get the most out of your e-learning tools.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Shipley (UK), August 2010 - BTL Group Ltd, a provider of e-Assessment solutions, will be hosting a free half-day seminar showcasing their latest 'Innovative e-Assessment Questions'. The seminar will take place on 22 September 2010 in London and will be supported by City & Guilds, who will be demonstrating their use of BTL innovative e-Assessment questions for their Functional Skills exams.

Source: CHECK.point-eLearning.com (eLearning news service)

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:41:03 GMT
IMC (UK) Learning, an eLearning content solutions provider, published research on how organizations use learning-management systems (LMS) and virtual learning environments (VLE). The study examined how much functionality is being used and how beneficial LMSs are at meeting business needs. Bob Little, who writes frequently for eLearn Magazine on the state of e-learning in the U.K., summarizes some of the key takeaways of the report.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Tbilisi (GE), August 2010 - The first eLearning conference in the Caucasus region was organized by the Austrian eLearning and training consultants common sense on behalf of the German development organization InWEnt in Tbilisi. The "eLearning Caucasus Conference" was the closing event of the first phase of the successful project "Institution Building and Human Resource Development in the Southern Caucasus".

Source: CHECK.point-eLearning.com (eLearning news service)

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:19:05 GMT
Linda Formichelli has written for more than 120 magazines since 1997, including Health, USA Weekend, Writer's Digest, Redbook, Woman's Day, Inc., and Alternative Medicine. She's also the co-author of eight books, including The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success and The Renegade Writer's Query Letters That Rock. Linda teaches a popular e-course called Write for Magazines, which takes the student through the eight steps to writing and sending a winning query letter, from generating a salable idea to doing interviews to finding markets to send the query to. The next session starts July 19, 2010. I spoke with her about the steps she took to develop the course, some of the business decisions she's had to make, and her experience actually teaching the course.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Vienna (A), August 2010 - The European Peter Drucker Society has announced an essay competition for young executives, entrepreneurs, and students. Based on the topic of "Continuity and Change - Balancing Innovation and Time-Tested Practices", the "Peter Drucker Challenge" invites young people up to the age of 35 to express their ideas and thoughts with regard to shaping the future.

Source: CHECK.point-eLearning.com (eLearning news service)

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:14:33 GMT
Opinion columnist Roger C. Schank describes how he came to use a specially-written novel to teach business students. Becoming engrossed with fiction, characters, and story can be just as engaging as getting wrapped up in an interactive activity.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:08:00 GMT
In online learning, there is a need to create more effective interaction between e-learning content and learners. In particular, increasing the learners' motivation by stimulating their interests is very important. However, for any e-learning system to be effective, the knowledge transfer must occur in a usable, accessible, and functional manner. Eye tracking can be used to improve the functionalities of an e-learning system. It can dynamically capture users' behaviors in such a way that determines what they are doing, how much attention they are giving to each topic, where they are stuck, at and in what order they are reading content.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:05:14 GMT
The high attrition rate for computer science students has generated significant debate as to the cause and possible actions to address the problem. For the introductory courses some departments have switched to new programming languages like Alice or Scratch that are much more visual than traditional languages and are considered easier to learn. Many instructors have also turned to hardware and software technology in search of better ways to inform and motivate their students. Fortunately, computer science educators are in an enviable position. As programmers, they have the means to write software to meet the pedagogical goals of their courses if existing software doesn't fit the bill. As a result, enterprising computer science educators have created software tools to help faculty teach and students learn virtually every topic in computer science. Some of these tools are designed for the physical classroom, others for the online classroom, and others for outside student activity. This article will describe some of these home-grown software tools. I'll also describe how several general tools can be used in a computer science context to enhance the learning opportunities available to students. While the focus is computer science, many tools also apply to other disciplines.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:24:03 GMT
In this exclusive three-part series, Susan Landay of Trainers Warehouse has been identifying the best ways for face-to-face trainers to add a component of e-learning to their repertoire, without the assistance of a fancy IT team or tens of thousands of dollars of investment. In Part I, she focused on tools for authoring and course development. In Part II, she looked at software for games and interactive learning. Here in Part III, she finishes with learning-management systems and conferencing applications to conduct live webinars.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:19:20 GMT
A survey of learning technologies in the voluntary sector encompassing more than 80 charities, representing more than 50,000 staff and volunteers has found that the top four benefits of adopting learning technologies are: 1) improving flexibility of learning, 2) improving access to learning, 3) cutting costs and 4) increasing reach.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:16:41 GMT
In Part II of this three-part series, Susan Landay explores the range of games and "interactivities" that can easily be created and posted for online learning reinforcement; selection criteria for the various offerings; plus some features and benefits of a few reputable, cost effective solutions. Part III looks at tools for web conferencing, as well as learning-management systems

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:13:12 GMT
How do you train customer service reps or other employees to think on their feet, to provide satisfactoryor even exemplary service to potentially irate customers? And better yet, how do you know they are applying the training correctly?

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:08:17 GMT
The first part of this three-part series focuses on authoring and course development tools and techniques for integrating e-learning. In Part II, Susan Landay explores games and interactivity solutions for e-learning. Part III looks at tools used for web conferencing, as well as learning-management systems.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:05:50 GMT
What are the mistakes that even an experienced online trainer and educator can make? As resources for training and education collapse (time, budget, personnel), e-educators hunt for new efficiencies and shortcuts. However, we don't spend as much time as I think we should thinking about what we personally should be doing differently. I can't say I wasn't warned.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:59:23 GMT
A recent report from Learning Light found that the annual size of the U.K. e-learning industry in 2009 was between £300 million and £450 million, with growth rates forecast of between 6.7 and 8 percent.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:54:15 GMT
Twitter has recently flourished in its number of registered users. Amazingly, nearly 73 percent of all Twitter users have joined the service in the first five months of 2009. This Twitter trend can and should be utilized to benefit education. Twitter has various educational uses in both developing countries and more developed ones. But the real tipping point for Twitter in education will only come if teachers can manage to add Twitter to their arsenal of teaching tools. The question is can they do it?

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Thu, 20 May 2010 10:16:41 GMT
Lessons learned from a synchronous online interaction.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Thu, 20 May 2010 10:11:15 GMT
When authors refer to a Professional Learning Community (PLC) within a school, they commonly mean a community of stakeholders that are all working together focused on the best interest of the students, where results are measured by an increase in student achievement. These stakeholders are anyone with an interest in that particular school from within the school communityschool leaders or administrators, teachers, staff, parents, and community members. Collaboration is a key factor in a PLC. Imagine everyone working together for the best interest of the students and focused on a culture of assessment-driven continuous improvement, and you have a PLC.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Thu, 20 May 2010 10:06:40 GMT
Too many people subscribe to the idea that better design takes too long. This, if true, would be a significant barrier to more quality, and an explanation for the undesirable amount of bad e-learning out there. However, Clark Quinn says he doesnt buy it.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Fri, 07 May 2010 11:14:07 GMT
People around the globe love ratings, from "Car of the Year -- Slovakia" and "Los Grandes De Nuevo Mexico Music Awards" to Cook's Illustrated's ratings of catsup. Corporate trainers are no exception. We pay attention to awards contests for training products and often make choices based on them. The contests can serve a valuable function. They help make sense of the sprawling training industry, which is awash in products but has few well-established authorities to guide buyers' choices. Contests are also popular with companies that run them. The reason is simple: they make money.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Fri, 07 May 2010 11:08:24 GMT
A business associate of mine told me I must sign up for Facebook. I figured he probably had an investment in it and if I wanted his business, I'd better do it. So we became "friends." But I didn't see any value in Facebook whatsoever. Then I discovered Twitter, where everything is different.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Mon, 03 May 2010 11:22:41 GMT
Jack E. Kosakowski is the executive vice president and chief operating officer of JA Worldwide, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating young people about work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. He is also president of Junior Achievement USA. Kosakowski was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve a two-year term on the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy in January 2008. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Achievement Foundation, and is a member of the United States Commission for UNESCO. eLearn Magazine spoke with him about JA Worldwide's online initiatives, such as simulation- and game-based training.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Mon, 03 May 2010 11:19:08 GMT
Public education is compulsory in Cyprus and is under the auspices of the country's Ministry of Education and Culture (MOEC). The majority of re-service teacher education is provided by local universities, while in-service public school teacher training is provided by the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute and other public and private agencies. This article contains information from a survey in which teacher in Cyprus gave reasons for not adopting technology.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:16:32 GMT
This article discusses how creativity and innovation can be enhanced with e-learning systems based on digital storytelling. A story creation model called movement-oriented design (MOD) is introduced for systematically developing effective digital stories, in conjunction with story creation principles articulated by Robert McKee, a Hollywood guru of script writing.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:09:57 GMT
Bryan Chapman, chief learning strategist at the Chapman Alliance, is focused on the application and delivery of e-Learning. Here, he discusses innovations in online learning delivery, as well as what changes he sees coming to the e-learning landscape.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:29:47 GMT
There are several policies and procedures that online instructors can implement that will help them provide specific, fair, consistent, and effective feedback to their students in an online, asynchronous course.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:26:05 GMT
Designating a day, or even a week, as special to adult learning or learning at work gives the distinct impression to those who aren't "learning professionals" that learning can -- or, worse still, should -- only take place at that time.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:26:42 GMT
It's not unusual for online course instructors to write books based on their courses. Online courses have an advantage in this regard, since much of the course material is already written down in narrative form. Creating a book, though, is quite a different endeavor from creating an online course. If you're considering converting your online course to a book, at the outset you need to ask yourself certain interrelated questions...

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:56:37 GMT
One of the hurdles to getting faculty and students to use technology in education is introducing them to the right tools for their needs. A number of technologies are indispensible for any online course, but some apply specifically to teaching composition. Here are 30 that every English instructor should explore.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:45:18 GMT
Dr. Anthony J. Cernera has been the president of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, since 1988. Beginning in 1997, the university started to add online degree programs and coursesmore than a dozen in all, including a doctorate in physical therapy and one in nursing practice, set to launch this fall. Enrollment has more than doubled. eLearn Magazine interviewed Cernera, who is also president of the International Federation of Catholic Universities, about how and why SHU has committed to online students.

Source: eLearn Magazine (Titles and Links to articles at elearnmag.org)

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:19:44 GMT
I teach at the only School of Information and Library Science (SILS) on the east coast of the United States that does not offer a single online coursenot a program or a blended option either. (I discovered this through a search of the American Library Association accredited programs, which maintains a list of LIS programs with online course options.) Are were a bunch of luddites, teaching our students the way of the past, when libraries were the primary sources of high-quality information, and librarians were the gatekeepers to that world of knowledge? Certainly not.

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Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:10:14 GMT
Public policy is what will make distance learning truly mainstream, increasing access to education and training opportunities. Reggie Smith III, president of the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA), believes that these transformative changes are just around the bend, and he is working to make them a reality. The USDLA is a non-profit association that advocates for the development and application of distance learning across the board, from children's schooling to employee training.

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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:52:51 GMT
When the best online instructors can see a viable and attractive career track for themselves, they are more likely to be satisfied and more productive with the institution and their students. To increase instructor retention in online education, we propose four separate but interchangeable career tracks that instructors can move between.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:06:08 GMT
The E-Learning Handbook covers the good, the bad, and the ugly of e-learning and provides a glimpse into the industry's future. The Handbook provides a broad look at the past expectations of e-learning and then follows up those expectations with myriad instructions, ideas, and concepts to carry the industry forward.

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:43:24 GMT
In 2002, GOTEVOT, the government authority responsible for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's technical education and vocational training, established the E-Learning Training and Resources Centre. The Centre provides an e-library of more than 50,000 books and 3,000 training programs for lifelong learning and community services with electronic training portfolios. The organization publishes its technical and vocational courses in both Arabic and English on the web.

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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:28:04 GMT
Just as the quality of an automobile can be judged by its engine construction, so too can the caliber of an e-learning course be evaluated by its outline structure. An effective e-learning project starts with an effective project outline.

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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:40:09 GMT
As facilitators of e-learning in corporate environments, it is our responsibility to do what we can to ensure that both the organization and the individual learners gain the maximum benefit from all learning or training initiatives. We have a responsibility to ensure that as many success factors as possible are in play.

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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:58:09 GMT
Technology frames and reframes our society. Technology has accelerated our move into the post-industrial era, where the primary good is the immaterial knowledge that, thanks to the net, flows like liquid continuously in our "stay," wherever we are. Technology is also reshaping the physical environment so that spaces and artefacts become more and more sensitive and responsive, and become more prominent in our net-lives. Technologies will --and have already begun to -- enable individuals to interact in an extremely natural way using gestures, words, and emotions.

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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:55:26 GMT
What do people need to learn? Every curriculum committee and every training organization has at one time or another convened a committee to answer this question. Their answers are always given in terms of subjects: "more math," "telecommunication," "risk management," "company policies." But subject matter is far less important in learning than you think.

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Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:42:00 GMT
If you've been following public discourse in education over the last couple of years, you have likely witnessed the emergence of a new, ubiquitous catch phrase: "21st century skills." What is still lacking in the landscape of 21st century education, however, are examples of 21st century student work.

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Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:50:53 GMT
"This is too much work for an online class." For the last two years I've heard that comment repeatedly from students. I've been teaching since 1995, but about two years ago, I started teaching online. The "too much work" these students refer to is actually the exact same amount of work as in the face-to-face equivalent course. So what's behind what these students are saying?

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Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:54:56 GMT
What are the predictors of adult students' success in online learning environments? Is there a difference in undergraduate versus graduate online learners and their motivations? Does age play a factor? Do the course's characteristics have an impact on performance and learner satisfaction? What are the implications of these findings for online instructors, and how could that affect their practices and approaches to retaining students in the future?

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Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:54:05 GMT
Howard Rheingold, writer, educator, and thinker, is renowned for tracking not just what is going on now in the digital world, but where the digital world will be going next. His books, such as Tools for Thought (1985), Virtual Reality (1991), The Virtual Community (1994) and Smart Mobs in (2002), usher in the next adventure in computer-human interaction. Here, he talks about skills that matter, such as locating and verifying the accuracy of information in a digital age.

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Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:43:24 GMT
Whatever the times, education is an important vehicle to rise above certain of life's inequities. While many countries, including so-called third world nations, have slowly been building their educational systems, Americadespite its policies, programs, and good intenthas paid mere lip service to the realization of its educational goals. Consequently, education in many states in America is witnessing a breakdown.

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Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:41:02 GMT
In his recent predictions for the development of learning technologies in 2010, Clark Quinna U.S.-based independent consultant with a PhD in applied cognitive science, and (full disclosure) on the advisory board of this web sitesuggests that "several technologies are poised to cross the chasm: social tools, mobile technologies and virtual worlds...

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Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:47:54 GMT
Learning is learning and technology is technology. The two are related if and only if the technology makes it possible to learn something that can be learned in no other way. E-learning is quite often a watered down version of school. Whether it relies on computers, mobile devices, or any other technology the question is, "Is it any better than what it replaced?"

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Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:33:42 GMT
Giving an effective webinar requires some presentation redesign and technology skills that you don't necessarily need in a face-to-face presentation. A great speaker in a face-to-face environment can easily crash and burn in a webinar setting if he or she isn't prepared for the unique challenges and needs of that environment. Here are some tips to help you pull off a webinar that will get you asked for an encore!

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Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:31:44 GMT
Telling stories by building comic strips is a way to strengthen struggling students' emerging English-language skills and make the difficult job of language learning a much more enjoyable experience. Comic strips are a perfect vehicle for learning a language. Each strip's three or four panels provide a finite, accessible world in which funny or compelling characters live and go about their lives. And readers with limited reading skills are not as overwhelmed in dealing with the size of a comic strip as they can be with a book of many pages.

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Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:15:42 GMT
In Part I of this article, Patrick Lambe provided a brief background on the economics of e-learning. Here in Part II, he looks at some of the most common ways that organizations deploy e-learning to support their strategic objectives, and shows how measurement of viability and impact can be approached within those situations.

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Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:54:07 GMT
Patrick Lambe explains in this article ways that e-learning professionals might assess the return on investment of their programs. Here in Part I, he provides a brief background on the economics of e-learning. Part II looks at some of the most common ways that organizations deploy e-learning to support their strategic objectives, and shows how measurement of viability and impact can be approached within those situations. The article is adapted from Patti Shank and Saul Carliner's book, The E-Learning Handbook, Past Promises, Present Challenges (Pfeiffer, 2008).

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Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:58:39 GMT
Will GoogleWave flourish or perish? Are mobile phones going to be the next big learning devices or are they already on their way out of the e-learner's toolbox? At the start of each year, eLearn Magazine's contributors predict what changes are afoot for the coming 12 months. Here are our predictions for 2010.

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Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:29:21 GMT
Jonathan Finkelstein says there are certain learning objectives that cannot be met without real human interaction. To remove live interaction from the learning environment is to remove the lifeblood of learning. This is why asynchronous online training solutions sometimes fall short. But when the asynchronous and the synchronous are combined in a synergistic way, the results can be highly effective.

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Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:28:24 GMT
Being asked to teach an online course when you are inexperienced with distance education can be daunting. Denise A. Blake of Shenandoah University reflects on her personal experience with e-learning, which started just in this way. She shares what she learned about online learners, particularly adult students, and what instructors should be doing to meet their needs.

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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:14:20 GMT
Voice-over artist Susan Berkley provides tips for making your voice sound the best it can be in webinars and online teaching.

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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:10:05 GMT
The e-learning sector is "flowering" in 2009 despite the recession, or so says a recent report on e-learning in the U.K.

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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:22:43 GMT
As a distance learning student, you will find that being pro-active and engaged in your personal learning experience will pay off in good grades and depth of learning. These 10 best practices can help.

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Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:30:58 GMT
It seems like everyone these days wants to "fix" American education -- including the business community, which has produced a steady stream of books offering business-oriented solutions to the education "problem." 'Disrupting Class,' by Christensen, Horn, and Johnson, was 2008's star solutions manual, receiving much attention and acclaim from not only the business community, but also education leaders, as evidenced by favorable reviews and testimonials found on a web site related to the book. But is the book suitable for the unique structure of online education?

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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:00:29 GMT
Mark Welch explains why he and other online educators really (really) love networking and attending conferences.

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Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:48:17 GMT
In teaching both traditional undergraduates(17-25 years old) and non-traditional graduate students, I've found that age is not necessarily the deciding factor for judging a student's comfort level with technology. Some of my more media-savvy students have been my age or older, while some of those who struggled most were younger. In my experience, the following three types of technology (beyond the threaded discussions that take place online) are within the reach of the majority of my students and are the most useful teaching tools: podcasts, wiki-based group projects, and social bookmarking.

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Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:38:59 GMT
Three studies in higher education look at whether serious games (or video games whose primary purpose is something other than entertainment, such as military training, education, physical therapy) really do change learning outcomes.

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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:29:43 GMT
The Complete Guide to Simulations & Serious Games is described as an "encyclopedic overview and complete lexicon for those who care about the next generation of educational media." This book differs from Learning by Doing in that it doesn't seek to distinguish the wide and various categories of simulationshow simulations differ based on their structure and content and why those differences matter. Rather, it seeks to "present and distinguish between the different mechanisms" related to simulations, so that people who create simulations have a shared understanding of the concepts they use in conversation with one another.

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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:50:40 GMT
Attitudes in Britain toward the use of learning technologies are changing, which has implications for U.S.-based firms that want to use e-learning in its U.K. offices. A recently published benchmarking study by Towards Maturity showed that 64 percent of organizations in the U.K. are increasing their learning technologies budgets in 2009 for the following top three reasons: 1) strengthening on-boarding training, 2) improving the quality of learning, and 3) developing a better qualified workforce.

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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:47:20 GMT
"Our fear is that social cohesion and equity inherent in the promise of public schooling will be undermined by (the Knowledge Revolution)." Allan Collins and Richard Halverson make this statement early on in their fascinating, but ultimately somewhat short-sighted book, Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and Schooling in America (2008). This fear comprises the lynchpin of the authors' thesis: that new media technologies are changing how, where, and why learning happens as well as what role schools play in that learning. The results of this shift, according to the authors, aren't good.

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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:40:25 GMT
Cheating has dramatically increased, at all levels, in the past few years. How cheating and false identity issues are addressed by individual online education programs will determine the collective futures of everyone working in e-learning.

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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:47:27 GMT
Blended learning focuses on what students do and how teachers support the learning process. At Charles Sturt University, Australia, first-year undergraduate preservice teachers use blended learning in their own education as they become more familiar with the physical, emotional, social, and cultural aspects of the early adolescents they will soon teach.

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Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:20:17 GMT
In thinking about technical professionals, such as IT staff, under what conditions does online training work best? As we've seen at GoGogh.com and Dashcourses, the way many companies are shifting to e-learning is by streaming live instruction via webinars and other digital delivery systems, which doesn't always meet the needs of the professionals on the other end. Technical professionals are recognizing that the quick progression of technology, combined with handling more work as businesses try to cut costs, means they need training that is better designed for their specific needs. And just what are those specific needs?

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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:51:07 GMT
In his latest column, Roger Schank explains how a new series of soon-to-launch, story-based business courses came to be, and outlines the content and scenarios of the seven storylines that make up the curriculum. In future columns, after the course launches, he will comment on whether they are working as planned.

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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:43:37 GMT
In this exclusive report, Hend Suliman Al-Khalifa of King Saud University, Riyadh, explains how Saudi Arabia has begun adopting distance education as part of its educational and development strategies. Saudi Arabia has been slower than many nations to move into distance education. Bachelor degree programs have only been offered through traditional universities' distance education programs for about a decade, and policies for single-mode, distance, and virtual tertiary institutions are still under development for approval by the Ministry of Higher Education. Some public universities, such as King Abdulaziz University and Al-Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University, are dual-mode, while single-mode distance education is offered by the Arab Open University. Distance education is primarily applied where gender segregation is required in tertiary education, where male lecturers are only authorized to teach female students by means of closed-circuit television, one-way video and two-way audio and broadcast.

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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:45:05 GMT
Rapid e-learning tools offer subject matter experts the opportunity to produce e-learning materials relatively quickly and cost-effectively, at least in the U.K. and U.S. But e-learning experts complain that rapid development tools only help amateurs turn out low-quality and poorly-designed materials that merely pay lip service to the ideals of instructional design. At a recent meeting of the eLearning Networkthe U.K.'s foremost professional association for users and developers of e-learningWilliam Ward, formerly of Cable & Wireless but now an independent consultant, examined the rise of rapid e-learning, which he dates to 2003, when tools such as Qarbon, Breeze, and ToolBook became available. Ward stated that these rapid application tools had changed not only buying patterns within the industry, but also ideas about why and where to use e-learning.

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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:17:33 GMT
It's not news that we're experiencing increasing change. The quantity of information available is growing astronomically, new offerings are increasingly quick to be copied, businesses are under pressure to do more with less, and the internet is a disruptive force, threatening all manner of content industries. Organizations have to become more nimble, more agile. Optimal execution is only the cost of entry, and organizations have to be tapping into continual innovation. Publishers are not exempt from this. There are major pressures coming in a variety of guises. Yet, surprisingly, we're seeing little innovation in products, services, or business models.

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Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:39:40 GMT
#lrnchat (or "Learn Chat") is an open online meeting about learning that takes place weekly on Twitter. eLearn Magazine asked two recent participants to share their thoughts about #lrnchat, describe how it works, and explain the benefits of participating. According to Dave Ferguson, Twitter chats are no different than the business conference cocktail houra prime time for networking. And Christy Pettit has explored business opportunities thanks to her involvement in #lrnchat. So instead of must-see TV, tune into #lrnchat on Thursday nights, 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Eastern time.

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Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:42:26 GMT
Mark Welch reviews the book Make Money Teaching Online: How to Land Your First Academic Job, Build Credibility, and Earn a Six-Figure Salary by Dr. Danielle Babb and Dr. Jim Mirabella, published by Wiley Press (2007).

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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:23:25 GMT
The days of orchestrating corporate learning through special "events," such as classroom training and seminars, have given way to learning on-the-job. Indeed, working and learning are becoming so tightly integrated that it's often difficult to differentiate between them. Motorola University, and indeed corporate universities and training departments in general, have undergone or are undergoing quite a transition in the wake of Web 2.0 technologies. System work tools and learning tools are becoming synonymous.

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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:20:10 GMT
How effective are Flip cameras and other mini-camcorders as learning tools? Where are video-in-the-classroom assignment s taking education? Jake Dunagan, one of the tech prognosticators from the Institute for the Future, helps explain where video in the classroom will be going in coming years. Additionally, three intrepid instructors, who have been experimenting with mini-camcorders in their curricula, explain how they are using the technology and what their students are learning. These folks believe that using camcorders as a medium is affecting not only the message but the student communicators and their learning process.

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Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:22:49 GMT
You'd think that instructors who teach math and hard sciences (or STEM fields) would be quick to pick up new technologies and be early adopters of e-learning. But in many of my interactions with administrators, what I actually hear is this: "Faculty from almost every discipline are interested in using new technologies and teaching online, except the people in math, science, and engineering." It's not that these faculty members don't want to teach online; it's that they can't see how to do it in their discipline. Here are six tools that are absolute necessities to get a math or hard sciences instructor teaching online successfully.

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Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:30:37 GMT
The effectiveness of any learning depends primarily on what the learner's manager does before the learning intervention, such as stating what is expected of the learner and how the learner will be measured. The next most important factor is what the tutor or instructional designer does before the learning takes place, and the third key factor is what the manager does after the learning has taken place. Giving people new knowledge and skills is way down the list.

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Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:28:35 GMT
E-learning is the 'learning' process revolution enabled by new technologies that, hopefully, will present an effective and efficient learning process that doesn't exist today. Learning management systems (LMSs) are responsible for 'learning' activities, while university management information systems (UMISs) are responsible for handling University managerial activities. This article seeks to explain the differences between the two and how they are used.

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:53:08 GMT
Jo Macek examines 10 best practices for managing class discussions in an online or virtual classroom.

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Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:34:30 GMT
One-to-one relationships, facilitated through the Internet, is changing how personal and professional mentoring occurs. Despite the pervasiveness of large lecture courses found in colleges, the core of learning at the graduate level and beyond formal education is one-to-one dialogue between a mentor and a learner. The Internet and trends in e-learning have finally made mentoring practical and cost effective.

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Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:11:25 GMT
In a previous column, ("Things That Can't Be Taught"), I opened up the idea that there are some things that can't be taught, even though some e-learning tries to teach them. Then, in Part I of this article, I looked instead at things that can be taught and began outlining the different ways through which we learn them, which can be categorized into the processes that inform them: conscious processes, subconscious processes, analytic processes, and mixed processes. In Part I, I wrote about learning through conscious processes. Here, I will look at the other three.

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Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:33:19 GMT
Not everything we would like to teach can be taught. Similarly, not everything we would like to learn can be learned, especially if we are taking the wrong approach to learning. In a previous column, I discussed things that can't be taught. Here I discuss what can be taught. In this two-part article, I discuss the kinds of thing we can learn. I consider how we can best approach learning by listing 16 types of learning. There may be more, but those 16 will at least cover enough ground to describe how human learning looks. The types of learning are divided into four groups: 1) conscious processes, which I will cover here in Part I, 2) subconscious processes, 3) analytic processes, and 4) mixed processes (nos. 2, 3, and 4 are covered in the forthcoming Part II).

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Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:27:23 GMT
Despite the effectiveness of e-learning, online learners remain notorious for losing focus, getting bored, checking email, chatting, texting, sorting through piles of neglected mail, or tuning out altogether. It's not their fault. Trainers haven't equipped online learners with an arsenal of tools and toys that will help them stay focused. Here, we will look at some popular classroom methods of addressing the kinesthetic, visual, tactile, and interactive needs of learners, and explore some low cost ways to help online learners make the most of their remote learning experience.

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Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:35:14 GMT
Michelle Everson has been teaching online for five years. Here, she shares the top 10 best practices she has learned about online teaching.

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Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:25:57 GMT
[The following is a chapter from the upcoming book Programming for e-Learning Developers, by Jeffrey M. Rhodes (ed.). It is reprinted here with permission from the authors.] The value of peer learning is well known, especially for domains in which people will apply what they learn in collaborative settings, but it is challenging to design courses that effectively incorporate and support peer learning. When learners are co-present in the classroom, it is easier to devise exercises that facilitate peer learning. Currently most training outside of the classroom is self-paced, eliminating peer and instructor contact, due to the perceived cost reduction and the greater ease of implementation. It is a challenge to develop online training that incorporates these rich human interactions while respecting the time constraints under which learners operate, yet it can lead to deeper learning that is more memorable and more easily applicable (Neal and Miller, 2005; Notess and Neal, 2006). This chapter discusses considerations and tradeoffs in designing, developing, and evaluating online training for an instructor and students who are geographically distributed. The discussion will take readers through the development process, starting with analysis of audience and goals, to the challenges in acquiring and adapting course material to the online format, and finally the implementation and evaluation. We focus on considerations involved in supporting active engagement of learners and meaningful and thoughtful learner-learner interactions appropriate to the subject matter (Neal and Miller, 2006).

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Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:15:34 GMT
Marjee Chmiel is the director of digital media for National Geographic's The JASON Project where she designs and produces a variety of video games and other interactive online applications that support The Jason Project's award winning online science curriculum. Chmiel spoke to eLearnMag.org editor-in-chief Lisa Gualtieri about The Jason Project and her insights on making education engaging for children, teachers, and adult learners.

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Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:13:42 GMT
Many organizations are struggling with social media, trying to determine exactly how to use it in a formalized way. But while they strategize about how to push messages or disseminate information, they're being preempted by rogue individuals who, in the true spirit of social media, stake a claim and represent their organization with nothing more than permission.

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Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:09:36 GMT
Upon taking a tour of some training applications in the virtual world Second Life, Roger C. Shank wonders why organizations push for their elearning solutions to be 'cool' over being effective.

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Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:06:13 GMT
The Center for Collaborative Technologies at the University of Washington is dedicated to creating software tools that encourage interaction in the classroom. These include Classroom Presenter, a Tablet PC-based presentation and interaction system, and ConferenceXP, a video conferencing application for distributed courses, co-developed with Microsoft Research. In this article, we describe the use of Classroom Presenter in a pair of international distance learning courses. The two classes used different technologies: one was a synchronous class that used internet-based video conferencing and the other was an asynchronous class that used Tutored Video

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Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:01:29 GMT
When you look out over the sea of faces in your lecture classes, are some students focusing on laptop screens while others are working their thumbs on their cell phone pads? Imagine you could harness all that clicking as a backchannel stream tied into the lecture. In principle establishing a backchannel sounds easy. You can either set up a separate Twitter account or use a specialty application like Live Question Tool, which requires no registration and takes about a minute for the instructor to create an instance. The real question is whether a secondary stream would be a learning advantage to your students.

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Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:35:32 GMT
Is it really possible to give online courses, with no physical meetings whatsoever, in leadership, where the students' learning to a large extent is based on experiences during the course in itself? Would it at the same time be possible to encourage critical thinking on a course like this, to create an online, experience-based, academic leadership course? I think it is, and I have tried to develop such a course.

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