Get Dressed for Success! On-Screen Aesthetics for your courseware – Ng
Two screens shown – more positive of 2 screens is the one that is balanced, doesn’t have red, clear text. Don’t judge a book by its cover? Is this true of your on-screen content? Here it is very true to keep your audience engaged from click one. Placement,Colour,Font Placement: 4 rectangles shown. Most popular choice […]
Click – Thursday’s Keynote – Bill Tancer
Click: What Millions Are Doing Online and Why it Matters to You as an e-Learning Professional. – Bill Tancer, General Manager, Hitwise Keynote – Thursday, March 12, 2009 I found this keynote so interesting I took a lot of notes. I guess I love data too! Saturday, March 13, 2009 is Pi day. “To become […]
Personal Productivity Tools – Thomas Stone
Going around the room of participants each person shared 1-3 of their favourite tools that they use most often during their daily duties. Microsoft OneNote EverNote – part of Microsoft office. Only part of the Student Suite and ultimate (?) suite. Don’t need to use post-it notes, text files, etc. Tabs, subpages, etc. Screen clipping, […]
Great Day One at AG09
Well the eLearning Guild Annual Gathering for 2009 has once again not disappointed. I’ve learned so many great new things here today. I find it amazing every year that I seem to learn more from just networking and speaking to people over the lunch hour and at demo booths than some of the actual sessions. […]
Retaining Those New Young Employees You Hired – Claire Schooley
Senior Analyst with Forrester Research (internationally) – Characteristics of new workers– learning approaches– ways of recruiting– tools/resources Millennials between 1980 & 2000, There are 81 million of them coming. 78 Million baby boomers will be retiring with only 45 million Gen X to fill the places. Short Term– boomers are working longer-workers are being imported-jobs […]
Brain-Based Strategies for Passionate Learning Experiences – Martinez
By -Dr. Margaret Martinez Psychological factors and relationships that influence persistence, motivation and attrition. Dominate influence of emotion s and intentions on learning. What was the one time in your life you felt truly passionate about learning?Smiles took over the room, positive emotion grew. That is what we want to get each time we teach. […]
Selecting Practice Activities and Media for Online and Blended Learning – Patti Shank
Opening Story: In the bird world there are “bird tutors” that teach the baby birds to learn and practice and they don’t stop until they’ve learned it correctly. Working through and example – violence threat assessment.patti@learningpeaks.com – for slidedeck from activity session. Not all slides are included in handout, but you can request them from […]
Crowdsourcing – Jeff Howe
Crowdsourcing – video displayed by Jeff. Few key ideas Now with the internet we can create a crowd virtually with shared interest. Shared passions for hobbies, crafts, arts, etc. Ie: quality of stockphotos by amateurs is abundant, drives supply up and prices downforces companies to approach us as potential partners, not just buyers Technology is […]
Articulate Workshop At AG09
I’m sitting in on the Articulate workshop today at the eLearning Annual Gathering 2009. It’s been a fabulous workshop so far. I’ve learned many tips and tricks that I didn’t yet know or experience from my limited time of using the program. Yukon Learning has sent a great group of trainers and facilitators to assist […]
Teaching English Through Video – The Children of SEAM
I wrote previously about my friend who volunteered 8 weeks of her summer in 2007 and 2008 in India. During her time there she was assisting at an orphanage. The first time some of her time went to teaching English to the children and women. The second summer she continued that task, but also assisted […]