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This post is a result of a comment left by one of my blog readers. I hope it helps We have all encountered Subject Matter Experts who are less than helpful or less than expert. There are a couple of ways to deal with SMEs who might prove difficult. One method I have found is […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Often I am asked about how games can be added to online learning without costing a fortune. One thing I believe is that casual games can be used to spice up boring online learning. However, it is sometimes hard to explain without some type of visual. Here is a presentation I have recorded for use […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →When teaching a software procedure to learners, we know that you should break down the procedure into its discreet parts and then allow the learner to practice the various parts of the procedure and then put it back together again as final practice. One method I often suggest is that, throughout the learning situation, you […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →At the 2006 Training Conference and Exposition, Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia gave an address about the future of open source content sites like Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org). Wikipedia “is an encyclopedia written collaboratively by many of its readers. Lots of people are constantly improving Wikipedia, making thousands of changes an hour, all of which are […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Simulations are a great method for “learning by doing” but it can be expensive to create a fully immersive simulation from scratch. One solution is to “mod” or modify an existing game engine to create a simulation. An existing game engine already has the physics and the rules of the world built in. A designer […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Currently, I am in Denver Co. where I am speaking on the topic of Games, Gadgets and Gizmos. I had a great session yesterday with a fun group that was enthused and inquisitive. It was standing room only in the session. I really appreciated all the attendees who took their time to attend the session. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →I haven’t blogged for a couple of days because I was at a conference sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advanced Technology Education (ATE)Division and the American Association of Community Colleges. ATE promotes technology education in community colleges. It is NSF’s only program focused on community colleges. Any way, at the conference I forgot […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →There are many advantages of having learners interact with the subject matter they are learning. Studies, as well as common sense, indicate that interactivity helps the learner retain information as well as increasing the learner’s willingness to spend time with the material. In fact, Michael Moore, of the American Journal of Distance Education, wrote that […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →While e-learning has a number of distinct advantages, one issue frequently encountered is providing course access to line workers when they don’t even have an email account. Fortunately, there are a number of methodologies that can be used to provide a solution. Here are three methods that have been used successfully by a large multi-national […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Over the years, I have collected some information on the reduction of time for converting stand up training to e-learning. Here are some statistics you might find interesting. It seems that the average reduction in time is between 40% and 50%. With e-learning, “results comparable to those of instructor-led training have been achieved in 40 […]
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