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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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Leave a Comment (1) →Here is an interesting discussion about how we can encourage learning professionals to blog. The Learning Circuits Blog: The Big Follow-up Question
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Leave a Comment (0) →How do we get learning professionals to blog? This is the new question at the ASTD Learning Circuits’ blog. My thoughts: For the Pre-Learning Professional:As a professor of instructional technology…I have a leg up. I can have a direct impact on providing soon-to-be learning professionals with an opportunity to learn how to blog. I can, […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is a post by Mark Oehlert summarizing a discussion of games as effective teaching tools.See the summary. Mark has a great blog, filled with great information. Additionally, he is a great guy and excellent technical reviewer. He provided awesome insight and ideas for my Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning book and pointed me […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Today, I found a question on the Bloomsburg University Institute for Interactive Technologies alumni listserv. [ Looking for] Evaluation forms… but not from the student stand point for an instructor, but something that an instructor can give to a briefer in the class to let them know how they did and what they could work […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Whether we think about it regularly or not, attitude and employee morale play a large part in the success of any organization (and any learning progarm). High morale and enthusiastic employees are a plus in any organization. As Malcolm Gladwell points out in his work The Tipping Point…”it only takes one or two disenchanted employees […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are a few items that are discussed in my upcoming book Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning: Tools for Transfering Know-How from the Boomers to the Gamers by Pfeiffer in April 2007. Transfering know-how to the gamer (nex-ter, Gen-Y) generation. •Focus on using games to teach basic but essential knowledge such as facts, concept […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Often I am asked if soft skills: negotiation, leadership, etc can be taught online. To some extent the answer is “yes.” While I do not believe one can ever truly become a leader or expert negotiator just from online courses, I do believe that soft skill courses in those subject areas can reduce the overall […]
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